Hi All –
Hope most of you can make some Q’s for our annual NEQP effort this weekend!
I’ve proposed an 80m (+75m SSB) *RALLY* so members can work each other and many other New England stations during two periods of NEQP (which can be slower times typically) :
— Sat night, last hour, midnite to 1 am local: CW on the hour (04-0430z), SSB on the half-hour (0430-05z)
— Sun eve, last hour, 7 to 8 pm local: CW on the hour (23-2330z), SSB on the half-hour (2330-2359z)
Try 3.540 MHz and 3.850 MHz +/- . Call CQ, look for (and spot!) active CTRI members, work other close-by W1’s, and have fun! I will definitely be in there!! Hope to work many of you in this Activity Hour.
See the updated NEQP.org homepage for times of the other three concurrent QPs — 7QP, INQP & DEQP. Work the 7’s and IN stations Sat night as they won’t be active much on Sunday. Only the DEQP runs 24 hours. For DX mults work all the stations calling CQ ARI (CW and SSB) and just provide a serial # to them. Each unique DXCC worked in NEQP is a mult so it is worthwhile to chase some DX too!
Good luck to our intrepid rovers W1AN, K1DM and W1XX operating as W1DX/m from various CT/RI/MA county lines on both days. Hopefully most of their chosen locations will be free of powerline/other noise.
With the success of the State QSO Party Challenge (now in year #2) bringing hundreds of additional ops to the QSO party table many many non-W1 stations will be hunting for you, so call CQ and Run often. All participants may use spotting networks so use the cluster as a source for new mults. All categories are considered Mixed Mode so don’t neglect your less favorite mode(s) to maximize points.
Good luck / good contesting … 73,
Bill W1WBB
Chief Op @ AI1TT
NEWRI
