[FARC] [Fwd: REMINDER - MDC QSO PARTY THIS WEEKEND!!!]

[Bob Moroney]

No sooner had I sent my earlier reminder on the MDC QSO Party than I 
found this reminder from the ARRL Section folks in my inbox.  Great 
minds ...

This email has a good summary of the rules and score submission 
requirements.  You can see the "recommended" frequencies and calling 
times on the contest web page, http://www.w3cwc.org/funcontest.htm

73, Bob K9CMR

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Subject: 	REMINDER - MDC QSO PARTY THIS WEEKEND!!!
Date: 	Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:58:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: 	ARRL MDC Section <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
To: 	windbrkr at erols.com



MDC QSO PARTY ANNOUNCEMENT - AUG 9 & 10 UTC

Thanks to the Antietam Radio Association for another year of sponsoring
the MDC QSO Party, a fun event that puts our ARRL Section Maryland-DC
on the air on UHF, VHF and HF. Why not invite some new hams and newly
upgraded hams who don't have HF capability yet to operate on HF from
your shack or your club's shack?  If you have HF capability, give it a
workout.  

The rules are posted below with a link to the official rules.  

Amateur Radio is a contact sport, so get on the air and make a
contact!
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2008 Maryland-DC QSO Party Announcement

Contest Date/Times:

- August 9 1600 UTC through August 10 0400 UTC and
- August 10 1600 through 2359 UTC.

Exchange:

QTH:
- MDC Stations send your Maryland County/Baltimore City
 or DC.
- Outside MDC send your State, Country, or Canadian
 Province.

Category:
- Club, Mobile, QRP, Standard (Multi-op stations are
 considered to be clubs).

QSO Points:
- 10 points per club station,
- 5 points per mobile station,
- 4 points per QRP station
- 3 points for each CW/digital station and
- 1 point for all other QSOs.

Multipliers:
- For stations outside MDC - 1 per MD county/DC/Baltimore
 City (25 possible).
- For MDC Stations ONLY - the basic 25 + each of the other
 49 states + each new DX country.

Scoring:
- Add up your QSO Points and multiply by the sum of the
 multipliers.
- Multipliers may be claimed only once. (Multipliers do
 *not* repeat from band to band.)
- Decisions about the acceptance of any log and summary sheet
 are at the discretion of the contest judges and are *not*
 disputable.

Log Submission and Cut off Date:
- All entries must be received by September 15, 2008.
- Send Logs, Scoring summary and SASE to Antietam Radio
 Association, P.O. Box 52, Hagerstown, MD 21741-0052 or
 e-mail in plain (ASCII) text, MSWord or MSExcel format
 to: <MDC.LOGS at VERIZON.NET>.
- A contest summary *must* be included!

Rules:
- For official rules, click on:
 <www.w3cwc.org/funcontest.htm>.

The ARA wishes to acknowledge the generous financial support
from: Mid-Atlantic DX and Repeater Association (MADXRA),
Montgomery Amateur Radio Club (MARC), John (N3TDN) Smith,
the Cheese Hollow Amateur Radio Society (CHARS), Carroll
County ARC, Bill (K3UMV) and Joyce (K3UMW) Drager, the
Laurel Amateur Radio Club (LARC-W3LMD) and the Voice of
America Amateur Radio Club (K3VOA).

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Section Manager: James E. Cross, WI3N
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