Hello all:
The semi annual North American QSO Parties are coming up on the second
and third weekends in January. CW is on Sat Jan 10 and SSB is on Sat
Jan 11. They start in the afternoon and go until early Sunday morning.
Twelve hours and single ops can operate up to 10 hours. There is a
multi-two category and multi ops can operate the whole 12 hours.
For the single ops, there are teams of from two to five members. I will
be glad to register as many SECC teams as we can get together for both
CW and SSB and will participate on a team for CW. For SSB, I will be in
a M/2 operation at WW4LL.
Let me know as soon as possible. Tell me approximately how much time
you can devote to the contests and if you will be low power or QRP.
There is no high power category and low power is defined as 100W or
less. If you have friends who would like to be on a team but are not
SECC members, that is OK too. We will accept friends of SECC as team
members. Check the rules on the WA7BNM contest calendar website.
Basically, it is a domestic contest, with the exchange being Name +
State/Province/Country in North America. Outside North American stations
would send Name only or maybe Name + "DX." There is no QSY rule, but
multiplires (SPC) count per band so you may want to QSY to another band
with some station to get additional multipliers.
This is a fun, mostly low pressure, contest. CW speeds won't be blinding.
I am QRV for your responses. Happy New Year. 73, John, K4BAI.
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