[QCWA] Fwd: 49th QCWA QSO Party.

[George Roach]

>Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:35:04 -0500
>To: qcwa at mailman.qth.net
>From: George Roach <groach at igs.net>
>Subject: 49th QCWA QSO Party.
>
>Hi Guys   (and girls)
>
>At this time next Saturday I will probably be talking to one
>of you on the air during our  QCWA QSO Party. Its hard to believe
>that this operating event will be  50 years old next year.
>
>However the 48th Fall Party only had 40 logs submitted to Bob Buus
>for checking. We have a problem !  The quickest solution is for more
>of the people  who participated to send in their logs. My experience in
>that  party with VE3QCWA and  looking at the logs of  Norm (K1AA)
>and Alan(W4ARM)-W2MM operators-  is that there are a lot
>of QCWA members on the air. So please take the time to mail in
>a log, or attach it to, or include it in and e-mail to Bob Buus. He will
>take your log in almost any form . However the form that appears at
>www.qcwa.org  or in the Journal will make his job easier.
>
>Remember, even if you only make a few contacts send in your log !
>
>So enjoy the Easter weekend,  and get your rigs and antennas  into
>shape for April 2 (1900 hrs).
>
>Here are the rules :
>
>Rules for the 49th Annual Spring QCWA QSO Party
>
>QCWA cordially invites all to participate in the 2005 QSO parties.  All 
>licenced Radio Amateurs world wide
>  are invited. Time/Dates:  The Spring QSO party will  commence on 2 April 
> 2005 at 1900 Hrs UTC. It will
>  run for a period of 24 Hours. Both CW , Phone and digital modes may be 
> used. The Fall QSO Party will be
>  September 17, 2005.
>
>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:  1.845:   3.890:   7.244:   14.262:   21.365:   28.325
>
>Calling (CW & Digital 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.
>
>Categories: You may choose to work all modes or Only Phone or Only Digital 
>(which includes CW).
>Certificates will be issued for each Category of "Cw/digital", "Phone", or 
>"Mixed" .
>
>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. Sample logs
>and a summary sheet may be requested from QCWA Headquarters with an 
>SASE.  The address is  P O Box 3247
>Farmingham, MA 01705-3247 USA. They are also on the internet at 
>www.qcwa.org .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.(Chapter  162-Southeast Wisconsin)
>
>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: W2OD,  Robert Buus, 8 Donner Street,  HOLMDEL N.J. 
>07733-2004, U.S.A.
>                           or as an e-mail attachment to :  w2od at aol.com
>
>Cheers
>
>George -VE3BNO