QRP-ARCI Spring QSO Party Announcement

[Jeff Hetherington]

It's that time again ... this weekend is the Spring
QSO Party!

For those of you participating in the team
competition, please email me before the start of the
contest with your team members (thanks to CCO
Beaverboys, your's is received.)

Here are the official rules, good luck everybody and I
hope to get a chance to be on the air for a short time
if I can get my antenna back up and running.

73/72
Jeff - VA3JFF
QRP-ARCI Contest Manager

QRP-ARCI SPRING QSO PARTY RULES

Date/Time:

1200Z on 8 April 2006 through 2400Z on 9 April 2006.
You may work a maximum of 24 hours of the 36 hour
period.

Mode:

HF 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 or less = x20

Suggested Frequencies:

160m 1810 kHz
80m 3560 kHz
40m 7030 kHz (please listen at 7040 kHz for rock bound
participants)
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.

Teams:

You may enter as a team with an unlimited number of
operators as long as no more than 5 transmitters are
on the air concurrently. You compete individually as
well as on the team. Teams need not be in the same
location. Team captains must send a list of members to
the Contest Manager before the contest.

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.

Log Submission:

Email 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 [hidden email] on or before
9 May 2006.

Snail mail Submission:

Submit Logs along with a summary stating your
Callsign, Entry Categorym Actual Power and Station
Description along with score calculation to:

ARCI Spring QSO Party
c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF
139 Elizabeth St. W.
Welland, Ontario
Canada L3C 4M3

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, as well as the top scoring entrants from
each State, Province and Country. Certificates may be
awarded for 2nd and 3rd place if entries are
sufficient in a category.

=========================================
    L. Jeffrey Hetherington - VA3JFF
      QRP-ARCI (sm) Contest Manager
QRP-ARCI (sm) #9223 / K2 #3375 / KX1 #631

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