[CQ-Contest] Next weekend's QSO Parties and N1MM logger

[Dick Frey]

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 the 4th to 
2359Z on the 5th. And if you use N1MM+ for logging, no matter where you 
are, you can run all four at the same time in the same log.

Here's how. Start a new log, pick QSOParty. If you are inside one of the 
four, select your party from the drop-down list. If you are anywhere 
else, select IN7QNE as the "state". These parties permit county line 
operation. So when you enter an exchange like IDWAS/ORMAL N1MM turns it 
into two log lines for proper scoring.  Remember that each time a mobile 
enters a new county he is considered a new station. This is another 
reason to copy their whole exchange.

Each of these five "state" choices use the same multiplier list so when 
you receive an exchange like WORMA from New England, ORDES from 7QP, 
INMAD from Indiana, or KDE from Delaware, N1MM gives you the proper 
multiplier credit. That is, you get an MA credit as a 7QP participant 
and the guy in MA gets his Oregon credit.

The beauty of all this comes at the end of the weekend. Simply send your 
Cabrillo file to all four of the sponsors. They will score your log and 
disregard any non-counting contacts.

Taken together, it makes this the largest QSO party weekend.
Who says the bands are dead? Get out there and have fun.

73,

-- 
Dick Frey, K4XU   ...N7XU/m in 7QP