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SM3CER Contest Service - Rules

AGCW Straight Key Party
(Handtasten Party, "HTP")   -   Winter - 3.5 MHz

Sponsored by
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Telegrafie e.V. (AGCW-DL)

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 Date / Time / Band:

Annually on the

1st Saturday in February, 1600 to 1900 UTC

(3510 kHz - 3560 kHz)

 Participants:

All licensed amateurs and SWLs, Single OP only.

 Mode:

CW (A1A). The use of keyboards and automatic CW decoders is not allowed.

 Call:

CQ HTP

 Categories:

  • A = up to 5 W output or 10 W input
  • B = up to 50 W output or 100 W input
  • C = up to 150 W output or 300 W input
  • D = SWL

 Exchange:

RST and QSO-Number / Category / Name / Age (YL = XX).

Example: 579007/A/Ernie/44 and 589009/B/Bertha/XX. It is mandatory to send the slashes.

 Scoring:

  • Category A with category A = 9 points
  • Category A with category B = 7 points
  • Category A with category C = 5 points
  • Category B with category B = 4 points
  • Category B with category C = 3 points
  • Category C with category C = 2 points

 Final score:

Sum of points.

 Logs:

UTC, Band, Call, exchange sent, exchange received, class, station description used in the contest, final score claimed, word of honor to have used nothing else but a hand key, operator’s signature.

SWL-Logs must contain both calls and at least one complete rapport.

Send your log to:

Friedrich W. Fabri, DF1OY
Moselstr. 17 b
D-63322 RÖDERMARK-URBERACH
GERMANY

Electronic entries via e-mail should be sent to:

htp@agcw.de

Deadline: February 28. (Arriving date at the manager’s address!).

 Prizes:

There are awards for the first, second and third place in each category and placement cards for each entrant.

 Note:

Non observance of the rules will lead to disqualification!

All logs must contain a declaration that the contest rules have been respected. Send SASE or SAE plus one IRC to receive a list of the results (Be sure to add your complete postal address). The results will also be posted to the AGCW board of the Packet Radio BBS network and to the AGCW home page. Additionally, they will be published in "AGCW-Info".

 More info at:

AGCW Web Site:
http://www.agcw.de/


(Date of info: June 20, 1999)
Source: Kai Hoefs, DL1AH - AGCW-member 2544)

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Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to:
Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER
sm3cer@contesting.com

URL: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/agcwskpw.htm
Copyright © 1997-1999 Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER
This page was created January 8 1997
Most recent revision July 30 1999
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