************************** CURRENT CONTEST INFORMATION *****************************
Thanks for another terrific 7QP! Logs for the 7QP, INQP, and NEQP have been uploaded to LOTW.
***************************GEORGIA QSO PARTY INFORMATION *************************
Paul/N4PN, Dave/N4VDL and I survived running 61 counties in the Georgia QSO Party and I made it safely back to Kansas. I posted the stats on 3830 and the writeup is in process, perhaps for publication. If you need the county list, here's the link:
http://www.cs.hesston.edu/w0bh/13gqp_w0bh.pdf
************************ OKLAHOMA QSO PARTY INFORMATION ***********************
My XYL/driver Lorna (K0WHY) and I were mobile from 25 counties in the Oklahoma QSO Party on March 16-17.
Here's the complete schedule and map: 13okqp_w0bh.pdf
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Ellis, Woodward, Major, Alfalfa, Woods, Blaine, Dewey, Kingfisher, Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Lincoln, Creek, Tulsa, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Noble, Garfield, Kay, Grant.
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**************************** TEXAS QSO PARTY INFORMATION ******************************
Ron/AD0DX and I had a terrific time running the Texas QSO Party the last weekend in September. We drove 1423 miles for 2270 Qs in 17.7 hours of operating time. Thank you all for being out there!
Here's the complete schedule and map: 12txqp_w0bh.pdf.
Saturday, Sep 29, 2012
Ochiltree, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman, Dallam, Hartley, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Armstrong, Randall, Deaf Smith, Castro, Parmer, Bailey, Lamb, Swisher, Hale, Floyd, Briscoe, Crosby, Dickens, King, Cottle, Motley.
Sunday, Sep 30, 2012
Cottle (again), Childress, Hall, Donley, Collingsworth, Wheeler, Hemphill, Gray, Roberts, Lipscomb.
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If you need QSL confirmation, follow the instructions below.
Here's the link to my 2012 Texas QSO Party 3830 writeup.
-- 73, Bob/w0bh and Ron/ad0dx
************************ KANSAS QSO PARTY INFORMATION ***********************
Lorna and I had a great time running 32 counties for a combined 2100 contacts as K0S/m during the 2012 KSQP. Thanks to each of you for working us! I don't upload mobile logs to LOTW, but I will be happy to QSL direct if you include a SASE to:
Bob Harder K0S/m
Box 3000
Hesston KS 67062.
Once again we had 1x1 fun using the last letter of the call to spell KANSAS and SUNFLOWER. Stations spelling either word who follow the directions in the rules, get a certificate. For each word you spell, you get an antique amateur radio stamp including the 1964 Amateur Radio stamp, the 1965 ITU stamp, and the 1940 Samuel F.B. Morse stamp (see below). K0S counted for one of the S letters in KANSAS and also the S in SUNFLOWER.
Here's the direct link to the 1x1 Checklist. The text version is available from the KSQP web site.
More information is available at the KSQP web site. Pictures of the stamps are at the bottom of this page.
K0S KSQP Schedule and Map
Saturday, Aug 25
McPherson, Marion, Harvey, Reno, Rice, Stafford, Barton, Rush, Pawnee, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Lane, Scott, Finney, Kearny, Wichita, Hamilton, Greeley, Wallace, Sherman.
Sunday, Aug 26
Sherman (again), Thomas, Logan, Gove, Sheridan, Trego, Ellis, Russell, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline, McPherson (again).
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Here's the link to my 2012 Kansas QSO Party 3830 writeup.
73, Bob/w0bh and Lorna/k0why
************************* OKLAHOMA QSO PARTY INFORMATION **************************
Thanks for 1900+ combined OKQP QSOs from 34 counties in central and southeasternOklahoma! Lorna and I made it home in one piece tired but still talking about the fun. We really enjoyed meeting Connie/k5cm and Pam/ n5kw for lunch afterwards. Our only schedule change was the last three county line. We were at the POT/LIN/OKL line instead of POT/CLE/OKL. QSL and OQP information below .
Here's the complete schedule and map: 12okqp_w0bh.pdf
Saturday, March 17
Grant, Kay, Garfield, Noble, Payne, Logan, Oklahoma, Canadian, Kingfisher, Cleveland, McClain, Grady, Garvin, Murray, Carter, Stephens, Jefferson, Love, Johnston, Marshall, Bryan, Choctaw.
Sunday, March 18
Choctaw (again), Pushmataha, Atoka, Coal, Pontotoc, Hughes, Pittsburg, McIntosh, Okmulgee, Okfuskee, Seminole, Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Oklahoma (again), Lincoln (again), Pottawatomie (again).
2012 Oklahoma QSO Party 3830 Writeup
-- 73, Bob and Lorna
**************** IOWA QSO PARTY INFORMATION *******************
W0BH/m stayed home in 2012.
************** MISSOURI QSO PARTY INFORMATION ****************
W0BH/m stayed home in 2012.
************** NEBRASKA QSO PARTY INFORMATION ***************
W0BH/m stayed home in 2012.
**************************QSL INFORMATION**************************
My QTH is McPherson County, Kansas : EM18, CQ 4, ITU 7. All contest and QSO Party contacts worked from the home QTH from 1996-2010 have been uploaded to Logbook of the World, and 2011 contacts are uploaded shortly after the event. I'm on file with the Bureau and will try to reply to direct QSL cards in a week or less. For QSL direct, PLEASE INCLUDE A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE (SASE).
I don't upload mobile QSO Party contacts to LOTW unless requested. Just email me and I can upload a particular contact for you.
Look for me mobile in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas QSO Parties in 2012. Check out the KSQP details at http://www.ksqsoparty.org.
***********************GENERAL INFORMATION***********************
If you just looked me up during a contest and we haven't worked yet, PLEASE CALL!
If you're new to contesting, I'll be happy to help you with the exchange.
If we made contact, THANKS!
I enjoy travelling with my wife, Lorna (K0WHY) and take the ICOM 7000 and 706MkIIG with Hustler verticals along for the ride. The photo shows the current mobile setup. In between travelling, I teach Computer Science, Aviation and Air Traffic Control at Hesston College and enjoy working with the Hesston College Amateur Radio Club as trustee of club call K0HC.
Lorna and I were also the "Rover" half of the first recorded "Worked All States: Single Rover" with Nelson, N0LRA in Hesston, Kansas. Look for my article with the same title in the February 2009 issue of QST. Here's a link to "the rest of the story" which also includes details and photos of Nelson's dipole box mentioned in the article.
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST%20Binaries/HarderWebContent.pdf
See you down the log!
73, Bob, w0bh
