Colorado QRP Club Events, Meetings and Nets

CQC

Events, Meetings and Nets Line

The Colorado QRP Club's Monday night net meets at 8:00 pm local time on CRA repeaters:

145.460 Mhz 145.145 Mhz 147.225 Mhz
(Most CRA repeaters require a CTCSS tone of 107.2 Hz for access)

ZOOM Meetings
In response to the Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, your CQC officers have decided to hold Chat 'N Chew and regular meetings by Zoom for the next few months.
We'll use this website, the email reflector, our FaceBook page, and Twitter to keep you informed. Please keep youself, friends, and family safe and healthy!

A big "Thank You!" to the Colorado Repeater Association for the
use of their "machines" since our net was first formed in the early
1990s! We encourage all users to consider membership in the CRA.

Click Here for the contests we sponsor!


CQC Meeting and Event Schedule (all meetings take place on Saturday):
	For many years, before his passsing, Marshall Emm hosted our meetings at his place of business. After that, we made full use of various locations within the Arapahoe Library District up until the pandemic - very nice facilities but they just aren't home! So, the Colorado QRP Club is looking for a permanent location for our bimonthly meetings once there is no longer a health threat. The library works great but there's never a guarantee as to the availability of rooms and, like we mentioned above, "There's no place like home!" Please contact search committee members KIØRB or WBØJNR if you have any ideas or suggestions about a semi-permanent meeting place that we can call home!

2020:

Dec 13 - CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run
Dec 12 - Chat 'N Chew (watch for Zoom URL)
Nov 14 - Regular meeting (watch for Zoom URL)
Oct 10 - Chat 'N Chew (watch for Zoom URL)
Sep 12 - Picnic CANCELLED until 2021
Aug 08 - Chat 'N Chew
Jul 19 - CQC Great Colorado Rush
Jul 11 - Regular meeting
Jun 26/27/28 - Field Day
Jun 13 - Chat 'N Chew
May 09 - Regular meeting Cancelled
Apr 11 - Chat 'N Chew Cancelled
March 14 - Regular meeting Cancelled
Feb 09 - CQC Winter QSO Party
Feb 08 - Chat 'N Chew
Jan 11 - Regular meeting

Our next regular meeting will take place:
on Saturday, November 14th, 2020 at 11:00 am
You don't have to be a member - everyone is welcome!

[Note: Until further notice, during the COVID pandemic, our Chat 'N Chew and Regular meetings will be held online via Zoom - the URL will be announced in advance of each date via email, social media, and on this website]

After COVID our meeting location will be:
Arapahoe Libraries

Subject/Guest Speaker: To be announced!

(Our meetings usually end with an optional luncheon at a nearby
southeast Metro area restaurant for a lot of fun chat and food!)

DIRECTIONS:

(Click on this Google logo for directions) Arapahoe Libraries

Can't make our regular meeting? We'll be experimenting with various forms of live streaming from our meetings for those who can't make it or are located out-of-state.

Click Here to watch the proceedings!

Our next informal Chat 'n Chew gathering will take place:

Saturday lunch, 11:00 AM, December 12th, 2020

The Chat 'n Chew starts at Noon with occasional "talk-in" on the 145.460 (-600, 107.2 Hz tone) repeater or 146.520 FM Simplex (move off frequency, if needed, to avoid congestion). Click Here or on the Google logo, at right, for a map to our current dining place!

Remember, these informal Chat 'n Chew gatherings are for fun, fellowship, and some "Show 'n Tell" - no club biz, please!

Click Here for pix from previous meetings on our Photo Gallery page...

Click Here for videos from previous club meetings and events...

Regular Meeting Information:

We're looking for a more permanent home for our regular
meetings So, let us know if you have any good location
suggestions! (We're currently meeting at various locations
of the Arapahoe Library system as rooms become avaialable)
Meetings normally begin at 11:00 am and last until about noon
with food, rig displays, and lots of fun!

Don't forget that you don't have to be a member
to attend CQC meetings -- bring a friend, and bring your
rigs and new projects. (Talk-in is available on the 145.460
[-600 KHz & 107.2 Hz Tone] repeater or 146.520 simplex - if needed,
move off frequency to avoid congestion).

Weekly 2 Meter Net:

Listen for WØCQC and the CQC Club Net on Monday evenings at 8 pm on the
Colorado Repeater Association's 145.460 (-600, 107.2 Hz tone) machine.

The 145.460 machine is accessible throughout most of the Denver Metro area,
including Boulder. There's also a 145.460 machine in Colorado Springs that allows
access to our Denver area net. Plus, in the Denver area, the 145.145 machine remains
the backup for any problems on the regular repeaters.

