by Tom Frenaye, K1KI – frenaye@pcnet.com
Writeup | New England Scores | Scores Outside New England | Breakdowns of Top Stations | Soapbox
Introduction
In 2024 we received 718 logs overall, down about 10% from 2023, as propagation was not very good. There were 39 logs from Canada, 22 from DX stations, 446 from the USA, and 212 logs from New England. The total number of QSOs made by all stations after log checking came in at 91,755.
All 68 New England counties were on the air with 961 different stations represented in the logs. By state, the totals were 159 stations from Connecticut, 332 from Massachusetts, 151 from Maine, 146 from New Hampshire, 81 from Rhode Island, and 81 from Vermont. The hardest to work counties were Essex VT, followed by Washington VT, Dukes MA, Grand Isle, VT and Essex VT.
There were a couple of significant rues changes made for the 2024 NEQP. We switched the exchange format from county-state to state-county. and in Connecticut we replaced county with planning region. This last change did create some push back but county government has not existed in CT for 45 years. The changes did not seriously disrupt things and for most people it went smoothly.
Propagation
Solar activity was low with few sunspots and a mostly quiet geomagnetic field. There were no geomagnetic storms but DX propagation was not very good. Activity on 15 and 10m brought fewer QSOs than in 2023. The next few years promise to be excellent on the higher bands for everyone!
| Valid QSOs | 80m | 40m | 20m | 15m | 10m |
| QSOs made by W1s | 4,327 | 24,964 | 24,971 | 6,471 | 619 |
| Different stations worked | 525 | 2,512 | 4,565 | 1,293 | 250 |
| QSOs made by non-W1s | 1,995 | 11,383 | 13,284 | 3,509 | 232 |
| Different stations worked | 82 | 310 | 423 | 216 | 78 |
Mobiles
At least a dozen mobiles were active across all six states! Coverage was especially good in ME-NH-VT. They made a real difference in making sure all counties were on the air.
NZ1U/m with Jay/W1UJ operating toured 27 counties in all 6 states, running single operator low power mobile, and earned a score of 120,756 points. Mill/K1IB/m was second and stopped in 8 counties for a score of 72,318.
The top multi-operator mobile was Jay/N2RC/m (+John/KE2X, operators). They hit 15 counties in three states for 30,855 points.
Scott/N1AIA/m tried QRP mobile for the first time, making 100 QSOs from 4 counties, for 5,800 points.
| NZ1U/m (W1UJ, opr) – 27 counties Wow! That was a blast! Thanks to the contest sponsors, K1KI, and the awesome ops that followed us around all weekend. Special thanks to N1WK for station engineering the NZ1U/m operating position and antennas, keeping the truck fueled, keeping this operator well nourished and driving all over the beautiful New England countryside safely and effectively. N1WK Operated the Car / W1UJ Operated the Radio This is one of one of the most successful NEQP/m trips that we have done since starting these annual adventures ~12 years ago. ~866 Miles/~1400 Km – 27 Counties – 15.5 Hours – All 6 New England States F-150 Truck, 2 High-Sierra ‘Screwdriver’ antennas mounted to the back-rack with band-specific radials wrapped around inside the truck bed. K3 Rig, N1MM+, Mortty v5 keyer, 2 Large commercial 12v batteries, Lenovo T480 with aftermarket back-lit keyboard hook-and-loop’d to a lap desk with an old home-brew paddle secured to the desk. Pumped audio into the truck stereo for the whole ride- No headset. We had one failure of a coax cable’s PL-259 that took us offline for ~30 minutes Sunday. The failure was evident (in hindsight…) on Saturday but couldn’t pin it down until an all-out failure on Sunday AM delaying our start. (RF Noise in the truck speakers during TX and occasional High SWR). The other unfortunate thing is the noise generated by the truck. Internet research suggests a common problem with fuel pumps in the Ford vehicles… so may be addressed by next year, but the undertaking could… well… stink- to drop the fuel tank/etc. During our trip, the Truck’s ‘Check Engine’ light would pop up intermittently and, at one point, during very hard acceleration, the truck just died out but did not shut off. Once N1WK was driving around the following week after this event(Weds), he actually broke down! There is a problem with the truck’s fuse within the fuse box with this vintage vehicle. TLDR: The fuse for the fuel pump was melted! The K3 NB and NR took care of a great deal of the noise. Originally, we had planned on knocking out the ‘new’ 2024 CT CoGs to maintain our position in operating from every NewE county (Except MA NAN 🙁 ), but when we reached out to K1KI, he suggested that coverage was light in ME- so that was where we were headed. After squashing the original