SC and NC: I participated in both QSO Parties this past weekend, operating with my regular (and only) call, NO2D. I ran QRP both days. I run about 95% QRP throughout the year. Conditions for Saturday's party with South Carolina were pretty good. Most stations I called heard me and ended up in my log. I managed to get 20 contacts without undue difficulty. Conditions deteriorated on Sunday. I only made 10 contacts. Many, many stations could not hear my 5 watt signal. I was surprised because North Carolina has more than twice the population of South Carolina. I had anticipated that Sunday would be much more active than it was. I operate from the plains east of the foothills in Colorado, with an 80 meter doublet at 30 feet. My elevation is roughly 6,100 feet. Throughout the year I participate in as many QSO Parties as I can. I have not yet participated in the annual NAQCC QSO Party challenge. Thanks for the opportunity to comment.

SC and NC: I enjoyed these QSO parties. It's nice that they're scheduled on separate days of the same weekend. I wish other parties would deconflict this way. For me this makes for more relaxed fun.

I just got back from a short trip/vacation to attend a family wedding and convinced my XYL that I had to make sure my radio still worked. Thank goodness the NCQP was going on so I could give it a good testing! Lots of NC stations to work and, as a bonus, I was able to work the KP5 DXpedition on 15m! Oh yeah, the radio is working fine.

I decided to get involved in the NCQP 2026 due to seeing no activity scheduled on the NCQP website. I really didn't have plans, but I guess about 9 hours, probably more like 8 and I moved through the bands CQing to get the majority of my contacts. Conditions seem great, just no activity found on 10m where I was getting RBN hits. Got a few on 15m and 80m, but the majority were on 20m and 40m. I stuck with 5w CW the whole contest time I was around the radio, so who knows how my score stands after other logs come in. I won the 2022 Mixed QRP category in NCQP and also the 2020 Expedition category. So, if I did well enough for another plaque, Great, if not it's alright.

For both parties I was using an FTDX-10 (at 5 watts) and a G5RV junior antenna. 20 meters was great during both days; 40 meters a little noisy. I made more contacts in the SC party than I thought I would - seemed to be quite a few ops. And N4CW was very kind to me during the NC party. He was mobile and time after time picked my signal out of the pileups. Nothing heard on 15 or 10 meters. I heard some stations in the evening on 80 meters, but couldn't contact any of them. For 80 meters I use a Hyendfed end fed antenna and never have much luck making contacts QRP. Any suggestions for antennas for 80 meters? Thanks everyone and 72 Ron

We are on our southern sojourn out of the cold snowy NE and have been in Florida for a month. Worked the first weekend of QP's from the top 15th floor of our time share in Orlando and worked this last weekend from my longtime friend in Cape Coral. We will be home before the next round of QP's so I expect my scores to be better. 73 C U on the air.

SC and NC: Brief report this time. Out of town family guests meant brief radio time this past weekend. Still, I'm glad for the many SC and NC operators to catch 10 Qs at each party.

I wasn't able to be on the radio as mush as I liked, but every time I turned the dial there were plenty of stations. Even worked the W4CAE bonus station in SC, which I think belongs to a club I was a member of 40+ years ago.

It was a fun weekend. Worked all three parties but concentrated on BC, hoping to be first in OH again. The BC contest sponsor always has very nice e-certificates. I have several weekends out-of-town planned this year, so I'm going to try not to stress so much about getting them all. We'll see how that works out. HI

I was worried about solar activity for the first weekend. Not great conditions, but lots of MN stations. Vermont took a little more work. BC to TN was pretty good on 15m. Hoping to get some marathons sessions in this year and get back in the "money," but this was a "grab the multipliers" weekend.

Didn't have much going on last weekend so I decided to operate a little which was fun. I have operated very little this year on hf due to winter storms and other things going on. I could tell early on that my cw was rusty. Wishing everyone a fun qso party year!

Not a weekend with spare time to rack up points. Grabbed a couple VT stations out of the starting gate on Friday night, so that I could secure the multiplier. Then was thrilled on Saturday that 15m and 10m cooperated with good propagation to BC. My plan this year is to use only wire antennas for QSO parties, that is, not to use my triband yagi. It won't be available to me much longer. Yet I'll still aim for the Platinum level. We'll see how this goes.