[LeArc] [k9cu] [w9seh] FM CHALLENEGE

[Mark A Garrett]

----- Original Message ---- 
From: Ben Fisher <k9bf at uiuc.edu> 
To: TCARCC <k9cu at yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 9:49:43 AM 
Subject: [k9cu] Fwd: [w9seh] FM CHALLENEGE 



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>The Twin Cities Amateur Radio Club Contesters of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois 
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>-- 2M FM Challenge -- 
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>(Sunday, January 9, 2011: 7pm-8pm Illinois Time) 
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>Last updated: 3 January, 2011 
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>What: A contest. 
>Where: 2m FM simplex 
>When: Monday, January 10, 2011, 0100-0200 GMT. 
>This translates to Sunday, January 09, 2011: 
>7pm-8pm Illinois Time (1 hour duration) 
>Who: Open to any licensed radio amateur. 
>Why: To introduce contesting to a larger population of hams. 
>Object: Make as many two-way QSO's with as many 
>different hams as possible in as many different 
>cities as possible in a 1-hour time period. 
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>Entry Categories: 
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>Single Operator: One person performs all 
>transmitting, receiving, spotting, and logging 
>functions as well as equipment and antenna 
>adjustments. You may not receive assistance from 
>any other person for anything related to the contest. 
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>Multi-operator: More than one person performs 
>the transmiting, receiving, spotting, logging 
>functions and antennas adjustments during the 
>contest. This allows team entries. Example: One 
>person operates the radio while another person 
>logs the contacts. Multi-operator efforts may 
>only be conducted from fixed locations. 
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>a) Single operator, fixed location, 5 watts or less. 
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>b) Single operator, fixed location, greater than 
>5 watts but less than 20 watts. 
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>c) Single operator, fixed location, greater than 
>20 watts but not greater than 50 watts. 
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>d) Single operator, fixed location, more than 50 watts. 
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>e) Multi-operator, fixed location. No power limit. 
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>f) Rover/mobile: Participant operates from a 
>vehicle, with the option of activating more than 
>one multiplier during the duration of the contest. No power limit. 
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>"Fixed Location" means the participant must 
>operate the entire duration of the contest from 
>one specific location. This category would also 
>include setting up a temporary, portable station 
>at a remote location, "Field-Day" style. 
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>You may enter only one category for the contest. 
>If a station gives out more than one multiplier 
>during the contest, that station will 
>automatically be entered in the "Rover" 
>category. Exception: If you operate both as a 
>rover/mobile and as a fixed station location, 
>you must submit separate entries for each 
>operation. (Example: You operate mobile while 
>coming home from a party. Once you are home, you 
>operate from your home antenna. In this case, 
>you must submit a separate entry for your mobile and fixed locations.) 
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>STATIONS ONLY COMPETE WITH OTHER STATIONS IN THE 
>SAME ENTRY CATEGORY FOR PRIZES. 
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>Frequencies: Anywhere within the 2-meter simplex 
>range. According to the ARRL Band Plan, FM 
>simplex is permitted between 146.400 to 146.580, 
>as well as 147.420 to 147.570. QSO's made through repeaters are not allowed. 
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>Exchange: Give your callsign, your name and the 
>city you are operating from. For fixed location 
>stations, "city" is defined as the address your 
>mail is sent to. Example: KX9X lives in the 
>country, but all his mail is addressed to Ogden, 
>Illinois. For this contest, KX9X lives in Ogden. 
>Rovers/mobiles MUST be within city limits of 
>whatever city they claim to be operating from. 
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>Scoring: 
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>Fixed location stations: 1 point for each 
>complete QSO. Multipliers will be the different 
>number of cities worked. Total score will be the 
>total number of QSO points multiplied by number 
>of unique cities contacted. (Example: You work 
>10 different stations in 9 different cities. 10 
>QSO's x 9 multipliers = 90 points) 
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>Rovers/Mobiles: 1 point for each complete QSO. 
