[NCC] West Virginia Road Trip?

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

With reason to be in the Youngstown area for the NCC dinner on Friday  
evening, June 15, I find it may be feasible to follow up on Saturday with a  
ride through West By-God Virginia for the West Virginia QSO Party.  Might 
anyone out there be interested in joining me, either as a driver or  sharing time 
behind the wheel and behind the radio?
 
The WVQP runs from noon to 10pm EDT on Saturday. The plan would be to start 
 at the northern tip across from East Liverpool and end up on I-79 as close 
as  possible to the PA line south of Pittsburgh.  That would be two hours 
or so  from Youngstown/Sharon.  Exact route in between yet TBD.  
 
The WVQP is not a high profile competitive contest, but with some decent  
conditions, decent mobile activity (i.e. us), and the county hunting crowd  
it can be fun. Several years ago K3LA and I did about six hours in it on the 
way  home from the W3LPL open house in MD, and averaged about 120 qsos/hr 
for the  time we were on.
 
Let me know if you'd like to enjoy a scenic ride around WV and the  first 
hand experience of mobile contesting!
 
 
73  -  Jim