[NLRS] Minnesota QSO Party - Next Weekend

[N0HJZ@aol.com]

Hi All -

Next Saturday, February 2nd is the Minnesota QSO Party.  It runs from 8:00 AM 
to 6:00 PM.  You can operate any 8 hours you wish.  The MN QSO Party is a 
growing contest with pretty good activity.  There are awards for HF operators 
and VHF operators.  Last year NO ONE sent in a log for the VHF portion!  VHF 
is limited to 6M operation but should be fun.  

All the rules are out at www.w0aa.org.  Or type Minnesota QSO Party in a 
search engine.  SSB QSO's are worth one point and CW QSO's are worth two.  
The mults for Minnesota stations are MN counties and US states/VE provinces.  
People outside the state can count MN counties for mults.

There is a club competition and the winning groups gets a traveling trophy.   
Would anyone else be interested in competing and putting the NLRS on their 
log?  I will be hitting it hard on HF (I probably won't be on 6M).  I'll put 
NLRS on my log and I hope others will too.

If you are interested in this contest, please contact me.  It is a great 
contest where everyone works Minnesota!  This could be a great way to put the 
NLRS on the map in Minnesota and a fun way to churn up some activity.  If you 
decide not to operate, please get on HF and 6M and work the guys who are 
active.

73  Rich N0HJZ