<div dir="auto">Yes Tim. Conditions were pretty punk on the high bands today. Hope you managed to have some fun on 40m, though.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">73 Jim K1IR</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 7, 2023, 11:36 PM Tim KC1RET <<a href="mailto:kc1ret.radio@gmail.com">kc1ret.radio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Verdana">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. ;-)<br>
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I'll submit my log tomorrow.<br>
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Anyone else?<br>
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73, Tim - KC1RET<br>
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<div>On 5/3/2023 20:33, wo1n wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As I discussed in the meeting tonight, the
New England QSO Party is this weekend. See <a href="https://neqp.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://neqp.org/</a> for the
exact details.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All you need to remember is to call out the
“Billerica Amateur Radio Society” (spell it out) on your entry
form. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Post a note here after the event to let us
know you participated.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">73,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ken – WO1N<u></u><u></u></p>
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