[ARRL-OK] Oklahoma QSO Party this weekend 3-19/20

[Kevin ODell]

Here is the information on the Oklahoma QSO Party this weekend

2011 Oklahoma QSO Party (OKQP)

Sponsored by the Oklahoma DX Association

For those of you wondering what happened to 2010, regrettably, due to unforeseen circumstances, namely serious health issues with the person who handled the logs, there are no scores to post for 2010, due to unavailability of logs. Please do not let this discourage you from participating this year. Connie, K5CM, and Pam, N5KW have taken on the responsibilites of OKQP Manager. As a safeguard this year, Gene, W5LE, will be also be provided a copy of all logs submitted. Please review the 2011 rules carefully.

Rover Routes

Oklahoma Counties Map

OK County Abbreviations

19 March - 0800 to 2100 CDT (1300 to 0200 UTC)*
20 March - 0800 to 1400 CDT (1300 to 1900 UTC)
*May only operate a total of 12 of the 13 hours.
Off times must be a minimum of 30 minutes.

Suggested operating frequencies:
SSB: 1860 - 3860 - 7260 - 14260 - 21360 - 28360 - 6 meters
CW : 1825 - 3545 - 7045 - 14045 - 21045 - 28045 - 6 meters

OBJECT:

Stations outside of Oklahoma work as many Oklahoma stations in as many Oklahoma counties as possible. 
Stations in Oklahoma work anyone.

EXCHANGE:

Stations outside of Oklahoma send signal report and State, Canadian Province, or DX.
Oklahoma stations send signal report and county. Oklahoma stations working other Oklahoma stations will be logging the
other station's county, and that station's county counts as a multiplier.
Entries with incomplete or improperly logged QSOs will be subject to penalties or disqualification.

QSO POINTS:

Each complete non-duplicate Phone contact is worth 2 points.
Each complete non-duplicate Digital/CW contact is worth 3 points.
No partial contact credit.

MULTIPLIERS:

All non-Oklahoma stations use Oklahoma counties for a maximum of 77.
Oklahoma stations count U.S. states (50), Canadian Provinces/Territories (9), and Oklahoma Counties (77)
for a possible total of 136 multipliers.

SCORE:

The total score is the total number of QSO points multiplied by the total number of multipliers.

FREQUENCIES:

160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 meters
WARC band contacts do not count.

CLASS ENTRIES:

Oklahoma Classes:
SOHP - Single Op High Power (over 100 watts)
SOLP - Single Op Low Power (up to 100 watts)
QRP - 5 watts or less
Multi/Single - Multi operator single transmitter
Rover - Assisted (2nd operator and/or driver)*
Rover - Unassisted (Person does his own driving and solo operating)*
Rover - Multi-Transmitter (more than one transmitter on the air simultaneously)*
Rover - High Power*

*Rovers are allowed to sit on multiple county lines but they must make separate QSO's and separate log entries for each county.
In other words, W5LE 599 GAR/GNT/KAY/NOB is NOT allowed as a contest exchange even if you put four separate contacts in your log.
You MUST make four separate contacts.
Rovers that sit on county lines must have the means to determine that they are really on the line. Close is not good enough.
If the county line is in the middle of an intersection, and it is not safe to sit in the middle of the intersection, then please operate
the counties separately.

example qso between K5CM and W5LE
W5LE is in OKM
K5CM is on DEL/ADA county line

cq cq de k5cm/m
w5le
w5le 599 del
r 599 okm
r es 599 ada
r 599 okm
tu k5cm qrz oqp
Obviously "es" could be replaced with "and", or "now", or "also"


Non-Oklahoma Classes:
SOHP - Single Op High Power (over 100 watts)
SOLP - Single Op Low Power (up to 100 watts)
QRP - 5 watts or less
DX
VE
Multi/Single