[SOC] NAQCC August Sprint

[Larry Makoski]

This Tuesday evening, the North American QRP CW Club will be holding its 
monthly sprint.

Here are the particulars:

Date and time:
Wednesday, August 15th, 0030-0230 UTC
(Remember that's Tuesday evening here in the USA)  That's  8:30 - 10:30 
EDT, 7:30 - 9:30 CDT, 6:30 - 8:30 MDT and 5:30 - 7:30 PDT.

Bands - Frequencies:
80M - 3555-3565 kHz (Be courteous to FISTS operating on 3558 kHz)
40M - 7039-7050 kHz (Avoid W1AW on 7047.5 kHz).
20M - 14059-14065 kHz. General:
A particular station may be worked once on each band. Operate CW only.
All licensed amateurs are invited to participate, but only those 
operating QRP (5 watts or less) are eligible for awards.

Call: CQ NA

Exchange:
RST - SPC (State Province or Country) - NAQCC Nr.
(non-Members substitute power level for NAQCC Nr., e.g. 5W, 1W, etc. Be 
sure to add the W.)

QSO Points:
QSO with a Member, 2 points.
QSO with a Non-member, 1 point.

Multipliers:
Each USA state
Each VE province
Each country except W/VE
All multipliers count only once in the contest.

Bonus:
If you use only a straight key for the entire sprint, multiply your 
score by 2.
If you use only a bug for the entire sprint, multiply your score by 1.5.
If you key with anything other than a straight key or bug, there is no 
bonus multiplier.

Categories:
SWA - simple wire antennas - for those using a simple wire antenna per 
NAQCC definition.
GAIN - gain antennas - for those using other than a simple wire antenna.

Special Award:
The purpose of having a special award is to perhaps award a certificate 
to someone who knows they can't win one of the regular 1st/2nd/TNW 
certificates, but would still like one of our beautiful NAQCC 
certificates to display in the shack. Our special award this month goes 
to the one with the highest score who has in his log a station starting 
with A,K,N, and W.

The winner will win a set of CD's features K7QO, Chuck Adams' code 
course designed to increase code speed.  Please see:
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel//sprint200708.html for further details.

REMEMBER: You HAVE to be a NAQCC member to be eligible to win the CDs; 
and there's still plenty of time to join before Tuesday  night's sprint. 
To join the NAQCC, please visit: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel//joinup.html

Entry Deadline:
All entries must be RECEIVED before 2400Z on August 21st 2007. So submit 
as soon as possible, especially regular mail entries.

For further information, please visit:  
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel//sprintrules.html

-- 
73 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!

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