Congratulations to Jerry Dukes on passing his Technician Class exam. His callsign is KI5GLY. Look for him on the air!

2019 W5L Received QSL Cards Uploaded
The received QSL cards from the 2019 W5L Louisiana Purchase Special Event have been uploaded.
2018 W5L Received QSLs Uploaded
All the received QSLs for the 2018 W5L Louisiana Purchase Special Event have been uploaded.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to Ben McFarlin, KG5TKE, for passing the General Class exam!
Congratulations!
Congratulation to the following for passing the General Class exam: Denise Cavin, KN5DEC Logan English, KI5CKS Carter Lang, KI5CKK Bill Parker, KI5DHM
W5L Special Event a Huge Success
The number of log entries this year was 5,340. This compares to last year’s number of 2,327. Thanks to everyone who participated. 73, Jim W5LA
Congratulations!
Congratulations to KAREN HOUSTON on passing her Amateur Extra exam, NICHOLAS OVERBY on passing his General exam, and STEVEN D CRAIG II on passing the Technician exam at the hamfest last Saturday.
State County Maps
One very handy operating aid when operating a state QSO party is a map showing the counties. The US Census Bureau has very nice maps, but the link to them has recently changed. The new URL is: www.census.gov/geographies/reference-maps/2000/geo/state-county-outline-2000.html
Congratulations!
The West Monroe High School Amateur Radio club now hold the vanity callsign of WM5HS. We are looking forward to hearing that callsign on the air in the future.
FT8 DX Contest – April 13
The European FT8 Club is sponsoring an FT8 DX Contest on April 13, 2019 1200z through April 14, 2019 1200z. Everyone works everyone in this contest, and the maximum power category for the contest is 100 W. The exchange format is the same as the ARRL RTTY Roundup, with state/province for US/Canada stations, and serial…