This Weeks Contests and a TOP OP Challenge
The last couple of weeks featured some good CW activity, This week we go to SSB and RTTY.
This weeks Featured Contest is the North American QSO Party – SSB. This is a fun contest and only 10 hours. It is a great way to sharpen up, get back into the swing of things and check your station for the fall season quickly coming upon us.
This week is another opportunity to be the Club Top Op. Lets all get active for the NAQP and see who can ring up the most. Brian and Paul are always tough whos going to give them a run for their money. I will post results next Monday.
North American QSO Party, SSB: 1800Z, Aug 17 to 0559Z, Aug 18
Geographic Focus: North America
Participation: Worldwide
Awards: North America
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low)
Multi-Two (Low)
Max operating hours: Single Op: 10 hours
Multi-Two:12 hours
Max power: LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: NA: Name + (state/DC/province/country)
non-NA: Name
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: NA station: 1 point per QSO
non-NA station: 1 point per QSO with an NA station
Multipliers: Each US state/DC (including KH6/KL7) once per band
Each VE province/territory once per band
Each North American country (except W/VE) once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 0559Z August 23, 2019
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit/
Mail logs to: Bill Lippert, AC0W
2013 6th Avenue SE
Austin, MN 55912-4321
USA
Find rules at: http://www.ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf
Below is a short list of this weeks contest schedule. The rules for each event are in the link below each event. Click there for all the details.
Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Aug 14
http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf
CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Aug 14 and 1900Z-2000Z, Aug 14 and 0300Z-0400Z, Aug 15
https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/
North American QSO Party, SSB: 1800Z, Aug 17 to 0559Z, Aug 18
http://www.ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf
ARRL Rookie Roundup, RTTY: 1800Z-2359Z, Aug 18
http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup
If you have time, get active this week in these contests and remember to post your scores for Georgia Contest Group. If the contest is you are in is one were you can work other group member to give points and Q’s please do so.
Mike NN9DD
https://www.georgiacontestgroup.com/
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