Good luck, Lloyd, and will look for you as well.

73 de KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: North American QSO Party CW Contest This Week-end: Is Anyone 
Going To Play?


>I hope to be in the contest part of the time.  I have to decide whether to
> run the older computer whose power supply was zapped by a power surge, 
> where
> my USB-to-serial converters work, or the Windows 7 laptop which will be my
> main computer shortly.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tom Behler
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 6:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: North American QSO Party CW Contest This Week-end: Is Anyone 
> Going
> To Play?
>
> Hello, all.
>
> The North American QSO Party CW Contest is this week-end.  It runs from 
> 1800
> Z tomorrow afternoon, until 0600 Z Sunday morning.  If you are in the
> Eastern time zone, that translates to 2 p.m. tomorrow, until 2 a.m. Sunday
> morning.  Those in Other time zones can do the appropriate time 
> conversions
> from there.
>
> The contest exchange is very simple--just your name and state/province.
> Everyone is limited to a maximum power of 100 watts, which is nice because
> it levels the playing field for those who do not have and use amplifiers.
>
> In my view, this is one of the most fun CW contests on the contest 
> calendar.
>
> And, the SSB contest is two weeks from this week-end!
>
> As rare as it seems, I'm actually going to be at the home QTH this 
> week-end,
> and plan to put in a good contest effort.  The only thing that might stop 
> me
> is the fact that there is going to be a major cold front coming through 
> our
> area tomorrow night, which will certainly create its share of 
> thunderstorms
> and associated QRN, but hopefully, I'll be able to work around that.
>
> Hope to see at least some of you in the contest.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>