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Hi Guys,<br>
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addition to the CQ WPX RTTY, the Louisiana QSO Party is this Saturday,
from 9:00 AM until 9:00 PM local time. Rules can be found at:<br>
<a href="http://www.qsl.net/kd5wdy/LAQSO_/laqso_.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.qsl.net/kd5wdy/LAQSO_/laqso_.html</a>.
Links to Parish abbreviations, sample log and summary sheets and more are
available at the URL.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>At least 6
hardcore rovers will be participating, and plans are to activate all 64
parishes, so if you are a County/Parish hunter, this will be a good
chance to get them. <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>For N1MM
users, we have been working with the sponsors and the N1MM team to update
things. A special thanks to John, K3CT, for all the effort in making sure
it scores everything correctly. The newest release, supporting the
current rules is 11.02.02, placed on the N1MM website 2/10/2011. It now
looks like it does "almost" everything, including automatically
adding in the 100 point one time bonus if you work the sponsoring club
station, W5YL. A neat feature for rovers (must be in Louisiana), is
typing "roverqth" in the callsign field, which opens a pop-up
box where you type the new Parish(county) abbreviation in. A macro at the
top of the entry box shows your new "qth", and you just keep
logging them. Very fast and easy. Instructions are on page 42 of the
manual. What it doesn't do, for rovers, is automatically add the 50 point
bonus per activated Parish. Don't forget that on your summary sheet. For
the 13 (I think) Canadian Provinces and Providences, and most DX, it
automatically pulls the QTH from the callsign. Of course, you can type
over if someone is "out of area". The other thing it doesn't
do, is pull a list of mults into the summary file, but that's easy enough
to do yourself as well. <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I haven't
replaced the VHF antenna(s) yet, but my station will be on full time on
the HF bands from Ouachita (OUAC). I know its a Qso Party and not a
"real" contest, but with the more laid back atmosphere, it is a
great time to invite a "newbie" contester over and let them get
their feet wet. Hope to see lots of you guys on the air<br><br>
<font face="MS Shell Dlg, Geneva">73,<br>
Mark, K5ER<br><br>
President, LCC</font></body>
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