After operating anywhere from 10 minutes to the full duration of 4 hours of the contest,
settle back and send a report of your scores and your soapbox to
http://www.qrparci.org/form1.htm.

Read the soapboxes at http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/soapbox.htm.

Each day for two weeks I'll update the high claimed scores on
http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/highclm.htm by 9 PM PST. Check in to see how your effort
compares to others.

QUICK SUMMARY:

When: Sunday December 5, 1999
Time: 2000Z - 2400Z
Exchange: S/P/C Member # or Power if not member of ARCI
Fq: Usual QRP calling fqs
Bonus points for using homebrew rig

DETAILED RULES:

Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint, Sponsored by QRP ARCI

Date/Time: Dec. 5, 2000-2400Z. CW only, 6M thru 160M.

Exchange: RST, SPC (State/Province/Country), and ARCI number.
Non-members send power out.

Categories: All-Band, Single Band, High Bands, Low Bands,
DX, Portable.

Suggested Frequencies: Near QRP calling freqs.

QSO Points:

Member = 5pts,
Non-Member Diff. Continent = 4 pts,
Non-Member Same Continent = 2 pts.

Multipliers:

- SPC Totals (for each band, count each SPC once per band).
- Power: 5W = X1.

HB Bonus Points:

- +2000 pts for HB transmitter,
+3000 pts for HB receiver
+5000 pts for HB transceiver.

- Bonus points for using HB gear apply to each band on
which you make a QSO with HB gear.

Example: Sierra makes QSOs on 4 bands = 20,000 bonus pts.

Homebrew Definition: If you built it, it's HB.

Score:

( QSO pts X SPC total (all bands) X Power multi ) + Bonus pts.

Log Submission:

Entries are due within 30 days after the contest. Include a
summary of your results, rigs used, callsign, ARCI member number
(if applicable), station location and description, power used on
each band. The highest output power used will determine the power
multiplier. Output power is considered half input power.

Entries via email are welcome in ASCII-text format to
. Mail paper logs to Randy Foltz K7TQ,
ATTN: HB Sprint, 809 Leith St, Moscow, ID 83843.

Randy
K7TQ