Good Day everybody! Please note that the BUBBA contest was inadvertently scheduled in a manner that conflicted with the 2005 running of the SK Memorial Contest. The organizers of the BUBBA event have apologized and modified their contest exchange to match the exchange of the SK Memorial Contest. A Contest TWOFER so to speak. The sending of the temperatures that is the basis of the BUBBA contest has been made optional, but please be courteous and comply with any requests for temperatures from BUBBA operators.
Thanks Everybody. 73/72 Jeff - VA3JFF QRP-ARCI Contest Manager 2005 SILENT KEY MEMORIAL CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT This contest celebrates and honors the QRP luminaries who no longer answer CQ's. Those generous people who graciously donated to the QRP community their time, effort and knowledge to advance the premise that more fun could be had using less than 5 watts. Some were irascible and some were even considered curmudgeons but when you took a keen look at their accomplishments and listened to those who knew them well you discovered truly wonderful people who would give you their last diode. The people we are celebrating are well known among the QRP Community. Some passed recently and some have enjoyed their reward many years. They are not forgotten for their accomplishments live on either on the bands, the internet, through published works or organizations that benefited from their largess. This contest celebrates ALL SK's who now call CQ from above, where all sigs are 599 and all contacts QSL 100%. Celebrate the many SKs that we have known and loved in years past. Date/Time: 20 August 2005, 1500Z to 1800Z. Mode: CW Only Exchange: Members send: RST, State/Province/Country, ARCI member number Non-Members send: RST, State/Province/Country, Power Out QSO Points: Member = 5 points Non-Member, Different Continent = 4 points Non-Member, Same Continent = 2 points Multiplier: SPC (State/Province/Country) total for all bands. The same station may be worked on multiple bands for QSO points and SPC credit. Power Multiplier: >5 Watts = x1 >1 - 5 Watts = x7 >250 mW - 1 Watt = x10 >55 mW - 250 mW = x15 <55 mW = x20 Suggested Frequencies: 160m 1810 kHz 80m 3560 kHz 40m 7040 kHz 20m 14060 kHz 15m 21060 kHz 10m 28060 kHz Score: Final Score = Points (total for all bands) x SPCs (total for all bands) x Power Multiplier + Bonus Points. Bonus Points: If you are operating PORTABLE using battery power AND a temporary antenna, add 5000 points to your final score. (You can NOT be at your shack operating from battery power using your home station antenna to qualify for this bonus.) This is to help level the playing field for contesters who work from the field against contest stations with 5 element yagis at 70 ft. Categories: Entry may be All-Band, Single Band, High Bands (10m-15m-20m) or Low Bands (40m-80m-160m) How to Participate: Get on any of the HF bands except the WARC bands and hang out near the QRP frequencies. Work as many stations calling CQ QRP or CQ TEST as possible, or call CQ QRP or CQ TEST yourself! You can work a station for credit once on each band. Email Log Submission: Submit Logs in plain text format along with a summary stating your Callsign, Entry Category, Actual Power and Station Description along with score calculation to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on or before 20 September 2005. Snail mail Log Submission: Submit Logs along with a summary stating your Callsign, Entry Category, Actual Power and Station Description along with score calculation to: Silent Key Memorial Sprint c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF 139 Elizabeth St. W. Welland, Ontario Canada L3C 4M3 Entries must be postmarked on or before 20 September 2005. Results: Will be published in QRP Quarterly and shown on the QRP-ARCI website. Certificates: Will be awarded to the top scoring entrant in each category. Certificates may be awarded for 2nd and 3rd place if entries are sufficient in a category. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/75 - Release Date: 8/17/05 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
