[Qcwa] QCWA QSO Party-Apr 3

[George Roach]

Rules for the 48th Annual QCWA QSO Parties

QCWA cordially invites all to participate in the 2003 QSO parties.  All 
licenced Radio Amateurs world wide are invited.
Time/Dates: Two parties will be held in 2003 The first one shall commence 
on 03 Apr 2004  at 1800 Hrs UTC and the second one  shall commence on 18 
Sep 2004 at 1800 Hrs UTC. Each will run for a period of 24 Hours. Both CW 
and Phone modes may be used.

Frequencies: The following 15 Bands may be used:-
         1.8:  1.800 - 2.000       14.0:  14.000 - 14.150       28.3:  28.3 
- 29.7
         3.5:  3.500 - 3.750       14.2:  14.150 - 
14.350          50:  50.0 - 54.0
         3.9:  3.750 - 4.000       21.0:  21.000 - 
21.200        144:  144.0 - 148.0
         7.0:  7.000 - 7.150       21.2:  21.200 - 
21.450        220:  220.0 - 225.0
                 7.2:  7.150 - 7.300       28.0:  28.000 - 28.300       UHF 
above 420 Mhz
Any station  may be contacted on any or all of the 15 bands for a maximum 
of 15 QSO's per station, with no more than one QSO per Band. Any station in 
your home QCWA chapter may be counted only once, for a maximum of one QSO 
per station. No contacts on WARC bands are permitted (10, 18 and 24 Mhz 
Bands). No Cross Band or Repeater Contacts are allowed.

Suggested Starting Frequencies:
CW:     1.810:   3.540:   7.035:   14.040:   21.050:   28.050
Phone:  1.910:   3.890:   7.244:   14.262:   21.365:   28.325

Calling (CW or Phone):  CQ  QCWA

Information Exchange:  Fill  Columns on the Log  Form.  For the "year" 
column, indicate the  last 2 digits of the year  the station operator 
was  first licenced.  If the contacted station does not belong to a QCWA 
chapter,  show only the State, Province or Country of its location. The 
latter would apply to Non QCWA members as well as to QCWA  members who are 
not affiliated with a local chapter. Do Not mention the term "At Large" 
(AL) as was done several years ago, as this can be confused with AL for 
Alabama. For Band info, simply indicate one of the above 15 Bands in the 
"band" column.

New for 2004: You may choose to work all modes this year or Only Phone or 
Only Digital (which includes CW). Certificates will be issued for each 
Category. See details in the Spring Journal in a separate article. .
Scoring:  Each Phone  QSO is worth one contact point.  Each CW  QSO or 
other Digital Mode QSO such as RTTY, PSK31, MFSK etc. is worth 2 contact 
points (show 2 points in the QSO Points Column on the Log).  A Multiplier 
of  one point is given for each QCWA Chapter worked and for each State, 
Province or Country reported from stations not belonging to a QCWA Chapter. 
A total of only one multiplier point will be given for each State, Province 
or Country.  A Multiplier  of 3 points will be given on each of the 15 
Bands for working our Special Events  Station W2MM. It is hoped to have 
this station active throughout the two parties.  Stations within 50 miles 
(80 Kms) of W2MM, may work W2MM only once for a total multiplier of  3 
points. For the year 2003, the station will operate in the vicinity of 
Chapter 70 Headquarters in Ottawa Canada, site of the 2004 Convention..
Sample logs and a summary sheet may be requested from QCWA Headquarters 
with an SASE.  Address is 159 East 16th Ave., Eugene OR  97401-4017.
  Contacts with QCWA Memorial Station W2MM count as three multipliers on 
each of the 15 bands. Note:  W2MM will be operated by one of our local 
chapters.  Members of that chapter, and non chapter Members within 50 miles 
(80 kms) will be permitted to work W2MM only once for a total of 3 
Multiplier points.
Awards:
Certificates will be issued for the top 3 World Scores in each category.
A certificate will also be  issued for  the top score in each category in 
each participating Country.
Send Logs to: W0HXL, Dick Newsome, 2924North 48th Street, OMAHA NE 
68104-3726, U.S.A.
                           or as an e-mail attachment to :  w0hxl@cox.net



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