Sponsored by The Eastern PA QRP Club
Date = Saturday, June 2, 2001
Time = 1800 to 2359 UTC
MODE = CW only

Exchange = Call, RST, Name, State, and TAC (Telephone Area Code) or DX Area Code.

Pennsylvania stations will send an "X" after their Area Code, example 610x.

Categories = QRP - 1 watt to 5 watts of output.
QRPp - Less than 1 watt output.
Tactical - portable or temporary station using temporary antennas.
Homebrew - you built a kit or from scratch.
Newbie - this is the first contest you have ever entered.
You may enter up to 4 possible combination of categories.

If you enter into the QRPp category, you will be competing for the QRPp plaque.

QSO Points = 5 points for every QSO.
10 points for each QSO with a Pennsylvania station.
500 points with each contact with N3EPA.

The same station may be worked on different bands for additional QSO points and multipliers.

Frequencies = HF bands 10, 15, 20, 40 & 80
No WARC bands. Suggest that you stay *around* the standard QRP frequencies.

MULTIPLIER = TAC and DX TAC.

500 pts. X number of QSO's with N3EPA

SCORE = Total score = (QSO points X TACs) + N3EPA QSO'S + 1000 points for every category that you entered.

POWER = 5 watts or less output.
AWARDS = Plaques for each winner in each category and Awards for 2nd and 3rd place.

Submit your log showing:
Band, Time UTC, Station, RST Sent & Received, Name, State or Country name and Telephone Area Codes.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS 8 JULY 2001.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED BEFORE 31 JULY 2001.

72 & 73
Good DXing

Ron Polityka
n3epa@fast.net

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http://www.n3epa.org

Eastern Pennsylvania QRP Club Call
N3EPA E-mail address: n3epa@fast.net


Link:  Eastern PA QRP Club