QSO-A-Day

 For the month of April ( the 1st to the 30th), I decided to go for the QRP QSO-a-Day award. At the same time I was also going for the KMPW award,so going for the QSO a day award made sense. 

During the first half of the month, it was relatively easy as propagation for "local" and DX was great. The bands were hot up here in Northern Australia. However during the last week, propagation began to fall apart. It was tough just trying to get a contact, even at 5 watts. 

Anyway, after much perseverance and at times frustration, I managed to get there.
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This award, which is renewed annually, is designed to encourage hams to spend more time on the CW bands thus increasing the CW presence there which is so important in this day and age. The award was initially suggested by K4UK in a QSO with K3WWP late in 2004. It is based on K3WWP's 'streak' of having made (and continuing to make) at least one QRP/CW QSO each day since August 5, 1994.

Basic Award Premise:

Make at least 1 QRP QSO per day at 5 watts or less for 1 month.

Once you apply for an award, you CANNOT use the month/ months from that award towards a further award. In other words, if you earn a 2 MONTH AWARD for January and February, you CANNOT use January and February for a 3 through 9 MONTH AWARD later that year. NO overlapping months allowed for other QSO-a-Day awards.