::.  RULES HOT Party A touch of chirp possibly will be in the air when the QRP-CONTEST-COMMUNITY cordially is inviting to the 19th Homebrew & Oldtime - Equipment - Party (HOT-PARTY 2006)

MORE INFO Text-only page QRPCC Web Site

GUESTS:

Operators of homebrew or more than 30 years old equipment.

CLASSES:

Class A: TX and RX are homebrew or older than 30 years Class B: TX or RX are homebrew or older than 30 years (A homebrew or oldtime TX or RX may be completed by a modern commercial RX or TX) Class C: QRP-TX below 10 watts input or 5 watts output, homebrew or older than 30 years

DATE:

19 November 2006 (3rd Sunday in November)

TIME/Frequencies:

1300 - 1500 UTC: 7010 - 7040 kHz 1500 - 1700 UTC: 3510 - 3560 kHz

MODE:

Single OP CW, PA input below 100 watts (Class A, Class B).

CALL:

"CQ HOT".

EXCHANGE:

RST, serial No. (starting from 001 on BOTH bands) / Class e.g. 579001/A

QSO-POINTS:

A B C A 3 2 3 B 2 1 2 C 3 2 3 Class A: with A or C = 3 points, with B = 2 points. Class B: with A or C = 2 points, with B = 1 point. Class C: with A or C = 3 points, with B = 2 points. No multiplier points!

LOGS:

Logs must include a description of the homebrew or oldtime equipment used (type, vintage). A short description of abt. 40 letters will be published in the result list.

DEADLINE:

December 15th to: Mailing address: Dr. Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST Schlesierweg 13 D-38228 SALZGITTER GERMANY Packet Radio: Packet Radio: DJ7ST @ DB0ABZ E-mail: E-mail: dj7st@darc.de (E-logs -.txt or LM-formatted, please).

Date of info: September 29, 2006	Source: Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST and QRP-Contest-Community (QRPCC) Web Site - Contest rules

NOTES:

The HOMEBREW & OLDTIME-EQUIPMENT-PARTY is an open event: there are no taboos like exceeding the 5 W QRP limit or operating commercial equipment. So we meet ’trendy’ multi-IC low power test equipment as well as loving restored S-Lines from the 50ies or even One-Tube-TXs from the 20ies. In all cases don’t forget to test your equipment in time to avoid a "bombshell" during the HOT-Party. Which has happened not only once... If you don’t know us yet: The QRP-Contest-Community (QRPCC) is an international network of QRP enthusiasts (at present ~130 promoters from 12 nations) pursuing the organization and promotion of QRP Contests since 1992. The QRPCC may be viewed as a support group taking care of the QRP’ers interests in a self-help manner. Since 1996 the QRPCC carries out the ORIGINAL-QRP-CONTEST, designed for genuine QRP gear. Real QRP, not just downregulation of QRO. There are up to 300 participants in the OQRPC. The HOMEBREW & OLDTIME-EQUIPMENT-Party (HOT-PARTY) since 1997 is organized by the QRPCC, too. Up to date homebrewing meets nostalgia (may be with a little chirp). The youngest QRPCC "child" is the QRP-MINIMAL-ART-SESSION born at Ascension Day 2000. Skillful and eye-winking minimalism but no mindless "plug and play but don’t understand anything". The promoters of QRPCC are private persons supporting the idea by personal participation in organizing, log-checking, translating etc. or by contributing to postage costs. There are 7 weeks time left for a simple homebrew project. Maybe you will find your one in a list of "Simple QRP-Homebrew-Projects" uploaded in <qrp> in Packet Radio (or just type: c < dj7st). We would be very pleased to hear many stations from your country. So please pass this invitation over to the contest column editor of your ham radio magazine. If you do it right now (by e-mail) there is a good chance that an invitation could be published "just in time" in the November issue. Thank you very much in advance. Hpe cuagn in HOT-PARTY! Best 73/2 de Hal, DJ7ST

Summary / Log Sheet:

Here is a proposal for a summary/log sheet:   19th Homebrew & Oldtime - Equipment - Party 19-Nov-2006 ------------------------------------------------------- Call: ........................ Class: ............ Name: .............................. Packet: ............ Street: ................................................... Zip-Code: ........ City/Place: ............................ Equipment: (Please describe the homebrew or oldtime components of your HOT-Party station by about 40 letters for publication in the result list) ........................................................... ........................................................... More details, comments: ........................................................... Signature: .................... UTC CALL Sent RST+No Rec RST+No CLASS PTS ---- ---------- ----------- ---------- ----- ------- ---- ---------- ----------- ---------- ----- ------- etc.