::.  RULES QRP To The Field 2003 Nobody’s Home The 9th Annual QRP to the Field Sponsored by the Northern California QRP Club

MORE INFO Text-only page NorCal QRP Club Web Site

Date:

Saturday, April 26, 2003

Time:

1500 to 2400 UTC (Pick any 6 hours)

Bands:

40-20-15-10 meters, in the vicinity of the QRP calling frequencies, please be courteous to others.

Mode:

CW only.

Power out (QRP only):

5 watts or less. As usual, this event is geared toward having fun while operating in the field, away from commercial power. The theme for this year is Ghost towns! Think about places that were once in use and are now abandoned ... Ghost towns, lumber camps, old lighthouses, old buildings, etc. Do keep in mind personal safety. Our goal here is to have fun, not put your life in danger. So if a site or building is not safe, then don’t go inside, move a safe distance away instead. Also remember that if you need permission to use a site, by all means, get it. Remember, this is F-U-N! Select any 6-hour operating period that works for you. If you need to split it up into two or three hour intervals or more to accommodate other plans, then feel free to do so. Jump in there when you can, but only work a total of 6 hours. Work all stations once per band.

Categories:

Single Op Ghost town station Multi Op Ghost town station Single Op Field Station Multi Op Field Station Home Station

Exchange:

RST + SPC Example: 559 NM

Scoring:

QSO pts - 1 pt for each QSO per band. SPCs pts - count once per band.

Bonus points:

Use SPCs received to fill in the blanks with the state abbreviation whose first letter matches the individual letters in the word "Ghost town" without duplicating states. Each letter filled in is worth 100 points (up to 900 pts. max). Example: G=GA, H=HI, O=OK, S=SD, T=TX, T=TN, etc.

Location Multiplier:

Ghost town station = x5 Field station = x3 Home Station = x1

Final Score:

Total pts x Total SPCs x Location + Bonus Points = Final score. A summary sheet is also available at the Norcal web site: QRPTTF 2003 SUMMARY SHEET

Deadline:

Send complete logs and summary sheets by June 1, 2003. Summary sheets must include a description of location and equipment used. Please also include photographs and a brief write-up, it will be much appreciated! Your log should include a minimum of time (in UTC), callsign of station worked, complete exchange received, RST sent (if not a static exchange). Incomplete submissions will be used as check logs. Take your time and use a calculator if needed.

Email submission:

Send complete logs and summary sheets in ASCII text format only to: E-mail: n0qt@arrl.net Please send text format only (.txt), all other forms will be rejected so no html, word processor documents or attachments please. Archive files in the ZIP format are okay as they do not get deleted. Hopefully every one knows what a zip file is.

Snail mail:

Send complete logs and summary sheets to: Mailing address: Jan Medley, NØQT QRPTTF 2003 P O Box 1768 SOCORRO, NM 87801 USA

Date of info: 24 April, 2003	Source: Nor-Cal QRP Club Web Site