>Multipliers will be the different number of 
>cities worked PLUS the unique number of cities 
>you operate FROM. Total score will be the total 
>number of QSO points multiplied by number of 
>unique cities contacted plus number of 
>multipliers. (Example: A Rover works 15 
>different stations in 12 different cities, and 
>the Rover transmits from 3 different cities. 12 
>cities contacted, plus 3 cities operated from = 
>15 total multipliers. 15 QSO's x 15 multipliers = 225 points) 
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>Stations may only contact any given station 1 
>time for QSO points and/or multiplier credit. 
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>Rovers/Mobiles may be worked for QSO/multiplier 
>credit 1 time for every unique city they operate from. 
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>Miscellaneous: 
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>All duplicate QSO's must be removed from the log 
>that is submitted. If a log contains more than 1 
>contact with any given station, the penalty will 
>be a deduction of 3 contacts from your final 
>score. Note that this can affect your multiplier 
>total, too. This penalty will be applied for 
>every duplicate contact found in an entrant's log. 
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>Contacts with aeronautical mobile stations do not count. 
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>All antennas must be physically connected to the 
>transceiver being used for the contest by wires. 
>No remote operation is allowed. 
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>Soliciting QSO's: 
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>The use of non-amateur communications to make a 
>pre-planned QSO (i.e: phone, e-mail, carrier 
>pigeon, etc.) is not in the spirit of this 
>event. You should test your ability to make contacts without any pre-planning. 
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>Contest entrants may not transmit on repeaters 
>or repeater frequencies for the purpose of soliciting contacts. 
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>Rules For Rover/Mobile Stations: 
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>A Rover/Mobile is a station that operates from 
>more than one city (multiplier) during the duration of the contest. 
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>Rovers are allowed to have one additional person 
>act as the driver of the vehicle. However, no 
>assistance is allowed for operation of the 
>transceiver or antennas or logging of QSOs. 
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>Rovers may operate with only one callsign during the duration of the contest. 
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>Rover vehicles must transport all of the radio 
>equipment, power supplies, cables, antennas and 
>logging tools with them. No equipment of any 
>type may be dropped off at a pre-determined 
>location for use during the contest, nor may 
>Rovers use pre-existing antennas at any fixed or 
>temporary portable location. In short, you can 
>only use what you bring with you. 
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>Rovers must sign /Rover during the contest. 
>Example: "KX9X/Rover, QRZ Contest." 
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>A Rover/Mobile shall use the city or town they 
>are in at the time of any given QSO as their 
>city. Mobile/Rovers must be within the city 
>limits in order to give QSO credit for that 
>city. If a mobile station is not within a city, 
>such as on an interstate or intrastate highway 
>or a county road, they should sign mobile" as 
>their location. "Mobile" counts as a unique multiplier. 
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>(NOTE: The multiplier "mobile" refers to ALL 
>operations outside of a city limit and may be 
>counted only ONE TIME as a unique multiplier. 
>Example: KX9X/Rover operates from Urbana, then 
>operates "mobile" between Urbana and St. Joseph, 
>then operates from St. Joseph, then operates 
>mobile" between St. Joseph and Ogden. KX9X/Rover 
>has operated from 3 multipliers; Urbana, St. 
>Joseph, and "Mobile." There is no distinction 
>for the mobile operation between Urbana & St. 
>Joseph and between St. Joseph and Ogden; both count as the same multiplier.) 
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>Rovers/Mobiles may be worked for QSO points and 
>multiplier credit one time for each city the 
>mobile operates from. (Example: It is okay if 
>KX9X works K9BF/Rover in Champaign, then works 
>K9BF/Rover again when K9BF is in Urbana. 
>However, if K9BF/Rover returns to Champaign, 
>KX9X is not allowed to contact K9BF again, since 
>KX9X already worked K9BF when K9BF was in Champaign.) 
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>Rovers/Mobiles are permitted to contact stations 
>one time for each unique city the Rover operates 
>from. (Example: K9BF/Rover is in Urbana. He 
>works NO9Z in Ogden. K9BF/Rover then drives to 
>Champaign. He again works NO9Z in Ogden. That is 
>allowed by the rules. However, if K9BF/Rover 
>drives back to Urbana, he cannot work NO9Z 
>again, as K9BF/Rover has already contacted NO9Z when K9BF/Rover was in Urbana. 
