Special Event Operation for The Big Game

[n5ib]

Ohio State and LSU radio clubs are planning an event. Here's the
announcement going out to the usual outlets.

73
Jim, N5IB

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Ohio State and LSU - Tailgating on the Air

CQ Buckeyes,  CQ Tigers  -  Ohio State And LSU Radio Clubs Celebrate BCS
Gridiron
Championship
 
 On Monday, January 7, members of the Ohio State University Amateur Radio
 Club and The Amateur Radio Society at LSU will be on the air to
celebrate
 their respective schools' football teams meeting in the New Orleans
 Superdome for the BCS Championship. Game time is 7 pm CST, Jan 7
 (0100 Jan 8 UTC), when the 11-1 Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten take
on
 the 11-2 LSU Fighting Tigers of the SEC.

 W8LT (OSU ARC) and K5LSU (ARS at LSU) will operate from approximately
 1200Z, Jan 7 until 0600Z, Jan 8. Modes will include SSB, CW, and PSK-31
on
 20 m, 40m, and possibly 75/80 m. The clubs will be making contacts with
any and all operators,
and are particularly interested in other collegiate club stations and
alums of OSU and LSU.
Commemorative QSL cards will be available for a SASE, and a unique
 special joint QSL card will be the reward for operators who contact both
club stations during the
day-long event.
 
 Approximate frequencies are listed below:
 
 SSB 14260 +/- 7260 +/- 3960 +/-
 CW 14050 +/- 7030 +/- 3560 +/-
 PSK 14070  7070
 
Operators at K5LSU and W8LT will be self-spotting on the Straight Key
Century Club spotting
cluster, AI4OF-1, through the generosity of Phil, AI4OF.   To access the
spotting cluster via
telnet, log into skcc.matrixlist.com on port 7300 using your call sign.
The usual DX Spider
commands work: e.g.  SH/U shows all users logged in and SH/DX will list
all recent spots.

Additionally, the Adventure Radio Society's Spartan Sprint CW QRP Contest
http://www.arsqrp.com/ is set for Jan 8, 0200 to 0400 UTC, and ARS at LSU
members will make
a special effort to participate as a QRP CW station.
 
OSU ARC and ARS at LSU each boast a storied past. The OSU club dates to
1926 when the
original call sign, 8LT, was issued. Now located on campus in Bevis Hall,
the club station at one
time was housed on the fifth floor of the football stadium. While in the
stadium, the OSU ARC
signal  could often be heard rather loudly when using the infamous W8LT
long wire antenna that
stretched from the stadium to the smoke stacks of the University Power
Plant - about a quarter
mile.  After the renovation of the stadium, the move was made to Bevis
Hall.  The club celebrated
their 80th anniversary in 2006 with a special on air event, works with
the University Disaster
Team to provide emergency communications, and participates in several
contests throughout the
year, the big one being Field Day.   http://www.w8lt.org

Originally issued the call sign 5YW in 1925, the LSU club became W5YW a
few years later and
still holds that call sign for its station at the BREC/LSU/BRAS Highland
Road Astronomical
Observatory.  Housed at various times in the Electrical Engineering
building, and even for a time
in a quonset hut in the middle of a (populated) cow pasture, the present
on-campus station is
K5LSU, located in Nicholson Hall, the home of the Department of Physics
and Astronomy.
During the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita club members worked
with the Red Cross
and Salvation Army to provide needed communications. Field Day and the
School Club Roundup
are the popular operating events for members, who boast a couple of top
finishes in the SCR.
 
QSL routes:
 
to W8LT:
ARS W8LT; 1080 Carmack Road, Room 20 Bevis Hall; Columbus  OH 43210

to K5LSU:
ARS K5LSU; c/o Department of Physics and Astronomy;
Louisiana StateUniversity; 202 Nicholson Hall; Baton Rouge LA 70803-4001
 
Contact persons:

Jim Giammanco, N5IB, [hidden email]
Dana Browne, AD5VC, [hidden email]
Dan Kulhanek, AB8VE, [hidden email]
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