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Vienna Wireless Society
North American QSO Party

January 8 & 9, 2011 (CW)
January 15 & 16, 2011 (SSB)

NAQP-CW

Join in the fun of Coffee, Cookies, Conversation and (incidentally) Code at the NAQP-CW event. You don’t have to drive very far; just to 500 Park St., NE, Vienna (the cul-de-sac end of Park Street). Even if you don’t know the code or feel proficient enough to do it on your own, we will have mentors who will help you make your first contest contact. Even if you don’t know the code or feel proficient enough to do it on your own, you can actively participate in the contest by doing the logging function. Without the Loggers, we can’t score any points. And then there are those who contribute with their Comments and Conversation. This is an event for serious and not-so-serious contesters. There is something for everyone.

We will have the new FlexRadio 1500 operating so you can see the SDR in action and get some time operating with it. And also the Kenwood TS-2000 will be available. If you wish, bring your favorite key to operate with in the contest.

Come by anytime from 1:00 PM Saturday (or earlier) and stay until 12:59 AM Sunday (probably not later). We will be working late to get that last QSO. Really, it’s a lot of fun (and you don't have to know code).

Contact Pete, K6BFA if you're interested in this event.

NAQP-SSB

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 15 & 16, 2011. 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..

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 1:00 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.

We'll start collecting a list of names and payment for lunch and dinner soon. Prices for lunch and dinner will be announced later. Stayed tuned to the NAQP reflector for updated news.

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 15, and runs until 1:00 AM on Sunday, January 16. 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 Ray Anderson, KJ4CNN

Information on Camp Highroad can be found here Camp Highroad web site.

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 Ray Anderson, KJ4CNN. Please contact Ray 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

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