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CONTEST: Holiday Milliwatt CW contest - 2004.

DATES AND TIMES: Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, 1800Z to 0200Z; Monday Dec.
27, 1800Z to 0200Z; and, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1800Z to 0200Z.

Contestants may submit a log for only 2 days of the 3 day contest.

FREQUENCIES: 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M, 10M, near standard QRP calling
frequencies.

EXCHANGE: Exchange RST, SPC, First Name, PWR. (Club)
Suggest using W as decimal point when reporting power. I.e., 1W5 =
1.5W, W5 = 500mW, W25 = 250mW, W02 = 20mW.

SCORING: QSO points are awarded to contestants according to their power
output. Power may be changed from QSO to QSO and must be noted in the log.

1001mW and over 1 Point
501mW to 1000mW 2 Points
251mW to 500mW 4 Points
101mW to 250mW 8 Points
51mW to 100mW 16 Points
26mW to 50mW 32 Points
11mW to 25mW 64 Points
1mW to 10mW 128 Points
<1mW 500 Points

NOTE: No schedules or prearranged contacts between stations are permitted.

BONUS MULTIPLIER: Number of identical first letters of first names worked.
I.e., worked Jim, John, Jennie, Joe, Jack, = 5 multiplier.
Note: one name only counts once - if you work 10 Jacks, that's still
just one multiplier. Only one bonus letter counts.

CLUB BONUS: Anyone who works a club station (Clubs add "Club" to the
exchange) which is running the specified power levels listed below
collects bonus points as follows:
(Clubs will not raise or lower power to accommodate a single QSO.)

900mW 1,000 points
500mW 2,000 points
250mW 3,000 points
100mW 4,000 points
50mW 5,000 points

Calculate score for each days activity:

(QSO Points) X (Total SPC Multipliers all bands) X (Bonus Multiplier) +
(Club Bonus total) = Daily Score.
Add the two best daily scores to find Total Score.

PRIZES: The top five scores will receive Certificates from the Knightlites
QRP association. Top score will receive a Norcal Noreaster mini shortwave
receiver kit (a ghost of Christmas past).

LOGS: Submit logs before Feb 1st, 2005. Winners will be announced on
QRP-L and KLQRP. Send email entries to: n7ri at earthlink.net. Paper logs:

Ralph Irons, N7RI
1119 Avon St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902

This is a fun and challenging event. Give the QRPp a try!

Link:  Knightlites QRP Club