[SCCC] New England QSO Party

Thu May 1 14:15:36 EDT 2014

Two ham groups (SCRRBA and 220SMA) hold meetings there (Galileo Hall) on the third Saturday of October each year.  I believe the fellow from Facilities who opens things up for us is a ham, but I can't seem to recall his name or call sign.

'JK

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 From: Bill Haddon <haddon.bill at gmail.com>
To: "Jeff Kincaid, W6JK" <w6jk at arrl.net> 
Cc: SCCC Reflector <sccc at contesting.com> 
Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] New England QSO Party

Jeff, W6JK,  wrote:

>The antennas at Harvey Mudd look like they've fallen on hard times

It's amazing they are still there.  When Joe Platt died several years ago I corresponded with someone at HMC re ham radio, but he never replied past the first email.

The tower on the old Science Building was donated by Dave, K6DDO (SK) who was maybe a JR. at Pomona College when we formed the club in the fall of '59. Initially we operated from an extra dorm room on the east side of North Hall. Dave also lent us his Viking Thunderbolt as a companion to my HT-32.  The HMC admin supported of our efforts generously.  The grounds manager at HMC, Gates Angle, was the father of Ron, K6KYJ, who was active at Claremont HS Ham Club (CHC) --  but we did not know Ron.

In 1961, we had a brilliant fund raising idea. Through my dad we had access to the film "Faster, Stronger, Higher" depicting the Squaw Valley Winter Olympic Games. We showed the film at the Claremont HS Auditorium.  With dreams of building a fantastic station, we managed to clear $1.37 from the massive effort.  It was a learning experience.

73 Bill n6zfo 

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Jeff Kincaid, W6JK <w6jk at arrl.net> wrote:

The antennas at Harvey Mudd look like they've fallen on hard times, but were pretty impressive.  They do still have a room there for the club (I've seen the door), but I wonder if there's anything going on there.
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>Jeff W6JK
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> From: Bill Haddon <haddon.bill at gmail.com>
>To: Kurt Pauer <w6ph73 at gmail.com>
>Cc: w6ph at aol.com; SCCC Reflector <sccc at contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:22 AM
>Subject: Re: [SCCC] New England QSO Party
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>W6PH wrote re NEQP:
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>>There is a very nice plaque for the highest single op score in the west.
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>-- Also plaque for most distant station to work all counties.   And if
>you're really lucky:
>-- The Framingham Amateur Radio Association <http://www.fara.org/> will
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>award a Lobster dinner for two to the USA single op (non-New England)
>winner. [a bit difficult for west coast]
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>-- there's also club competition which could be won by a W Coast club that
>was well organized.
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>Tom, K1KI has been an organizer and promoter of NEQP since its inception in
>about 2001.  You may recall that Tom, as WB6KIL, co-organized the first
>running of the CQP in 1966 while a student at Claremont High School.  Just
>prior to that I had organized the Claremont Colleges ARC while at Harvey
>Mudd 1959-1964 (WA6LYL    . . six lovely young ladies. . NOT).  Wish we had
>thought of it!
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>73 Bill n6zfo
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>On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Kurt Pauer <w6ph73 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> This weekend is the NEQP on Saturday and Sunday.  There are two sessions:
>>  Saturday from 1 pm PDT to 10 pm PDT and Sunday from 6 am PDT to 5 pm PDT.
>>  The exchange is 599 CA for California stations.  New England stations send
>> a five letter group, the first three letters are the county and the last
>> two letters are the state.  For instance, HILNH is Hillsborough County New
>> Hampshire.  There are 67 counties in New England and the list with
>> abbreviations may be found at www.neqp.org.  The website is similar in
>> content to the Cal QSO Party.
>>
>> There are three other events going on this weekend as well:  7QP, Indiana
>> QP, and ARI.  There is information on the web on how to operate in all of
>> them simultaneously.  Saturday is always difficult to work New England
>> stations as the 7QP stations are much louder.  However, Sunday is pretty
>> easy.
>>
>> There are currently three rover stations that will fill in the sparsely
>> populated counties:  WA1Z/m, NZ1U/m, and KM3T/m.  WA1Z will be working NH
>> and VT, NZ1U will be working NH and ME, and KM3T is planning southern New
>> England (MA and RI).
>>
>> Now the shameless part.  I will be driving for Bob, WA1Z, and will be
>> listening through the car radio speaker.  He has great ears and will be
>> listening for 6's.  Look for him around 047.5 above the band edge.  If
>> anyone is interested in our schedule, send me an e-mail at w6ph at aol.com.
>>
>> There is a very nice plaque for the highest single op score in the west.
>>
>> I hope to hear a lot of 6's in the log.
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>> 73, Kurt W6PH/1
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