[FQP] This weekend - 3 "State" QSO Parties!

[Hank Greeb]

In case anyone on this list is sufficiently rested from last weekend's 
event concerning Florida, I'd like to remind folks:

Three QSO Parties are operating "almost simultaneously" this weekend.
These are the 7th Area QSO Party, (7QP), the Indiana QSO party (INQP), 
and the New England QSO party (NEQP)

The details of the 7th Area QSO Party @
http://www.codxc.com/new/Page.asp?Content=DRYLAND7S&Page=1
Times 1300Z May 7 to 0700Z May 8 (0900 EDT Saturday to 0300 EDT Sunday - 
Wow! 18 hours!)

Details of the Indiana QSO Party @
http://www.hdxcc.org/inqp/
Times 1600Z May 7 to 0400Z May 8 (Noon to Midnight Saturday EDT)

Details of the New England QSO Party are at
http://www.neqp.org/
Two separate periods:
2000Z May 7 until 0500Z May 8 (4pm EDT Saturday until 1am EDT Sunday)
1300Z until 2400Z May 8 (9am EDT Sunday until 8pm EDT Sunday)

If you can figure out all the quirks of N1MM contest logging software, 
you can use a "state/county" file which allows one to log NEQP, 7QP, and 
INQP into one file, which you can convert to cabrillo and send to each 
of the contest scoring teams. They will figure out which contacts count 
for their contest, your score, et.cetera, so you don't need to do any 
sorting yourself.

Otherwise, you can use a general logging program, and they'll take an 
ASCII text file of the pertinent data. In such case, it's best to 
download and fill out a summary sheet for your entry for each of the 
contests.

Since these three QSO parties operate more or less concurrently it seems 
a great chance to fill in your WAS, and or Worked all Counties map.

And, have lots of fun whilst doing it!

73 de n8xx Hg