plans, and planning on ME, K1KI again updated us that the furthest East counties were covered- this afforded us the ability to cover a couple of the Northern VT/NH counties that were lightly covered. I will proclaim this – SELF SPOTTING WAS KEY to this team’s success, fun, and enjoyment this year. In the past, no-one would ever hear us, we would park within a county and call and call and call- make a minimum of 2 QSOs and bail….. or get squashed out by a QRO Fixed station (Only happened once this trip) and hope for the best. On Saturday IN/7QP/ARI would be squashing us out all over the place. The self-spotting established the frequency, provided the instant gratification, refreshing of a run for the long county occupations, and provided the much needed QSOs for the hunters. We would typically only self-spot once per county or band change and it was enough. We stayed high in the band. A coordinated QSO Party mobile window could be amazing! On Saturday we headed up the coastal counties of Maine, and while we had a good lunch before leaving it was around 2300z/1900EST when we started getting hungry… there is NOTHING open at 1900 EST in Northern Maine apparently… by the time we did find a place, (Anglers Restaurant, Searsport ME *****) it was ~1950 and the restaurant closes at 2000 EST – they stayed around and re-fueled us with a fine seafood combination platter! The one battery we were using kind of fizzled out early but towards the end of the day as expected, so instead of running the 100w and 4-second delay between CQ repeats, we adjusted on Sunday to 50w and 8 second delay for CQ repeats and did not have a problem with the longer operating time. Some of the roads were bone-rattling! I would wedge myself in the passenger seat with my elbows and try not to hit more than one key while working/logging QSOs- It is hard to say who won the ‘worst roads’ this year. MOST of the roads were just fine. Our overnight stay was at Gateway Inn, Medway, ME – it was very good. We stopped operating around 0230z. On Sunday, we woke early and hit the road to enjoy a wonderful breakfast at Grandbelly’s Cafe in Medway, ME, then about 15 minutes before the contest we were wringing things out and we found the bad coax which led to a ~15 minute delay after the start before the first QSO, but the N1WK temp coax repair helped recover nicely. Sunday is great since we get to enjoy the awesome scenery and have minimal competition from other QSO parties. The scenery was slightly less enjoyable since we were battling torrential rains and winds while coming through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. DL3DXX (Most QSOs! Thank you!!) Pushed me to 15m But no-one answered other than DL3DXX! We CQ’d for a few minutes, but went back to 20m. We had made pretty good time covering North ME, NH and VT so we decided to traverse MA and hit at least one county in CTNOE and RIPRO before finishing the QSO Party in the W1UJ, MAWOR, Driveway. (No Noise with the truck off!) There are some pictures and a tour of the NZ1U/m vehicle at this You Tube link; https://youtu.be/dmG4OaCLRyM Thanks again from the NZ1U Barnstormers. Counties covered and QSO count per; CTNOE 34 MAMID 40 MAWOR 143 MEAND 31 MECUM 46 MEFRA 34 MEHAN 66 MEKEN 30 MEKNO 34 MELIN 27 MEOXF 38 MEPEN 71 MEPIS 66 MESAG 18 MESOM 43 MEWAL 36 MEYOR 46 NHBEL 22 NHCOO 47 NHGRA 45 NHHIL 24 NHMER 28 NHROC 10 NHSTR 13 RIPRO 23 VTCAL 18 VTESS 36 Special thanks to these folks for the multiple QSOs, for sure!!! We really, truly, completely appreciate you! DL3DXX 36 WN4AFP 28 K4QS 24 K9CW 20 K1GU 17 |
| K1NZ/m – 15 counties Murphy was out to get me before the contest even started. I had lost a set screw in my 80m mobile antenna recently and replaced it with a cheap Amazon version. I found out on Thursday that the set screw had, after about a week, rusted and fused itself into the screw hole. I cold not get it loose even with copious amounts of PB Blaster. At least HRO Salem was on the way up to Maine and I was able to pick up a replacement on Friday. On Saturday, we had some time to kill before the contest started and Bissell Brothers Brewing – Three Rivers opened so we checked out the Fort Halifax Historic Site which was near our AirBnB. I did a POTA activation and had to struggle to get 10 QSOs and figured that was going to be the theme for the weekend: horrible conditions. Seems to happen every NEQP but I digress… Once the contest started, Murphy decided to throw me another curveball. 