[NCC] NAQP CW Teams

[R.T.Liddy]

Hal.....
Will only have a few hours in the evening after helpingmove Grandson back to College.
73 & GL to Our Teams/Ops,      Bob K8BL 

      From: Hal Offutt <hal at japancorporateresearch.com>
 To: North Coast Contesters <ncc at contesting.com>; Mad River Radio Club <mrrc at contesting.com> 
 Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 6:51 PM
 Subject: [NCC] NAQP CW Teams
   
Happy New Year Everyone!

Now that the holiday festivities and frivolities are over, we can get 
down to what's really important - contesting!

The NAQP is exactly one week away.  It begins at 1 PM EST Saturday and 
you can operate 10 of the next 12 hours, ending at 1 AM EST Sunday 
morning.  The two hour break allows for dinner with the family, walking 
the dog, painting a bedroom, washing the dishes, whatever you need to do 
to maintain domestic tranquility.

If you need convincing as to why you should operate this event is, 
please have a look at the following:

http://ncjweb.com/naqp-scores/cwnaqp012015.pdf

Last year N9RV ended up with the amazing total of 1,651 contacts. That's 
in 10 hours, folks!  Most of us have never had a single hour with 165 
contacts, but Pat averaged this many contacts for 10 solid hours.  Even 
the top QRP stations make 500-600 contacts in this event.  And then 
there are the unbelievable scores that W2FU's team produce every year in 
the multi-two category.  Last January they racked up 2,365 contacts.  On 
40 alone, Jeff's crew made 627 contacts, an indication that there were 
at least that many contesters participating in this event.

I will be putting together joint NCC/MRRC teams again.  Last year we got 
five teams together.  While our teams have placed in the top ten in the 
August NAQP CW, conditions in the January event favor the guys out west 
so we don't do as well (even though we make more contacts in January 
than August).  But I think a top ten finish is possible if we can 
assemble good teams, and that will be my goal this time.  (A team 
consists of five ops.)

Please let me know if you will be full time or part time and I will put 
together the teams accordingly.

73 Hal W1NN




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