Welcome to the North Dakota ARRL Section News for the 1st Quarter of 2014

It's spring time now and the sun sure feels great on the North Dakota lands.  Many North Dakota hams on the morning and evening nets are chatting about the birds and animals showing up on their web cams.  Joe and Linda Gregg, (N0RF & N0LG) in particular, have new birds and animals to report every day and they are certainly enjoying the signs of spring in Horace, ND. 

The 2014 ARRL Centennial QSO Party from North Dakota was a success.  The North Dakota hams operating the W1AW/0 made over 28,000 contacts during the week of April 16, 2014.  Great Job and thank you for helping give North Dakota to the rest of the world.  Our next week of operating W1AW/0 will be August 20th, 2014.  If you are interested in being part of the operating group, email me at w0nd@arrl.org and be part of the ARRL centennial hams using the W1AW/0 call sign. 

The 2014 North Dakota QSO Party is also completed and the results will be posted starting June 1st on the website of www.w0nd.com

**** Upcoming Events ***

The 51st Annual Peace Garden Hamfest will be held on July 11th and 12th, 2014 on the US side of the International Peace Gardens in Dunseith, North Dakota.  This is a camp-out style hamfest with many amateur radio related contests and social events.  Registration is $15.00 per person for the weekend including prizes.

The second week of the W1AW/0 Centennial QSO Party for North Dakota will begin on August 20, 2014.  Let me know if you want to be part of the action!

The FORX ARC Hamfest will be held in East Grand Forks, Mn on September 13, 2014.  More to come.

The date for the RRRA Hamfest in Fargo, ND has not been announced.  I will post the information as it becomes available.

**** 1st Quarter Net Reports ****

The ND WX & Road Information Net is on 75 Meters- 3.960 Mhz plus or minus a few Khz at 8:30 AM CDST, Monday thru Saturday with an informal net on Sunday morning at the same time.  The ND DataNet is on 75 Meters- 3.860 MHz, plus or minus a few Khz at 6:30 PM CDST.

Net Report - January 2014
WX Net - 37 sessions, 838 check-ins, 9 messages passed
DATA Net - 26 sessions, 481 check-ins, 3 messages passed
NCS for the month: W0HS, N0LG, K0UB, KR0W, W0TF, WA0CSL, N0RF, N0DJJ, KF0HR, and ND0CW

Net Report - February 2014
WX Net - 24 sessions, 739 check-ins, 15 messages passed
DATA Net - 28 sessions, 512 check-ins, 4 messages passed
NCS for the month: N0LG, K0UB, WA0CSL, W0TF, N0DJJ, KF0HR, KR0W, N0RF, and ND0CW

Net Report - March 2014                                                                        WX Net - 12 sessions, 735 check-ins, 12 messages passed
DATA Net - 31 sessions, 871 check-ins, 2 messages passed
NCS for the month: K0UB, N0DJJ, W0TF, KF0HR, WA0CSL, N0LG, N0RF, W0ND, KR0W, K9DIG, ND0CW

MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE NORTH DAKOTA SECTION NEWS FOR THE LATEST NORTH DAKOTA ACTIVITES AT www.arrl.org.  If you have any special announcements, feel free to email me w0nd@arrl.org. Check www.w0nd.com for the latest list of ND stations, activities and hamfest pictures. Until next Quarter - 73's Lynn - W0ND