[SOC] The airwaves will be humming!

[Larry Makoski W2LJ]

Wow!  Lots of QRP signals will be flyin' through the air tomorrow 
(Tuesday) night!  There will be both activity from the QRP Foxhunters as 
well as the NAQCCers!  I know a lot of you out there are members of both 
organizations and will have fun participating in both events. But for 
those of you who are not; I hope you'll take this opportunity to sample 
some other fare than what you might be accustomed to!

For the Foxhunters - the NAQCC is the North American QRP CW Club; and 
each month they hold a two hour Sprint.  The Sprint tomorrow night will 
start a half hour before the hunt and will end when the hunt ends.  The 
exchange is simple - RST, S/P/C, and NAQCC #.  If you're not an NAQCCer, 
please give your power instead (followed by the W, of course)!  The 
contest call they use; and that you will hear is "CQ NA".  Since all 
NAQCC Sprints are open to everyone, membership in the NAQCC is not 
necessary.  For details on the rules, please check out: 
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/sprint200612.html

For the NAQCCers - tomorrow night is the 80 Meter QRP Foxhunt.  Two 
QRPers act as Foxes and will be on a frequency somewhere between 3.550 
and 3.570 MHz.  Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to grab 
the Fox "pelt".  That is, you must have a successfully find the Fox; and 
then complete two-way QSO with the him.  The QSO is an exchange exchange 
is RST, S/P/C, name and power out.  A word of warning!  Foxes are sly 
creatures that usually work split; so even when you find one, odds are 
you will have to use your wiles to figure out where the Foxes are 
listening if you want to grab their pelt! If you want to hone your QRP 
DX operating skills, this is the way to do it!  For a complete summary 
of the rules, please visit:
http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm

80 Meters just might get a tad crowded tomorrow night; but with the band 
assignment changing as of Friday, this is a good thing.  So get on the 
air tomorrow night and have some fun, be courteous, try something new 
(maybe) and let's show the FCC that CW is indeed NOT DEAD!

73 de Larry W2LJ

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Larry W2LJ
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