Well, we have mixed results for June. The bad news is there were only 7 participants, and only one had double digit QSO points. Not a very good showing. The good news is we had two new participants fo

As is usually the case, I haven't checked qrpcontest.com yet to see how many participated in last night's Second Sunday Sprint. I hope it's a large number. Please get your score submitted by the end o

Everyone: To find your member number, simply go to the 4SQRP website and click on "member list" (on the left, towards the bottom). There you will find an alphabetized list of all current members. Simp

If an Arduino is part of the system, it won't be anything you'd have to be concerned with. It's like the microcontrollers in modern radios (or refrigerators, microwaves, washers, dryers,etc). They are

The winner for May is Carl, WB0CFF, with 19 QSO points. Congratulations, Carl. Carl is also the current leader in the annual contest, with 80 total points. Chas, W2SH, came in 2nd for the month with 1

It turns out I will be busy Tuesday night, so I'm asking everyone who participated in the Second Sunday Sprint last night to make sure your score is entered some time today (www.qrpcontest.com). I wil

Well, we can now officially say that Ozarkcon 2021 is history, with the results of the Second Sunday Sprint now being announced. I was hoping to see 15-20 people enter this month, but we only had 9. A

If you participated in the Second Sunday Sprint last night, make sure you send in your score, even if you didn't do very well. It will be interesting to see if participation improved with a prize as a

I think the last "sanctioned" Ozarkcon event of 2021 will be the April Second Sunday Sprint (Ozarkcon edition). Same rules and everything, except a prize will be awarded to the person who finishes fir

James: I had a similar situation, wondering when I'd get the meeting information. Looking back to the day I registered, I saw that I received an email from Ozarkcon, giving the meeting number and pass

Of course, I meant the April, 2021 SSS, not the April, 2022 SSS. "I must proofread BEFORE pressing the send key." "I must proofread BEFORE pressing the send key." "I must proofread BEFORE pressing the

This Sunday is the April Second Sunday Sprint (SSS). Since it falls on Ozarkcon weekend, we've added a special twist to this month's SSS. Whoever comes in first receives his choice of either a K1SWL F

Eugene: There's no cost this year for Ozarkcon. It is funded by the sale of 4SQRP kits. To get to the Ozarkcon web page, go to 4sqrp.com. On the lefthand side are various buttons. Ozarkcon is highligh

We probably need to change the DMR net reminder to reflect the accurate time of the net. While it does say 9:00 pm Central Time, it also says 0300 UTC, which is wrong during DST. 72, John, AA0VE

Well, participation was not great this month. We only had 8 people visit qrpcontest.com and enter their score. And one of those (Carl, WB0CFF) visited the site to enter a comment in the Soapbox sectio

Please remember to enter your Second Sunday Sprint score at qrpcontest.com. As usual, I hope to tabulate everything by tomorrow afternoon/evening and don't want to miss anybody. 72, John, AA0VE 4SQRP

Terry: I'm wondering how smoothly a 3-d printed reduction drive would work. Personally, I think I'd take the suggestion about buying a vernier reduction unit from somewhere. If nothing else, it would

Don't forget this Sunday is the March edition of the Second Sunday Sprint. Since Sunday is the 1st day of Daylight Saving Time, I will remind you that this contest's LOCAL time is not changing. It wil

I'm not active in the net, but remember that Daylight Saving Time starts in less than 3 weeks. Since the net is held at 8:00 pm Central time and not UTC, that means the net will be an hour earlier (ac

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OOPS!!! I was busy yesterday shoveling snow and didn't get around to tabulating the results of the SSS, until now. Upon looking at the results for February, perhaps a lot of people were busy on Sunday