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KJ3N
08-10-2012, 04:08 PM
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
08-10-2012, 04:47 PM
Hmmmmm.....I am on my own next weekend and think I shall play. QRP for me.

KC9ECI
08-10-2012, 04:49 PM
Maybe you should start a Butthurt Rollcall over there so the whiners can sign up early.

X-Rated
08-10-2012, 05:11 PM
Sounds like fun. The QSO Party AND the QRZ thingy.

WX7P
08-10-2012, 07:59 PM
I'll do the Michael Jackson thing.

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

K7SGJ
08-10-2012, 08:16 PM
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
08-10-2012, 08:20 PM
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
08-10-2012, 09:11 PM
I'll probably get in there and play for awhile.

KG4NEL
08-11-2012, 12:42 PM
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
08-11-2012, 10:45 PM
No kidding. The Sprint CW version is rough. By the time I get them zero beat, they're gone.

WX7P
08-12-2012, 02:50 AM
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
08-12-2012, 09:23 PM
Next weekend is OUT !
My oldest daughter is getting lynched....er, I mean MARRIED on Saturday.

DAMN, I have to be there !

WX7P
08-12-2012, 11:52 PM
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
08-16-2012, 08:51 PM
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
08-16-2012, 10:23 PM
I wouldn't expect any less 8)

KC9ECI
08-17-2012, 03:28 PM
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
08-17-2012, 10:23 PM
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
08-17-2012, 10:36 PM
I've talked to Tom on the air a good dozen times. He's pretty funny to yak with.

Err, chew cud?

KA9MOT
08-18-2012, 11:05 PM
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
08-18-2012, 11:08 PM
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
08-19-2012, 12:26 AM
Well hell, totally spaced the NAQP. Oh well...there are other contests.

KA9MOT
08-19-2012, 12:40 AM
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
08-19-2012, 12:45 AM
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
08-19-2012, 12:47 AM
Contests are da ebil.

KA9MOT
08-19-2012, 12:59 AM
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
08-19-2012, 01:16 AM
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
08-19-2012, 09:37 AM
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
08-30-2012, 08:33 AM
derp!

KG4NEL
08-16-2013, 09:43 PM
Another year, another corntest...

K7SGJ
08-16-2013, 09:52 PM
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
08-16-2013, 11:11 PM
Did I miss anything?

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

K7SGJ
08-16-2013, 11:27 PM
Thank you. My mind is slipping a bit in my old age.

KG4CGC
08-16-2013, 11:41 PM
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
08-17-2013, 07:41 AM
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
08-17-2013, 09:56 AM
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
08-17-2013, 09:57 AM
No-code hams. Them durned transistors replacing good, manly vacuum tubes. Kids these days.

Lawns 'n shit. People on them.