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President's Message
It has been a busy month. As spring begins, it's time to start thinking about Field Day. We had a an enthusiastic turnout at our first meeting, and it looks like FARA will be mounting a competitive Field Day effort, IF we get enough support. The number of towers will be scaled back by one or two. We will be doing without the National Guard tents, so we will have to come up with our own shelters. Meetings are every other Wednesday, at the shack. The next meeting is March 31st.
Ed, W1NXC, has done a fantastic job, registering students for License in a Weekend. As usually happens, no one signs up until the week before the class. I think we are close to 10 students now. I'm glad to see a number of young people, which bodes well for the future of our hobby.
Bev noticed that the beam at the shack needs its regular spring tightening, so I will be leading a work party up to the roof on April 3rd, weather permitting. This time, we're gonna fix it so it stays fixed!
Thank you all for getting your dues paid. We're grateful for the support. We can also use some help running the club, so if you'd like to take a more active part in making FARA work, please talk to one of the officers. We have several jobs that need someone to make sure they get done.
73,
Peter, KA1AXY
1999 Massachusetts QSO Party
The first full weekend in May. From l800Z on Saturday May 1 to 0400Z Sunday May 2, and from 1100Z to 2 lU0Z Sunday May 2 (20 hours total).
MA stations may work any station. Non-MA stations may work only MA stations. Fixed stations may be worked once per band per mode. Mobile or portable stations may be worked once per Massachusetts county/state.
Operation will be on any frequency authorized for amateur use. except the 30, 17 and 12 meter bands. Permitted modes are Phone and Non Phone. Land based repeater contacts are not permitted.
Categories include Non-MA stations, MA single Op, MA Multi-Op, MA Mobile / Portable, & MA Team (5 single op members).
QSO EXCHANGE: MA stations send signal report and county, Non-MA stations send signal report and US State, Canadian Province or DXCC country.
POINTS: One point per Phone QSO, two points per non -phone QSO.
MULTIPLIERS: MA stations, total number of MA counties, US States (excluding MA), Canadian Provinces and DXCC countries worked on each band. Non-MA Stations, total number of Massachusetts counties worked on each band (maximum 14 per band). Washington, DC contacts shall be counted as a Maryland QSO.
SCORE: Total QSO Points multiplied by the sum total of all multipliers worked Dupe sheet required for logs with 100 QSO or more.
LOGS: Electronic and printed entries are permitted (deadline is 30 days after contest period ends)
Send entries to [email protected] or
Massachusetts QSO Party c/o Framingham Amateur Radio Association PO Box 3005 Framingham MA 01701
Visit our web page at http//www.qsl.net/fara, for a complete set of rules.
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