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| The Great Colorado Gold Rush |
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| (a.k.a. Fire In The Hole)
Sponsored by the Colorado QRP Club
It was Colorado, 1859. A land swindler had just published the first issue of the Rocky Mountain News in the settlement that would become Denver. A year earlier, small placer gold deposits were found in that old settlement, near the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek. And then came the big gold strikes! George Jackson discovered gold in Chicago Creek near Idaho Springs. John Gregory made his famous gold strike not far away, in Clear Creek Canyon. Prospectors dreaming of riches poured into the new gold camps of Central City, Black Hawk, Boulder, Colorado City, Gold Hill, Hamilton, Tarryall, and Pueblo. The fever ran high. The Great Colorado Gold Rush had begun!
Not even a century-and-a-half later, the rush is on again. This time it’s the rush to work all states, to join the ranks of DXCC, the desire to sound like a kilowatt but driven only by milliwatts - truly to rush to achieve the impossible.
In honor of our state’s colorful history and exciting future, the Colorado QRP Club proudly announces The Great Colorado Gold Rush. This will be a QRP amateur radio contest of unparalleled magnitude, of incredible dimensions, of such unbelievable proportions that - well, it’s really just a summer sprint. Two fast hours of heavy hitting. Do your best. Have fun, and good luck in the contest. |
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| MORE INFO |
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2000 - 2200 UTC
(That’ll be just after noontime around most of the country on Sunday) |
- W - WIRE: single element wire; including dipoles, random wires, Zepp, doublets, inverted V, slopers, single element loops, inverted L, etc.
- V - VERTICAL: verticals; including single element, ground plane, trapped vertical, or anything with vertical polarization and more or less omnidirectional pattern.
- B - BEAM: multi-element arrays/beams; including beams, multi-element loops, phased verticals, V-beam, rhombic, etc.
- P - PORTABLE: non-mobile temporary field station; may use any type of antenna.
If you are not sure about your antenna class, send us a description ASAP (via E-mail to n1fn@mtechnologies.com).
Operations may be conducted with different antennas provided all antennas are in the same class. |
RST + SPC + Class + CQC Member # -or- Power Output.
Example: 559 CO V 345 -or- 559 CO V 5W |
The same station may be worked up to three times during the contest, provided a minimum of 30 minutes has elapsed since the last QSO with the same station. |
- 3 points for first contact with a station.
- 2 points for second contact with the same station.
- 1 point for third contact with the same station.
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All multipliers count once over all. Multipliers are SPC’s and CQC members worked. |
QSO Points x SPC x CQC Members = Total Score. |
Submit logs showing time, callsign, exchange and QSO points for each
station worked, show totals of multiplier points.
Example:
Time Call SPC Ant Mem#/Pwr Pts
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2005 WØCQC CO V 132 3
2012 N1FN CT W 151 3
2036 WØCQC CO V 132 2
2037 KA8OM MI P 5W 3
2115 WØCQC CO V 132 1
Etc.
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Totals 3 2 12 etc.
Dupes: WØCQC - 2005 2036 2115
SPC: CO CT MI
CQC#: 132 151
Please include an alphabetical dupe sheet showing times and calls of multiple contact stations, SPC’s and CQC Member numbers. Also include a description of your equipment, antenna(s) used, and power output. All submissions must indicate entry class and your mailing address including e-mail address if available. |
Logs must be postmarked or emailed no later than 30 days post contest. Logs received after this deadline will be used as check logs only.
Logs must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than 2359 UTC August 30, 2002.
Mail logs to:
| Mailing address: |
GOLDRUSH
C/O CQC
P O Box 371883
DENVER, CO 80237-1883
USA |
Email ASCII text files only to:
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Awards will be given for the highest score in each class and the highest score in each state. |
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