20m CW would hose the winkeyer and cause N1MM to barf. I was able to limp along on 15 cw and 20 SSB until later in the evening. It worked out that most of the breweries we hit on Saturday were earlier in the evening so that I could run 40 after dark. 40 seemed good enough to not warrant switching to the 80m antenna so I stayed on 40 for the rest of the night. Conditions seemed even worse on Sunday. I did manage to get a few EU on 15 CW and some really rough-copy SSB stations on 20. By the time we got into Portland, had lunch, and got on the road again, most of the activity seemed to have shifted to 40 which is where I stayed for the rest of the contest. I had quite the following of regular chasers from MEYOR when we left Barrelled Souls all the way to MAHMD where we quit a few minutes early for dinner at Yummy Asian Cuisine. Overall, I’m happy I beat last year’s numbers, especially being unable to use 20m CW. Miles driven: 832 Counties activated: 15 Breweries visited: 11 QSO to Brewery Ratio: 32 Rig: FT-100D, ATAS-120, and 2018 Camry |
| K1IB/m – 8 counties Eleven hours operating time. 196 mile loop. Six county line stops. Rig: Yaesu FT-897. Antenna: Hustler mobile vertical. Fortunately, after a Murphy-marred Vermont QSO Party mobile attempt, all went well in the NEQP. |
| W1VE/m (+K2TR K1EP, oprs) – 19 counties A tale of two different years. This year, we had grand plans for M/S. Lots of experimentation before the contest, but in the end, a single-radio m/s. Elecraft K3s to Comet UHV-6. We had original plans for four ops, but KC1KUG caught a cold. Fred, K2TR, Ed, K1EP and I set out with high hopes. The sun had a different story in mind. We did a loop starting from K2LE’s QTH in Vermont up to the north all the way to Grand Isle, then came down 91 swinging back and fourth between NH and VT, back to the K2LE QTH for the overnight. We decided to avoid CT and MA due to the I95 shutdown in CT, which was making a mess of roadways. Sunday, we headed out early to Maine. By noon, we reached the coast. Propagation was totally stinko. At times, we could find no CW signals 40-10m. We stopped at Fro’s famous Hot Dogs for lunch — then decided to cut the trip short. We thought we would dip down into MA on the way back to see if we could find a few more QSOs, and we did. A total of 750 driving miles (Fred, K2TR, did all the driving) for 19 counties activated. Thanks to all the “possy” for following us around all the counties. Without you, pickings would have been very slim. Always a pleasure… Let’s hope for better prop next year! 73, Gerry W1VE for the W1VE/m crew |
Results
Check here for detailed results –> Outside New England Scores | New England Scores
and for band-by-band info for the leaders –> Band-by-band
USA Outside New England
Chuck/K4QS climbed to the op in the single operator high power category with 268 CW QSOs, 61 counties and 32,696 points from Virginia.
K4QS has quite an operating desk!
He was followed closely by Dick/K9OM with 222 CW and 54 SSB QSOs, 59 counties and 29,382 points from Wisconsin. The rest of the top five scores were Ed/W5TM with 28,614 points from Oklahoma, Dave/KA6BIM from Oregon with 27,132 points, and then Bob/N4BP operating as WN1GIV from Florida with 26,568 points.
The SO low power category was dominated by Dave/WN4AFP from South Carolina with a score higher than all of the USA high power entries! Dave made 38,544 points by working 256 CW and 72 SSB QSOs, and 66 counties, setting a new state record.
 WN4AFP – I had a blast in the 2024 NEQP! During the last few years, I’ve placed in the top ten in this contest and this year, I set a goal to shoot for the gold in this one. My daughter’s college graduation was early Saturday morning, so I got home around 3:45 pm and jumped into the NewEngQP. My claimed score of 329 Qs / 66 mults for 38,676 was my all time best score in this contest. We’ll see what happens after log checking. In 2022, I was very pleased to come in 3rd place in the LP category. But I was very surprised to place right about Bob Patton, WN1GIV (the other WN call) in the contest. In 2022, I was only running an IC-706 to an 80m OCF dipole at 35′. This contest is perfect for my location and station. I’m in South Carolina and the propagation typically allows me the opportunity to work New England great on 20m during the entire event, late afternoon on 40m and evening on 40m and 80m. I just received my new IC-7300 a week before this 2024 NewEngQP, so I wanted ‘break-in’ the new rig to my style of contesting. The 7300 and the 80m OCF at 35′ played very well. Thanks to all the NE ops for the Qs, especially those amazing mobile ops! PS: I hope that my hamcat Olive doesn’t put me in the Assisted category. 73 Dave WN4AFP |
Jeff/N8II from West Virginia was second in the SOLP category with 24,896 points. The third, fourth and fifth place finishers were Drew/K9CW and Pete/K9PW from Illinois with 22,968 and 22,330 points, and Ned/K1GU from Tennessee at 21,900.
