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The NAQCC March 2026 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 THE FP-45 LIBERATOR PISTOL  PREMISE: During the course of WW II German forces occupied a number of countries. Often the native populations wanted to resist, but found themselves without the arms to do so. In March of 1942, the US Army came up with the idea of mass manufacturing a cheap, simple weapon that could be supplied to an occupied country to aid the resistance. The theory being, that it would be used to kill off occupying forces and obtain their weapons for later use. The weapon proposed, the FP-45 Liberator, was a small, single shot, .45 caliber pistol, with a short, unrifled barrel, suitable for close up, ambush type, encounters. Being designed for a limited number of shots, about 50 total, allowed the use of stamped metal parts to speed manufacture and kept the price down. The cost per unit was about $3.50 in 1942 dollars. In eleven weeks, in the fall of 1942, General Motors Guide Lamp division assembled one million pistols. Fridigdaire, the refrigerator company, reamed out the barrels since GM did not have the necessary tooling for the job. It was said that the guns were manufactured faster than they could be loaded. Five hundred thousand pistols were shipped to England for insertion into European countries. The effort fell to the British Special Operations Executive. They were not in control of the project, which resulted in a lack of interest on their part. One argument against the project was that a Whitley bomber, the plane to which the project would fall, could only carry 600 pistols per mission. The required airpower to deliver all 500,000 pistols could not be mustered without serious impact on other more critical missions. The FP-45 had very limited distribution in Europe. Most were deployed in Greece, China and the Philippines. The remaining 500,000 remained in the United States and were eventually disposed of. 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. FP45 LIBERATOR RESISTANCE WEAPON STAMPED METAL GM GUIDE LAMP DIVISION FRIGIDAIRE WHITLEY BOMBERS The 84 total letters contain these 23 different letters: A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W Y 4 5 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 March 2026 Challenge All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. Results as of 3/9/2026: K3ES: FP45LIBERATOR - WF9U W4MPT W4SV KI5GTR AA0LA KI5GTR NB0W K3GEO KI5GTR K4ARQ KI5GTR K3GEO KI5GTR RESISTANCEWEAPON - W1RK K3GEO W4SV KI5GTR W4SV KI5GTR K4ARQ DL9NCI DL9NCI K5PE W4SV K5PE KG1A W4MPT K3GEO DL9NCI STAMPEDMETAL - SQ9JS W4MPT KG1A W4MPT K5PE KE8PTX DL9NCI W4MPT KE8PTX W4MPT AA0LA AA0LA GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - KI5GTR W9FMI KI5GTR WF9U DL9NCI DL9NCI VE3IID DL9NCI AA0LA W9FMI K5PE N4CDH DL9NCI W4SV W9FMI SQ9JS W9FMI N0RO N0TUP FRIGIDAIRE - WF9U W1RK WD8RIF K3GEO WD8RIF N4CDH AA0LA AA4HI K4ARQ VE3IID WHITLEYBOMBERS - W4SV N4CDH AA4HI N0TUP DL9NCI KE2BVB N8JY NB0W N0RO KC1MXB AB4KT KE2BVB K4ARQ SQ9JS W4JL: FP45LIBERATOR - AF8T W4LPH W4LPH N5ILQ W4LPH N5ILQ W8RNB VE3MM N7RVD WA1VEI N4TU K5OHY N7RVD RESISTANCEWEAPON - W8RNB VE3MM K3ES N5ILQ K3ES N4TU WA1VEI N5ILQ AC3IE K3ES W4LPH K3ES AC3IE W4LPH K5OHY N5ILQ STAMPEDMETAL - WS4Y N7JTT AC3IE VE3MM AA6PW WA1VEI K7GUD VE3MM WA1VEI N7JTT NA2B W4LPH GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - K7GUD VE3MM K7GUD N4TU WA1VEI K7GUD AC3IE N5ILQ NA2B VE3MM AA6PW N7RVD WA1VEI VE3MM AC3IE WS4Y AC3IE K9OZ N4TU FRIGIDAIRE - AF8T W8RNB KI5GBQ K9GVM KI5GBQ N7RVD AF8T AE7I N3RN AC3IE WHITLEYBOMBERS - W4LPH W4LPH AE7I N7JTT N5ILQ AE7I WS4Y W8RNB K9OZ K4NYM NA2B AE7I N3RN N1BS N0RZ: FP45LIBERATOR - W2WF W4LPH N4IN K5ZM K2LT N4IN K2JVB KO4TFE A4ARY A4ARY KO4TFE KO4TFE A4ARY RESISTANCEWEAPON - N3RN KO4TFE N8JMS N4IN N8JMS KO4TFE A4ARY N8JMS N1C KD8IE W1ND KD8IE A4ARY W4LPH KO4TFE N8JMS STAMPEDMETAL - NM5S K2LT A4ARY N8JMS AA6PW K2EL W1ND N8JMS K2EL K2LT KZ4A K2LT GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - N2VGA K5ZM N2VGA KU3J KD8IE W1ND N2ESE W4LPH KZ4A K5ZM AA6PW KD4O KD8IE K2JVB KI7QCF NM5S KI7QCF N7JO W1ND FRIGIDAIRE - W2WF N3RN KK6IK KG1A KK6IK KD4O N2VGA KI7NTK K4ZSR N2ESE WHITLEYBOMBERS - W1ND W4LPH KI7NTK KI7NTK W4LPH N2ESE A4ARY K2JVB N7JO NM5S K2JNB N2ESE K4ZSR N2ESE ON7DQ: FP45LIBERATOR - F4WBN SP9TKW F4WBN DM5WW DL6WT F8OOI F4WBN HB9EBE ON7GR G3TZA G3TZA ON7ZM ON7GR RESISTANCEWEAPON - SM3NRY HB9EBE SM5LNE F8OOI SM5LNE G3TZA G3TZA F4WBN HB9BCB HB9EBE F4WBN HB9EBE EA4BOC SP9TKW ON7ZM F4WBN STAMPEDMETAL - SA4BLM DL6WT EA4BOC ON7ZM PA3HEN EA4BOC DL6WT ON7ZM EA4BOC DL6WT HA8BJ DL6WT GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - ON7GO OO4M ON7GO F6OYU EA3IKB DL6WT SM5LNE SM5LNE HA8BJ OO4M PA3HEN DM5WW EA3IKB EA7GV G4ZIB SA4BLM G4ZIB ON6ZQ ON7ZM FRIGIDAIRE - F4WBN SM3NRY IU1KGS G3TZA IU1KGS DM5WW EA3IKB IW0HK HB9HRJ SM5LNE WHITLEYBOMBERS - F4WBN HB9EBE IW0HK ON4TH SM5LNE EA3IKB F6OYU F4WBN ON6ZQ DM5WW HB9EBE EA3IKB HB9HRJ SM3NRY VE3KZ FP45LIBERATOR - VE7SRF K0ACP W4LOO AD5DM W4LOO W3IQ W4EMB AE0YM VE7SRF K0ACP KM3STU W4LOO VE7SRF RESISTANCEWEAPON - N3RN AE0YM PJ7/W1USN N0VIG PJ7/W1USN KM3STU K0ACP PJ7/W1USN K0ACP VE7SRF W4LOO VE7SRF AE0YM K0ACP W4LOO PJ7/W1USN STAMPEDMETAL - VE7SRF KA5TJS AE0YM AI5SM PJ7/W1USN KE4EA AF5DM AE0YM KE4EA KA5TJS AF5DM W4LOO GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - N0VIG AE0YM N0VIG PJ7/W1USN AF5DM N0VIG AF5DM KE4EA W4LPH AF5DM AF5DM W4LPH K2DM KO4CBI KM3STU K1KIG W4LOO N0VIG FRIGIDAIRE - VE7SRF KR4Q AI5SM AG4JT AI5SM K2DM KE4EA W3IQ KR4Q KE4EA WHITLEYBOMBERS - W4LOO W4LPH K1KIG AG4JT W4LPH W4EMB AE0YM W4EMB W4LOO KM3STU K2JVB W4EMB N3RN KM3STU AA5XA: FP45LIBERATOR - VE7SRF K3SBP W4LPH K5SJC AA8CL WA0CIE K2JVB KE8UEX VE7SRF WA9AGG W3GTR K8ONS VE7SRF RESISTANCEWEAPON - W8RNB KE8UEX