GROUND HOG DAY
Well the little fella did not see his shadow… so according to tradition we will be having an early spring… More time to play in the parks once the snow melts…
However…
For those of you heartier types there is a QRP Contest being held this Saturday called the FYBO…. This of course stands for Freeze Your Buns Off…
And that of course is an Amateur Radio QRP Contest that is sponsored by the Arizone ScQRPions. It figures that a QRP Group in the very southern United States would sponsor a radio contest that the lower the temps… The higher the Multipliers… The rules for the contest can be found here at their website.
When you look at the rules page thats Ottawa’s own VA3SIE in the You Tube FYBO Trailer…
There will be a good level of participation as there was with last weekends Winter Field Day but this time CW (thats morse code to the non hams out there) will be the most popular mode and all the operators will be running QRP ( thats low power to the non hams out there… 5W or less).
Local Hams are planning to head out to the Gatineau Hills… so listen for VA3SIE (mentioned above), VE3EMB, VE3IED and VA2EPR and there is no doubt that you should hear Bill VE3CLQ from somewhere around Kingston Ontario.
Check out the DX Clusters and places like QRP SPOTS and you might find out where they are hiding…
I have some things to finish up to get ready for the Canadian Ski Marathon (Next weekend) so given the fact that the FYBO is mostly CW anyway my time will be better spent getting the gear ready for the Marathon. However if its nice on Saturday afternoon I might spend an hour or so at Weston Park just in case any of the FYBO Participants remembered to bring a microphone with them…
73bob
Tags: 2012 FYBO, amateur radio, Amateur Radio Portable Operations, Arizona Scqrpions, DX Cluster, FYBO, Groundhog Day, QRP Communications, QRP Portable, QRP Spots, VA3SIE
