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Who's Going to be On!
Last updated: 19/04/08
Here's
the latest list as to who's planning to be on from where during this
year's Ontario QSO Party. Help us keep this list up-to-date posting your
plans on the OQP Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oqp/ or by
sending an e-mail with your plans to:
vy2mgy@sympatico.ca. You can also
join the Ontario QSO Party e-mail discussion list by sending a "blank"
e-mail to: oqp-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
.
Further
below, you'll find some Tips
To Increase Your Score!
| Multiplier# |
Who to Look For! |
|
Mobiles/Rovers |
|
| DX |
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|
Algoma District |
Bob VE3AGC |
| Brant County |
Roger VE3RKS
Mobile, Bill VE3CRU/Rover, VE3TQT/Mobile |
|
City of Brantford |
Bill
VE3CRU/Rover |
| Bruce County |
VE3TQT/Mobile |
|
Chatham-Kent |
|
| Cochrane District |
|
| Dufferin County |
VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Durham Region |
VE3ODX(Bob
VE3SRE, Ted VA3TSG), Bill VE3CRU/Rover |
| Elgin County |
Rick VE3FMC |
| Essex County |
Kevin
VE3KKP/Rover, Terry VE3TMG |
| Frontenac County |
Glenn
VA3OPN/Rover |
| Grey County |
Jim VE3AJ,
VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Haldimand
County |
VE3DC,
VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Haliburton County |
Paul VE3ZT, Peter VE3AD |
| Halton Region |
Tony VE3RZ,
Doug VA3DF, Roger VE3RKS Mobile, Bob VE3KZ, Ian VE3JI, Bill VE3CRU/Rover,
VE3TQT/Mobile |
| City of Hamilton |
Roger VE3RKS
Mobile, Kevin VE3KKP/Rover,Bill VE3CRU/Rover, VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Hastings County |
Glenn
VA3OPN/Rover |
| Huron County |
James VA3WR,
Dave VE3IXI, Jeff VE3FRX |
|
City of Kawartha Lakes |
Dan VA3MA,
Bill VE3CRU/Rover |
| Kenora District |
Paul, VA3PC
(VA3OPP/Mobile) |
|
City of Chatham-Kent |
|
| Lambton County |
|
| Lanark County |
Al VA3KAI |
| Leeds-Grenville County |
Manfred VA3RMF |
| Lennox-Addington County |
Glenn VA3OPN/Rover, Eric VE3GSI |
| Manitoulin District |
Alex VE3KF,
Igor VE3ZF, Igor, VE3KAO |
| Middlesex County |
|
| Muskoka District |
VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Niagara Region |
Glenn VA3DX, John VE3EJ, VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Nipissing District |
|
|
Norfolk
County |
VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Northumberland County |
Bill
VE3CRU/Rover |
| City of Ottawa |
Vladimir
VE3IAE |
| Oxford County |
Roger VE3RKS/Mobile,
VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Parry Sound District |
Parry Sound
ARC VE3PSH |
| Peel Region |
Andy VA3PL, Don VE3XD,
Roger VE3RKS Mobile, Bill VE3CRU/Rover, VE3TQT/Mobile, Mississauga ARC
VE3MIS |
| Perth County |
Mark VE3NB, Roger VE3RKS/Mobile,
VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Peterborough County |
Art VE3UTT,
Bill VE3CRU/Rover |
| Prescott-Russell County |
Wade VE3WIB,
Don VE3RM |
| Prince Edward County |
|
| Rainy River District |
Fred VE3FAL,
Warren VE3FYN |
| Renfrew County |
Glenn VA3OPN/Rover, Mike VE3YF, Lewis VE3KKO |
| Simcoe County |
Brian VE3MGY, Jeff VA3QSL/P, VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry United
Counties |
Mike VE3XAT |
| City
of Greater Sudbury |
Travis VE3WO,
Roger VE3ZI |
| Thunder Bay District |
Tom VA3CCO,
Manuel VE3MPT, Fred VE3FAL,
Paul, VA3PC (VA3OPP/Mobile) |
| Timiskaming District |
|
|
City of Toronto |
Dave VA3RJ,
Stan VA3RAC, Kevin VE3KKP/Rover, Bill VE3CRU/Rover, VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Waterloo Region |
Roger VE3RKS/Mobile, VE3TQT/Mobile |
| Wellington County |
Julio VE3FH,Roger VE3RKS Mobile, Bill VE3CRU/Rover, VE3TQT/Mobile |
| York Region |
Kevin VE3SYB, Ron VE3CGR, Bill VE3CRU/Rover,
VE3TQT/Mobile |
A few tips to increase your
score!
- Don't just "search and pounce" on stations calling "CQ",
find a good parking spot and call "CQ Ontario QSO Party"
yourself. You'll be very surprised at the amount of activity you
can generate on a seemingly "dead" band by putting out a "CQ" !
- Don't forget the "easy" multipliers i.e. folks who are close
to you that you can work on the VHF bands or via groundwave
on the "higher" HF bands. Don't forget to make a quick
call on the VHF frequencies at 15 minutes past the hour.
- For Ontario stations, multis are also Canadian
provinces/territories, U.S. states, and DXCC countries...so
there are lots of multiplier points out there for you to
collect. Also folks outside Ontario will be working the contest
too. If the lower HF bands are "dead" try the higher HF bands
and vice-versa.
- U.S.A. stations close to the border should give a few shouts
on VHF. Also try six meters for "E-skip" openings into
Ontario.
- Ontario stations should "listen up" in U.S. phone
allocations for U.S. stations calling from time to time.
- Don't forget to work to work CW. Even if your CW isn't very
good most folks will "slow down" or "QRS" to work you.
- Listen extra hard for weak signals such as mobile and QRP
stations.
- Use a computer to do your log. All of the logging programs
that support the Ontario QSO Party (except Write-log and N1MM)
run in good old-fashioned MS-DOS so that junky old 386, 486 and
in some cases even a 286 can be used. This will make calculating
your score and checking for duplicate contacts a whole lot
easier. It'll also make the contest manager's life a whole lot
easier too!!
- Other contests will be in progress at the same time as the
Ontario QSO Party. Check out WA7BMN's excellent contest calendar
to find out who else is going to be on the air!!
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