Subj : North American QSO Parties to Recognize Young Contester Entries
To   : QST
From : ARRL de WD1CKS
Date : Fri Apr 30 2021 16:47:52

 04/30/2021 

To encourage young radiosport participants, National Contest Journal (NCJ[1])
will recognize their entries in the North American QSO Party (NAQP[2]),
starting with the August 2021 NAQP CW and NAQP SSB events. Following the lead
of Youth on the Air (YOTA[3]) in International Amateur Radio Union Region 1
(IARU[4]), operators 25 years old and younger will be highlighted in the
results.

The NAQP log upload app and 3830scores.com[5] will include a "Youth (25 and
under)" check box. Initially, the young operator designation will apply only to
single-operator entries. This is not a separate category. Participants of any
age will compete for awards in the regular single-operator category.

3830 Scores[6] will display the young operator scores as an overlay to the
single-operator group. NAQP line scores will note the young operator scores and
a separate table of these scores will be included in the results and referenced
in the NCJ "NextGen Contesters" column by Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.ÿ


[1] http://ncjweb.com
[2] https://ncjweb.com/naqp/
[3] http://ham-yota.com/
[4] http://www.iaru-r1.org/
[5] http://3830scores.com/
[6] https://3830scores.com/

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