::.  RULES IPA Radio Club Contest The International Police Association Radio Club (IPARC) invites all radio-amateurs of the world to take part in the IPARC-Contest which takes place every year on the first weekend in november.

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1. Modes and times:

CW: 5 Nov 2005, 0600 - 1000 UTC and 1400 - 1800 UTC SSB: 6 Nov 2005, 0600 - 1000 UTC and 1400 - 1800 UTC

2. Bands:

Bands CW SSB ----- ----------------- ----------------- 80 m 3500 - 3560 kHz 3700 - 3800 kHz 40 m 7000 - 7040 kHz 7040 - 7100 kHz 20 m 14000 - 14060 kHz 14125 - 14300 kHz 15 m 21000 - 21100 kHz 21155 - 21300 kHz 10 m 28000 - 28100 kHz 28250 - 28600 kHz After QSY it is obligate to stay 15 minutes on the new band. There are no contest-QSOs allowed outside of the above-mentioned frequency ranges!

3. Classes:

A - Multi Op / Multi TX B - Multi Op / Single TX C - Single Op (no help by another person) D - SWL (without licence which allows participation) Remarks: No differentiation between members of IPARC and non-members. The class must be seen from the log. Winners are the first three stations of each class.

4. Calling:

CQ IPA Contest.

5. Exchange:

RS(T) + current number, each mode beginning with 001. Members of IPARC in addition "IPA", IPARC-members of USA also their state. Exchanging a rapport is allowed once on every band and in every mode. Exchanging a rapport with the operator of a clubstation is allowed for awardhunting, but does not count for the contest.

6. Points:

QSO-points: Each QSO 1 point, each IPARC-station 5 points. Multiplier: Each DXCC with IPARC-station / US-State with IPARC-station 1 point on each band. Score: Each band: Summary of QSO-points multiplied by summary of multi-points. Final result: Summary of all bands.

7. Closing date:

31 December 2005 (date as per postmark).

8. Contest Manager:

Mailing address: Uwe Greggersen, DL8KCG Hurststr. 9 D-51645 GUMMERSBACH GERMANY E-mail: E-mail: dl8kcg@darc.de

9. Remarks:

The list with the final result will be published in Packet Radio, Internet www.iparc.de or is available against SAE + IRC. This contest is a good chance to work the Sherlock-Holmes-Awards and Sherlock-Holmes-Trophies. It is not longer required to work the awards step by step! More infos are available from the awardmanager: Frank Reichelt, DL6JFR, Raumweg 4 A, D-08541 Mechelgruen, GERMANY.

Date of info: October 30, 2005	Source: IPARC Web Site