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2009 QRPTTF Contest Rules
Other contests on April 25:
SP (Poland) DXRTTY contest
Helvetia contest
Florida and Nebraska QSO Parties
QRP TO THE FIELD 2009 – The Great Depression (WPA/CCC)
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009
Time: 1500Z April 25 thru 0300Z April 26
Right Coast Time: 1100 – 2300 EDT (UTC –4 hrs)
Mid-west Time: 1000 – 2200 CDT (UTC –5 hrs)
Mountain Time: 0900 – 2100 MDT (UTC –6 hrs)
Left Coast Time: 0800 – 2000 PDT (UTC –7 hrs)
Theme: Operate “in the fieldö from a WPA project or CCC Camp. Details
below.
Bands: 15M 21.060 (if/when open) 10M 28.060 (Wishful thinking)
(Calling 20M 14.060
Freq.) 40L 7.030 – 7.040
40H 7.100 – 7.110
80M 3.560
Note: 40L and 40H are considered two different bands for
QRPTTF.
Bands not listed, like 160M, 1296 MHz moon-bounce,
permissible
Mode: CW only
Power: QRP (5 watts or less)
Exchange: RST + Class + SPC
Class: W = WPA station
C = CCC Station
F = Field Station
H = Home Station
SPC = State/Province/Country abbreviation
Examples: 579 C NM, 579 F PA (of course, that would be Ron
Polityka)
Categories: Single Op, Multi-Op, Club (includes multi-station)
Scoring: QSO pts: 1 point for each QSO per band
SPCs pts: count once per band
Multiplier: 1 = Home station
2 = Field Station
3 = WPA/CCC Station
Scoring: QSO points times SPCs per band times multiplier = total score
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QRP TO THE FIELD 2009 – WPA/CCC – SUMMARY SHEET
Saturday, April 25, 2009
You can edit this document with the information and submit, print out, or make
your own form
Call
used: _____________ Operator(s): _________________________________________
Category: __ Single Op __ Multi-Op __ Club or Multi-station
Class: __ Home __ Field __ WPA __ CCC
Station Location:
WPA or CCC entity:
Your Exchange:
SCORING
1) 15M ____ QSOs times ____ SPCs = _____ points
2) 20M ____ QSOs times ____ SPCs = _____ points
3) 40L ____ QSOs times ____ SPCs = _____ points
4) 40H ____ QSOs times ____ SPCs = _____ points
5) 80M ____ QSOs times ____ SPCs = _____ points
6) Other ____ QSOs times ____ SPCs = _____ points
7) TOTAL (add lines 1 through 6) _____ points
8) Times multiplier x _____ (1, 2, or 3)
Multipliers: 1=home station; 2=Field Station, 3=WPA or CCC Station
9) (Line 7 times line 8) FINAL SCORE _____ points
Submission: Email to na5n@zianet.com with QRPTTF in the subject line
Send logs and summary sheet in ascii, text, or word processor files
(Please, no html or some weird binary file)
or snail mail to: Paul Harden, NA5N
P. O. Box 757
Socorro, NM 87801
Photos of your shack or QRPTTF station can be attached and will be placed on
the results website.
I swear (or affirm) that this is my story and I'm stickin' to it.
________________________
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DISCUSSION: QRP To The Field (QRPTTF) is a contest intended to promote fun and
operation “in the field.ö If at all possible, pack up your gear and set up
somewhere without a roof over your head and get on the air. Grab a friend or
two and make an outing or camping trip out of it. Bring your dog.
THEME: This year's theme is to operate from or near a 1930s “New Dealö WPA
project, CCC Camp, or CCC project. I recommend you do an internet search for
“WPAö or “CCCö along with the name of your state or county. There are gobs of
WPA/CCC websites or local historical societies listing WPA/CCC sites and
buildings. All state parks are WPA projects. The WPA built court houses, post
offices, schools, college dorms, city parks, bridges, dams, etc. Many CCC
camps still exists as other things, along with building county roads,
irrigation canals, diversion ditches, water wells/windmills, forest fire
lookout towers, stock corrals, and marinas, to planting grasslands and forests.
If your local neighborhood park has some funky 1930s art-deco looking statue
or something, it's probably a WPA art project. Never mind miles of city
sidewalks marked “WPAö or “FERAö (Federal Emergency Relief Act, precursor to
WPA). If all else fails, ask a local around 80 years of age or older – he'll
know. The list really is almost endless. Virtually every town in America has
something built by the WPA or CCC.
As always, safety first. Many WPA buildings (court houses, post offices,
schools) are still in use as public buildings. Other WPA schools and buildings
are now privately owned (or abandoned). Seek permission to use or advise
authorities if needed to keep Homeland Security from thinking you're a sleeper
cell. (Ooops, this email just got nailed by an NSA computer). You do not need
to be exactly on the WPA building or project; use common sense. Operate near
the location as best you can (within line of sight) and sufficient to stay out
of trouble!
THE LOUSY BANDS: Between our anemic sun, lousy propagation, crummy bands,
RTTY, other contests, etc., it sometimes gets rough for us QRPers to break
through the mess. Especially later in the afternoon or early evening when
we're left with only 40M. Us QRPers need a break!!! On recent contests on
40M, 7.030/7.040 seems to be trashed, while I've always noticed the 7.100-7.120
portion of the CW band is quiet as a mouse with maybe 1-2 QSOs. Therefore, for
this year's QRPTTF, I am declaring the HIGH end of 40M CW (approximately 7.100
– 7.110 MHz) as a separate band. Stations and the SPCs worked above 7.100
(40H) count as a separate band from the normal confused 7.030/7.040 (40L) band.
Hopefully this will allow us to work more stations and serve as an experiment
for future QRP activities.
OTHER CONTESTS: Work and help out those CW stations participating in the
Nebraska and Florida QSO parties. Nebraska operates around 35 KHz above the
band edges; Florida just below the QRP calling frequencies. Their exchanges are
RST+SPC (almost like ours). Give them a contact and put another station in
your log as well.
CQ: The recommended CQ for this contest is “CQ TTFö since other contests are
ongoing.
A FIRST TIMER? SLOW AT CW? If you've never worked a contest before, or find
the 35 word per minute exchanges of other contests intimidating, try QRPTTF.
It's pretty low-key and built for fun. If you hear a station calling “QRP
TTF,ö give a call. Don't be afraid to say “PSE QRSö (please slow down) if he's
too fast for you. If you miss an element of the exchange, don't be afraid to
ask for a repeat (“SPC?ö or “QTH?ö). We all fail to get the exchange at times.
Often, by listening to a QRPTTF station working another, you can learn the
exchange before you call. These are all tricks to help you with your code
speed and get on the air. Remember, we want to work you as much as you want to
work us!
Good luck and have fun, regardless of where you choose to operate from.
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