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The NAQCC May 2025 Challenge NAQCC Monthly Challenges are originated and information regarding rules, ideas, or suggestions go to Gary K1YAN. 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  PLEASE SEND ALL CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS TO CHARLIE!!! (If you use the online Challenge App, it will automatically send it to him). LINKS: Challenge App: http://naqcc.wb5rvz.org Challenge Worksheet: challenge_tracker.pdf RCA AND WCC  PREMISE: It is 1914 and the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America is constructing a new wireless station at Chatham, MA. There are a number of buildings being built at the remote Cape Cod site. An operating building, power station, and on-site housing for operations people are part of the project along with an impressive array of antennas. World War I began not long after project completion and was to bring major changes to the Marconi operation. Due to its corporate ties in Europe, Marconi Wireless was not considered to be a suitable owner for the facility. Championed by the military, the decision was made to acquire the site from Marconi Wireless and place it under domestic ownership. This required a suitable American corporatIon as the new owner. The Radio Corporation of America was formed by General Electric for this purpose and purchased Marconi’s American holdings in 1919. RCA operated the site as a point to point radio service for about a year and then began maritime radio service as WCC. World War II brought an interruption to the maritime service. For several years the facility was taken over by the military and used as an listening post to monitor encrypted German communications with their Atlantic submarine fleet. After the war it was returned to RCA. Once again they began a maritime service that was to last until 1997. After their formation to acquire WCC and with David Sarnoff at the helm, RCA branched out to become the familiar communications giant. Although it is no longer active, the WCC site has become the Chatham Marconi-RCA Wireless Museum and showcases the maritime service that was provided. If you come to Cape Cod be sure put it on your to see list. 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. MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA WCC CHATHAM MASS WW2 LISTENING POST The 86 total letters contain these 19 different letters and numbers: A C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T W Y 2 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! 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: |