North American QSO Party, SSB: 1800Z, Aug 18 to 0600Z, Aug 19

[KJ3N]

OK, boys and girls.....

http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php

The playing field is pretty level. QRP, or 100 watt categories only.

Who's going to show up? :shifty:

How much QRZ butt hurt will there be? :snicker:

Tune in next weekend. Same bat time, same bat channel! :lol:

[KC9ECI]

Hmmmmm.....I am on my own next weekend and think I shall play. QRP for me.

[KC9ECI]

Maybe you should start a Butthurt Rollcall over there so the whiners can sign up early.

[X-Rated]

Sounds like fun. The QSO Party AND the QRZ thingy.

[WX7P]

I'll do the Michael Jackson thing.

"I'll be There... I'll be There!"

[K7SGJ]

I'll do the Michael Jackson thing.

"I'll be There... I'll be There!"

Don't forget the one white glove on the T/R switch hand. Just turn the switch easily, and don't BEAT IT.

[KJ3N]

Maybe you should start a Butthurt Rollcall over there so the whiners can sign up early.

Best to wait until about 2 days before the contest for maximum effect. :snicker:

[W5GA]

I'll probably get in there and play for awhile.

[KG4NEL]

I'll be on. I enjoyed the NAQP a lot more than the NA SSB Sprint - that one is tough for piss-weak stations such as myself :mrgreen:

[KC9ECI]

No kidding. The Sprint CW version is rough. By the time I get them zero beat, they're gone.

[WX7P]

No kidding. The Sprint CW version is rough. By the time I get them zero beat, they're gone.

No shit. I've had the problem with CW contests since I was licensed.

[KB3LIX]

Next weekend is OUT !
My oldest daughter is getting lynched....er, I mean MARRIED on Saturday.

DAMN, I have to be there !

[WX7P]

Next weekend is OUT !
My oldest daughter is getting lynched....er, I mean MARRIED on Saturday.

DAMN, I have to be there !

It's only a lynching if YOU'RE carrying the shotgun.

"I got a little change in my pocket, going jingle jinglingo..."

[KJ3N]

Maybe you should start a Butthurt Rollcall over there so the whiners can sign up early.
Best to wait until about 2 days before the contest for maximum effect. :snicker:

Looks like Da Cow has seen fit to set the stage for QRZ Butt Hurt this weekend. :snicker:

http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?358030-NAQP-SSB-This-Saturday-Work-KC0W-but-Mail-Your-Log-to-AC0W

[KG4NEL]

I wouldn't expect any less 8)

[KC9ECI]

Speaking of the COW, I heard him briefly on 6M the other day. In any event, he also staged some butt hurt at http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?357370-Simon-Brown-HB9DRV-comments-on-new-HRD

His post is #2 and there is some interesting dissent coming in at post #21.

[W7XF]

Looks like Da Cow has seen fit to set the stage for QRZ Butt Hurt this weekend. :snicker:

http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?358030-NAQP-SSB-This-Saturday-Work-KC0W-but-Mail-Your-Log-to-AC0W

At least it wasn't the Wannabe Cow (ABNS) xD

[WØTKX]

I've talked to Tom on the air a good dozen times. He's pretty funny to yak with.

Err, chew cud?

[KA9MOT]

100W my ass! LOL. SOme of these guys are hammering me and can barely pull out my call. Nothing wrong here either... just 100W

[KA9MOT]

and there is some interesting dissent coming in at post #21.

And there may be more of that to come. Pat is pretty unhappy. Just now I can't tell you why I know, or what I know, but watch for it... it is coming.

[KC9ECI]

Well hell, totally spaced the NAQP. Oh well...there are other contests.

[KA9MOT]

I worked the contest for just less than 2 hours and searched and pounced my way to 35 contacts. I snuck away for 2 cigarette breaks (we don't smoke in the house) and went uptown for 20 minutes and still managed my little 35 contacts. I worked a station in Aruba as well. I don't have that one.

[KC9ECI]

I was doing nothing so noble. I was sitting in front of the computer, playing Command & Conquer, drinking homebrewed beer, and watching a movie on Netflix.

[NQ6U]

Contests are da ebil.

[KA9MOT]

I was doing nothing so noble. I was sitting in front of the computer, playing Command & Conquer, drinking homebrewed beer, and watching a movie on Netflix.

yeah? That sounds like fun too. I've never drank any homebrewed beer. That is interesting.... I'll have to try that someday.

[KC9ECI]

Watch woot.com. Every now and then they have a Mr.Beer kit for like $20. Its a good way to get a start. Get one of their all malt kits, and pay attention to the quarterly seasonals. Buy 2 if you go with the seasonal. If you buy the cheap adjuct kits, you don't have to invest much, and you can tweak the formula. I like to do the Canadian wheat and add cherries to it.

[KG4NEL]

I stopped at just over 6k points. 80 and 40 was where it was at for me - 15 opened up a little to CA in the afternoon, but it was pretty quiet otherwise :(

Got my first 160m QSO, too...I'm starting to look at 1000' spools of wire, low-band inverted-L time? :twisted:

[NN3W]

derp!

[KG4NEL]

Another year, another corntest...

[K7SGJ]

Contest? Well shit, there go the bands, the big guns will be all over MY frequency, tons of "ur 59 om repeat ur last", the sly ones will be sneaking on to the WARC bands tying that all up, a plethora of out of band operations, AMers in the SSB portion, cw everywhere, oh the humanity. Will it ever end? Did I miss anything?

[NQ6U]

Did I miss anything?

No-code hams. Them durned transistors replacing good, manly vacuum tubes. Kids these days.

[K7SGJ]

Thank you. My mind is slipping a bit in my old age.

[KG4CGC]

Don't forget the one white glove on the T/R switch hand. Just turn the switch easily, and don't BEAT IT.

That was before the glove.

[KJ3N]

Contest? Well shit, there go the bands, the big guns will be all over MY frequency, tons of "ur 59 om repeat ur last", the sly ones will be sneaking on to the WARC bands tying that all up, a plethora of out of band operations, AMers in the SSB portion, cw everywhere, oh the humanity. Will it ever end? Did I miss anything?

"Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!" - Dr. Peter Venkman

[KG4NEL]

Contest? Well shit, there go the bands, the big guns will be all over MY frequency, tons of "ur 59 om repeat ur last", the sly ones will be sneaking on to the WARC bands tying that all up, a plethora of out of band operations, AMers in the SSB portion, cw everywhere, oh the humanity. Will it ever end? Did I miss anything?

The kittehs?

Don't forget the kittehs!

[KG4NEL]

No-code hams. Them durned transistors replacing good, manly vacuum tubes. Kids these days.

Lawns 'n shit. People on them.