North American QSO Party This is (was) a great contest for QRP'ers because all the top USA contesters are on and they want to exceed 800-900 QSO's in 10 hours. So, they 'hear' very well and so do their super stations. Hearing QRP to them is like hearing Afghanistan. No problem!!!... The SSB side of this contest (for the K2 crowd) is on Aug 21 starting @ 1800Z. See www<dot>contesting<dot>com for details... I was only on for 5 1/2 hours and on my K1-4 with 15,20 and 40 meters managed to work 34 states, 3 VE Provences including PEI, European Russia and Brazil. 167 QSO's. And thats with incredibly lousy condx. Also, that was battery power and the antenna was an Outbacker Perth on a tripod in the back yard..... The NAQP CW and SSB is twice per year. Summer and winter. 100 watts max, with a QRP catagory..Allowed 10 hours to operate. Winter, QRP should work 'all' 50 states easily.... C U in the SSB in 2 weeks. I'll be QRO. 73, Art W6KY K1-2 K1-4 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
