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OK QSO Party this weekend is a great chance to work HF
davidftx <davidftx@...>
Almost every weekend there is a state or regional QSO Party and this
weekend it is the OK QSO Party. This is a great opportunity for those with new HF privileges to get on the air. This is Oklahoma's 100 anniversary of statehood and there will be special 1X1 event stations on the air such as K5O and several others. Contest Times: This contest does not go all day and all night. Saturday, March 10th 1400-0200 UTC (8:00am to 8:00pm Red River Standard Time) REMEMBER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!!!!!! Sunday, March 11th 1300-1900 UTC (8:00am-2:00pm Red River DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Time) Bands: Non-WARC HF bands, the OK DX Association suggests- Suggested operating frequencies: SSB: 3860 - 7260 - 14260 - 21360 - 28360 CW : 3545 - 7045 - 14045 - 21045 – 28045 But you will find OK stations spread out on each band. From South Texas your best bet is 40 Meters during the day and 80 Meters after sundown Saturday night. You will be able to work 40 Meters at night, between the SW broadcast stations. Some 20 Meters but 15 and 10 will rough, this close to Oklahoma. Exchange: You give "5-9 Texas". You receive "5-9 <OK county>". The idea is to collect all 77 Oklahoma Counties' Score: Work as many different OK stations as you can. Work each station once per mode/band. You can work K5O once each on 40 CW, 40 Phone, 20 Phone, etc. Work as many different OK stations as you can, SSB counts 2 points, CW/digital counts as 3. Multiply by the number of OK counties you work (there are 77) to get your total. Rovers: There will be Rovers who go from county to county. These are common in QSO Parties and they try to get to the less ham populated counties. They are considered a new station in each county. They are usually pretty good about telling you what county they are in when they move. See the rules here: http://okdxa.org/web/html/okqprulz.htm <http://okdxa.org/web/html/okqprulz.htm> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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