This Tuesday evening, the North American QRP CW Club will be holding its
monthly sprint.
Here are the particulars:
Date and time:
Wednesday, June 13th, 0030-0230 UTC
(Remember that's Tuesday evening here in the USA) That's 8:30 - 10:30
EDT, 7:30 - 9:30 CDT, 6:30 - 8:30 MDT and 5:30 - 7:30 PDT.
Bands - Frequencies:
80M - 3555-3565 kHz (Be courteous to FISTS operating on 3558 kHz)
40M - 7039-7050 kHz (Avoid W1AW on 7047.5 kHz).
20M - 14059-14065 kHz. General:
A particular station may be worked once on each band. Operate CW only.
All licensed amateurs are invited to participate, but only those
operating QRP (5 watts or less) are eligible for awards.
Call: CQ NA
Exchange:
RST - SPC (State Province or Country) - NAQCC Nr.
(non-Members substitute power level for NAQCC Nr., e.g. 5W, 1W, etc. Be
sure to add the W.)
QSO Points:
QSO with a Member, 2 points.
QSO with a Non-member, 1 point.
Multipliers:
Each USA state
Each VE province
Each country except W/VE
All multipliers count only once in the contest.
Bonus:
If you use only a straight key for the entire sprint, multiply your
score by 2.
If you use only a bug for the entire sprint, multiply your score by 1.5.
If you key with anything other than a straight key or bug, there is no
bonus multiplier.
Categories:
SWA - simple wire antennas - for those using a simple wire antenna per
NAQCC definition.
GAIN - gain antennas - for those using other than a simple wire antenna.
Special Award:
This month the top two NAQCC highest scorers in the Simple Wire Antennas
category will win prizes! First place wins Dave Ingram's wonderful
book, "The World of Keys" while the second highest placing NAQCC member
will earn a copy of Dave's book, "Keys II: The Emporium". Dave K4TWJ
is a 'card carrying" member of the NAQCC and we thank him for his
generous donation of one of the books. The other book was procured
using funds donated to the NAQCC.
REMEMBER: You HAVE to be a NAQCC member to be eligible to win one of the
books; and there's still plenty of time to join before Tuesday night's
sprint. To join the NAQCC, please visit:
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel//joinup.html
Entry Deadline:
All entries must be RECEIVED before 2400Z on June 19, 2007. So submit as
soon as possible, especially regular mail entries.
For further information, please visit:
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel//sprintrules.html
73 de Larry W2LJ
NAQCC #35
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73 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to use the very least!
http://www.w2lj.qrpradio.com
http://w2lj.blogspot.com/
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