Rules/Info for Winning Mountaintop Musical Chairs QRP Contest Prize--From Your QTH

[CRAIG W BEHRENS]

Thanks for the space (and your
patience). I made the first posting too brief. Hopefully, this gives the gang
everything they need to compete for the really fine QRP prize.

 

1) Contest will be conducted from the
Monte Sano State Campgrounds Saturday evening (8/18/12) for 1 to 1.5 hours. The
contest will start at approximately 7:15 CDST

2) Eight (8) QRPers, for Four
2-person teams, will compete on Monte Sano.

3) Monte Sano teams will use Both
of their callsigns with /4 (i.e. Portable Operation)

4) These two-person teams will use
one of their callsigns in their 1st 15-minutes, and their other callsign in
their 2nd 15-minutes.

4) Contest exchange (both ways)
will be: callsign, Signal Report, and Operator’s Name (example: KX7XXX 599
Bill)

5) Only 2 HF Bands will be used:
One around 7.050 MHz; the other around 14.050 MHz

6) The two Monte Sano stations
will each use an Elecraft KX3 and Force-12 Sigma-40XK Antenna.

7) Stations competing for the
special Non-Monte Sano QRP Contest prize must:

A) Transmit
CW with not more than 5-watts.

B)
Capture each callsign and exchange correctly

C) Submit
their log info via email to NM4T via  [hidden email] not later than midnight
CDST Monday, 8/20/12

8) The winner will be determined
by whomever works the most Monte Sano Contest stations. (In the case of a tie,
the winner’s name will be randomly drawn.)

9) The winner’s name will be
posted and the prize mailed by Wednesday, 8/22/12.

 

Mountaintop Musical Chairs QRP Contest Operating Plan
(Times are CDST):

 

7:00 PM  Teams are selected and scheduled

7:15 PM Team callsigns 1A 40M and
2A 20M start their 30-minute operating shift

7:30 PM  The “Swap Stations” music plays, then Team
callsigns 1B 20M and 2B 40M finish their competition shift

7:45 PM  The “Swap Teams Music” plays. Then, team
callsigns 3A 40M and 4A 20M start their 30-minute operating shift

8:00 PM  The “Swap Stations” music plays, then Team
callsigns 3B 20M and 4B 40M finish their competition shift

8:15 PM  The contest is over, the Monte Sano team logs
are reviewed and winners are selected.

 

Thanks and good luck in this
contest!


72/73 & DX,
Craig W. Behrens -- NM4T    
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