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The NAQCC July 2023 Challenge NAQCC Monthly Challenges are originated and information regarding rules, ideas, or suggestions go to Gary K1YAN. Email him at  .Challenge pages are constructed by Steve WB4OMM; if you see typos, please let him know! Email him at  .Challenge results and the Challenge App (the online Challenge tracking and reporting application) is administered by Charlie N1AOK. Email him with any questions at charlie.wilber AT gmail.com PLEASE SEND ALL CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS TO CHARLIE!!! (If you use the online Challenge App, it will automatically send it to him). THE CHALLENGE APPLICATION HAS MOVED! THE NEW LOCATION IS: http://naqcc.wb5rvz.org The CEREAL MASCOTS Challenge  PREMISE: Madison Avenue advertising guys sit down with the cereal manufacturing folks and, at the end of the day, what do you have? Its an appealing box of cereal and a character that will hopefully be strongly associated with the product. Kids, doing a shopping cart drive by in the cereal aisle, will see their favorite character and just have to have that cereal. Adults also make the association and scoop up the product, or so the theory goes. Lets see if this really does work. This challenge is a list of cereal characters. Do they bring to mind a product? Check out the list below and see if those ad campaigns worked on you. TIME FRAME: The first day of the month 0000Z through the last day of the month 2400Z. RULES: Just make these words from calls of stations you work, subject to the General Challenge Rules. BUZZ BEE LUCKY LEPRECHAUN CRAZY SQUARES SUNNY SUN TOUCAN SAM JEAN LAFOOTE LITTLE MIKEY LOOPY BEE DIG EM FROG The 90 total letters contain these 23 different letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U Y Z The Characters And Their Products Buzz the Bee - Honey Nut Cheerios Lucky the Leprechaun - Lucky Charms Crazy Squares - Cinnamon Toast Crunch Sunny the Sun - Raisin Bran Toucan Sam - Fruit Loops Jean LaFoote - Cap’n Crunch Little Mikey - Life Loopy Bee - Honey Loops Dig Em Frog - Honey Smacks You can use each letter in a call TWICE. For example you could use K3WWP for 2 K's, 4 W's, and 2 P's. Subsequent QSO's with the same station cannot be used for additional letters. For example, no matter how many times you work K3WWP, you can only use his call for 8 of the letters in the words. See General Rule #5 for more details on what callsign letters can be used. If you need some help with your alphabet challenge record keeping take a look at our Alphabet Tutorial page for everything from some great pencil & paper methods to fully computerized tools. AWARDS: A certificate and Participation Point go to everyone making all the words and submitting their report before the deadline. A Participation Point goes to everyone making at least 1, but not all the words and submitting their report before the deadline. YOU MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE WORD TO RECEIVE A PARTICIPATION POINT! PRIZES: A choice of an item made by master woodworker Gregg WB8LZG as shown on our prizes page here goes to someone selected via a random drawing from all who participate and submit a report for this month's challenge. A person can only win once, then they become ineligible for future drawings. LOGS: For your report, list the words you made and the station used for each letter in the word. The number of stations listed must be the same as the number of letters in each word, even though you use the same station for more than one letter as in: WORD - K3WWP N2OD WA8REI N2OD NEXT - NF8M W8REI N8XMS K9EYT (Note how N2OD is listed for both the O and D.) You may also include comments about the challenge. Please preface any comments you want posted with "SOAPBOX:" so we will know what you want posted and what is private. Send your results as text in the horizontal format shown above to Charlie N1AOK at: charlie.wilber AT gmail.com (You must type that address into your email program.) Subject must read: (your call) NAQCC (month year) Challenge For example: K3WWP NAQCC January 2022 Challenge All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. Results: All the above get a certificate and participation point. All below get only a participation point. Not eligible for a certificate or participation point for the following reason(s): @ = Non-member $ = QRO power Soapbox: |