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N0LOH Thomas A. Brehmer has contributed to 5 posts out of 11815 total posts
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I'm pleased to announce that Iowa will be having a QSO Party on October 17, 2009! A BIG thank you to the Ottumwa ARC for taking on this colossal task! Please help them spread the word! Here's the details from their website: (http://www.wa0dx.org/iaqsoparty.html)
Iowa QSO Party Saturday October 17, 2009 Sponsored By The Ottumwa, IA ARC
Entry and Summary Reporting Form (spreadsheet) (http://www.wa0dx.org/iqpsummary.xls) Entry and Summary Reporting Form (PDF file) (http://www.wa0dx.org/summarysheet.pdf) By entering the Iowa QSO Party, the entrant accepts the judgments and decrees of the Iowa QSO Party committee as final.
QSO Party Period 1400z(9AM CDT) to 2300Z(6PM CDT) Purpose Iowa Stations: Contact as many stations as possible. All Other Stations: Contact as many Iowa stations as possible Exchange Iowa Stations: RST & County All Other Stations: RST & State, Province, or DX Country (SPC) Modes Phone All phone modes including Digital Phone. CW/Digital modes Excludes Digital Phone but includes other digital modes. No repeater or network qsos Scoring QSO Points: Each complete, non-duplicate SSB contact is worth one point. Each complete, non-duplicate CW/Digital contact is worth two points. Duplicate contacts are worth zero points. Multipliers Iowa Stations: One multiplier for each Iowa county worked, one multiplier for each state (including Iowa) or Canadian province worked(NF, LB, NB, NS, PEI, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NWT, YT, NU), and one multiplier for each of the current or past Iowa *Section Managers (SM1, SM2, or SM3). Stations outside Iowa: One multiplier for each Iowa county worked and one multiplier for each of the current or past Iowa *Section Managers (SM1, SM2, or SM3) worked. (*-ones living in Iowa) Bonus Points: 100 bonus points will be awarded for stations working the sponsoring club's station - WAØDX
DX stations do not have any multiplier credit, but may be worked for QSO points
Final Score Non-mobile stations: Multiply total QSO points by the total number of multipliers plus bonus points earned (see spreadsheet). Mobile stations: Multiply the total QSO points from all counties activated by the total number of unique multipliers worked from all counties activated plus bonus points earned (see spreadsheet). Club Competition: Scores attributed to any amateur radio club will be credited towards that club. All clubs with at three or more credited scores will be included in an overall ranking of those scores with a certificate awarded to the club with the highest score. Miscellaneous 1. All stations are limited to no more than 125 watts. 2. Mobile Iowa stations who change counties are considered to be a new station in each new county. 3. Mobile stations should identify either /county abbreviation or /M 4. Mobile stations may park on a county line but each county must be worked in a separate contact. 5. Mobile stations must be in a vehicle capable of being in motion. 6. Spotting on the packet clusters or via internet is permissible, including self-spotting. 7. List of Iowa Counties and 3 letter abbreviations. (http://www.wa0dx.org/iacountiesabbrv.pdf) All ops are urged to use these abbreviations in the exchange. 8. State and Province Checklist (http://www.wa0dx.org/stateprovincechecklist.pdf) Submission of Logs All stations must submit a log and summary form Excel Spreadsheet (http://www.wa0dx.org/iqpsummary.xls) or PDF file (http://www.wa0dx.org/summarysheet.pdf) Logs must be submitted by November 10, 2009. Electronic logs and summary sheets should be sent to wa0dx@yahoo.com. (see spreadsheet note) Other files sent which are readable with a text editor are accepted. .BIN files should not be submitted. Logs submitted via email must contain the call alone in the subject line (call must be that used in the log).
Send paper logs and summary forms to: Dale Stoy NSØD 1335 N Van Buren Ottumwa, IA 52501
Verification of receipt of the log will be made on the Iowa QSO Party website. Comments or Questions? Email Ottumwa ARC. (iaqso@yahoo.com)
73!
-------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Iowa Section Section Manager: Thomas A. Brehmer, N0LOH n0loh@arrl.org --------------------------------------------------------------------
The only reason some people should get close to a microphone is to lean forward and say, 'Thank you! Your total is $5.82. Please, drive around to the window!'
Correction on the QSL postal address! 1092 Ripley Ct., Muscatine, IA 52761. (Change 'Rd.' to 'Ct.')
The only reason some people should get close to a microphone is to lean forward and say, 'Thank you! Your total is $5.82. Please, drive around to the window!'
The members of the Muscatine Amateur Radio Club will be operating Special Event Station W0M (Whiskey Zero Mike) from 0000UTC on June 15 through 2359 UTC on June 30. This is in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Muscatine Amateur Radio Club! Frequencies of operation will be around 20kHz +/- of 3.970, 7.258, 28.310, and 146.910 with additional operations on other amateur bands. QSL via KC0AQS with a #10 Self Addressed Stamped Envelope to 1092 Ripley Rd., Muscatine, IA 52761. (Also logs may be uploaded to Logbook of the World and eQSL sometime after June 30th, but you can only get the certificate through the postal service.)
The Muscatine Amateur Radio Club, aka MARC, formed sometime in the year 1948, is one of the oldest clubs in the state of Iowa. MARC is an ARRL affiliated club with 14 members. The Muscatine Amateur Radio Club is the co-sponsor of the Southeast Iowa Hamfest, which is held the first Sunday in October in West Liberty, Iowa at the Muscatine County Fairgrounds. (The other co-sponsor is the Washington Area Amateur Radio Club.) MARC owns and operates the 146.910 KC0AQS repeater, located on the campus of Muscatine Community College. (The club supports the weekly traffic and emergency preparedness net, held every Sunday at 8:30pm local time.) The club meets the second Monday of the month at 7pm at the Flickinger Learning Center in Muscatine. For more information about the club, visit www.muscatinehams.org
The only reason some people should get close to a microphone is to lean forward and say, 'Thank you! Your total is $5.82. Please, drive around to the window!'
What I mean is on the sked requests. Or is it only if someone requests that band?
N0LOH Thomas A. Brehmer
The only reason some people should get close to a microphone is to lean forward and say, 'Thank you! Your total is $5.82. Please, drive around to the window!'
Maybe this has been asked, but I searched to see if it has. Why isn't 60 meters represented on eQSL.cc? It if is, why don't I see it?
N0LOH Thomas A. Brehmer
The only reason some people should get close to a microphone is to lean forward and say, 'Thank you! Your total is $5.82. Please, drive around to the window!'
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