[SMCARA] North American QSO Party

[Tom Shelton]

This weekend brings the first of 6 NAQP contests for the year.  Times (for
Jan/Feb NAQPs are 2 PM to 2 AM - EST)  

 

If you've ever thought about contesting, these are great little contests to
use to see what its all about without being overwhelmed.  If you put in 4 or
5 hours, you should easily make 100-150 contacts or more QSOs (no implied
guarantee).

 

Today is the CW flavor of the contest, but next weekend is the SSB version.

 

http://ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf

 

This is a very easy and short contest - Everyone is limited to 100 watts, so
you won't have to fight off the big-guns.  You operate no more than 10 out
of the 12 hours.

 

If you use any spotting assistance (like DX cluster, ect.) you'll be
classified as a multi-op station - There is no such thing as Single-Operator
Assisted in this (and most other contests).

 

You're logs are due back to the organizers NLT 7 days after the contest, so
don't delay on submitting it after the contest.

 

For future planning - here's the scheduled NAQPs for the year.

 

January/February 2015 Events

CW: 1800 UTC January 10 to 0600 UTC - January 11, 2015 (second full weekend
in January)

SSB: 1800 UTC January 17 to 0600 UTC - January 18, 2015 (third full weekend
in January) 

RTTY: 1800 UTC February 28 to 0600 - UTC March 1, 2015 (starts on last
Saturday in February)

 

July/August 2015 Events

RTTY: 1800 UTC July 18 to 0600 UTC - July 19, 2015 (third full weekend in
July) 

CW: 1800 UTC August 1 to 0600 UTC - August 2, 2015 (first full weekend in
August) 

SSB: 1800 UTC August 15 to 0600 UTC - August 16, 2015 (third full weekend in
August) 

 

Tom Shelton, ND3N

Ham Radio, Motorcycling, and a Loving Wife who lets me play with both

What more could a man need