NAQCC Sprint tonight.

 And I'll be participating - maybe, probably, not definitely, but most likely.

I need to get on the air more and as I mentioned forcing myself to stay up a bit later helps me sleep through the night. By the same token, though, I most likely won't participate for the entire two hours because, conversely, I'll become too wired up and will be unable to fall asleep. I learned that from the QRP Fox Hunts.

I need to step up my game and join in on more of these events. Form what I understand, the NAQCC Sprints always seem to get a lot of participation.  It's a popular group, and from what I've been told, there are prizes and give aways as the organization gets a lot of donations. 

Other Sprints are not as fortunate. As I stated in the post announcing the QRP-ARCI Spring QSO Party, there were only 16 scores submitted in 2024. For an organization so large, that's kind of pitiful. In the 4 States QRP Group e-mail reflector, I read where they only  had about 4 participants in their Second Sunday Sprint last month. Wow! I am going to have to jump in and start participating in those, as well, to try and help drive up activity there.

I have not jumped into an ARS Spartan Sprint in a long time, either. I don't know what participation is like in those, but when I used to show up, there was always a decent amount of activity. 

Events such as these used to be very popular and were always hives of a lot of activity. Those salad days seem to be gone. I wonder why. I suppose that It might be that the demographic of the participants has changed - i.e older Hams with a lot of them having become SKs. Probably a lot less CW ops as well, but I always held the premise that most QRPers are decent CW ops. Maybe it's just a lack of notices and advertising. 

As the newly volunteer QRP-ARCI Contest Manager and of course the manager of the NJQRP Skeeter Hunt, if participation declines, it won't be for lack of publicity. I hope to keep all these events in the limelight and it is my fondest hope that participation increases as a result.

72 de Larry W2LJ

QRP - When you care to send the very least!