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>Rovers/Mobiles may record their participation in 
>the contest with an audio recorder and produce a 
>paper or digital log for the contest at a later 
>time. A paper or digital log must be prepared 
>for submission with all the required information 
>- the recording will not be accepted as a log. 
>But it can be difficult to log while driving. Your safety is important to us! 
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>Disqualification: A contestant my be disqualified for the following reasons: 
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>a) Violating any of the rules of the contest. 
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>b) Breaking the terms and conditions of their Amateur Radio license. 
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>c) Excessive duplicate contacts in their 
>submitting log (more than 10 percent of the QSOs in the log). 
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>d) Falsifying any information in their submitted log. 
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>Prizes: Certificates will be awarded to the top 
>scoring entrant in each Entry Category. NOTE: To 
>facilitate activity, stations who have won their 
>entry category for the previous running of the 
>FM Challenge are ineligible to win that category 
>again. In other words, you cannot win the same entry category twice in a row. 
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>Logging Format: Each entrant's logs must be in 
>the following format: QSO #, Time, Station 
>worked, exchange sent, exchange received, 
>checkmark if new multiplier. Example: I work 
>NO9Z for my first QSO in the contest, I work 
>K9BF/Rover for my second QSO in the contest, and 
>I work N9GOC for my third contact in the contest. My log should look like this: 
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>QSO# 
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>Time 
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>Exch sent 
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>Exch Rec'd 
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>New mult? 
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>003 
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>8:01p 
>8:03p 
>8:05p 
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>NO9Z 
>K9BF/Rover 
>N9GOC 
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>Sean, Ogden 
>Sean, Ogden 
>Sean, Ogden 
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>Lynn, Ogden 
>Ben, Champaign 
>Pat, Champaign 
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>Yes 
>Yes 
>No 
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>If any of the required information is incorrect 
>or missing from a QSO, that QSO is considered 
>null and void, and no points or multiplier credit will count from that contact. 
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>Log Submission: Logs must be received no later 
>than 11:59 pm on Monday, January 24, 2011. 
>Decision of the judges is final. Send logs to: 
>Jeremy Lamb KC9KGJ, 29 Falcon Pass, Camargo IL 61919 
>e-mail: <mailto:jlamb06 at gmail.com>jlamb06 at gmail.com 
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>Downloadable log forms and summary sheets: 
> * <http://www.qsl.net/k9cu/tcarc_log.doc>Log Form - MS Word format. (26K) 
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> <http://www.qsl.net/k9cu/entryform.doc>Entry 
> Summary Sheet - MS Word format. (20K) 
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>Electronic logs must be in Microsoft Word or 
>Microsoft Excel format only. Handwritten logs must be legible. 
>Illegible contacts in logs will be rendered null and void. 
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>Contact Jeremy, KC9KGJ for any questions. 
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>Operating Tips: 
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>You can either scan the FM simplex frequencies 
>listening for people to work, or you can call CQ 
>on a simplex frequency. I would suggest calling 
>"CQ FM Challenge" or something like that, so 
>people know that you're participating in the 
>event. It would also be a good idea to open your 
>squelch up, so you can hear weaker stations. 
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>Be sure to check the upper portion of the FM 
>simplex band (147.420 to 147.570 MHz). Few 
>people venture outside the lower simplex 
>bracket, so there's a lot of QRM-free spectrum you can use. 
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>Make sure you copy the information from your QSO 
>correctly. If you missed the operator's name, 
>ask for a repeat, and make sure you spell it 
>correctly. Reporting incorrect information in 
>your log will count as a penalty, so make sure 
>you take the time to get it right. 
><mailto:w9sz at yahoo.com> 
>READ THE RULES. If you have any questions about 
>anything regarding this contest, ask KC9KGJ BEFORE the contest starts. 
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Ben Fisher EE 
University of Illinois 
School of Chemical Sciences 
Electronics Services 



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