[BARC-List] Boat Anchor contest Fwd: [PAWA-Maine] Electric Radio Magazine Heavy Metal Rally - This Saturday January 8th

[William Ricker]

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Electric Radio Magazine is again sponsoring the annual Heavy Metal Rally.
This year, it will be held on Saturday, January 8th so as to not interfere
with holiday activities during December. The rally will begin at 2400 UTC,
or 7:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
 
As in years past, this is not a traditional Ham radio call sign echo
contest. Although the Heavy Metal Rally was originally intended to include
only big tube-type equipment, it should now be seen as a night for friendly
AM QSO's and is open to anyone using restored broadcast, military, homebrew,
any commercial Ham gear meeting the requirements, i.e. Invader 2000, Viking
Desk KW, Globe 500, KW-1, etc. and big solid state Class-E equipment. This
includes using a solid-state exciter as long as the PA is Heavy Metal, such
as a 300 pound Henry 8K! I want as much participation in the rally as
possible. Obviously, we would all like to work as much tube-type Heavy Metal
as possible.
 
The rules for this year's Heavy Metal Rally are as follows:
 
Suggested Frequencies: 1885 Kc east of Mississippi, 1900 Kc West; 3830 Kc,
3870-3890 Kc, nationwide, 7290 Kc.
 
Scoring: You get 1 point per contact on each different band. If you work the
same station on both 80 and 160 it counts for two points. 1 point for each
different state worked. 1 point for each letter or e-mail received from Hams
or SWLs with positive comments about a station's signal or sound quality.
So, if someone works 20 stations in 10 different states, the score is:
20 contacts + 10 states = 30.
If two emails are received complaining that "KØXYZ" broke their S-meters but
sounded darn good doing it, that's 32 points total.
 
The winner should be running a rig weighing 250 pounds or running at least
250 watts. This includes big homebrew, vintage commercial Ham gear, and
Class E solid state rigs as long as they meet the qualifications. For
example, some vintage Navy rigs weighed in at over 300 pounds, but only
produced 100 watts of carrier--that's Heavy Metal! (The "or" statement is
intended as an illustration, and should not be misread as an intent to keep
someone out.)
 
You can't win unless you're running a Heavy Metal rig—NO exceptions!
 
This is Heavy Metal night! Everyone is welcome to participate with smaller
rigs, but the winner needs to be using Heavy Metal: Restored broadcast,
military, homebrew, and big solid state Class E equipment, and all of the
great high-power commercially-made AM Ham equipment from years past.
 
Completed logs should be sent by email to  <mailto:1editor2 at indra.com>
1editor2 at indra.com. Please have your point totals calculated when you send
in your log, and be sure to mention the equipment used during the rally.
 
The winning top scorer this year will receive a 1-year First Class
subscription to Electric Radio Magazine or a 1-year extension if the winner
is already a subscriber. All participants sending in their logs will receive
a nice participation certificate from Electric Radio which will be similar
to the certificate sent out in 2002.
 
Anyone who did not receive a certificate from 2003 is welcome to send me
their name, address, and transmitter type and I will send a certificate out
right away. I did not receive any logs from last year’s contest, so no
certificates could be sent!
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Ray Osterwald, NØDMS
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Sponsored by the Portland Amateur Wireless Association, Portland Maine
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William Ricker wdr at theworld.com