Hello Everybody! Just a quick reminder that the next QRP-ARCI sponsored contest is coming up this weekend on Sunday Evening. The HOOTOWL SPRINT runs from 8pm to midnight LOCAL TIME to test your abilities to work through the night.
Hope to hear everybody on the air. 73/72 Jeff - VA3JFF ---------------- DATE/TIME: 8pm to Midnight LOCAL TIME on 27 May 2007. N.B. This contest starts at 8pm LOCAL TIME ! The calendar cannot handle local times so it shows 2000z. Ignore it ! No matter where you are, this contest starts at your local time 20:00 or 8pm OBJECTIVE: To test your ability to make contacts late into the evening local time. 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 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. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] on or before 27 June 2005. Snail mail Submission: Submit Logs along with a summary stating your Callsign, Entry Category, Actual Power and Station Description along with score calculation to: ARCI Hoot Owl Sprint c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF 139 Elizabeth St. W. Welland, Ontario Canada L3C 4M3 Entries must be postmarked on or before 27 June 2007. 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 Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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