[NCC] NAQP CW Teams

[Jeffrey Ach]

W2FU will be M/2 once again.

NW2K, K2TJ, K0SM and N2ZN at the operating positions

Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: NCC [mailto:ncc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Hal Offutt
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 6:52 PM
To: North Coast Contesters; Mad River Radio Club
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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