Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:09:02 -0400
To: *** YCCC *** <yccc@yccc.org>
From: Tom Frenaye <frenaye@pcnet.com>
Subject: NEQP hints
A suggestion for increasing your score in the New England QSO Party,
especially
for those in New England.
-->>> Don't forget to work people operating in
other
contests that are running on the same weekend!
You will no doubt run into people in the Italian DX contest, the
Indiana
QSO Party and the Mobile Amateur Radio Awards Club (MARAC) CW contest -
all
on the same weekend (May 3-4). You could even try to
do
single operator four contests (SO4C)...
[2012 note: the MARAC moved to a different date, and the 7QP is now on this weekend]
The NEQP activity on CW will center around 3540 7040 14040
21040 28040
and for SSB on 3880 7280 14280 21380 28380. In reality, most
daytime
activity is on 20m, with some 15m and little 10m. Late
afternoon/evening/night
time activity is on 40 and 80m.
You'll find Indiana QSO Party activity (from the NEQP start at
20Z
until 05Z early Sunday morning) centered on 3540 7040 14040 21040 28040
also,
and SSB on 3850 7230 14.250 21300 28450. Don't miss the
Indiana
multiplier! Even more, go ahead and work all of them you
hear.
The exchange for you is the same (NE county and state) and they will
send
their county/state. If you log their county, you can even
send
in a log of your Indiana QSOs for the Indiana QP - they'd like
that!
While you don't get extra NEQP points for working an Indiana mobile
station
in different counties (it just counts as a duplicate), you will count
as
another QSO for them if they are in a new county.
The MARAC contest runs all weekend, so you may find activity
throughout
the NEQP. Their focus is on counties across the country so
your
QSO will be welcomed. If you copy their county in your log you
can
send an entry in as well. They have quite a few mobiles and
would
love to work NE counties. As with the Indiana QP, you can
work
mobiles in new counties but they just count as a duplicate for you
unless
they've gone into a new state - last year a number of them went to
multiple
states!
You will also hear stations active in the ARI (Italian) DX contest
(from the NEQP start until 20Z Sunday afternoon). Most of
them
will be from Italy, of course, so don't miss putting Italy in your log
as
a DX multiplier. The exchange is signal report and serial
number.
Past experience is that there is a lot more SSB than CW activity but
there
will be some on both modes. There is worldwide activity so you
may
snag some other good multipliers as well.
There's even a 10-10 CW contest running that same
weekend.
You can work 10-10 members or non-members on 10m CW for contest credit
if
you get their QTH. If you have a 10-10 number they'll get more
points
for your QSO.
So, see if you can handle a contest within a contest. It
may
help out if the rates start to slow down. Try the NEQP and
Indiana
QP (or SO2C - single operator two contests). Or go for SO3C
and
work some Italians as well, or even try SO4C and catch some MARAC
mobiles.
Only truly crazy contesters will make some 10-10 CW QSOs and accomplish
an
SO5C weekend. It may never have been done before...
Oh yes, if you're operating mobile in New England, you can work those
Indiana
QP, MARAC CW and Italian DX folks again and again as you change
counties...
You should be busy.
Don't forget K1DG's Top Ten Reasons to Operate
the NEQP
-- Tom/K1KI
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