Midwinter
QSO-party
rules
Midwinter
QSO-party
rules
The Veron
Traffic Bureau
organizes this HF-QSO party every year on the second Sunday in January, which is
January 8 in 2012. The contest time
is as following:
Sunday
8
January 2012 10.00-14.00
UTC
Bands:
80, 40, 20, 15, and 10-meterband (no crossband).
SSB
activity-frequencies: 3.788, 7.088, 14.188 & 14.288, 21.288, 28.488 MHz
CW
activity-frequencies: 3.550, 7.028, 14.040, 21.040, 28.040 MHz
Look for
other contest stations around the given activity
frequencies instead of scanning the entire band for YL's.
Categories:
Only single stations and single operator stations can participate in this
contest. There are 6 categories in which you can participate:
§
YL SSB
§
YL CW
§
OM SSB
§
OM CW
§
ALL MIXED
§
SWL
Procedure:
In SSB call
'CQ midwinter QSO Party'. In CW pse use 'CQ OMS' or 'CQ YLS',
to avoid any mix-ups with OM and YL countries.
Exchange:
Call, RS(T)
and sequence number. OM's start with 001
and YL's start with 2001.
Points:
Every QSO
with a YL=5 points
Every QSO
with an OM=3 points
Qso with
PI4YLC counts for 15 points and as multiplier,
the club station will be active in CW from 10.00
UTC
to 12
UTC
and in SSB from 12.00
UTC
to 14.00
UTC.
A station can
be worked once per band and per
mode.
Multiplier:
The total
number of worked YL stations in the
contest count as multiplier, that is the total number of YL’s worked/heard per
band and per mode. PI4YLC also counts for 1 multiplier on each
band/mode.
Total score:
total number of QSO-points * total number of multipliers.
SWL's:
Every heard
YL counts for 5 points, OM’s count for 3 points. PI4YLC counts
for 15 points and for multiplier, and may be logged once per band and per mode.
The log should also contain the qso partner. Your log may contain qso’s with the
same conteststation for a maximum of 5 times.
Log:
For CW and
SSB separate logs or count together to compete in the Mixed category!
The log
should also contain : time, band, date and
YL
or
OM,
high power/low power/QRP.
Logs that are
not filled in right, unclear or unreadable can be ignored by the manager and if
so, do not compete as contestlog.
In every
category, places 1,2 and 3 will be rewarded with an electronic certificate. If
there are less then 10 participants in the category only number 1 will receive a
certificate!
Logs should
be send before 15 February 2012
(date postmark), preferably by Email or to the following address:
Good luck, 73 de Chantal-PA5YL
PA5YL - Contestmanager Midwinter QSO-party
Keulenheide 1
6373 AP Landgraaf
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