[NCC] NAQP CW One Week from Today!

[Hal Offutt]

Greetings Warriors,

The NAQP CW contest will be held exactly one week from today on August 
1.  The contest runs from 1800Z Saturday through 0600Z Sunday (2 PM  to 
2 AM EDST).  This is a fun, high rate event where you work everyone on 
each band and mults (50 states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories and NA 
countries) count again on each band. The exchange is name and state so 
CW speeds tend to be pretty high, especially later in the day when your 
logging program spits out the exchange info after you enter the call.  
Participants are limited to operating 10 of the 12 hours, so you can 
have a nice dinner with the family or mow the lawn.

For the last couple of years, NCC and MRRC have put together teams to 
compete in the team competition.  Teams consist of five members and 
there are usually around 70 or 80 teams competing.  In the August 2013 
event, two of our five teams made it into the top ten (fifth and 
tenth).  We also fielded five teams in 2014 but our two best teams came 
in 12th and 13th due to the fact that some ops could not put in full 
efforts.  Still a solid performance.  As you know, the NAQPs are held 
twice a year, in January and August.  West Coast and Texas stations 
generally have the advantage in both events, but in our part of the 
country we are less disadvantaged in the summer.

I'll be putting teams together again so please let me know of your 
interest and whether you will be full-time or part-time.  I will 
register the teams at noon, Saturday August 1.

Let's see how well we can do!

73, Hal W1NN
NAQP CW Whip