Come out and join VWS in another NAQP at Lake Fairfax. This year we are in a new location (directions below). Our new site is overlooking Lake Fairfax. May even get a breeze there!
Please be sure to mark your calendar with the dates and plan to come out and get in some operating time. It would be particularly good if we had a number of us planning on working the late hours from 10:00 PM until 2:00 AM.
And of course since we are always going for the calorie per QSO, there will be food for lunch and dinner. Please contact Pete if you would like to help with the food.
For those of us who haven't attended one of our NAQP operations before, we'll be setting up two radio stations with wire antennas in the trees. The contest begins at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 16th, and runs until 2:00 AM on Sunday, August 17th.
We'll be making as many radio contacts as we comfortably can with more of an emphasis on getting people on the radio and having a good time than in squeezing out the last contact.Stay tuned to the NAQP mailing list for planning and updates, or contact Pete Norloff, KG4OJT
Rules for the contest are on the National Contest Journal web page.
This event is being coordinated by Pete Norloff, KG4OJT. Email addresses are [call sign] at arrl.net. Please contact Pete if you're interested in participating.
Notice the antenna supports, umm, I mean trees.
Looking over the Lake
Directions to Lake Fairfax:
From the Beltway - Lake Fairfax Park may be reached by taking Beltway Exit 47A which is Route 7 or Leesburg Pike west to a left on Baron Cameron Avenue to the second left on Lake Fairfax Drive.
From 270 - Merge on to I-270, keep right onto I-270 SPUR towards 495 Washington / Northern Virginia. I-270 SPUR S becomes I-495 S / CAPITAL BELTWAY (crossing into VIRGINIA). Travel about 6.6 miles and merge onto VA-267 W via EXIT 45A toward DULLES AIRPORT (portions toll). After about 1.7 miles merge onto LEESBURG PIKE / VA-7 W via EXIT 16 toward LEESBURG. Travel down Rt. 7 for about five miles and turn left on to Barron Cameron Road. At the second light turn left onto Lake Fairfax Drive. This road will lead you into the park.
From D.C. - From 495 coming from Washington D.C., merge onto VA-267 W via EXIT 45 on the LEFT toward DULLES AIRPORT (portions toll). After about 1.7 miles merge onto LEESBURG PIKE / VA-7 W via EXIT 16 toward LEESBURG. Travel down Rt. 7 for about five miles and turn left on to Barron Cameron Road. At the second light turn left onto Lake Fairfax Drive. This road will lead you into the park.
From Rt. 81 - Once on 81 merge onto I-66 E via EXIT 300 toward FORT ROYAL / WASHINGTON, then after about 53 miles Take the FAIRFAX CO PKWY / VA-7100 exit- EXIT 55- toward SPRINGFIELD / RESTON / HERNDON. Merge onto VA-7100 N / FAIRFAX COUNTY PKWY / Towards RESTON/ HERNDON and travel about 9.4 miles. Then Merge onto BARON CAMERON AVE / VA-606 E. Travel about 2.8 miles and turn right onto Lake Fairfax Drive which will lead you directly into the park.
From Rt. 66 - Merge onto I-66 E via EXIT 300 toward FORT ROYAL / WASHINGTON, then after about 53 miles Take the FAIRFAX CO PKWY / VA-7100 exit- EXIT 55- toward SPRINGFIELD / RESTON / HERNDON. Merge onto VA-7100 N / FAIRFAX COUNTY PKWY / Towards RESTON/ HERNDON and travel about 9.4 miles. Then Merge onto BARON CAMERON AVE / VA-606 E. Travel about 2.8 miles and turn right onto Lake Fairfax Drive which will lead you directly into the park.
Once inside the park, follow the signs for the camp areas. Bear to the right at ball fields and continue until you reach an intersection. Make a right turn here (left will take you to the camp office and last years operating location). Continue on the gravel road until you reach yet another intersection. Make a leftt turn up to the camp area. (Right will take you into another area and straight will take you over the dam!) Give a call on146.415 if you need directions once your inside the Park.
Past NAQP operating events:
August 16, 2003, Lake Fairfax Park
January 17, 2004, Harpers Ferry, WV
August 21, 2004, Lake Fairfax Park
January 15, 2005, Town Hill, Maryland
August 20, 2005, Lake Fairfax Park
January 21, 2006, Harpers Ferry, WV
August 18, 2007, Lake Fairfax Park