ARLA/CLUSTER: CQ EURAO Party Winter 2014 - Fim de semana de actividades em Voz Digital em HF

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

EURAO Party - Winter 2014: promoting HF Digital Voice

The European Radio Amateurs' Organization announces a new party on the
air, this time with the motto: 'experiencing with digital voice'.

Remember this is not a contest, it is just a radio meeting with a few
simple 'rules', better to call them recommendations.

Purpose:
to experience new modes (in this case Digital Voice), have fun and
meet hams all over the world. Of course SWLs are welcome to
participate.

Date & time:
March 1st and 2nd, 2014, Saturday and Sunday, 00:00-24:00 UTC.

Bands & modes:
these are the recommended frequencies for DV: 1.977, 3.732, 3.817,
5.403,5, 7.177, 7.190, 14.236, 14.240, 18.119, 21.313, 24.933 and
28.720 MHz.

FreeDV:
download this open source software and give it a try. It implements
Codec2 and FDMDV modem, not patent restricted. Also take advantage of
the utility: QSO Finder.

Call:
'CQ EURAO Party'

Exchange:
because this is a QSO event, not a contest, you can talk about
whatever you want, in any language, and for as long as you like. Here
are some topic suggestions to get the conversation going: name, city,
locator, weather, antennas, rigs, etc.

Also talk about QSL interchange. Tell the truth. Say "no, thanks" if
you are not interested in QSL cards. But if you would like to have a
memory of your contact, feel free to use our EuroBureauQSL (see
below).

Logs:
for statistic purposes only, we ask participants to submit their logs
to party  eurao.org in ADIF format, where the filename should be your
callsign (e.g. EA3RKF.ADI).

There will be no results or league tables, only statistical
information about number of QSOs, countries, callsigns, OMs/YLs/Clubs,
etc.

Certificate of Participation:
for those sending the log and with a minimum of 10% QSOs confirmed.

EuroBureauQSL:
you can use it to interchange QSLs even if you are not member. In this
case, just send the QSL to the entry point of the country of the
station you have contacted.

EURAO - European Radio Amateurs' Organization