[NLRS] [LONG] (New) March uWave Contest

Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:12:24 -0600

Hi Donn,

It says "Number of active members".    You can read that as number of active
club members or number of active club members in the contest.

73  Bob  W�AUS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Baker, Donn B" <[email protected]>
To: "'Northern Lights Radio Society, NLRS'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:24 AM
Subject: [NLRS] [LONG] (New) March uWave Contest

> The San Bernardino Microwave Society is sponsoring a new contest.  The
> announcement made some of the reflectors late last week, but some of you
may
> not have seen it.
>
> It appears to be modeled after the 10GHz & Up contest, although this one
is
> 2 GHz and up.  Date is 3rd weekend in March (15-16 Mar 2003); any 24 hours
> of the 36 hours from 6AM (local) Saturday to midnight Sunday.  It is a
CLUB
> competition ONLY... no individual entries.  A club is two or more
operators.
> There are different sizes of clubs.  There are multipliers for TX power
> level, per band.  Basic score is distance and unique calls.
>
> The rules are below.  (I did a little editing, especially in the Scoring
> Example area.  I don't think I changed the meanings, etc.)
>
> I think this might be a good thing to participate in... assuming, of
course
> we don't have umpteen feet of snow; we're not in the middle of an Alberta
> Clipper; or its 37 degrees below frozen!  We could enter as NLRS, or we
> could form a couple (or more) "clubs" from the microwave group, or....
>
> Comments ?
>
> 73 Donn
> WA2VOI/0
>
> 2003  2GHZ AND UP WORLD WIDE CLUB CONTEST
> SPONSORED BY THE SAN BERNARDINO MICROWAVE SOCIETY  (S.B.M.S.)
>
> 1. Object:
> Worldwide amateurs work as many amateur stations in as many different
> locations as possible in the world on bands from 2-GHz through Light.
>
> 2. Date and Contest Period:
> Third full weekend of March. The dates are March 15-16, 2003 Operations
may
> take place for 24 hours total on the contest weekend. The weekend begins
at
> 6AM local Saturday though 12 midnight local Sunday. Listening times count
as
> operating time. Times off must be clearly indicated in the log.
>
> 3. Entry Categories: CLUBS
> 3.1 Clubs will be divided into 3 catagories by amount of active members
> 3.1 Small = 2-10 / Medium = 11-50 / Large = 51 and more
>
> 4. Exchange:
> Six-character Maidenhead Locator (see April 1994 QST, p 86 or
> www.arrl/org/locate/gridinfo.html).
> 4.1 Signal report is optional.
>
> 5. Miscellaneous:
> 5.1 Scheduling contacts is both permissible and encouraged.
>
> 5.2 Stations are encouraged to operate from more than a single location.
For
> purposes of the contest, a change of location is defined as a move of at
> least 16 km (10 miles). A station may be reworked on each band for
> additional credit by either end of the contact moving to a new location.
>
> 5.3 Contacts may not be duplicated on the second day (that is at least one
> end of the QSO must be from a different location).
>
> 5.4 Contacts must be made over a minimum distance of 1 km.
>
> 5.5 A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not be used
> subsequently under any other call during the contest period. The intent of
> this rule is to prohibit "manufactured" contacts.
>
> 6. Scoring:
> 6.1 Distance points: The distance in km between stations for each
> successfully completed QSO is calculated. Distance = distance in km.
>
> 6.2 In making the distance calculations, a string (or ruler) and map may
be
> used. However, calculations by computer program are preferred. Several
such
> programs are available in the commercial market, including a BASIC program
> listing in
> The ARRL World Grid Locator Atlas. For purposes of making calculations,
> stations are defined as being located in the center of the 6-character
> locator sub-square (most computer programs make this assumption).
>
> 6.3 There are multipliers. QRP= 3 / MEDIUM= 2 / UNLIMITED= 1
> 6.3.1 QRP 0-500mW / MEDIUM 501mW - 5W / UNLIMITED 5W and UP
>
> 6.3.2 You must decide what power level you are going to run on each band
and
> stay with that on that band You can have a different power level for each
> band, but can only use the multiplier for that bands QSO points.
>
> 6.4 QSO points:
> Count 100 QSO points for each unique call sign worked per band. Portable
> indicators added to a call sign are not considered as making the call sign
> unique.
>
> (6.5) Points
> Distance X Mulitpler = Points.  Add all QSO and unique points for Total.
> Add all Club Member individual totals for Club Competition Score.
> ALL SCORES ARE SUBMITTED TO THE SBMS AS A CLUB TOTAL; NO INDIVIDUAL SCORES
> FOR THIS COMPETITION
>
>
> (6.5.1) (Individual) Scoring Example:
>                                    DX MULT POINTS
> N6CA works N6XQ 2GHZ  20W   10KM   10  1    10
> N6CA works N6XQ 3GHZ  4.9W  10KM   10  2    20
> N6CA works N6XQ 5GHZ  5W    10KM   10  2    20
> N6CA works N6XQ 10GHZ 250mW 10KM   10  3    30
> N6XQ UNIQUE CALL                           100
>                                            ---
>                                  Total     180
>
> (6.5.2) (Club Scoring Example)
> Club: So. Cal. N6-ers
> N6CA      180
> N6XQ      180
>           ---
>    Total  360
>
> (6.6) SUBMITT LOGS:
> PAT COKER N6RMJ
> [email protected] OR MAIL (Good in any Call Book since 1988.)
>
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