AGCW
Contest Rules
QRP-Contest
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DATES: |
2nd Saturday in March |
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TIME: |
1400 UTC to 2000 UTC. |
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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. Mode is only CW (A1A). The use of keyboards and automatic CW decoders is not allowed. |
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CALL: |
CQ QRP TEST |
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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 |
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EXCHANGE: |
RST, QSO-number, category, AGCW-membershipnumber (Non-members: “nm”) e.g. 579001/QRP/1234. |
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BANDS: |
80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m |
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SCORING: |
QRO-QRO: NO points, QRP-VLP, QRP-QRP, VLP-QRP and VLP-VLP: 3 points, all other QSOs: 2 points |
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MULTIPLIERS: |
1 multiplier point for every AGCW-member per band |
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FINAL SCORE: |
Sum of QSO-points multiplied by sum of multiplier points of all bands used |
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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. |
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DEADLINE: |
Deadline: March 31 (Arriving date at contest manager's address!). Checklogs are welcome as well as any comments by participants. |
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CONTEST-
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Edmund
Ramm, DK3UZ, Electronic
entries via e-mail should be sent to: qrp-test AT agcw DOT de
using only ASCII (ISO-8859-2); please no other fonts or any outputs
of contest-software. |