Lewis and Clark Trail on the Air

The second big weekend is upon us in our Lewis and Clark Trail Expedition. I checked the space weather forecast and there is a chance of a glancing blow from a CME for a minor geomagnetic disturbance but it should pass fairly quickly. I am not concerned. I have personally signed up for 14 hours in front of the radio starting tonight. With the SeaPac Conference in Oregon last weekend behind us, I suspect we will have a lot more stations from the Pacific Northwest on the air this weekend. 

I get about 10 emails a day asking about QSL confirmations. The way it works for this event, is the hunters are making contact with a station representing a club and therefore it is each club that will take care of their QSL responses. Please give the clubs time to finish the event before hammering them with QSL requests. LCTOTA will provide each club with a complete log of all their contacts at the end of the event and a QSL card template. Right now the clubs are focused on getting activators on the schedule and being on the air. The Bonus stations, K7L and W0C call signs, are hosted by the Washington Clark County ARC and will respond to all the QSL requests for those call signs. 

My next shift starts in a few hours. I hope to hear you on the bands. Have fun.  Tim Kuhlman KD7RUS LCTOTA Co-Chair