[OKDXA] New QRP WARC-Speed DX Challenge!

Mon, 12 May 2003 19:25:55 -0500

Thanks Dave!

73 de jay..

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <[email protected]>
To: "okdxa ref" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 7:12 PM
Subject: [OKDXA] New QRP WARC-Speed DX Challenge!

>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 5:59 PM
> Subject: New QRP WARC-Speed DX Challenge!
>
>
>  Is the hiss on 10-meters getting you down?  Are you longing for those
days
>  of endless DX?  Has your beam not moved in a week?
>
>  Here's a remedy...K7SS and N0AX, along with the Western Washington DX
Club,
>  and ably assisted by the Amazing Bruce Horn WA7BNM announce:
>
>  The QRP WARC-Speed DX Challenge!
>
>  The objective of this program is to work as many DXCC Entities as
possible
>  using QRP on the WARC bands (30, 17, and 12-meters) between 0000Z June 1,
>  2003 and 2359Z May 31, 2004.  QRP is defined as 5 watts output on digital
>  (any data-transfer protocol) or CW and 10 watts PEP on SSB. (If you want
to
>  work QRP on AM or FM, be our guest...)
>
>  Certificates will be awarded for
>  - the top three totals from each CQ Zone in each of the categories below
>  - for working 100 entities on any single band.
>
>  This program recognizes achievement by zone - so you'll be competing
> against
>  your peers!
>
>  Each month, results will be posted in the following categories:
>      17-meter CW, 17-meter Phone, 17-meter Digital, 17-meter Total
>      12-meter CW, 12-meter Phone, 12-meter Digital, 12-meter Total
>      30-meter CW, 30-meter Digital
>      Total CW, Total Phone, Total Digital, Total Overall
>  Enter as many or as few categories as you like. The Web site will just
>  report what you enter each month - you're responsible for keeping the
total
>  up-to-date.
>
>  Here's the fun part - no QSL cards, no cumbersome paperwork!  At the end
of
>  each month, WA7BNM will post a score submittal form on the 3830 Score
>  Submittal Web page at http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/.  You enter
your
>  totals and - as if by magic - the updated totals will be posted to the
3830
>  contest score reflector and CQ-contest reflectors (and forwarded to the
DX
>  and QRP reflectors, as well).  At the end of the year, you'll be able to
>  download your nice certificate!
>
>  The honor system rules!  No padding your totals with the ones that you
>  "almost" worked.  No calling somebody at 100 watts (or more) and then
> asking
>  for them to "stand by for my QRP signal".
>
>  Let me answer the first question - no, this is not a contest! (Contests,
by
>  gentleman's agreement, are not conducted on the WARC bands.)  It is no
more
>  a contest than the DXCC single-band awards or the DXCC DeSoto Cup.
>  Competitive, yes, contest, no.
>
>  If you'd like to sponsor your own certificate or prize, by all means do
> so -
>  just send me an email and I'll post the list of awards to the reflectors.
>  Challenge the other guys in the local club - have your own competition
> using
>  wire antennas or mobile or on odd-numbered days or ???  How many do you
>  think you can work in a year?  The WWDXC sponsored a one-year QRP DX
>  competition and K7RI worked 247 DXCC entities.  247!!!  It can be done -
>  just get busy.
>
>  After the end of each month, log on to the Web site
>  http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/ and dump in your totals.  Amaze your
>  friends!  Heck - amaze yourself!
>
>  73, Ward N0AX
>  [email protected]
>
>
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