[bars] New England QSO Party this weekend...

[Jim Idelson]

Yes Tim. Conditions were pretty punk on the high bands today. Hope you
managed to have some fun on 40m, though.

73 Jim K1IR

On Sun, May 7, 2023, 11:36 PM Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I did participate most of the contest hours today but the Sun had
> other ideas.  I heard basically nothing on 10 & 15 SSB and really struggled
> to get a handful of contacts on 20 & 40.  40 did open up for me late in the
> day and I finished with around ~110 QSOs in the log.  Pretty disappointing
> overall.  I think I had two good runs of 5-10 Qs in a row, that was fun. ;-)
>
> I'll submit my log tomorrow.
>
> Anyone else?
>
> 73, Tim - KC1RET
>
> On 5/3/2023 20:33, wo1n wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> As I discussed in the meeting tonight, the New England QSO Party is this
> weekend. See https://neqp.org/ for the exact details.
>
>
>
> It turns out there is a New England Club Competition category. The plaque
> is awarded to any New England club with the highest combined score.
>
>
>
> The plaque is sponsored by the Yankee Clipper Contest Club, so they are
> not eligible to receive it. The CTRI club won the plaque last year with
> only 6 entries and around 250,000 points.
>
>
>
> This is a really fun contest (and good practice for Field Day). You can
> enter SSB only, CW only or Mixed mode. You are the focus of the rest of the
> world, so if you get on and call CQ you will make lots of contacts!
>
>
>
> All you need to remember is to call out the “Billerica Amateur Radio
> Society” (spell it out) on your entry form.
>
>
>
> If any of you need help setting up your favorite contest logging program,
> send me a direct message and I will do what I can to help you.
>
>
>
> Post a note here after the event to let us know you participated.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Ken – WO1N
>
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