It's the annual Four QSO Party weekend coming on May6. Indiana, New England, the 7th Call Area and Delaware -- all running on the same weekend. Seems like a real mess, right? Not if you are using N1M
Other than MIQP, I'm about to give up on eastern QSO parties.? In-state turnout is really poor, and they QSY to 40 to run up their own scores with the east coast stations while the sun is still high
I am helping an old-timer operate his very simple contest station from a laptop with three USB ports, two of which are mechanically intermittent. Because his antenna is close by, if the shield of the
30 day advanced reminder: the 13th annual 7th Area QSO Party is May 5/6. The 7QP continues to grow. Part of this is due to the cooperation among the 7QP, Indiana, New England, and Delaware QSO Partie
Now that the dust has settled on the FQP, it's time to get ready for the next big party, the 7QP. We have mobiles and county expeditions going into the nether regions of the 7th call area. That means
Did you send in your log to 7qplogs@codxc.org ? There's just two days left. The final results will be published on May 20. 73, -- Dick Frey, K4XU _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
The results of the 2018 7QP have been posted at www.7QP.org. Congratulations to all the category winners ...and thanks for your support of the 7QP. Dick Frey, K4XU ...N7XU/m _________________________
Just to be clear, while the 7QP promotes the use of digital modes at 4 points per Q, FT8 is not one of them. Simply, FT8 can not support the 5 letter exchange. -- Dick Frey, K4XU ____________________
May 4/5 is The Big Weekend for QSO parties: Indiana, New England, 7QP, and Delaware - all on the same weekend. They don't all have the same start or end times but there will be activity from 13Z on t
The 2019 7QP scores have been posted at www.7QP.ORG. Another 7QP is in the books. Even though the conditions were anything but helpful, 7QP posted another banner year. The number of logs received was
There have been some claims made in this thread about the VSWR capabilities of LDMOS vs older MOSFETs (VDMOS) vs vacuum tubes. It's basic physics. The silicon in an RF power transistor is less than a
I spent the weekend trying to work the NE MO LA and MS QSO parties,less the SSB Sprint. It was very frustrating: - Alt-F, 2 does not really work because there's four of them. - You have to erase the
After the Florida QSO party, remember that there are four QSO parties on the following weekend 7QP, New England, Indiana and Delaware. No matter where you live, you can participate in all four at on
Despite Corona virus or because of it, participation in this year's 7QP has exceeded all previous years. We were a bit low on total counties because of social distancing and fewer mobiles. If you ope
Results are at 7qp.org and the report with the data and statistics is here <http://ws7n.net/7QP/new/2020_7QP_Report.pdf>. Short story: Participation was up 50%. 192 of 259 counties were on. Thanks to
After chasing all the mobiles in FL I'm all warmed up to do my mobile bit this weekend as N7XU - full details on QRZ. Four concurrent QSO parties this weekend are unique in that you can play in all f
To all who made any contacts in the 7QP last weekend, this is a friendly reminder that your log would be greatly appreciated if received by the end of Wednesday, May 12. We prefer that you use the 7Q
The 7QP log deadline is midnight tonight. Upload your Cabrillo at 7qp.contesting.com or email to 7qplogs@codxc.org. 13 more and we will break 1000 logs received. -- Dick Frey, K4XU __________________
Two weeks after the log deadline, the final results of the 2021 7QP have been posted on the 7qp.org website <http://7qp.org/new/Page.asp?Content=start>. 73, -- Dick Frey, K4XU _______________________