We're very happy to report that we have reserved the Oak Lodge at Camp Highroad near Middleburg, VA for the North American QSO Party on January 17 & 18, 2009. This is the same facility we used last year, less than an hour from Vienna in a rural area at the top of a hill.
Camp Highroad, Oak Lodge.
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 1:00 AM.
We're also happy that we'll have the same catering that we had there the last two times we've used the facility. If you haven't enjoyed Catering by Starlite's food you're in for a treat.
We'll start collecting a list of names and payment for lunch and dinner soon. Lunch will be about $9 and dinner about $11. We need to try to have 25 of us or so for each meal.
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 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 17, and runs until 1:00 AM on Sunday, January 18. Camp Highroad has plenty of rooms in the lodge for everyone who'd like to stay over.
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
Information on Camp Highroad can be found here Camp Highroad web site.
Information on the lodge where we will be operating from can be found here Oak Lodge page.
Directions are available at www.camphighroad.org/map/
Rules for the contest are available here on the VWS page or 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.
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 21, 2006, Lake Fairfax Park, WV
January 21, 2007, Camp Highroad, Middleburg, VA
August 18, 2007, Lake Fairfax Park
January 19, 2008, Camp Highroad, Middleburg, VA
August 16, 2008, Lake Fairfax Park