Overall, sixteen state records were set in 2024.
Special thanks to everyone who participated in all of the QSO parties on the same day – W1 W7 DE and IN – and sent in a log or checklog for the NEQP!
Canada
Alan/VA1MM took the top Canadian SOHP title in 2024 with a mixture of 120 CW and 53 SSB QSOs, with 55 counties worked for 16,115 points. He was followed by Claude/VE2FK with 168 CW QSOs and 46 counties close behind with 15,456 points. Third went to Ken/VE3KP with 10,228 points.
In the SO low power race, Vlad/VE3TM came out on top with 113 QSOs, 44 counties and 9,944 points, with Jeff/VE1ZAC not far behind at 9,400 and John/VA3FN with 8,610 points. The SO QRP leader was Ron/VE3SIF.
DX
Dietmar/DL3DXX lives about 3000 miles from Boston, further than San Francisco is, yet he had a bigger score then any other station outside of New England. He racked up 376 QSOs in 61 counties for 45,872 points and a new German record. Sam/LY5W and Laci/OM2VL followed with 14,161 and 10,440 points.
DL3DXX
In the low power category, Max/SP1AEN came in first with 11,872 points from 133 QSOs and 42 counties. Marco/XE2S came in second with 5,168.
For a full list of current records –> Records
New England Results
Single Operator High Power
Dave/K1ZZ topped all single operator high power contestants, making 1,329 CW QSOs, a multiplier of 98 and a 260,484 total from CT. Dale/AF1T in New Hampshire earned his 163,400 points from 1,634 all SSB contacts and 100 multipliers. The third place finisher was Mark/K1RX also from NH, with a 145,878 point total. Fourth and fifth places came from Kevin/KE1VT in VT and Randy/K5ZD, as AK1W, from MA.
| Mixed Mode | CW only | SSB only | |||
| Call | Score | Call | Score | Call | Score |
| K1ZZ | 260,484 | K1ZZ | 260,484 | AF1T | 163,400 |
| AF1T | 163,400 | W1AN | 117,852 | W2DAN | 101,660 |
| K1RX | 145,878 | W1FJ | 89,180 | K1DC | 66,815 |
| KE1VT | 130,360 | W1HIS | 74,496 | AC1PI | 63,750 |
| AK1W | 128,560 | W1JQ | 64,090 | K1KA | 43,712 |
Single Operator Low Power
Ed/K1TR earned the top low power single operator score by beating his own record from NH with 246,238 points with 1,219 CW QSOs and 101 multipliers. Dave/K1VUT wasn’t far behind with 1,104 CW QSOs and 192,096 points. Bill/W1WBB added a little variety with 728 CW and 131 SSB contacts and 101 multipliers for 160,287.
| Mixed Mode | CW only | SSB only | |||
| Call | Score | Call | Score | Call | Score |
| K1TR | 246,238 | K1TR | 246,238 | KC1QEM | 10,608 |
| K1VUT | 192,096 | K1VUT | 192,096 | KC1RWR | 9,600 |
| W1WBB | 160,287 | N1DC | 120,712 | K1TT | 9,100 |
| N1DC | 120,712 | K1XM | 109,480 | KB1TCD | 7,600 |
| W1QK | 111,909 | K1KX | 85,522 | KC1SDD | 7,339 |
Single Operator QRP
Mark/K1RO won the 1st place ribbon in the single operator QRP category with 532 QSOs and 60 multipliers for 63,840 points from New Hampshire. Second and third places were a photo finish with Curt/W1MTT and Jock/N1JI separated by just 172 points! They both had 405 QSOs, and N1JI had two more multipliers. But… W1MTT came out on top because all of his QSOs were on CW and N1JI had some SSB contacts. Final score was 43,749 to 43,566.
Multi-Operator
The team at K1TTT operated as NE1QP and broke the old record for multi-operator entries by 75k points with a whopping 504,450 points from their QTH in Berkshire County MA. Operators KR3E K1MK W0EAS W1TO K1TTT NJ1F N4XTT and N0GJW made 1,762 CW, 2 digital and 897 SSB contacts, and worked 114 multipliers. Second place went to KD1MC with K1ESE and W1ETI operating from W1IMD‘s station in Maine. They made 1133 CW QSOs for 228,866 points.