This is a REAL net, not just an announcement or check-net. Everybody gets to talk
about what they've been doing and it's always interesting and fun!

Click Here for the Secretary's page with meeting minutes, CQC's Constitution and Bylaws

2 Meter "Watering Hole":
Denver area QRPers enjoy hanging around 146.520 MHz FM Simplex (moving off frequency, when needed, to avoid congestion)
for informal chatting and serious exchanges - You don't have to be a member and we ecnourage everyone to participate!

Click Here for Field Day news!

Click Here for all other contest information (ours and theirs!)

Click Here for details on our annual banquet.

Click Here for details on our annual picnic.

Click Here for the WØCQC and NØCQC club station page.

Click Here for meeting minutes.

Past Events Archive:
(Stuff we've participated in that isn't already archived in our Gallery or on other pages...)

Annual Key (and kit) Day 2003
Annual Banquet 2002 - honoring Arnie Coro, CO2KK
Annual Banquet 2001
QRP Afield 1998

Calendar Archive:
(Some of our old calendars in case you we need to look up a meeting date or something...)

2017: Dec 10 - CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run Dec 09 - Chat 'N Chew Nov 18 - Regular meeting Oct 14 - Chat 'N Chew Sep 10 - Picnic meeting Aug 12 - Chat 'N Chew Jul 15 - Regular meeting Jul 09 - CQC Great Colorado Rush Jun 23/24/25 - Field Day Jun 10 - Chat 'N Chew May 13 - Regular meeting Apr 08 - Chat 'N Chew Mar 11 - Regular meeting Feb 19 - CQC Winter QSO Party Feb 11 - Chat 'N Chew Jan 14 - Regular meeting	2018: Dec 09 - CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run Dec 08 - Chat 'N Chew Nov 10 - Regular meeting Oct 13 - Chat 'N Chew Sep 08 - Picnic meeting Aug 11 - Chat 'N Chew Jul 14 - Regular meeting Jul 07 - CQC Great Colorado Rush Jun 22/23/24 - Field Day Jun 09 - Chat 'N Chew May 12 - Regular meeting Apr 14 - Chat 'N Chew Mar 17 - Regular meeting Feb 18 - CQC Winter QSO Party Feb 10 - Chat 'N Chew Jan 13 - Regular meeting
2014: Dec 13 - Chat 'N Chew Dec 07 - CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run Nov 08 - Regular meeting Oct 11 - Chat 'N Chew Sep 13 - Picnic Meeting Aug 09 - Chat 'N Chew Jul 13 - CQC Great Colorado Rush Jul 12 - Regular meeting Jun 27/28/29 - Field Day Jun 07 - Chat 'N Chew May 10 - Regular meeting Apr 12 - Chat 'N Chew Mar 15 - Regular meeting Feb 23 - CQC Winter QSO Party Feb 08 - Chat 'N Chew Jan 11 - Regular meeting	2015: Dec 12 - Chat 'N Chew Dec 05 - CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run Nov 14 - Regular meeting Oct 10 - Chat 'N Chew Sep 12 - Picnic Meeting Aug 08 - Chat 'N Chew Jul 12 - CQC Great Colorado Rush Jul 11 - Regular meeting Jun 26/27/28 - Field Day Jun 13 - Chat 'N Chew May 09 - Regular meeting Apr 11 - Chat 'N Chew Mar 14 - Regular meeting Feb 21 - CQC Winter QSO Party Feb 14 - Chat 'N Chew Jan 10 - Regular meeting
2012: Dec 09 - CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run Dec 08 - Chat 'N Chew Nov 10 - Regular meeting Oct 13 - Chat 'N Chew Sep 08 - Picnic Meeting Aug 11 - Chat 'N Chew Jul 15 - CQC Great Colorado Gold Rush Jul 07 - Regular meeting Jun 22/23/24 - Field Day Jun 09 - Chat 'N Chew May 12 - Regular meeting Apr 14 - Chat 'N Chew Mar 10 - Regular meetng Feb 26 - CQC Winter QSO Party Feb 11 - Chat 'N Chew Jan 14 - Regular meeting	2013: Dec 14 - Chat 'N Chew Dec 08 - CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run Nov 09 - Regular meeting Oct 12 - Chat 'N Chew Sep 14 - Picnic Meeting Aug 10 - Chat 'N Chew Jul 14 - CQC Great Colorado Rush Jul 13 - Regular meeting Jun 20/21/22 - Field Day Jun 08 - Chat 'N Chew May 11 - Regular meeting Apr 13 - Chat 'N Chew Mar 09 - Regular meeting Feb 24 - CQC Winter QSO Party Feb 09 - Chat 'N Chew Jan 12 - Regular meeting

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