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YLRL YL-OM Contest
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YLRL encourages Amateur Radio competition by sponsoring several
contests, some open only to YLs and others which both YLs and OMs
can participate in.


Date/Time:

  CW:
  1400 UTC, Saturday February 14 to 0200 UTC, Monday February 16, 2004

  SSB:
  1400 UTC, Saturday February 21 to 0200 UTC, Monday February 23, 2004


Eligibility:
  All licensed men and women operators throughout the world are invited
  to participate.


Procedure:
  OMs call "CQ-YL" and YLs call "CQ-OM".


Operation:
  See General Rules. - http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ylrlgen.htm -

  Participants may work only 24 hours of the 36 hours in each contest.
  Operating breaks must be indicated in the log.


Exchange:
  Station worked, QSO number, RS(T), ARRL section, VE province,
  or country.

  Entries in log must also show time, band, and date.


Scoring:

  - (1) Phone and CW will be scored as separate contests.
        Submit separate logs for each contest.

  - (2) Score each band separately. One point is earned for each
        different station worked on each band; YLs count only OMs and
        OMs count only YLs. Add together the QSO points earned for each
        band.

  - (3) Multiply the number of QSOs by the total number of different
        ARRL sections, VE provinces, and countries worked.

  - (4) Contestants running with a power output of 100 watts or less on
        CW and 200 watts PEP or less on SSB, AT ALL TIMES, may multiply
        the results of 3) above by 1.5 (the low power multiplier). The
        maximum power output that may be used at any time during the
        contest is 750 watts on CW and 1500 watts PEP on SSB.


Logs:
  All logs must show your ARRL section, province, or country to qualify
  for awards.

  For each QSO, logs must show the station worked, QSO number given and
  received, RS(T) given and received, the ARRL section, VE province, or
  country of the station worked, time, band, and date. Logs must also
  state the power output used and the operating breaks taken.

  If you have 200 or more QSOs, submit a separate log for each band and
  submit a "dupe" sheet. Remember to file separate logs for each
  contest. Logs must show claimed score.

  Logs must be postmarked no later than 30 days after the contest.

  Send the logs to:

    Mary Moore, WX4MM
    216 Lee Road 343
    SALEM, AL 36874
    USA

  or E-mail the logs to:

    wx4mm(at)tm-moore.com


Awards:

  - First place phone: YL-cup, OM-cup.
  - First place CW: YL-cup, OM-cup.

  The second and third place YL and OM winners in each contest will
  receive certificates.

  The winner of the phone contest cup is also eligible to win the
  CW cup.

  Certificates will be awarded to the YL and OM phone and YL and OM CW
  winners of each U.S. and VE call district and country, provided there
  are at least ten valid contacts on the log.


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Date of info: February 9, 2004
  - Source: YLRL Web Site - http://www.qsl.net/ylrl/ylcontests.html

Original rules updated: February 2, 2004


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MORE INFO:

  General Rules for YLRL Contests:
    http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ylrlgen.htm

  YLRL (Young Ladies' Radio League) Web Site:
    http://www.qsl.net/ylrl/


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

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