N8JMS WA0CIE N8JMS W3GTR WA9AGG N8JMS AA8CL KE8UEX WA9AGG KE8UEX WA9AGG K3SBP K8ONS N8JMS STAMPEDMETAL - K8ONS W0BTS WA9AGG N8JMS W4LPH VE7SRF KD4O N8JMS VE7SRF W0BTS AA8CL AA8CL GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - WA9AGG W8GM WA9AGG KE8UEX AC3IE KD4O WA0CIE KL7NL AA8CL W8GM W4LPH K0FD AC3IE K2JVB KM4IHU K8ONS KM4IHU KD4O K8ONS FRIGIDAIRE - VE7SRF W8RNB KI7QCF WA9AGG KI7QCF K0FD AA8CL WA1VEI K7SHR WA0CIE WHITLEYBOMBERS - WA9AGG W4LPH WA1VEI AF8T KL7NL AC3IE KG4EXY K2JVB KD4O KM4IHU K3SBP AC3IE K7SHR K3SBP AK3X : FP45LIBERATOR - VE7SRF W4LPH W4LPH K5SJC W4LPH IS0KNZ KE9BHN KE9BHN VE7SRF VA2NM W4TRA KI5NEO VE7SRF RESISTANCEWEAPON - W4TRA KE9BHN IS0KNZ IS0KNZ IS0KNZ W4TRA VA2NM VA2NM K5SJC KI5NEO W4LPH KI5NEO KN6BAZ W4LPH KI5NEO VA2NM STAMPEDMETAL - K5SJC NC4RT KN6BAZ VA2NM AA6PW VE7SRF W1ND VA2NM VE7SRF NC4RT W4TRA W4LPH GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - KG1A AD0IM KG1A KC0UJC KI5NEO W1ND KE8NJW KD7LX W4TRA AD0IM AA6PW AD0IM KI5NEO VA2NM AD0IM K5SJC AD0IM WA4WNO W1ND FRIGIDAIRE - VE7SRF W4TRA WB4IT K4AGF WB4IT AD0IM AD0IM AC3IE NC4RT KE8NJW WHITLEYBOMBERS - W4LPH W4LPH AC3IE WB4IT KD7LX AE0YM K4NYX KE9BHN WA4WNO AF5DM KN6BAZ AE0YM NC4RT VE7SRF AD0YM: FP45LIBERATOR - KF9R K5PE KZ4ZH KG5SSB W8LUT K4UI KG5SSB K5PE KF9R AB0BM W8LUT KN4TOF KF9R RESISTANCEWEAPON - W0RLY K5PE KG5SSB K4UI KG5SSB W8LUT AB0BM KN4TOF KA3ICJ KE2BVB W8LUT KE2BVB W4VOA K5PE KN4TOF KN4TOF STAMPEDMETAL - KG5SSB KN4TOF W4VOA AB0BM WA2SPL VE3LDT W4BD AB0BM VE3LDT KN4TOF KG1A W8LUT GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - KG5SSB W8TMI KG5SSB W8LUT W8TMI W4BD KM4JTE W0RLY KG1A W8TMI WA2SPL VE3LDT W8TMI W4VOA KA3ICJ KG5SSB KA3ICJ W4VOA NJ8D FRIGIDAIRE - KF9R W0RLY K9IS KG1A K9IS VE3LDT K4ARQ W3IKY K4ARQ KM4JTE WHITLEYBOMBERS - W8LUT KZ4ZH W3IKY KU8T W0RLY N4EMP K9QY KG5SSB W4VOA KM4JTE AB0BM N4EMP K4ARQ W4SV NQ8T: FP45LIBERATOR - KF8FCC W4LPH KY4O W5WMQ W4LPH KI5JUF W4BEE WA9CWE W1GRD AA5JF AE4TC KY4O W1GRD RESISTANCEWEAPON - W0RLY WA9CWE WS0Y KI5JUF WS0Y AE4TC AA5JF K8SNH KF8FCC W4BEE W5WMQ W4BEE AA5JF W4LPH KY4O K8SNH STAMPEDMETAL - AI5SM W4TRA AA5JF W5WMQ W7PFB W4BEE KJ7DCF W5WMQ W4BEE W4TRA WA9CWE W4LPH GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - KG1A AI5SM KG1A KC1KUW AI5SM KJ7DCF AE4TC W0RLY WA9CWE AI5SM W7PFB WA9VFD AI5SM WA9VFD N5IB AI5SM N5IB NI5NEO WN1E FRIGIDAIRE - KF8FCC W0RLY NI5NEO N2DGQ NI5NEO WA9VFD KG1A WI9P W4TRA AE4TC WHITLEYBOMBERS - W5WMQ K8SNH WI9P KD1KT W0RLY WN1E WS0Y W4BEE NI5NEO K2M2 N5IB WN1E W4TRA K8SNH AE4ZR: FP45LIBERATOR - W9FHA W4LPH WS4Y N5ILQ N5ILQ N5ILQ KE9BHN KE9BHN KF9R WA3N AG4JT N9HO KF9R RESISTANCEWEAPON - WR4I KE9BHN WS4Y N5ILQ WS4Y AG4JT WA3N WA3N N3CU KE8NJW WA3N KE8NJW W9FHA W4LPH N9HO WA3N STAMPEDMETAL - K5SJC KM3STU W9FHA KM3STU W4PJW KQ4EFU KJ5NDF KM3STU KQ4EFU KM3STU AG4JT N5ILQ GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - K0GJG AD2MM K0GJG N3CU N0VIG KJ5NDF WA3CIE