::.  RULES Illinois QSO Party 2002 Illinois QSO Party - 40th Anniversary Sponsored by the Radio Amateur Megacycle Society - RAMS Rules and summary sheet may be downloaded in PDF format at: http://my.core.com/~jematz/ilqso02.pdf

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Date/Time:

1800 UTC October 20 until 0200 UTC October 21, 2002

Bands:

160 through 2 meters, excluding 30, 17, and 12 meters.

Special band activity times:

10 meters 2000 UTC; 15 meters 2100 UTC; 20 meters 2200 UTC. Purpose is to encourage IL ops to get on the higher bands.

Exchange:

Illinois stations give RST and county; others give RST and state, province, or country.

Scoring:

Count 1 point per phone QSO, 2 points per CW QSO. No repeater QSOs. Stations may be worked once per band and mode, and once per band/mode/county for Illinois mobile stations. Each vehicle is considered one station and must use only one call. Contacts with/by stations at the border of 2 counties count as 2 counties and 2 QSOs; the border of 3 (or 4) counties count as 3 (or 4) counties and 3 (or 4) QSOs. Illinois stations multiply points by the sum of states, Illinois counties, VE provinces, and a maximum of 5 DXCC countries (W/K and VE included). Count additional DX as points but not multipliers. Non-Illinois stations multiply points by number of Illinois counties worked. All stations may earn one extra multiplier for every eight QSOs made with the same Illinois county.However, IL 2/3/4 county border stations may count only 1 QSO (not 2/3/4) per contact toward this extra multipler. All stations may operate only one transmitter at a time.

Awards:

Plaques will be awarded to the highest-scoring Illinois fixed station, Illinois mobile station, and out-of-state station. A traveling plaque sponsored by the Western Illinois Amateur Radio Club will be given for the top Illinois Club score. Certificates will be awarded to the top 10 Illinois fixed stations, the top 5 Illinois mobile stations, the top Illinois county line portable station, the top QRP score, and the highest score (reporting at least 10 Illinois contacts) in each state, province, and country. Any out-of-state operator who makes at least 200 Illinois QSOs or works at least 75 Illinois counties will receive a food item such as honey from an Illinois farm, courtesy of N9JF.

Logs:

Entrants must submit a log containing UTC, the call of the station worked, RST, state or province, Illinois county, band and mode. Circle new multipliers as worked. Illinois mobiles must indicate county changes in the log. Any station with over 100 QSOs must submit a dupe sheet. (Mobile entries send dupe sheet only for counties from which you make 100 or more contacts.) A summary sheet must also be submitted with every log. Entries must be postmarked by Monday, November 18, 2002. Mail your entry to: Mailing address: RAMS c/o John Matz, KB9II 7079 West Ave. HANOVER PARK, IL 60103 USA Rules, summary sheet, and results are available at: http://my.core.com/~jematz/rams.html You are invited to join the ILQSO email reflector at: http://mailman.qth.net Entries may be disqualified if the rules of the Illinois QSO Party are not followed. The decision of the Illinois QSO Party Committee shall be final. Enclose a business-size SASE with your entry to receive a copy of the contest results.

Date of info: 18 October, 2002	Source: 2002 Illinois QSO Party Web Page