North American QSO Party (NAQP)

Submitted by NA1DX on Wed, 01/11/2017 - 15:31
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Reminder the NAQP series is starting up. Details are at: http://ncjweb.com/naqp/

If you are needing WAS cards checked afterwards, please feel to contact me at na1dx@arrl.net.

The North American QSO Parties are favorites of beginners and seasoned operators alike. The NAQPs are low-power only (no amplifiers allowed) which makes for a lot more breathing room on the bands. Small stations can generate very effective “runs” in the NAQP contests. Bands are 10m, 15m, 20m, 40m, 80m, and 160m (except for RTTY).

January/February 2017 Events:

CW: 1800 UTC January 14 to 0600 UTC January 15, 2017
SSB: 1800 UTC January 21 to 0600 UTC January 22, 2017
RTTY: 1800 UTC February 25 to 0600 UTC February 26, 2017

July/August 2017 Events:

RTTY: 1800 UTC July 15 to 0600 UTC July 16, 2017
CW: 1800 UTC August 5 to 0600 UTC August 6, 2017
SSB: 1800 UTC August 19 to 0600 UTC August 20, 2017

The 12 hour format allows participants to do some great contesting, yet still have time for other activities during the weekend. Participants can enter in the single op or multi-op categories and also have the opportunity to combine up to five separate single op scores into a team score.

Look for a group of AARC members operating Multi-2 as NA3DX!

73

Doug NA1DX
na1dx@arrl.net