[PPRAANet] BARTG HF RTTY CONTEST THIS WEEKEND

[Dave Sloan]

Hello all,
   Also this week-end is the annual 10 Meter 10-10 Mobile Contest.

This Saturday is the Mobile QSO Party lasting 24 hours. The rules are at the
10-10 Website (www.ten-ten.org ). Here are a few other things to keep in
mind. If possible, have two people in the vehicle, one driving and one
scoring. If operating after nightfall, be especially careful and pull off
the road to a safe area if the band is active. If operating on a county
line, use common sense and do not stop on a bridge or other unsafe venue
just to straddle the line. Park in a safe area a few hundred feet from the
line if necessary. For scoring purposes, Ten-Ten will accept that you were
on the line between two counties. Being a fun event, Ten-Ten is not going to
get hung up in technicalities over where you operate from. Safety is
paramount. Spring begins on Saturday and hopefully weather and band
conditions across the country will enable everyone to have fun and keep ten
meters active.
   MOBILE QSO PARTY
This event is held on the third Saturday in March from 0001 to 2359 UTC. All
general rules are applicable with the following exceptions:
Fixed stations contact mobiles, mobiles contact everyone. Mobile applies to
vehicular, marine, aeronautical or other mode of transportation. If in
doubt, contact the QSO Party Manager. A station operating a mobile entry
must be a true mobile. Sitting in the driveway and using the base station
antenna or amplifier, or using commercial power is not permitted. RV
generators are permitted only if the generator is used while in transit
(moving).
   The on-the-air exchange shall be Call, Name, State, 10-10 Number (if a
member, zero(0) if not), and county (if applicable). Only counties in the
USA, Canada and England may be used as a multiplier. Count one point for
each contact whether a member or not. Fixed stations multiply the
number of contacts by the number of different counties worked. Mobile
stations multiply the number of contacts by the number of different counties
worked PLUS a bonus of the number of counties worked from

TNX & 73,
Dave N0EOP
31033


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ppraanet-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of DickT-W0RAA
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:20 AM
To: PPRAA Reflector
Subject: [PPRAANet] BARTG HF RTTY CONTEST THIS WEEKEND

This weekend (March 20 - 21) is the 2010 BARTG HF RTTY Contest.

There are many other contests as well, but this one is the big RTTY contest.
Rules can be found at:


http://www.bartg.org.uk/documents/Contests/HF/BARTG%20HF%20Rules%202010.pdf

Official contest times are 0200 GMT Saturday March 20 to 0200 GMT Monday 
March 22, 2010.
That equates to 8 PM Friday night to 8 PM Sunday night, local time.

I hope there will be some interest by members of PPRAA.  This is a fun 
contest and you
can operate no more than 30 of the 48 hours.  Rest periods may not be less 
than 3 hours
per period.

Be sure to submit your scores after the contest is over.

73,

Dick
W0RAA
PPRAA Contest Coordinator 

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