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QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party
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Date/Time:

    1200 UTC on 9 April 2005 through 2400 UTC on 10 April 2005

  You may work a maximum of 24 hours of the 36 hour period.


Mode:
  HF CW only.


Exchange:
  Members send: RST, State/Province/Country, ARCI member number.

  Non-Members send: RST, State/Province/Country, Power Out.


QSO Points:

    • Member = 5 points
    • Non-Member, Different Continent = 4 points
    • Non-Member, Same Continent = 2 points


Multiplier:
  SPC (State/Province/Country) total for all bands.

  The same station may be worked on multiple bands for QSO points
  and SPC credit.


Power Multiplier:

    • >5 Watts = ×1
    • >1 – 5 Watts = ×7
    • >250 mW – 1 Watt = ×10
    • >55 mW – 250 mW = ×15
    • <=55 mW = ×20


Suggested Frequencies:

  160 m:   1810 kHz
   80 m:   3560 kHz
   40 m:   7040 kHz
   20 m:  14060 kHz
   15 m:  21060 kHz
   10 m:  28060 kHz


Score:
  Final Score = Points (total for all bands) × SPCs (total for all
  bands) × Power Multiplier.


Teams:
  You may enter as a team with an unlimited number of operators as long
  as no more than 5 transmitters are on the air concurrently.

  You compete individually as well as on the team. Teams need not be in
  the same location.

  Team captains must send a list of members to the Contest Manager
  before the contest.


Categories:
  Entry may be:

    • All-Band
    • Single Band
    • High Bands (10m-15m-20m)
    • Low Bands (40m-80m-160m)


How to Participate:
  Get on any of the HF bands except the WARC bands and hang out near
  the QRP frequencies.

  Work as many stations calling CQ QRP or CQ TEST as possible, or call
  CQ QRP or CQ TEST yourself!

  You can work a station for credit once on each band.


Log Submission:

  Email Submission:
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  Submit Logs in plain text format along with a summary stating your
  Callsign, Entry Category, Actual Power and Station Description along
  with score calculation to:

    va3jff(at)yahoo.ca

  on or before 10 May 2005.

  Snail mail Submission:
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  Submit Logs along with a summary stating your Callsign,
  Entry Category and Actual Power along with score calculation to:

    ARCI Spring QSO Party
    c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF
    139 Elizabeth St.
    W. WELLAND, Ontario
    CANADA L3C 4M3

  Please remember that first class mail to Canada requires $0.60
  postage from QTHs in the U.S.A.


Results:
  Results will be published in QRP Quarterly and shown on the
  QRP-ARCI website - http://www.qrparci.org/ -


Certificates:
  Certificates will be awarded to the top scoring entrant in each
  category as well as the top scoring entrants in each State, Province
  and Country.

  Certificates may be awarded for 2nd and 3rd place if entries are
  sufficient in a category.


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Date of info: April 7, 2005
  - Source: QRP ARCI Web Site - Contests
              - http://www.qrparci.org/contest.htm -
(Original rules last modified: April 2, 2005)


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This contest is known to be supported by:

  All In One by WD8KNC: http://www.geocities.com/ghafler.geo/wd8knc.html
       GEN LOG by W3KM: http://www.qsl.net/w3km/gen_log.htm
           N1MM Logger: http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/
        N3FJP Software: http://www.n3fjp.com/
            NA by K8CC: http://www.datomonline.com/
      QRP Dupe by K7RE: http://members.mato.com/bkassel/
            TR by N6TR: http://www.trlog.com/
      WriteLog by W5XD: http://www.writelog.com/

SM3CER Contest Service Software Page:
  http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/software.htm


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MORE INFO:

  QRP ARCI Web Site: http://www.qrparci.org/


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Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to:
  Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER
  sm3cer(at)contesting.com

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