::.  RULES Vermont QSO Party February 7, 0000 UTC - February 8, 2400 UTC, 2004 The 46th annual Vermont QSO Party will take place during the first weekend of February 2004. It will begin at 0000Z Saturday (7 pm Friday Eastern Time on 2/6/04) and end at 2400Z Sunday (7 pm Eastern time on 2/8/04). All licensed amateur radio operators are invited to participate. All Vermont Amateur Radio Club Stations operating in the contest will be multipliers for this event.

MORE INFO Text-only page RANV Web Site

SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES:

Phone: 160-15 meters in the first 25 kHz of the General portion of each band. CW: 40 kHz up from the bottom edge of each band. VHF: 50.2 MHz SSB, 144.2 MHz SSB, 146.49 FM, 146.55 MHz FM.

EXCHANGE:

Vermont stations sent RS(T) and County. CW two letter designators as follows: AD, BN, CL, CH, ES, FR, GI, LM, OG, OL, RT, WA, WM, and WR. Vermont Club Stations should indicate their status as a multiplier during the contest. Other stations sent RS(T), state, province or DXCC country.

SCORING:

All participating stations count one point per phone contact, two points for CW, RTTY or other digital modes. Vermont participants multiply by number of contacted counties in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, plus states, provinces, countries and Vermont Club Stations. All participating stations outside of Vermont count all contacted counties in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont Club Stations. Multipliers count only once regardless of the number of bands worked. A station may be worked up to four times (different modes) per band.

AWARDS:

Certificates will be awarded to all stations in Vermont submitting a log. In addition, certificates for participants submitting a log from each state, province and country will also be awarded.

LOGS:

Send logs with name address, call sign and what class (single-op, multi-op, club, rover), postmarked no later than March 1, 2004 to: Mailing address: Steven Board, KA1LHZ Vermont QSO Party Coordinator P O Box 1817 ROXBURY, VT 05669 USA

Date of info: February 3, 2004 Original rules revised: January 13, 2004	Source: RANV Web Site