W2IK | 
12 20th, 2009| 
San Antonio ham, W2IK, wins top honors, and this plaque, for his 2009 efforts.
Fellow Hams —
Happy Holidays! I’m emailing you, as participants of last year’s NMQP, to announce the 2010 New Mexico QSO Party. You are invited to participate in 2010’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.
Last year marked the return of the New Mexico QSO Party after a brief hiatus. Improved promotion, rules, and awards for the winners of various operating categories resulted in 127 participants…plus probably many more who didn’t submit their logs. Specifically, 44 participated within New Mexico (including 7 mobile stations who activated a combined 24 of New Mexico’s 33 counties), and 73 participated from elsewhere in the United States. Ten DX stations — from Canada, Lithuania, Azores, Czech Republic, Germany, and Romania — also participated and submitted logs.
