[SECC] Announcement, New England QSO Party Next Weekend

[John Laney]

Hello!

Just a brief reminder about the New England QSO Party next weekend - May 
7-8.

Web:  http://www.neqp.org/   Rules: http://www.neqp.org/rules.html

All 67 counties will be QRV.   See the "Reserve Your County" page for 
announced plans:  http://www.neqp.org/ryc.html

Certificates will be awarded to anyone making 25 QSOs or more.   The 
list of 30 plaques and some special awards is below.

There also nice certificates available for working all New England 
counties or for working all counties in each individual state from seven 
different NE clubs.

                        73  Tom/K1KI for the NEQP Committee


Current list of plaques to be awarded for 2005:

Category                                                              Donor
----------------------------------------------------------- 
    -------------------------------------------------------
USA - single operator 
Southborough Rod & Gun Club (W1SRG)
USA - single operator low power                             Laci Radnay, 
W1PL
USA - single operator QRP                                    Joe 
Zdrojowy, NY1S
USA - single opr(W5-W6-W7-W0)                          Huckleberry 
Mountain Contest Club
USA - single opr (W2-W3-W8-W9)                         Jim Monahan, K1PX
USA - any category (California/Nevada)                   Calif QSO Party 
- Northern California Contest Club
USA - multi operator - single transmitter                  Dave Robbins, 
K1TTT
USA - single operator - CW only                           K1EL Keyers 
  (new!)

Canada - single operator                                        Chris 
Terkla, N1XS
DX - single operator 
Yankee Clipper Contest Club
DX - Russia - any category (min 50 mult/200Q)        Dmitri Y Jikharev, 
N2OW/RA9USU
Clean Sweep - Not First, but Furthest*                    Dennis Egan, NB1B

New England - single operator                                Yankee 
Clipper Contest Club
New England - single operator - low power               Dave Hoaglin, 
K1HT  (new sponsor!)
New England - single operator - QRP                      Blackstone 
Valley Amateur Radio Club
New England - mobile - most counties activated       Tom Frenaye, K1KI
New England - mobile                                            Boston 
Amateur Radio Club
New England - multi operator - mobile                     Brian 
Szewczyk, NJ1F, in memory of James
 
                        Szewczyk, WB1EYM      (new!)
New England - multi operator - single transmitter     Wellesley Amateur 
Radio Society
New England - school club                                    Chris 
Terkla, N1XS
New England - CW only                                Andy Bodony, K2LE

Connecticut - single operator                                 Candlewood ARA
Maine - single operator 
Merrymeeting ARA, Androscoggin ARC, Yankee ARC,
 
           Portland Amateur Wireless Assn, Piscataquis ARC
Massachusetts - single operator                            Framingham 
Amateur Radio Association
New Hampshire - single operator                           NH-ARRL
Rhode Island - single operator                               CT/RI 
Contest Group
Vermont - single operator                                     Bob 
Raymond, WA1Z

Maine - single operator high power                        Augusta 
Amateur Radio Association   (new!)
Massachusetts - Hampden County - single opr      Hampden County Radio 
Association
New England Club                                               Yankee 
Clipper Contest Club

Special Awards                                             Award 
                         Donor
-------------------------------------------- 
----------------------------                 -----------------------
Top USA (non-New England) score            Lobster dinner for two 
        Framingham ARA
Top Florida score                                     Gallon of chowda 
                   Paul Tibbetts, K1PT

For USA stations outside of W1:

Make 250 QSOs                                      Ben & Jerry's Ice 
Cream         NEQP committee
Make 150 QSOs                                      Maple syrup 
                 NEQP committee



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