[SMCARA] CQ WPX SSB Contest

[Tom Shelton]

One further note - the PREFIX multipliers are the first set of 
letters/numbers in your call.  My prefix is AB3, Boz's is KG3, and a german 
station might be DL7.  The logging programs will keep track of this for you.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom Shelton
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:46 AM
To: smcara at mailman.qth.net
Cc: Wayne Rogers
Subject: [SMCARA] CQ WPX SSB Contest

Hi All,

We had a really good presentation about contesting at last night’s meeting. 
Thanks to PVRC’s Wayne Rogers (N1WR) for making the trip across the bridge 
for us.

This weekend the phone parts of the bands will be filled with DX and US 
stations working the CQ WPX SSB contest.  If you’d like to operate in the 
contest or if you’d just like to take this as an operating opportunity to 
fill in some DXCC/WAS/WAC boxes (or just to add some rare stations to your 
log), this will be the time to do it...  This is one of the most popular 
world-wide contests and virtually every country (and many DXpeditions) will 
be represented on the air – and they will be looking for you!

Full rules can be found here: http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

Start Time: 0000 UTC Saturday (8:00 PM Friday, EDT)
End Time: 2359 UTC Sunday (7:59 PM Sunday, EDT)

Exchange: RS (signal report) plus a progressive contact serial number 
beginning with 001

Contact Points: (a) Contacts between stations on different continents are 
worth three (3) points on 28, 21, and 14 MHz and six (6) points on 7, 3.5, 
and 1.8 MHz.  (b) Contacts between stations on the same continent, but 
different countries, are worth one (1) point on 28, 21, and 14 MHz and two 
(2) points on 7, 3.5, and 1.8 MHz. Exception: For North American stations 
only—contacts between stations within the North American boundaries (both 
stations must be located in North America) are worth two (2) points on 28, 
21, and 14 MHz and four (4) points on 7, 3.5, and 1.8 MHz.  (c) Contacts 
between stations in the same country are worth 1 point regardless of band.

Multipliers: The prefix multiplier is the number of valid prefixes worked. 
Each PREFIX is counted only once regardless of the band or number of times 
the same prefix is worked.

Example Exchange:

AB3IC: “CQ WPX AB3IC Contest”
KG3BOZ: “KG3BOZ”
AB3IC: “KG3BOZ 59 001”  (my first’s contact)
KG3BOZ: “59 003” (Boz’s third contact)
AB3IC: “KG3BOZ thanks AB3IC
Then onto the next contact.

If your making contacts without wanting to actually enter the contest, I’d 
recommend that you use the GENLog program.  This is a free program, very 
easy to use, and will do very basic stuff for you, like Dupe checking, score 
tracking, serial number tracking, and can output an ADIF file for you to 
import into your station log.  Genlog can be downloaded for free here: 
http://www.qsl.net/w3km/ and there is a good tutorial here: 
http://naqcc.info/sprint_genlog_tutorial.html

If you’d like a logging program with a lot more capability, many more 
features (CAT Control, Telnet Clusters, Band Map, etc) and all the basic 
features – and still free, try N1MM.  Download it here: 
http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php – for a good tutorial go to the PVRC 
webinars page http://pvrc.org/webinar/webinars.htm and scroll to the bottom 
of the list for the 2 part recorded webinar.

Whatever reason you have for being on the air this weekend, have a great 
time and enjoy your operating time.  I hope to work you and get you in my 
log (best times for local contacts – and to work me – will be on 80 meters – 
probably between 3850 and 3900 kHz - between 10PM and 2:00AM).

As always, if you have any comments, questions, or concerns relating to this 
contest, or if you need some help setting up your station, submitting your 
log, or whatever, give me a call and I’ll do my best to help.

If you’d like to drop by during the contest and see my station at work 
during this contest, give me a call  240-434-3811.

Tom Shelton, AB3IC

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