Category Archives: Contests

New England QSO Party May 2-3

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The New England QSO Party on May 2nd and 3rh is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You’ll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations.

Our goal is to get every one of the counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your members to join in the fun! Even if you can only join the fun for a couple of hours, we’d appreciate it!  Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to info@neqp.org

The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night.  It runs from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday.  Operate on CW, SSB and/or digital modes (not FT-4/8) on 80-40-20-15-10 meters.  For each QSO you’ll give your callsign, a signal report and your county/state.  Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who sends in a log with 25 valid QSOs or more will get a certificate.  The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world – and their goal is to work New England stations, so you’ll be very popular!

Last year we had logs from 214 New England stations and 493 more logs from around the country and world. 

The full rules are here ->   www.neqp.org/rules
The 2025 results are posted  ->  https://neqp.org/2025-new-england-qso-party/

It’s just under two weeks until the 2026 NEQP. Please make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log!

 

WFD 2024 is in the books!

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I want to thank everyone who helped with Winter Field Day 2024. NCRC operated 1O phone only (1 station, outdoors) this year instead of the usual 2O phone & CW.  We completed 748 HF Contacts, 1 satellite QSO, and sent and received 1 Winlink Message. We did not have the best weather this year.  Weather was fine on Saturday, but Sunday was raining all day and cold. However, it was nice and cozy in ticket booth shack.  Midnight to 8 am we had no operators so we had to shut down the station.  Again, Thank You to all.
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Dave Neal W2DAN

New to Morse Code? Give K1USN SST a Try!

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Regular practice is a key part of improving Morse Code proficiency.  Simply doing endless recorded practice sessions becomes boring after awhile and doesn’t mimic real-world band conditions very well.  For those trying to grow your CW speed to 15 to 20 WPM, participating in the K1USN SST mini-contests is a sure fire way to improve both your sending and receiving skills.

Fridays 20:00-21:00 UTC: 4-5pm EDT
Mondays 00:00-01:00 UTC: 8-9pm EDT

80 meters 3.528 – 3.545 MHz

40 meters 7.028 – 7.045 MHz

20 meters 14.028 – 14.045 MHz

15 meters 21.028 – 21.045 MHz

10 meters 28.028 – 28.045 MHz

The contest exchange is quite simple.  Stations will exchange their call signs, name and state.  Give it a try!

 

Congratulations to NCRC for OUTSTANDING WFD Results!

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Congratulations to Willy W1LY and the entire Winter Field Day crew for an OUTSTANDING performance in the 2019 Winter Field Day.  W1SYE came in 4th place nationally among all Outdoor stations.  We should point out that places 1/2/3 were for 6/4/4 transmitters — so two to three times the number of stations as our “2O” entry, which makes the performance even more exceptional.

In just the 2O category, as mentioned above, we were #1 nationally.  Only one other station in New England came in the top 10.

Sadly there was no other entry posted for RI, nor was there an entry from MA or VT.  There were two entries in Maine, one entry in Connecticut, two in New Hampshire.

Great job to all that participated!