There are fourteen county records set in New Engand, plus many in the new CT planning regions. Check out the records page for details for all categories –> Records
Check here for detailed New England results –> Score detail
and for band-by-band leaders –> Band-by-band
Club Competition
| New England Clubs | Entries | Score |
| Yankee Clipper Contest Club | 68 | 3,750,895 |
| CTRI Contest Group | 8 | 617,376 |
| Hampden County Radio Association | 4 | 180,881 |
| Candlewood Amateur Radio Association | 1 | 111,909 |
| Eastern Connecticut Amateur Radio Association | 2 | 76,432 |
| Long Island CW Club | 2 | 73,082 |
| Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club | 2 | 45,284 |
| Providence Radio Association | 2 | 36,780 |
| Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont | 1 | 34,336 |
| Frankford Radio Club | 1 | 30,855 |
| Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club | 3 | 28,490 |
| Greater Bridgeport Amateur Radio Club | 2 | 17,785 |
| Southeaster Connecticut Amateur Radio Society | 2 | 10,479 |
| Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 7,600 |
| Westport Astronomical Society Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 6,794 |
| Fidelity Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 3,636 |
| Cheshire County DX Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 3,584 |
| Northeastern Wireless Club | 1 | 1,976 |
| Boston Amateur Radio Club | 2 | 1,657 |
| Seehund U-5075 Amateur Radio Association - WW2MAN | 1 | 1,116 |
| Port City Amateur Radio Club | 2 | 1,017 |
| North American QRP CW Club | 1 | 486 |
| Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association | 1 | 363 |
| Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 308 |
| Meriden Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 220 |
| Granite State Amateur Radio Association | 1 | 114 |
| Falmouth Amateur Radio Association | 1 | 45 |
| Nantucket Amateur Radio Association | 1 | 42 |
| Contoocook Valley Radio Club | 1 | 18 |
| K1USN Radio Club | 1 | 12 |
| Capital Area Repeater Society | 1 | 2 |
| Non-New England Clubs | Entries | Score |
| Florida Contest Group | 26 | 212,544 |
| Potomac Valley Radio Club | 25 | 195,750 |
| Society of Midwest Contesters | 17 | 158,893 |
| Frankford Radio Club | 13 | 88,115 |
| Swamp Fox Contest Group | 12 | 85,025 |
| Tennessee Contest Group | 12 | 83,090 |
| Minnesota Wireless Association | 15 | 80,982 |
| Contest Club Ontario | 12 | 70,277 |
| Bavarian Contest Club | 2 | 55,138 |
| Northern California Contest Club | 13 | 48,746 |
| Niagara Frontier Radiosport | 4 | 48,323 |
| South East Contest Club | 5 | 43,901 |
| San Diego Contest Club | 2 | 42,062 |
| Southern California Contest Club | 6 | 33,864 |
| Deep Dixie Contest Club | 2 | 32,814 |
| Arizona Outlaws Contest Club | 12 | 32,770 |
| Alabama Contest Group | 2 | 31,704 |
| Kansas City Contest Club | 4 | 30,416 |
| New Providence Amateur Radio Club | 3 | 29,988 |
| Hudson Valley Contesters & Dxers | 5 | 22,514 |
| North Fulton Amateur Radio League | 2 | 22,266 |
| Lake Area Amateur Radio Klub | 8 | 19,067 |
| Mad River Radio Club | 5 | 17,902 |
| Heartland DX Association | 1 | 17,192 |
| GK Contest Club | 1 | 16,422 |
| Contest Group du Quebec | 2 | 15,458 |
| Western Washington DX Club | 7 | 15,022 |
| Baltic Contest Club | 1 | 14,161 |
| North American QRP CW Club | 5 | 14,148 |
| Bristol (TN/VA) Amateur Radio Club | 2 | 12,565 |
| Dallas Ft Worth Contest Group | 3 | 11,784 |
| Central Texas DX and Contest Club | 1 | 11,070 |
| Yankee Clipper Contest Club | 2 | 10,902 |
| Carolina DX Association | 2 | 10,500 |
| Slovak Contest Group | 1 | 10,440 |
| Big Sky Contesters | 4 | 10,004 |
| Kitchener-Waterloo Amateur Radio Club | 4 | 9,960 |
| Willamette Valley DX Club | 5 | 9,839 |
| Lafayette DX Association | 3 | 8,993 |
