Building on the success
of its 2016 National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) program, the ARRL has launched a
year-long grid square competition. The goal will be to make contacts during the
course of 2018 with stations in as many Maidenhead grid squares as possible,
using all amateur bands except 60 meters. The program requires the use of the League's Logbook of the World (LoTW) online contact confirmation system. Grid squares will not need to be exchanged on the air, since each station participating in LoTW enters its grid locator into the system upon registration. Full details are in the December 2017 issue of QST.