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AGCW QRP Summer Contest
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Sponsored by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Telegrafie e.V. (AGCW-DL)


Dates:
  3rd complete weekend in July.


Time:
  Saturday 1500 UTC to Sunday 1500 UTC.
  One or more breaks of a total length of 9 hours must be taken.
  The longest one of the breaks must be at least 5 hours long.


Participants:
  All licensed amateurs and SWLs.
  Single-OP only, only one single TX and one single RX
  or one single TRX is allowed at any given time.


Bands:
  80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 m.


Mode:
  CW (A1A).
  The use of keyboards and automatic CW decoders is not allowed.


Call:
  CQ QRP TEST


Categories:
  - VLP: max. 1 W output or 2 W input
  - QRP: max. 5 W output or 10 W input
  -  MP: max. 25 W output or 50 W input
  - QRO: more than 25 W output or 50 W input


Exchange:
  RST, QSO-number, category, e.g. 579001/QRP


Scoring system:
  QSO Points:
    - QRO-QRO: NO points
    - QRP-VLP, QRP-QRP, VLP-QRP and VLP-VLP: 3 points
    - All other QSOs: 2 points

  Multipliers:
    1 multiplier point for every DXCC country per band.

  Final score:
    Sum of QSO-points multiplied by sum of multiplier points
    of all bands used.


Logs:
  Columns:
    UTC, Call, exchange sent, exchange received, multiplier points,
    QSO points. Separate log sheets for each band are required.

  Cover sheet:
    Own call, address, rig and power used in the contest, final score
    claimed, word of honor to have obeyed this contest's rules,
    operator's signature.

  Send your log to:

    Lutz Noack, DL4DRA
    Hochschulstr. 30/702
    D-01069 DRESDEN
    GERMANY

  Electronic entries via e-mail should be sent to:

    qrp-test(at)agcw.de

  Deadline:
    August 31 (Arriving date at contest manager's address!).

  Checklogs are welcome as well as any comments by participants.


Prizes:
  There are awards for the first, second and third place in each class
  and placement cards for each entrant.


Note:
  Non observance of the rules will lead to disqualification!
  All logs must contain a declaration that the contest rules have
  been respected. Send SASE or SAE plus one IRC to receive a list
  of the results (Be sure to add your complete postal address).
  The results will also be posted to the AGCW board of the Packet
  Radio BBS network and to the AGCW home page. Additionally, they
  will be published in 'AGCW-Info'.


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Information received: 20 June 1999
AGCW Web Site: http://www.agcw.de/
Copyright © 1999, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Telegrafie e.V. (AGCW-DL)
All Rights Reserved
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