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