Kansas�to Offer State QSO Party in August
Stations working on
their Triple Play Award or Year
of the State QSO Party Award will want to be on the air on
Saturday,�August 29th and
Sunday,�August�30th�as�Kansas will hold their first QSO
Party since 2002. �The 2009 contest is sponsored by the�Boeing
Employee�Amateur Radio Society of Wichita, KS and the Santa Fe Trail ARC
of Olathe, KS.�
Kansas�Section Manager Ron Cowan, KB0DTI, said that interest has been high
for starting the event up again. "I had many hams inquiring about the
Kansas�State QSO Party,"�Cowan said. "We are
encouraging�Kansas stations to "register" with us and work 20
meters in the afternoon hours. This will help to tackle the demand of the state
-- and its many rare counties -- for several Amateur Radio awards, including
the County Hunters, ARRL's Triple Play, and Year of the State QSO Party."
If you are a KS radio amateur or you will be active as a rover in the state of
Kansas during the Kansas�QSO Party - all 105 counties need to be
activated!� Please send an email to [email protected]
to register your interest and document your county activation(s).
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The�Kansas QSO Party runs from 1400 UTC
Saturday,�August�29th to 0200 UTC Saturday, August 30th and from 1400
UTC Sunday, August 30th, 2009 to 2000 UTC Sunday, August 30th, 2009.�
Active bands will include 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2m. �Complete
rules and forms can be found on the Kansas QSO Party web page at http://www.ksqsoparty.org/. Don't
miss your chance to work some of�the rarest�counties in the country
-- get in on the fun of the�Kansas QSO Party!
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