::.  RULES Original QRP Contest The QRP-Contest-Community (QRPCC) is a supra-national network of QRP enthusiasts from 12 nations pursuing the organization and promotion of QRP Contests since 1992. The contest idea is to promote creative or unconventional QRP-hamming like homebrewing or just doing it without the "luxury" QRO equipment from time to time. This event more than other contests has a meeting character. The result lists show that many operators are taking part only on one band for just an hour or two and without the intention of high scoring or even winning.

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Participants:

Operators of original QRP rig, commercial or homebrew, including industrial QRP rig exceeding 5 W output like Elecraft K2, QRP Plus, SG 2020, FT-7 and QRP-versions of QRO-transceivers like TS-130V, FT-707S etc. Stations with QRO-equipment (>20 W out) temporarily tuned down to QRP will be listed as ’non Original’ checklog.

Date:

19. O-QRP-Contest: Last full weekend after Christmas (07-Jan/08-Jan-06). 7 - 8 January 2006

Time:

Saturday 1500 UTC till Sunday 1500 UTC Rest period of 9 hours minimum in one or two parts.

Frequencies:

CW segments of the 80-, 40-, and 20 m band.

Call:

CQ OQRP (=Original QRP)

Categories:

VLP (1 W out or 2 W in) QRP (5 W out or 10 W in) MP (20 W out or 40 W in) No QRO-category!!!

Operation:

Single-op CW. Various TX/TRX may be operated, but only one at the same time.

Exchange:

RST, serial-no. / category e.g. 559001/VLP.

QSO-Points:

The log checker will count 4 points for a QSO with another contest station whose log has come in. All other QSO count 1 point. Exchange of RST is sufficient with stations not in contest.

Multiplier:

The log checker will count 2 multiplier points for each DXCC-country from a QSO with a station whose log has come in. Otherwise each DXCC-country counts 1 multiplier point.

Final score:

Sum of QSO-points multiplied by the sum of multiplier-points. (Calculated by the log checker. Don’t try an own calculation; you can’t foresee who will send his log and who will not). So every log is welcome and important, even just 3 QSO on a picture postcard.

Logs:

List QSO sorted bandwise, please. Add the DXCC prefix if you claim a multiplier for a QSO. Here is a proposal for paper summary/log sheet oqrp.pdf For electronic logs via Internet see e-Maillogs (or further down on this page).

Summary sheet:

Summary sheet has to show name, address, callsign and minimum rest periods. Indicate the types of all TX/TRX used with out- or input on each band according to manufacturer or measured under contest conditions. Homebrew TX/TRXs description at least should name the basic principle (e.g. superheterodyne with IF or "straight set" like VFO-BU-PA) and the type of pa-transistor or -tube and possibly a reference (e.g. SPRAT No.&page). Contestants who want to be marked in a ’Handmade’ subcategory must give a declaration like: "All my TX operated in this contest were homemade by myself. I was coding & decoding the CW signals by head & hand without computer assistance and did not use any other computer support during the contest".

Deadline:

31 January 2006 to: Mailing address: Dr. Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST Schlesierweg 13 D-38228 SALZGITTER GERMANY Via Packet to DJ7ST@DBØABZ For electronic logs via Internet see e-Maillogs (or further down on this page). The Windows-version of LM (DL8WAA) is recommended. DL1RNN also asks for a summary with claimed number of QSO and multipliers. Text files in STF-format, please.

Date of info: 4 December, 2005	Source: QRP-Contest-Community (QRPCC) Web Site - Rules of the O-QRP-Contest

General information for e-mail logs

Copied from web page General information for e-mail logs on the QRPCC Web Site.

You are welcome to send your OQRP Contest log by e-mail to: E-mail: oqrpc@qrpcc.de Please don’t submit logs for other QRPCC contests in this format. Electronic logs are only accepted for the OQRP Contest. We intend to make the adjudicators’ lifes a bit easier. You can imagine that it is a lot of work to calculate the results. Please help us by submitting an electronic log. There are several choices: We recommend to use the very good contest logging program from Frank, DL8WAA. This program directly supports the OQRP Contest and generates standard formats. download: Homepage of LM Files to be submitted: Export your log in STF format. This is a formatted plain text file. You need to edit this file to include: your name your e-mail address your equipment, a detailed description of your TX/RX and your antenna power used any comments you like to make, and please don’t forget the "Hand Made Declaration" if appropriate All my TX/RX operated in this contest were homemade by myself. I was coding & decoding the CW signals by head & hand without computer assistance and did not use DX-cluster or other third party support, also no online PC. Please add all this information following the soap box tag. name your file: call.stf and not oqrpc.stf Please do also submit the *.lmf file (it is the bin file from LM), thank you You may alternativley send files generated by the following contest programs: CT version 8 and 9 (by K1EA) *.bin files QW version 4 (by DL4MFM) *.bin files NA version 9 and 10 (by K8CC) *.qdf files and TR version 4 and 5 (by N6TR) *.dat files Please name your file call.* and not oqrpc.* Please include the *.all and *.sum files from your contest logging software. Please name your files call.all and call.sum Please edit the sum-file to include: your name your e-mail address your equipment, a detailed description of your TX/RX and your antenna power used any comments you like to make, and please don’t forget the "Hand Made Declaration" if appropriate All my TX or TRX operated in this contest were homemade by myself. I was coding & decoding the CW signals by head & hand without computer assistance and did not use DX-cluster or other third party support. Please add all this information following the soap box tag. If we have received your log you will get a confirmation e-mail. Here we may also ask you to provide missing information.