| Texas DX Society | 1 | 8,736 |
| Cuyahoga Amateur Radio Service | 1 | 8,077 |
| Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association | 1 | 7,956 |
| Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 6,992 |
| Pizza Lovers 259 | 1 | 6,560 |
| Maritime Contest Club | 3 | 6,368 |
| Fort Wayne Radio Club | 1 | 5,547 |
| Hermosillo Contest Group | 1 | 5,168 |
| Seneca Radio Club | 1 | 5,076 |
| Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado | 4 | 4,964 |
| North Coast Contesters | 1 | 4,958 |
| Kentucky Contest Group | 3 | 4,915 |
| Alexandria Radio Club | 1 | 4,650 |
| Cornwall Ranger Station | 2 | 4,620 |
| Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 4,104 |
| Russian Contest Club | 1 | 3,960 |
| Delaware Lehigh Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 3,498 |
| Indianapolis Radio Club | 1 | 3,422 |
| North East Wyoming Contesting Club | 1 | 3,360 |
| Deutscher Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 3,248 |
| PC Amateur Radio Society | 1 | 2,820 |
| Motherload DX/Contest Club | 1 | 2,548 |
| Orca DX and Contest Club | 2 | 2,548 |
| Central Oregon DX Club | 2 | 2,230 |
| Metro DX Club | 1 | 2,187 |
| Saskatchewan Contest Club | 1 | 2,184 |
| Torbay Amater Radio Society | 1 | 1,950 |
| South Jersey Radio Association | 1 | 1,794 |
| Bowie Wireless Association | 1 | 1,755 |
| Central Virginia Contest Club | 1 | 1,560 |
| Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 1,376 |
| Central Oregon DX Club | 2 | 1,240 |
| All Idaho Contest Club | 1 | 1,140 |
| Shelf Life | 1 | 912 |
| Keowee-Toxaway Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 891 |
| South Jersey DX Association | 1 | 722 |
| Utah DX Association | 2 | 702 |
| Larkfield Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 672 |
| Portage County Amateur Radio Service | 4 | 502 |
| Hendricks County Amateur Radio Society | 1 | 494 |
| CWops | 1 | 448 |
| McHenry County Wireless Association | 1 | 418 |
| Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Assn | 1 | 396 |
| Portland Radio Contester Club | 1 | 198 |
| Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association | 1 | 190 |
| South Mountain Radio Amateurs | 1 | 180 |
| Oklahoma DX Association | 1 | 170 |
| Radio Club of Redmond | 1 | 144 |
| Onslow Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 132 |
| Upper Pinallas Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 100 |
| Dupage Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 90 |
| Peak Radio Association | 1 | 63 |
| ARROW Communications Association | 1 | 55 |
| Mississauga Amateur Radio Club | 1 | 42 |
| Snohomish County Hams Club | 1 | 36 |
| Colorado QRP Club | 1 | 32 |
| Kensington Amateur Radio and El Cerrito Ham Operators | 1 | 20 |
| York Region Amatuer Radio Club | 1 | 16 |
| SP DX Club | 1 | 2 |
| Randolph County Emergency Radio Club | 1 | 1 |
Activity by County
| County | QSOs | Stations |
|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | ||
| Capital Region | 2980 | 45 |
| Greater Bridgeport | 167 | 7 |
| Lower CT River | 446 | 10 |
| Naugatuck | 354 | 13 |
| Northeastern | 452 | 13 |
| Northwest Hills | 801 | 11 |
| South Central | 499 | 17 |
| Southeastern | 1033 | 22 |
| Western | 1345 | 21 |
| Massachusetts | ||
| Barnstable | 441 | 28 |
| Berkshire | 2059 | 14 |
| Bristol | 774 | 32 |
| Dukes | 53 | 4 |
| Essex | 2036 | 34 |
| Franklin | 660 | 8 |
| Hampden | 153 | 13 |
| Hampshire | 369 | 23 |
| Middlesex | 3886 | 72 |
| Nantucket | 116 | 4 |
| Norfolk | 1276 | 35 |
| Plymouth | 1569 | 24 |
| Suffolk | 247 | 8 |
| Worcester | 1507 | 33 |
| Maine | ||
| Androscoggin | 275 | 10 |
| Aroostook | 169 | 7 |
| Cumberland | 792 | 14 |
| Franklin | 66 | 7 |
| Hancock | 581 | 24 |
| Kennebec | 332 | 6 |
| Knox | 656 | 9 |
| Lincoln | 75 | 5 |
| Oxford | 821 | 11 |
