Hello all:
I apologize for being late this week. I prepared the message yesterday
and thought I sent it. Later, I found it unsent and was trying to send
it when it completely disappeared from my computer. So, I am having to
draft it again.
Last Week' Contests:
1. RSGB Islands on the Air Contest
Call CW Q CW M Ph Q Ph M Score Category Time St Notes
N4PN 427 111 843 73 1,303,824 SO24MixHP 22 GA
K4BAI 386 83 127 27 364,650 SO12MixHP 12 GA
KU8E 147 39 0 0 40,131 SO12CW HP 5:45 GA
K1ZZI 168 36 0 0 39,312 SO12CW HP 4 GA
K4ZGB/P 191 29 12 3 32,256 SO12MixLP 12 AL Island
K4TD 28 17 0 0 5,304 SO12CWQRP 1.5 AL
WB4SQ 0 0 21 14 3,402 SO12SSBLP 0.5 GA
K4BK/4 0 0 16 12 2,652 SO12SSBLP 12 GA
2. NCCC Ladder 7/27/07
N4OGW 53 36 1,908 LP 0.5 MS
K4BAI 46 34 1,564 LP 0.5 GA
3. ARS Flight of the Bumblebees
K4BAI 122 67 24,522 QRP5W Home 4.0 GA
NT4XT 98 56 16,464 QRP5W BB 4.0 GA
This week and weekend's contests:
1. 20M QRP Fox Hunt. Thursday night local. 0100-0230Z. Foxes this
week are N1IX and NK6A. Maximum of 5 watts. Exchange: RST, SPC, Name,
Power. 14050 to 14070, one in the top half and the other in the bottom.
2. NCCC NAQP Practice Sessions. Thurs and Fri local. 0230-0259 UTC
Fri and Sat. Regular NAQP rules. 160-10M. No dupes on same band.
Good idea to set up with NAQP and make sure everything is ready for
Saturday.
3. TARA Grid Dip Shindig. 00Z - 24Z Sat. 160-6M, PSK and RTTY.
Exchange: Name + 4 character grid square.
4. 10-10 International Summer SSB Contest. 0001Z Sat to 2359Z Sun.
10M SSB. Exchange: Name + SPC + 10-10 # if you have one.
5. National Lighthouse Weekend QSO Contest. 0001Z Sat to 2359Z Sun.
160-10 M all modes. Exchange: ARLHS Member # (or serial #, or ARL
Lighthouse or Lightship #) + name + SPC.
6. ARRL UHF Contest. 18Z Sat to 18Z Sun. 222 mHz and up. Exchange:
4 character grid square.
7. North American QSO Party, CW. 18Z Sat to 06Z Sun. 160-10M CW. 100
w maximum. 10 hour maximum for SO stations. Exchange: Name + SPC for
NA and KH6. Name only for none NA. Team competition for any five
members regardless of circles or memberships.
8. South African Radio Legue HF Phone Contest. 13-1630Z Sun. 80-10M
SSB. Exchange: RS + serial #.
9. ARS Spartan Sprint August. Monday night local. 01-03Z Tuesday.
80-10M CW. 5 W maximum. Exchange: RST + SPC + power.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend and a lot of QSOs. I plan to try to be
full time in NAQP and Spartan Sprint. I'll try ten meters when the
sprint isn't running and try to give out a few QSOs points in the other
contests.
73, John, K4BAI.
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