{"id":4402,"date":"2009-12-20T18:08:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T00:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2016-04-11T07:10:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T12:10:22","slug":"new-mexico-qso-party-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=4402","title":{"rendered":"NEW MEXICO QSO PARTY &#8211; 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4466\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4466\" href=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=4466\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4466\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4466\" title=\"NM QSO Plaque\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/NM-QSO-Plaque1-275x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/NM-QSO-Plaque1-275x350.jpg 275w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/NM-QSO-Plaque1-157x200.jpg 157w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/NM-QSO-Plaque1.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Antonio ham, W2IK, wins top honors, and this plaque, for his 2009 efforts.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fellow Hams &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Holidays!\u00a0 I&#8217;m emailing you, as participants of last year&#8217;s NMQP, to announce the <strong>2010 New Mexico QSO Party<\/strong>.\u00a0 You are invited to participate in 2010&#8217;s event, which will be sponsored by the Valencia County Amateur Radio Association, and take place <strong>Sunday, February 7 from 8:00am MST until 8:00pm MST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last year marked the return of the New Mexico QSO Party after a brief hiatus.<\/strong>\u00a0 Improved promotion, rules, and awards for the winners of various operating categories resulted in 127 participants&#8230;plus probably many more who didn&#8217;t submit their logs.\u00a0 Specifically, 44 participated within New Mexico (including 7 mobile stations who activated a combined 24 of New Mexico&#8217;s 33 counties), and 73 participated from elsewhere in the United States.\u00a0 Ten DX stations &#8212; from Canada, Lithuania, Azores, Czech Republic, Germany, and Romania &#8212; also participated and submitted logs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>This coming February your can make the 2010 New Mexico QSO Party even better<\/strong> by once again hitting the airwaves for a weekend day of great, Ham Radio fun.\u00a0 Operate from the comfort of your home shack, or combine forces as a club station multi-op effort.\u00a0 Or use this event as an opportunity to introduce a new person to contesting or ham radio in general.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complete details, rules, results, and more<\/strong> can be found on the New Mexico QSO Party website at http:\/\/pages.swcp.com\/~n5zgt\/nmqsoparty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please help us promote the New Mexico QSO Party<\/strong> by spreading the word to all the hams you know, and especially by joining us once again on the airwaves for another enjoyable event in February.<\/p>\n<p>73,<br \/>\nBrian N5ZGT<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The BEXAR OPERATORS GROUP will again sponsor two plaques for this event: Single Op &#8211; Outside New Mexico and Multi-OP- Outside New Mexico.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow Hams &#8212; Happy Holidays!\u00a0 I&#8217;m emailing you, as participants of last year&#8217;s NMQP, to announce the 2010 New Mexico QSO Party.\u00a0 You are invited to participate in 2010&#8217;s event, which will be sponsored by the Valencia County Amateur Radio Association, and take place Sunday, February 7 from 8:00am MST until 8:00pm MST. 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