[QCWA] 2007 FALL QSO PARTY

[George Roach]

One week to PARTY TIME  !

In case you have forgotten here are the rules.

The exchange is  "YOUR CALL", YOUR YEAR LICENSED", "YOUR NAME", 
"YOUR  CHAPTER OR STATE"

If I were working you I would send "ve3bno, 46, george, 70,"

and this year I will add my qcwa number 8811 for those who are working on 
their 60-60 certificate..This will

probably cause some confusion  so i think I will just say" if you need it 
my QCWA nr is 8811" off the end of my

exchange.

All the info, log forms , summary  and spring results ore on the QCWA 
website at

www.qcwa.org/qso-party.htm

We need lots of amateurs out there calling CQ QCWA to make an impression on 
our non-member

friends. And we need you to send in a log even if you only make a few 
contacts, as this is how we

gauge the success  of this activity.Also we have a friendly competition 
going as to which chapter

can get the most number of their members on the air on this occasion.

Now I have one week to re-assemble my operating position. I bought my wife 
Frances (VE3HKG)

a new rig  (well almost new - Kenwood  TS-570S) and have to fit it in along 
with my venerable

TS-450S. ) They look great side by side, but I think I will have to swipe 
one of the xtal filters

out of my TS-450 if I want to use the TS-570 on CW.. It sure pumps on 
strong signals  on

near by frequencies.

I look forward to working many of you nest weekend.

Cheers

George-VE3BNO

Rules for the 51st Annual Fall QCWA QSO Party

QCWA cordially invites all to participate in the 2007 QSO parties.  All 
licenced Radio Amateurs world wide
  are invited. Time/Dates:  The Fall QSO party will  commence on September 
15 at 1800 Hrs UTC.
  It will run for a period of 24 Hours. CW, Phone, and digital 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:  1.845:   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.

Categories: You may choose to work all modes (MIXED ) or only (PHONE) 
or  only  (CW/DIGITAL).
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 . Contacts with QCWA
Memorial Station W2MM count as three multipliers on each of the 15 
bands.(W2MM is in Denver, Co. in 2007)

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

Rules/logsheets/summary form  are available at website 
www.qcwa.org/qso-party.htm