[SECC] SECC Teams Registered for NAQP CW Today

[John Laney]

Thanks for registering your NAQP CW team.  SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE FOR SOME OPERATING TIPS.  73, John, K4BAI.

Team Name: SECC#1

Team Members:
K4BAI
AD8J
N4GG
AA4CF
K4EA

Registration recorded at: 2015-08-01 14:50:22Z

Your team registration info has been saved to the NCJ team database. If you wish to update your team membership, please use the team registration form to resubmit your team members. Please be sure to use exactly the same team name, unless you are purposely wanting to change the name.

You can easily update your team registration by clicking on the following link:

http://www.ncjweb.com/cwnaqpteamreg/?ncjarg=d85293d79b1e1778779e8a9ca4efa4b7

73 de Chris Hurlbut, KL9A (cwnaqpmgr at ncjweb.com)


Thanks for registering your NAQP CW team.

Team Name: SECC#2

Team Members:
AA4GA
AA4LR
NJ8J
WN4AFP
N4IQ

Registration recorded at: 2015-08-01 14:51:29Z

Your team registration info has been saved to the NCJ team database. If you wish to update your team membership, please use the team registration form to resubmit your team members. Please be sure to use exactly the same team name, unless you are purposely wanting to change the name.

You can easily update your team registration by clicking on the following link:

http://www.ncjweb.com/cwnaqpteamreg/?ncjarg=c1e6ac57189adaf6de77221989f15dd8

73 de Chris Hurlbut, KL9A (cwnaqpmgr at ncjweb.com)


All members should use no more than 100W.  AA4GA will be QRP. Also, do 
not use cluster or packet or other types of assistance from outside your 
own station and your own operation.  SCP and other pre-fills are OK to 
confirm what you hear, but be sure to log what you hear if there is any 
difference.

Note that we have two brothers on SECC#2, NJ8J and AA4LR.  Have fun and 
operate as much as you can.  Post your scores to 3830 by Sunday or 
Monday at the latest or send them to me directly.  There is a short 
deadline for submission of logs to NCJ, so don't put off doing that either.

Thanks for playing in the NAQP with SECC.  The more teams there are, the 
more activity there will be, and the more fun everyone can have.  Hope 
for good conditions. Be sure to check the marginal bands.

I usually start on the highest open band.  If 10 is open to anywhere, I 
start there.  Then go down to 15.  Run mainly on 20M during the day.  
Try to be on 10 at the top of each hour and on 15 at the half way point 
of each hour.  Then move down to 40 to run in the late afternoon and 
check back on 10 and 20 at the top of the hour and 15 at the bottom.  80 
and 160 after dark.  Don't hesitate to ask someone who calls you to QSY 
to another band where you need their mult.  Choose a QSY frequency that 
is likely to be fairly clear, but not too far from the main activity.  
Probably best to make it in the General Class band unless you know 
someone has an Extra.  Probably not productive to ask someone who is 
calling CQ to QSY to another band unless you know him well or maybe if 
you are a member of the same team or club.  Be open to requests to QSY 
to another band even if you think the other band isn't open.  You may be 
surprised. Sometimes it is possible to QSY to all bands and make QSOs 
even in the last hour of the contest (1 to 2 AM EDT).

Remember to take off times in periods of in excess of 30 minutes. If 
your last QSO is at 0000Z, don't make the next one until 0031Z.  If you 
make it at 0030Z, you will have taken off only 29 minutes and the robot 
won't allow that 29 minutes as off time.

Most of all, have fun.  73, John, K4BAI.