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The NAQCC August 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 BIG BEN Challenge  PREMISE: If you are touring London, your “to see list” will most likely have Big Ben near the top. It is located in the Elizabeth Tower of the Palace of Westminster. Construction of the clock was completed in 1859. Big Ben, however, is actually the nickname of the Great Bell of the famous clock and not the clock itself. At 13.5 long tons, it is the biggest of the five tower bells and chimes on the hour. It was delivered to the tower on a wagon drawn by 16 horses and raised to its position in the 315 foot tower by hand, a 34 hour process. The sound of the bell is world famous. It does not have the round, ringing tone of a normal bell because of a slot at its bottom that was cut at the location of a crack. The clock is hand wound three times a week in an hour and a half process. Its outstanding accuracy, for a clock of its kind, is in part due to the 13 foot, 660 pound pendulum. It is enclosed in a windproof box below the clock. Fine tuning of the pendulum is done with penny coins placed on top of it. A single penny changes the clock’s speed by about 0.4 seconds a day. The 23 foot diameter dials have a surface made of opal glass set into a metal frame. The 334 stairs leading up the tower to the clock are not open to the public so you will have to be satisfied with the view from below. 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. ELIZABETH TOWER THE GREAT BELL CHIME THE HOUR HAND WOUND OPAL GLASS DIAL 13 FT PENDULUM PENNY COIN WEIGHT The 87 total letters and numbers contain these 23 different letters and numbers : A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U W Y Z 1 3 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: |