| Penobscot | 123 | 9 |
| Piscataquis | 101 | 8 |
| Sagadahoc | 82 | 7 |
| Somerset | 90 | 5 |
| Waldo | 376 | 7 |
| Washington | 453 | 5 |
| York | 436 | 17 |
| New Hampshire | ||
| Belknap | 89 | 9 |
| Carroll | 419 | 6 |
| Cheshire | 469 | 13 |
| Coos | 193 | 5 |
| Grafton | 415 | 11 |
| Hillsborough | 849 | 30 |
| Merrimack | 744 | 17 |
| Rockingham | 1482 | 30 |
| Strafford | 851 | 15 |
| Sullivan | 886 | 10 |
| Rhode Island | ||
| Bristol | 494 | 10 |
| Kent | 915 | 23 |
| Newport | 921 | 15 |
| Providence | 771 | 22 |
| Washington | 1494 | 11 |
| Vermont | ||
| Addison | 705 | 8 |
| Bennington | 662 | 9 |
| Caledonia | 136 | 5 |
| Chittenden | 556 | 15 |
| Essex | 60 | 3 |
| Franklin | 91 | 5 |
| Grand Isle | 56 | 4 |
| Lamoille | 188 | 3 |
| Orange | 111 | 4 |
| Orleans | 20 | 3 |
| Rutland | 88 | 3 |
| Washington | 51 | 5 |
| Windsor | 578 | 11 |
| Windham | 654 | 3 |
Awards
Digital (Adobe PDF) certificates will be emailed to everyone who made at least 25 QSOs. Please come back and enjoy the fun in the 2025 NEQP!! We’re expecting great conditions. Special plaques have been awarded to these top scorers:
click to show plaque winners
| Category | Donor | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| USA – Single Operator High Power | Yankee Clipper Contest Club | Chuck Stover, K4QS |
| USA – Single Operator Low Power | Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, in memory of Laci Radnay, W1PL | Dave Edmonds, WN4AFP |
| USA – Single Operator QRP | Rudy Bakalov, N2WQ | Tom Warren, K3TW |
| USA – Single Op (W5-W6-W7-W0) | Huckleberry Mountain Contest Club | Ed Gillilan, W5TM |
| USA – Single Op (W2-W3-W8-W9) | Steve Moynihan, W3SM | Dick Van Zandt, K9OM |
| USA – Single Operator Low Power (W5-W6-W7-W0) | Steve Moynihan, W3SM | Ralph Bowen, N5RZ |
| USA – Single Operator Low Power (W2-W3-W8-W9) | Whit Carter, K1EO | Jeff Hartley, N8II |
| USA – Single Operator – Ohio | Tom Miller, W1PD, in memory of Jack Miller, W1PDI | Metro Sinko, W8MET |
| USA – Single Operator Low Power – W7 | Bob Garceau, W1EQ | Mike Steene, W7GF |
| USA – Multi-Operator Single-Transmitter | Will and Pam Angenent, K6ND/K6NDV | San Diego Contest Club, NX6T |
| USA – Single Operator – CW only | Hamcrafters | Chuck Stover, K4QS |
| USA – Single Operator – SSB only | Huckleberry Mountain Contest Club | Ron Koenig, WV4P |
| USA – Single Operator QRP (AR LA MS TN) | Steve Kercel, AA4AK | Edward A Kazmarek, K4EAK |
| Canada – Single Operator High Power | Huckleberry Mountain Contest Club | Alan Prosser, VA1MM |
| Canada – Single Operator Low Power – CW only | Gerry Hull, W1VE/VE1RM | Vlad Sidarau, VE3TM |
| Canada – Single Operator Low Power (VE4-VE5-VE6) | Gerry Hull, W1VE/VE1RM | Kevin Clements, VA6RCN |
| DX – Single Operator | Yankee Clipper Contest Club | Deitmar Kasper, DL3DXX |
| DX – Single Operator Low Power | Pete Chamalian, W1RM, in memory of John Thompson, W1BIH/PJ9JT | Max Wdowczyk, SP1AEN |
| Golden Log – no errors | Jim Spears, N1NK | Dietmar Kasper, DL3DXX |
| Top Club | Florida Contest Group | Florida Contest Group |
| New England – Single Operator | Yankee Clipper Contest Club | Dave Sumner, K1ZZ |
| New England – Single Operator – Low Power | Dave Hoaglin, K1HT | Ed Parsons, K1TR |
| New England – single operator – QRP | Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club | Mark Wilson, K1RO |
| New England – Mobile | Boston Amateur Radio Club | The Barnstormers – NZ1U (Jay Corriveau, W1UJ, opr) |
| New England – Mobile – Multi Operator | Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, in memory of James Szewczyk, WB1EYM | Mike Moran, N2RC/m (+KE2X, oprs) |
| New England – Mobile – Single Operator (Rookie) | Bob Raymond, WA1Z | Erik Wheeler, N1CFO/m |
| New England – County Expedition Award | Tom Homewood, W1TO | Mill Moore, K1IB/m |
