There will be two big amateur radio events January 18th–19th:

• North American QSO Party
• POTA Winter Support Your Parks Event

Will you be on the air?

North American QSO Party

⏰ Schedule: 1800 UTC January 18th to 0559 UTC January 19th.

The North American QSO Parties are favorites of beginners and seasoned operators alike. The NAQPs are low-power only (no amplifiers allowed) which makes for a lot more breathing room on the bands. Small stations can generate very effective “runs” in the NAQP contests. Multipliers count once per-band, which makes for an exciting format, as multipliers can be “moved” from band to band. The NAQPs allow stations from all parts of North America to be in the running for the top spots. The 12 hour format allows participants to do some great contesting, yet still have time for other activities during the weekend. Participants can enter in the single op or multi-op categories and also have the opportunity to combine up to five separate single op scores into a team score. ¹

:informarion_source: Visit the North American QSO Party page for information about:

• Rules
• Team Registration
• Log Upload
• Web-to-Cabrillo Forms
• Cabrillo QSO Template
• Paper Logging Forms
• List of Received Logs
• Preliminary Results
• Final Results
• Records
• Certificates

POTA Winter Support Your Parks Event

⏰ Schedule: 0001 UTC January 18th to 2359 UTC January 19th.

This ia an activity weekend where the main purpose is to get out to the parks and have as much fun as possible.

ℹ️ POTA Activation rules

Support Your Parks is a series of seasonal events held on the 3rd full weekend of the month:

• Winter - 3rd Full Weekend of January.
• Spring - 3rd Full Weekend of April.
• Summer - 3rd Full Weekend of July.
• Autumn - 3rd Full Weekend of October.