POTA Plaque Event Meetup

• Date/Time: 23.00 hrs UTC Friday 2 Jun 2023
• Location: Bate Island east of Champlain Bridge
• Contact:  Rob, VE3RXH, ve3rxh@myrac.ca

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Overall Aim and Aspiration

• Get together with our ham radio buddies
• Get outside
• Work some contacts
• Get ‘JW’ on the air!

Dates and Times

• 48 hours total
• 00:00 UTC 3rd June to 23:59 UTC 4th June 2023
• Local Ottawa time: 8pm Friday 2nd June to 8pm Sunday 4th June
• But …. Operate as much or as little as you like!

Locations

• Choose your own park!
• Over 30 in the Ottawa/Gatineau area

Bands and Modes

• All bands, excluding the WARC bands of 60m, 30m,
  17m and 12m
• Don’t forget VHF/UHF simplex
• Land based repeaters are excluded, but satellite is
  allowed
• All modes allowed and every new digital mode counts
  as another QSO with the same station on the same
  band/date/park

Calling CQ, Exchange and Dupes

• Calling CQ: Include your park number, so that hunters
  can check for dupes
• Exchange: All that is required is callsign
• customary to give signal report and park number
• Dupes: no additional points for a second QSO with the
  same callsign, same band, same mode, same park,
  same UTC day

Coordination of Operations

• Essential:
• many using VE3JW
• avoid QRM in same park/band/mode
• Choose your park, band and mode then email me at
  ve3rxh@myrac.ca
• Follow the coordination matrix
• Update myself or Jim (VA3BJO) via VE2CRA, cell or
  email
• Announce your changes through VE2CRA

Rob VE3RXH
Jim VA3BJO