W4LPH AG4JT AD2MM W4PJW KD1KT N0VIG K2JVB WA3CIE K5SJC WA3CIE W0DOS N5ILQ FRIGIDAIRE - W9FHA WR4I WR4I K0GJG WR4I KD1KT N2VGA WD8RIF K3RTA WA3CIE WHITLEYBOMBERS - WA3N KE9BHN WD8RIF KD1KT W4LPH WB2DET WS4Y KE9BHN W0DOS AD2MM K2JVB WB2DET K3RTA KM3STU WX1M: FP45LIBERATOR - AF5DM N9WPY AC4BT AF5DM W4LPH KE8WIC AC4BT KE8WIC W0RLY K3WWA AC4BT KD4O W0RLY RESISTANCEWEAPON - K4ZSR KE8WIC N8JMS KE8WIC N8JMS AC4BT K3WWA N9WPY AC4BT KE9DQQ K3WWA KE9DQQ AC4BT N9WPY KD4O N9WPY STAMPEDMETAL - K8BHS AF8T AC4BT AF5DM W4LPH KE9BHN AF5DM AF5DM KE9BHN AF8T AF5DM W4LPH GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - KG1A N8JMS KG1A KU3J N4IN AF5DM WA1VEI W0RLY AF5DM N8JMS W4LPH AD8HK N4IN WA1VEI WA1VEI K8BHS WA1VEI KO4CBI N8JMS FRIGIDAIRE - AF5DM K4ZSR W9MIC KB9RPG W9MIC AD8HK AD8HK AC3IE W4ARB WA1VEI WHITLEYBOMBERS - K3WWA W4LPH AC3IE K7AZT W0RLY AC3IE N9WPY AC4BT KO4CBI W9MIC K8BHS AC3IE W4ARB WS4Y NN3E: FP45LIBERATOR - WW4SF AA6PW N4CW KI5GTR KD7LX KI5GTR KB1AWM KW4EE N7RVD KB1AWM K4NTO K4OGB N7RVD RESISTANCEWEAPON - WB0RLJ KW4EE NN4SS KI5GTR NN4SS K4NTO KB1AWM N4CW N4CW KW4EE N4CW KW4EE N2GA AA6PW K4OGB N4CW STAMPEDMETAL - NN4SS N7JTT N2GA KB1AWM K1SP VE2ZDX KD7LX KB1AWM VE2ZDX N7JTT AA6PW KD7LX GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - K4OGB AC9M K4OGB K4CU N0VIG KD7LX KE8UEX WB0RLJ AA6PW AC9M K1SP N7RVD N0VIG N7RVD WI9P NN4SS WI9P K4NTO NN4SS FRIGIDAIRE - WW4SF WB0RLJ G0HIO KI5GTR G0HIO N7RVD AA6PW WD4MRI KI5GTR KE8UEX WHITLEYBOMBERS - N4CW NV4H WD4MRI N7JTT WB0RLJ KE8UEX N4NYX KB1AWM K4NTO WD4MRI N4BCJ KE8UEX KI5GTR WW4SF N2EIM: FP45LIBERATOR - AF8T KB9RPG N4IN AI5SM W4LPH N4IN KB9RPG KE8UEX KB9RPG KG1A AF8T W8EO KB9RPG RESISTANCEWEAPON - W0RLY KE8UEX N8JMS N4IN N8JMS AF8T KG1A W1ND NS1C KE8UEX W1ND KE8UEX WA3N KB9RPG W8EO W1ND STAMPEDMETAL - NS1C W2TEF WA3N N8JMS W4LPH W4EMB W1ND N8JMS W4EMB W2TEF AF8T W4LPH GMGUIDELAMPDIVISION - KB9RPG K4NYM KB9RPG KE8UEX AI5SM W1ND W8EH W0RLY AF8T K4NYM W4LPH AD8HK AI5SM W4QDV N0VIG NS1C N0VIG N9HO N8JMS FRIGIDAIRE - AF8T W0RLY AI8AI KG1A AI8AI AD8HK W1AW/4 AI8AI N3RN W8EH WHITLEYBOMBERS - W1ND W4LPH AI8AI NT0Y W0RLY AB4EB K4NYM KB9RPG N9HO W4EMB W4EMB AB4EB N3RN AI5SM 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: K3ES: Great band conditions for my POTA Activation made for a quick finish! Great challenge, as usual! W4JL: As always another enjoyable monthly challenge! Chased POTA and SOTA again this month to complete! 72 W4JL Dave NC #10660 ON7DQ: This one was really easy for me. I did a three day SOTA tour, activating 9 summits. About half of the QSO's were in QRP CW, so plenty to choose from to get all the letters. AK3X : Fun challenge as usual. I think this is the fastest I ever completed a challenge 6 days. NQ8T: Many THANKS for hosting this monthly event! 72 steve/NQ8T WX1M: Another fun challenge, working conditions here on this challenge Elecraft K2, Ten Tec R4020 into a 43 foot vertical wire. |