[LCC] Louisiana QSO Party This Saturday 3/17

[k1dw at aol.com]

From: no5w.chuck at gmail.com
To: no5w.chuck at gmail.com
Sent: 3/16/2018 10:26:23 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: Louisiana QSO Party This Saturday 3/17

Just a reminder that tomorrow (3/17) is the Louisiana QSO Party, where QSOs with Louisiana stations are sought after by those inside and outside of the state. It starts at 9am CDT and ends at 9pm CDT but of course you can do as many or as few hours in that time period that your schedule will allow. As the name implies its a casual operating event but a chance to put a lot of stations in your log and to test your equipment and operating skills.


Detailed rules including suggested frequencies, allowed modes, official parish abbreviations, exchange, etc can be found at the 
LaQP website. Modes available are CW/Digital, and SSB and you may work a station on those two modes on each band for credit. Allowed bands are 160-2 but repeater QSOs are not allowed for credit and no WARC band operation.


A map of planned operations can also be found on the website. Take a look and you'll see that currently there are planned activations for 47 of the 64 parishes but, for example, in the case of Jefferson and Orleans parishes coverage is by a mobile (NO5W) who will be in the area for less than an hour so there is plenty of time for you to pick up the slack in those parishes as well as in most others. 


Dallas-K1DW and I will be QRV as NO5W/m activating the following parishes in the order listed: Washington, Tangipahoa, Livingston, St.Helena, East Feliciana, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Iberia, St. Martin, St. Mary, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, Ascension, St.James, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, Jefferson, Plaquemines, Orleans, St. Bernard, Orleans, St.Tammany. 


If you are chasing grids our route will include operation in EM40, EL49, EM50, and EL59. You can follow us parish-wise and grid-wise on APRS using 
this map.  Our operation will be on 80, 40, 20, 15 depending on conditions and time of day but the primary bands will be 40 and 20. 


So if you have some time and have HF capability, get on the air, call "CQ Louisiana QSO Party", make some QSOs, log some QSOs, and have fun. If you plan to operate send me a note with your call, your parish, and the mode (Mixed, CW/Digital, SSB) you plan to operate and I will add your operation to the map.



If you have questions let me know (today)



73/Chuck/NO5W

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