[CQ-Contest] New England QSO Party

[Tom Frenaye]

I hope everyone is thinking ahead to the New England QSO Party on May 4th and 5th.  

The NEQP is a great time to check out antenna systems and radios outside of the major contests.   Activity is usually very good - there's also the Italian DX contest the same weekend, the on Saturday you'll be able to catch all of the W7 multipliers in the 7QP.

We're working to make sure that all of the New England counties are active again this year.  Get on for at least an hour or two and join in on the fun.  

Oh yes, the NEQP is also lots of fun when mobile.  Every time you cross a county line the pileup starts over again.   It's amazing what a 100w radio and mobile whip can do.   

The contest is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep Saturday night.  It goes from 20Z Saturday until 05Z Sunday, then 13Z Sunday until 24Z Sunday.  
Last year we had logs from about 450 stations.  You'll find that many of the participants will turn into future big gun contesters aftere\ they figure it all out!

Full rules are here ->  http://www.neqp.org/rules.html

The last eleven year's worth of results are here ->  http://www.neqp.org/results.html

See if you can set a record or two!

Will you be QRV?

   73 Tom/K1KI


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New England QSO Party - http://www.neqp.org - May 4-5, 2013