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7QP (7 Call Area QSO Party)...
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2021...
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As the subject said it's 7QP time again. 7QP will be held May 1st from 6 AM to 1159 PM. Like last year folks will be allowed to operate in a dispersed environment using the club call of N7GV and the club will receive credit for the calls. Like last year only one station at a time may operate in a particular band and mode (eg 20M phone or 40M CW) using the club call. Like last year there will be a schedule for folks to sign up on indicating the band/mode they would like to work. UNLIKE last year, this year we are going to set up at Jack, AD7NK, McGowan's property and operate. Like Winter Field Day Bruce, K3BAT and me will be offering our RV's for use and folks may operate in air conditioned comfort. We will be running ONLY 20 and 40 meter phone from Jack's. No CW or digital. Radios will be provided. Headsets must be provided by the operator.
So this is how the schedule is going to work. From 7 AM April 15th until 5 PM April 22nd folks will be able to sign up to work at Jack's and will have priority on time slots. And that's any time slot morning afternoon or evening. From 5 PM April 22nd until 5 PM April 28th folks will be able to sign up to work in a dispersed location like home or if they wish to work at Jack's. Again this is for 20 and 40 meter phone only. From 5 PM April 28th to 5 PM April 30th anyone is free to sign up for any slots left, again for 20 or 40 meter phone only. For those of you who wish to work phone, CW or digital modes on any other band except 20 and 40 meter phone you are free to sign up for any time slot you wish starting April 15th but must work from a dispersed location. Sign up for slots this year will be on the club web site. Additional info will be put out on how to sign up. All operating slots are for a one hour time period. Please do not sign up for back to back slots until April 28th in order to give all club members a chance to sign up and participate. Logging this year will be as as last year. You may use any logging software you wish so long as it is capable of exporting the log to an ADIF format. For those of you that do not use logging software the N1MM software is a free download and there are all sorts of videos on YouTube or on the club website on how how to download, setup and use the software. We are not signing up folks to be loggers this year. Operators will be expected to do their own logging. If you want to pair up with someone that's fine. Computers for logging will be provided. All logs are due to me by 3 May at 5 PM for consolidation and submission. Please review the 7QP rules before the event at www.ws7n.net/7QP/new/Page.asp?content=rules . Here is the most important part of the rules for dispersed ops:
Rick Rogers, K7RCR 7QP Chair 2020...
The contest, held May 2nd, 2020, is over for this year. As a club we did great on 7QP. Thanks to the eleven club members that signed up to participate on 20,, 40 and/or 80 meters using Phone, CW and/or Digital included...
Bruce Tewksbury K3BAT Tom Smith K7AFA Beetle Bailey K7gsb Rick Rogers K7RCR Sharon Smith KF7YJW Roger Nelson KG7FZE Jeanne Crane KJ7HCP Mike Calvert KK7MK Norm Kibby W5UJ Art Blank WA7NB Mike Bass WA9TKK Lets get to the numbers: Phone contacts: 610 CW Contacts: 649 Digital contacts: 30 TOTAL 1289 Number of states: 50 (Worked ALL States!!!) Number of provinces: 6 Number of DX 23 Total points claimed: 184,072 This number is preliminary depending on whether all of our contacts count. Now for the results for 2020 #3 in our category overall #1 in our category for AZ submissions #1 across all categories in Pima County #8 across all categories in AZ #23 across all categories in 7 call area 1150 logs were submitted for the contest Third place - 7th-Area Single-Op High-Power Mixed First place - Pima County, Arizona A summary writeup and detailed 2020 results are available at http://7qp.org. This year, each operator worked the band they signed up for using the mode they signed up to use from their home. Together, they made just under 1300 contacts. Thank you to Bruce Tewksbury for his leadership and Rick Rogers who provided all sorts of helpful videos of 'How To''s as well as examples of what operators might expect to hear or see during their QSOs. Did you take a photo? Please use the form below to upload it to the webmaster. |
Signup to use N7GV for 7QP
To sign up for using N7GV given the schedule to the right, we are using a site called Signup Genius. When you click on the button below, the 20/40 meter signup will be displayed. In order to sign up for an hour, go to the time, date, band and mode you wish to use and click on 'Submit and Sign Up'. You will need to enter your first name, last name and your email that is in the 2021 GVARC roster. That means that the TREASURER (Gary) has to have your dues in hand and tell the webmaster. If the email you use is rejected, please send an email to the Webmaster and Jon will check your email address and help you resolve the issue. In the Comment Field, enter your call sign. and if you are going to operate from YOUR QTH. You do not need a Signup Genius Account! Just use the email address in our roster for 2021. Signup Genius is used by many groups and they assume that EVERYONE has their own Email address. If you share your address, the other person's FIRST and Last name MAY be displayed,! NOT to Worry - look below and click the checkmark box in front of 'Display an alternative name on the sign up (like a child or spouse' then enter YOUR name, when prompted. Confession time. WE had experimented with using your HAM Callsign as part of the name associated with your email address. So. I might be Jon AD7GS. We opted not to use this method, however we are not successful in changing back to the standard First Last. So if you are FirstName Call sign, so be it. You are still signed up. You may use the Alternate Name method described above. ;-{) Jon For examples, Jon and Rick have signed up so you will see what the schedule looks like. YES, these names will be removed before 7 am on the 15th. YOU may sign up for as many slots as you will USE and you may cancel any time. As early as possible will make that slot available to others! Please do not sign up for consecutive times for he same band/mode to allow others to participate. 
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