[HCARC] ARRL SS Links

[Don Murray via HCARC]

Hello all...
 
Here are the URLs that were mentioned during Thursday  evenings Sweepstakes 
presentation, plus additional information.
 
 
 
ARRL Main SS page:
Please look over this page.
http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes
 
ARRL Section Map:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Awards%20Application%20Forms/WASmap_Color.pdf
 
Canadian Sections Map:
http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/sections.php
 
Ontario Sections Map:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20-%20General/VE3-Section-Boundaries.
jpg
 
ARRL Section Check List:
http://www.arrl.org/contest-sections-list
 
Spotting & Skimmer Use, Single  Operator:
QRP.  Transmit with 5 watts or less. Spotting assistance & Skimmer use is 
NOT  permitted.
Low  Power. Transmit with 150 watts or less. Spotting assistance & Skimmer 
use is  NOT permitted.
High  Power. Transmit with 1500 watts or less. Spotting assistance & 
Skimmer use  is NOT permitted.
 
CW SS Summary Sheet:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Forms/SSCW-Sum.pdf
 
SSB SS Summary Sheet:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Forms/SSPH-Sum.pdf
 
SS Paper Logging Form:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Logs/novsslog.pdf
 
If you do paper logs, this is the way to  go!!:
Paper  logs may be converted by the entrant to Cabrillo-formatted logs by 
logging onto  the _web  app_ (http://www.b4h.net/cabforms)  (  
http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/    ) and manually entering the QSO data and completing the 
required  information.
 
Dupe Sheet:
I was not able to find a dupe sheet.  If you are paper  logging, you should
have a dupe sheet so that you will not waste time calling a  station you
have already worked.  Here is a suggestion from N2EY...
 
Take  a piece of paper of convenient size (letter, legal, tabloid, 
depending on how  many QSOs you expect to make and how big your desk is) and hold it 
sideways  (landscape style).

Draw  lines to divide it into 10 spaces. I liked 5 over 5 blocks.

Label  each block with numbers from 1 through 0.

Now,  whenever you work a station, write the full call into the 
corresponding block  that has the same number as in the callsign.

Unless  you make more than a couple of hundred QSOs, you'll have only a few 
dozen per  block at most. Easy enough to scan for dupes.
 
 
 
Logging Software:
http://tr4w.com/
 
http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php   (recommended)
 
http://www.n3fjp.com/
 
http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/
 
http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Contesting/
 
Spotting Networks:
 
http://www.sk6aw.net/cluster/
 
http://dxfor.me/
 
_http://www.dxsummit.fi_ (http://www.dxsummit.fi/) 
 
http://www.dxwatch.com/
 
http://www.nc7j.com/
 
Reverse Beacon Network  (RBN):
You can send a CQ on CW and the RBN will find you
and give you a signal level report.  You might  even
have multiple reports!!
 
 
Client Based Spotting Networks (Requires S/W  Install):
http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/
HRD Logbook
 
Ham  Radio Deluxe Logbook provides QSO logging, DX cluster connectivity, 
callsign  lookup, awards tracking (with integration to LOTW, eQSL, and Ham 
Radio  Deluxelog.net), and contesting. Microsoft Access and MySQL are support 
with  strong features for backup and recovery.

 
http://www.dxlabsuite.com/
 
http://www.ve7cc.net/
 
Additional Info:
http://www.arrl.org/general-rules-for-all-arrl-contests
 
_www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Operating%20Guides/2014/2014%20ARRL%20Nov
ember%20SS%20Package.pdf_ (http://www.
arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Operating%20Guides/2014/2014%20ARRL%20November%20SS%20Package.pdf) 
 
 
Good Luck!!
 
73
Don
W4WJ