[SECC] Announcement: NY State QSO Party Oct 18

[John Laney]

CQ NYQP!  Rochester DX Association (RDXA) and the NYQP Committee welcome 
you to the 2014 NYQP to be held on Saturday 18 OCT, 1400 UTC for 12 
straight hours of radio fun.

It looks like we'll have all 62 counties on the air in addition to at 
least 10 experienced mobile/rover stations across the state.  All 
contest bands (160m-2m and higher) and all modes (CW, SSB, Digital) will 
be represented.  NYQP QSO rates are quite good and we hope to set new 
rate records this year as more mobiles take to the streets.  In addition 
to excellent W/VE participation, NYQP has become popular with DX 
stations that are interested in working all NY counties on multiple 
bands.  More DX is very welcome!

The event is well funded with many categories and there is plenty of 
opportunity to win a plaque both within NY and outside of the state. 
The plaques are really beautiful and a great addition to the family room.

Here is a link to the 2014 rules:  (Exchange:  RST and County, in NY; 
RST and S/P/C, outside NY)

http://nyqp.org/wordpress/nyqp/2014/NY_QSO_Party_Rules_2014.pdf

So......please send me information on your planned activities (NW2K at 
arrl.net), including county activations and times of operation.  We'll 
get it posted to NYQP.org along with all the other NYQP resources (e.g. 
rare counties, county abbreviations, plaque info, software support, faqs 
etc).

If you'd like to sponsor a plaque, please send me a note.

All NY stations...this is your premier event, so please try to get on 
for 1 QSO or 100.  Let's set some participation records.

Please post this information to your club's reflector so we can really 
boost participation and give the log checkers a ton of work.  NYQP is a 
great club activity.

Thanks and see you on 18 OCT!

CQ NYQP!

73, Dean, NW2K
NW2K at arrl.net
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