2012 7QP

This year I will operate mobile in the 7 QSO Party May 5. It will be a solo effort so the plan will be to operate from a county, drive to the next county without being on the air while driving, and operate from that one repeating the process until it gets dark. I'll be in ID most of the day and hit WA late in the afternoon. None of the counties have had much activity in previous 7 QSO Parties.

The order of counties is Valley, Adams, Idaho, and Lewis in ID and Garfield in WA with about 2 hours operating time in each one. I'll be CW only on 40, 20, and 15 m.

Here is the operating plan with times in Zulu.

• 1300 to 1330Z 40 m Valley Co, ID
• 1335 to 1430Z 20 m Valley Co, ID
• 1435 to 1500Z 15 m Valley Co, ID
  • 1500 to 1530Z Travel to Adams Co, ID
• 1530 to 1700Z 20 m Adams Co, ID
• 1705 to 1730Z 15 m Adams Co, ID
  • 1730 to 1900Z Travel to Idaho Co, ID
• 1900 to 2000Z 15 m Idaho Co, ID
• 2005 to 2100Z 20 m Idaho Co, ID
  • 2100 to 2200Z Travel to Lewis Co, ID
• 2200 to 2300Z 20 m Lewis Co, ID
• 2305 to 0000Z 40 m Lewis Co, ID
  • 0000 to 0115Z Travel to Garfield Co, WA
• 0115 to 0200Z 20 m Garfield Co, WA
• 0205 to 0315Z 40 m Garfield Co, WA