| New England – multi-single | Cheshire County DX ARC | Downeast Contesters & DXers, NE1QP |
| New England – Youth Operator (under 21) | Geoff Way, KA1IOR, in memory of Geoff Alsop, W1OH | Devon Francis, KC1SDD |
| New England – Single Operator – CW only | Andy Bodony, K2LE | Dave Sumner, K1ZZ |
| New England – Single Operator – SSB only | Woody Beckford, WW1WW | Dale Clement, AF1T |
| Connecticut – Single Operator | Huckleberry Mountain Contest Club | Dave Sumner, K1ZZ |
| Connecticut – Single Operator Low Power | Dick Pechie, KB1H, memorial sponsored by the Barnstormers (NZ1U) | Dan Fegley, W1QK |
| Maine – Single Operator High Power | Larry Banks, W1DYJ | Steve Golson, W1SEG |
| Maine – Single Operator Low Power | Sue, K1RQ, and Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, in memory of Dana Cobb, K1RQ | Bob Coakley, KX1E |
| Massachusetts – Single Operator High Power | Framingham Amateur Radio Association | Randy Thompson, AK1W (K5ZD, opr.) |
| Massachusetts – Single Operator Low Power | Chuck Counselman, W1HIS | Dave Clemons, K1VUT |
| Massachusetts – Hampden County – Single Operator Low Power | Hampden County Radio Assn | Daniel Vierno, K1VWQ |
| Massachusetts – Single Operator – Best in Western Massachusetts | POTA*413 Western MA Chapter Portable on the Air | Leonard Bean, KB1W |
| New Hampshire – Single Operator High Power | Mark Wilson, K1RO | Dale Clement, AF1T |
| New Hampshire – Single Operator Low Power | WQ2H Repeater Group | Ed Parsons, K1TR |
| New Hampshire – Multi-Operator | Nat Lee, N1BNC, + Dan Norman, N0HF | Unity Mountain ARC, W1UMR (Barry/NF1O, Mary Whittemore/NE1F, oprs) |
| Rhode Island – Single Operator | CTRI Contest Group | Bill Bliss, W1WBB |
| Vermont – Single Operator | Bob Raymond, WA1Z | Kevin Emilio, KE1VT |
| Vermont – Single Operator Low Power | West River Radio Club | Todd Howell, KC1BDJ |
| New England Club | Yankee Clipper Contest Club | CTRI Contest Group |
If you’d like to sponsor a new plaque for 2025, please contact us at info@neqp.org
Log Checking
The log checking process was very thorough and most entries lost a few QSOs. There were 718 logs overall, with 710 in electronic format (98.9%) and only 8 on paper. The best operators have error rates in <3% range. The logs we have the most trouble with are those in ADIF format instead of the requested Cabrillo format. ADIF files usually do not have the necessary basic information like entry category.
Dietmar/DL3DXX earned the Golden Log plaque in the 2024 contest with no errors in his 376 QSOs, followed by Chuck/K4QS with 268 QSOs and Ed/W5TM with 251 QSOs, also with no errors. In New England the top scores with no errors came from Mark/K1RO with 532 QSOs. Curt/W1MTT with 405 and Steve/W3SM with 282 QSOs were not far behind with their perfect logs.
Logging Software
Many different logging programs were used by NEQP participants. N1MM Logger+ continues to have the lion’s share of the users, QSOs, and points.
| Software | # of users |
|---|---|
| N1MM Logger+ | 455 |
| N3FJP'a Contest Log | 141 |
| WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo | 19 |
| WriteLog | 15 |
| ADIF2CABR | 10 |
| DXLog.net | 8 |
| GenLog | 5 |
| RUMlogNG | 5 |
| SkookumLogger | 5 |
| SD | 4 |
| UcxLog | 2 |
| Others (one log each) | 14 |
Soapbox
You can get a real feel for the contest by going through the various “Soapbox” comments from the big guns, the little guns, and everyone in between.
The 2025 contest is coming up during the first weekend of May, so we hope to see everyone active again. If you’re from New England, let us know if you’ll be QRV this year – send a message to us at info@neqp.org with the county name(s). Note that all exchanges will be state-county and that CT county names have changed! We’re working to be sure all counties are active!