::.  RULES Wake-Up! QRP Sprint Sponsored by the RU-QRP-CLUB

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Date/Time:

The 1st Saturday of March, June, September, December. 0400 - 0600 UTC

4 periods:

0400 - 0429 UTC 0430 - 0459 UTC 0500 - 0529 UTC 0530 - 0600 UTC

Participants:

All licensed amateurs.

Power:

Not more than 5 watts output.

Bands:

40 and 20 m, near QRP-frequencies.

Mode:

CW.

Exchange:

RST, serial Nr QSO started 001 (through all periods), suffix of previous station ("QRP" for 1st QSO).

Points:

1 point per 1 kilometer distance between stations (count by Contest Check Manager using Distance Calculator software by WW-locators). The same station may be worked at a different period or the same period on another band.

Multiplier:

1 point for each new correspondent on each band during all Contest (1 station may give no more than 2 points).

Final result:

QSO points × Multipliers.

Logs:

Separate by the bands with summary sheet. Log must enclose: band, time UTC, call, Nr sent, Nr received, point for multiplier, clear place for QSO-points, for remarks. At summary sheet: call, full name, mail-address, E-mail, WW-Locator, equipment, power, antennas, declaration, soap-box.

Dead-line:

7 days after Sprint date to: Mailing address for paper logs: Valentin Kovalchuk, RU2FM Ul. Internatsionalnaya 29 kv 39 KALININGRAD, 236011 RUSSIA E-Logs (Cabrillo or *.txt format) to: E-mail: ru2fm@rol.ru

Date of info: November 26, 2005	Source: RU-QRP-CLUB Web Site