Jersey DX Operation
March 8th-15th, 2006

MJ - JERSEY- Pete, K8PT & Craig, K3PLV will be taking, what has become their annual DX-pedition to the Channel Islands and will be operating from the Island of Jersey (EU-013) from March 8th-15th. This year Tom, W8JWN & Jim, N1NK will accompany them allowing for two stations to operate 24 hours per day with a third station as needed. Operations will cover 6-160 meters (SSB, CW, RTTY & PSK) with an emphasis on the low bands. Please refer to http://users.adelphia.net/~crahill/ which is presently under construction, for further information. QSL via home call.

73, Pete-K8PT

Wisconsin QSO Party
March 12, 2006 noon CST ( 1800 Z ) to 7 PM CST ( 0100 Z March 13 ).

Phone and CW - all stations may be worked once per mode - ALL amateur modes and bands may be used where contesting is not prohibited. In addition mobiles may be worked once per mode per Wisconsin county that they operate from. Mobiles may not sit on a county line to operate. Frequencies ( Mhz ): CW 3.550, 3.705, 7.050, 14.050, 15M, 10M, 6M, 2M and up. Phone 3.890, 7.230, 14.290, 21.350, 28.400, 6M, 2M and up. No repeater QSOs. Categories: Single Op Fixed, Single Op Mobile, Single Op Novice, Single Op Technician, Multi Op Fixed, Multi Op Mobile, Multi Op Technician, Multi Multi Op Fixed and Multi Multi Op Mobile. Exchange: Stations in Wisconsin send WISCONSIN county. Stations out of Wisconsin send State, or Canadian Province or Country. SCORING: Phone = 1 pt, CW = 2 pts ( digital scores as CW ). Multiply CW + phone points by power multiplier to determine CONTACT points. Power multiplier: x2 ( <5 W ), x1.5 (<150 W), x1 (>150 W). Final Score: WI stations - multiply contact points by sum of WI counties ( 72 ) + states ( 50 ) + provinces ( 13 ). Note - DX countries worked count for QSO points but not as multipliers. WI mobiles and portables may add 500 bonus points for each county that you operate from, outside of your home county, with a minimum of 12 QSOs per county to qualify. Non Wisconsin stations - multiply contact points by the number of WI counties worked. Full entry information at www.warac.org, including information on electronic log format. Questions to K9KR. Logs due April 13 to "k9kr@arrl.net" OR to Wisconsin QSO Party, West Allis RAC, PO Box 1072, Milwaukee, WI 53201.

TNX 73, K9KR