[bars] New England QSO Party this weekend

[Tom Walsh]

Folks,

This is great fun.  See you on the air!

73,
Tom K1TW

>From Tom Frenaye K1KI:
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The New England QSO Party on May 1st and 2nd is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity
to work new states and countries. You'll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all
interested in making contacts with New England stations.

Our goal is to get every one of the 67 counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your members to join in the
fun! Even if you can join the fun for a couple of hours, we'd appreciate it! Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to
info at neqp.org

The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night.  It runs
from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday.  Operate on CW, SSB and/or digital modes on 80-40-20-15-10
meters.  For each QSO you'll give your callsign, a signal report and your county/state.  Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone
who sends in a log will get a certificate.  The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world - and their goal is to work New
England stations, so you'll be very popular!

Last year we had logs from 283 New England stations and 896 more logs from around the country and world. 

The full rules are here -> http://www.neqp.org/rules.html

The 2020 results were posted last weekend -> http://www.neqp.org/results.html

It's just under three weeks until the 2021 NEQP. Please make some QSOs even if you don't want to send in a log!

Thanks!

73 Tom/K1KI