From holden7471 at msn.com Sun Mar 2 11:25:21 2025 From: holden7471 at msn.com (howard holden) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 16:25:21 +0000 Subject: [Swan] Winter/Spring Classic Exchange 2025 phone Message-ID: Classic Exchange phone The Winter/Spring 2025 Classic Exchange Phone is set for Sunday Mar 9 1300Z to Mar 10 0700Z and Tuesday Mar 11 1300Z to Mar 12 0700Z. The CX is a no-pressure contest celebrating the older commercial and Home Brew equipment that was the pride and joy of ham shacks many decades ago. The object is to encourage restoration, operation and enjoyment of this older Classic equipment. You need not operate a Classic rig to participate in the CX. You may use any rig in the contest although new gear is a distinct scoring disadvantage as your multipliers are directly related to the age of the equipment you use! However, you can still work the "great ones" with modern equipment. There are two (2) entry categories per mode: ?Three or fewer receiver-transmitter pairs ?Four or more receiver-transmitter pairs. There will be CX recognition for high scores in Phone and CW as well as overall. Classic Exchange Spotting Page: http://qsopartyhub.com/classic-exchange-spots.php Suggested CX Frequencies Khz (+/- QRM) 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M 6M 2M AM 1890 3860 7270 14280 21400 29000 50400 144300 SSB 1920 3840 7250 14260 21380 28600 50125 144200 DO NOT OPERATE SSB IN THE AM WINDOW (3.880 to 3.890 Mc). Full details at: http://classicexchange.org/announcments/CX_Rules.pdf Questions? Contact Mark K3MSB e-mail: myscupper at gmail.com Or contact me! 73, Howie WB2AWQ/7 WB2AWQ at ARRL.net From holden7471 at msn.com Mon Mar 24 23:13:35 2025 From: holden7471 at msn.com (howard holden) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:13:35 +0000 Subject: [Swan] Classic Exchange Winter-Spring CW 2025 Message-ID: Classic Exchange CW The Winter/Spring 2025 Classic Exchange CW is set for Sunday Mar 30 1300Z to Mar 31 0700Z and Tuesday Apr 1 1300Z to Apr 2 0700Z. The CX is a no-pressure contest celebrating the older commercial and Home Brew equipment that was the pride and joy of ham shacks many decades ago. The object is to encourage restoration, operation and enjoyment of this older Classic equipment. You need not operate a Classic rig to participate in the CX. You may use any rig in the contest although new gear is a distinct scoring disadvantage as your multipliers are directly related to the age of the equipment you use! However, you can still work the "great ones" with modern equipment. There are two (2) entry categories per mode: ?Three or fewer receiver-transmitter pairs ?Four or more receiver-transmitter pairs. There will be CX recognition for high scores in Phone and CW as well as overall. Classic Exchange Spotting Page: http://qsopartyhub.com/classic-exchange-spots.php Suggested CX Frequencies Khz (+/- QRM) CW 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M 6M 2M 1.810 3.545 7.045 14.045 21.045 28.045 50.095 144.100 And 7.100-7.125 New: 7.100 to 7.125 Mc to avoid contest congestion! Listen up and down 5 to 10 Kc for crystal controlled stations Bonus Points: Homebrew radios! The age is when the design was published. If a non-published design, then the actual age built. 500 points per radio; max bonus points is 1500. Transceivers score as separate receivers and transmitters of equal age; in other words, age times 2. To qualify to be counted in the CX Multiplier, each piece of equipment must be used in a minimum of 3 complete QSOs for the claimed mode. Full details at: http://classicexchange.org/announcments/CX_Rules.pdf Questions? info at classicexchange.org Or contact me! 73, Howie WB2AWQ/7 WB2AWQ at ARRL.net