[CQ-Contest] Ontario QSO Party - One Month Away!

[Bob Nash VE3KZ]

Hello Contesters

Mark the weekend of April 21/22. Contest Club Ontario invites all Amateurs to work as many VE3/VA3's as possible in the 50 Counties, Cities and Districts that subdivide the province of Ontario. This is the first year that CCO has undertaken the sponsorship of this contest. We will have our approximately 300 members out in force along with many others for whom the ONQP is their major contest of the year.

Certificates will be available to the top scores in each Province/Territory outside Ontario, each state in th U.S.A. and each DX Country. This is in addition to a large number of awards for those inside Ontario. We will have three bonus stations on, VA3CCO, VA3RAC and VE3ODX, all providing 10 point QSO's. Take a look at the revised rules on the web at http://cco.ve3xd.com/oqp/index.htm , noting particularly the addition of two more multipliers and the change in the time schedule. "Whose Going to be on" will gradually fill up as the contest approaches.

CCO has had a lot of fun participating in other QSO Parties lately, particularly the California, Florida and Pennsylvania QSO Parties. Bill, VE3CRU has been our QSO Party guru recently and has entered virtually every QSO Party in the past year. Bill is sponsoring a plaque for the high scoring U.S.A. entry. A similar plaque will be awarded to the high scoring Canadian outside Ontario.

It's CW and phone from 160m to 2m, 2 points for CW and 1 point for phone. On 80m SSB, it should be easier to nab us now that we can't hide below 3775! On 40m we will try to spend as much time as possible working above 7125 or listening split. At the bottom of the cycle 40m is very long for inter-Ontario QSO's and we really need those QSO's with W's, DX and other Canadians! 20m should also be good for Ontario to "others". The other bands may tend to be "QSY Specials".

Good luck and See you in one month!

73 Bob VE3KZ for CCO.