[RTTY] NAQP RTTY is this Saturday July 15

[K6UFO Mark Aaker]

The North American QSO Party on RTTY will be Saturday July 15, 2017. 
Party-time is Saturday July 15 1800 UTC to Sunday July 16 0600 UTC. 
California-time that's Saturday July 15 from 11AM to 11PM PDT. 
Eastern-time that's Saturday July 15 from 2PM Saturday to 2AM Sunday. 

The friendly exchange is a Name and State (or Province or Country). 
Five bands, 10m to 80m. QSOs and Multipliers count again on each band! 
"Move" someone to another band for more Points and Multipliers! 
Rules, records, and past results at the National Contest Journal: 
<http://ncjweb.com/naqp/> http://ncjweb.com/naqp/ 

Anyone can form a Team of two to five single-operators. 
Register your Team at the "Team Registration" link: 
<http://ncjweb.com/rttynaqpteamreg/> http://ncjweb.com/rttynaqpteamreg/ 

RTTY Practice is available on Thursday and Friday nights: 

Thursday night July 13 is "early" NAQP RTTY Practice. 
5:00PM PDT, 8:00PM EDT (0000 UTC Friday) for 30 minutes. 
try "CQ NAQP Practice" and practice your NAQP exchanges. 
Frequencies: 14080, 7080, and 3580 kHz and up. 

...followed on Thursday night by the regular Thursday night RTTY NS Sprint 
6:45PM PDT, 9:45 EDT (0145 UTC Friday) for 30 minutes. 
This follows the North American Sprint exchanges and rules. 
See: <http://ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html> http://ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html 

Friday night July 14 is the "late" NAQP RTTY Practice. 
8:00PM PDT, 11:00PM EDT (0300 UTC Saturday) for 30 minutes. 
try "CQ NAQP Practice" and practice your exchanges. 
Frequencies: 14080, 7080, and 3580 kHz and up. 

Then, NAQP RTTY starts Saturday morning, 11:00AM PDT, 02:00PM EDT (1800 UTC) 

In the July contest, you may encounter some Europeans in the 
DMC RTTY Contest who would like a Signal Report and a Serial Number 
(599 001). Get their NAME for your NAQP RTTY log. 

I am also interested in any photos and stories of your operation, especially 
photos of a happy RTTY operator or group. 

See you on RTTY, Saturday July 15! 

Mark Aaker K6UFO 
NAQP RTTY Contest Manager 
k6ufo at arrl dot net