::.  RULES QCWA QSO Party The 49th Annual QCWA QSO Parties QCWA cordially invites all to participate in the 2005 QSO Parties. All licenced Radio Amateurs world wide are invited.

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Time/Dates:

The Spring QSO party will commence on: 2 April 2005 at 1900 Hrs UTC The Fall QSO Party will be: 17 September 2005 at 1800 Hrs UTC Each will run for a period of 24 hours. Both CW, Phone and digital modes may be used.

Frequencies:

The following 15 Bands may be used: 1.8: 1.800 - 2.000 14.0: 14.000 - 14.150 28.3: 28.3 - 29.7 3.5: 3.500 - 3.750 14.2: 14.150 - 14.350 50: 50.0 - 54.0 3.9: 3.750 - 4.000 21.0: 21.000 - 21.200 144: 144.0 - 148.0 7.0: 7.000 - 7.150 21.2: 21.200 - 21.450 220: 220.0 - 225.0 7.2: 7.150 - 7.300 28.0: 28.000 - 28.300 UHF: above 420 Mhz Any station may be contacted on any or all of the 15 bands for a maximum of 15 QSO’s per station, with no more than one QSO per band. Any station in your home QCWA chapter may be counted only once, for a maximum of one QSO per station. No contacts on WARC bands are permitted (10, 18 and 24 Mhz bands). No Cross Band or Repeater Contacts are allowed.

Suggested Starting Frequencies:

CW: 1.810, 3.540, 7.035, 14.040, 21.050, 28.050. Phone: 1.845, 3.890, 7.244, 14.262, 21.365, 28.325.

Calling (CW or Phone):

CQ QCWA.

Information Exchange:

Fill Columns on the Log Form. For the "year" column, indicate the last 2 digits of the year the station operator was first licenced. If the contacted station does not belong to a QCWA chapter, show only the State, Province or Country of its location. The latter would apply to Non QCWA members as well as to QCWA members who are not affiliated with a local chapter. Do Not mention the term "At Large" (AL) as was done several years ago, as this can be confused with AL for Alabama. For Band info, simply indicate one of the above 15 Bands in the "band" column.

Categories:

You may choose to work all MODES or Only Phone or Only Digital (which includes CW). Certificates will be issued for each Category of "CW/Digital", "Phone", or "Mixed".

Scoring:

Each Phone QSO is worth one (1) contact point. Each CW QSO or other Digital Mode QSO such as RTTY, PSK31, MFSK etc. is worth two (2) contact points (show 2 points in the QSO Points Column on the Log). A Multiplier of one (1) point is given for each QCWA Chapter worked and for each State, Province or Country reported from stations not belonging to a QCWA Chapter. A total of only one (1) multiplier point will be given for each State, Province or Country. A Multiplier of three (3) points will be given on each of the 15 Bands for working our Special Events Station W2MM. It is hoped to have this station active throughout the two parties. Stations within 50 miles (80 Kms) of W2MM, may work W2MM only once for a total multiplier of three (3) points. Sample logs and a summary sheet may be requested from QCWA Headquarters with an SASE. The address is P O Box 3247, FARMINGHAM, MA 01705-3247, USA. They are also on the internet at www.qcwa.org Contacts with QCWA Memorial Station W2MM count as three (3) multipliers on each of the 15 bands. Note: W2MM will be operated by one of our local chapters. Members of that chapter, and non chapter Members within 50 miles (80 kms) will be permitted to work W2MM only once for a total of three (3) Multiplier points.

Awards:

Certificates will be issued for the top 3 World Scores in each category. A certificate will also be issued for the top score in each category in each participating Country.

Logs:

Send Logs to: Send logs to: Robert Buus, W2OD 8 Donner Street HOLMDEL, NJ 07733-2004 USA or as an e-mail attachment to: E-mail: w2od@aol.com

Date of info: 31 March, 2005	Source: QCWA Web Site