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Alabama QSO Party
2009 Rules
(v. 02/02/09)
Sponsored by the Alabama Contest Group
1. Object: For Alabama amateurs to make contact with amateur stations
throughout the world. Stations outside of Alabama make contact with Alabama
amateurs in as many Alabama counties as possible.
2. Contest Period: 1600 UTC (11:00AM CDST), Jun 6th, 2009 to 0400 UTC
(11:00PM CDST), Jun 7th, 2009. All stations may operate the full 12 hours
contest period. NOTE: See the time zone conversion chart at
http://www.101science.com/UTCzulu.html for UTC to your time zone.
3. Categories:
(A) Single Operator: One person performs all operating and logging
functions. Only allowed one transmitted signal on the air at a time.
(B) Multi operators: (NOTE: Only permitted for Alabama stations.)
(1) Multi-Single: Only one signal on the air at a time.
(2) Multi-multi: No more than one transmitted signal per band at
any time.
(C) Mobile: Mobile is defined as a station that is self-contained
(radio, antenna, power source capable of motion).
(1) Single Operator. One person performs all the operating,
logging and driving.
(2) Single Operator with Driver. One person performs all the
operating and logging, but will have a separate non-operating
driver. The driver may not assist the operator in any way
with the contest.
(3) Multi Operator. More than one that share driving and
operating duties.
(D) Rover: A portable station that operates from at least two
different counties. This is NOT a mobile. This is like a Field Day setup.
(1)Making at least one contact from each county.
(2)Rovers must move the entire operating site at least 200
yards into a new county. County Line sitting is not
permitted.
(3)Rover stations may be Single Op, Multi Op or Multi Multi
categories.
(4)Rover may not use a pre-existing fixed station (antennas or
radio station) setup.
(E) Club Competition:
(1) Alabama Clubs: This can be any established group that comes
together at the club’s station for the express purpose of
operating in the Alabama QSO Party. There is no limit on the
number of operators/participants. Categories will be
consistent with Multi-Single or Multi-Multi entries.
Note: Those clubs that don’t have a club station may
designate prior to the contest (via email to the
contest manager) a specific member’s station where
their members may participate as a Multi-Single or
Multi-Multi entry categories.
(2) Out of State Clubs: This is for regular clubs, DX clubs, or
contest clubs participants that indicated their club in the
log. NO Multi-Single or Multi-Multi operations. Individual
scores will be accumulated for each club. So for example: if
we received 3 entries for individuals from the Florida
Contest Group then their score will be accumulated as a club
score that will compete with other out of state clubs
throughout the country. The log must reflect the club.
(F) School Competition: This can be all schools and
colleges/universities. All rules contained here apply, with the
exception that at least 50% of the operators have to be students and
50% of the contact have to be made by the students. Alumni do not
count as students, but may operate.
4. Power: Three power output categories. Logs not showing power category
will be listed as high power.
(A) QRP - 5 watts output or less.
(B) Low Power (LP) - 150 watts or less
(C) High Power (HP) - more than 150 watts output.
5. Modes:
(A) Mixed mode (Phone and CW)
(B) Phone only
(C) CW only
6. Contest Exchange:
(A) Alabama stations send signal report and county abbreviations.
Abbreviations may have changed, please check the website for the correct
ones.
(B) W/VE stations (including KH6/KL7) send signal report and state or
VE province.
(C) DX stations (including KH2/KP4, etc) send signal report and DX (as
the location).
7. Scoring:
(A) QSO points: CW QSOs count 2 points and phone QSOs count 1 point.
(B) Multipliers: Alabama Stations:
1. Maximum of 50 states (includes Alabama).
Note: District of Columbia counts as Maryland (MDC)
2. Eight Canadian provinces/territories:
a. MARITIME, MAR(Includes: VE1-NB, VE9-NS, VY2-PEI, VO1-
NF, VO2-LAB).
b. QUEBEC, QC (VE2)
c. ONTARIO, ON (VE3)
d. MANITOBA, MB (VE4)
e. SASKATCHEWAN, SK (VE5)
f. ALBERTIA, AB (VE6)
g. BRITISH COLUMBIA, BC (VE7)
h. NORTHERN TERRITORY, NT (Includes: VE8-NWT, VY0-NU,
and VY1-YUK)
3. Total possible multipliers are 58 per CW or PH mode or 116
for mixed mode.
4. Multipliers will be counted once per mode.
5. Stations can be worked on multiple bands for QSO credit.
Alabama Station Scoring Example: For a low power station that works 25 CW
contacts with 10 multipliers and 25 phone contacts with 10 multipliers:
25 (CW qsos) times 2 = 50 and 25 (PH qsos) times 1 = 25 (PH points) added
together is 75 qsos points times 20 (mults 10 CW + 10 PH = 20 mults) = a
total score of 1500 Points
(D) Multipliers: All other stations:
1. Maximum of 67 Alabama counties (please see the list of
counties with abbreviations—as they have changed from
previous years/contests).
2. Alabama Mobiles that change counties are considered to be a
new station and may be contacted again for QSO points
and/or multiplier credit.
3. Multiplier will be counted once per mode. Stations can be
worked on multiple bands for QSO credit.
4. Total possible multipliers are 67 per CW or PH mode 134 for
mixed mode.
Non-Alabama Station Scoring Example: For a QRP station that worked 25 CW
contacts with 10 multipliers and 25 phone contacts with 10 multipliers
25 (CW qsos) times 2 points = 50 (CW points) + 25 (PH qsos) times 1 point =
25 (PH points) for a total of 75 qsos points times 10 CW mults + 10 PH mults
= 20 total mults for a total of 1500 points (75 qsos point times 20 mults)
8. Suggested Frequencies:
(A) Operate consistent with ARRL band plans and your license privileges
for 10m to 160m.
(B) PH operation centered around 1.865, 3.855, 7.230, 14.250, 21.300,
28.450
(C) CW Operation centered around 1.810, 3.545, 7.045, 14.045, 21.045,
28.045
(D) Please avoid the 160m DX Window from 1.830 to 1.835 and the Alabama
Traffic Net at 3.965 at 6:30PM CDST. Please be considerate of
other official nets that may be operating at the same time.
Thanks!
(E) No WARC bands.
9. Miscellaneous:
(A) CW contacts in CW portion only. Phone contacts in phone band only.
No cross-mode contacts.
(B) Packet Cluster (DXCluster) use is permitted for all categories.
(C) Call signs and exchange information (county, state/province or DX)
must be received by each station and recorded in the log to have a
complete QSO.
(D) DX stations should send (or give) their exchange as i.e., on CW:
“599 DXö and on PH: “59 DXö. DX is the correct entry for recording
contacts with DX stations.
(E) Call sign must indicate your DXCC country.
(F) Out of state stations working from multiple states must submit
separate logs for each state. This would be applicable to those
out of state mobiles that are participating. Each state score
stands alone and is not consolidated with other state operations.
(G) Alabama stations working other Alabama stations must log the
appropriate county information even though multiplier credit is
given only for the state of Alabama. Alabama stations should NOT
log AL as the exchange.
(H) Alabama stations should call CQ AQP and stations outside Alabama
should call CQ AL.
(I) Alabama Mobiles should sign their callsign/mobile in Phone and
callsign/m for CW. Alabama Mobiles use only one call sign.
SUGGESTION: I have found that the following will work pretty good
if in CW (would work the same on PH) you will send “CQ AQP KC4HW/M
GENEö. It lets everyone know that I am mobile and that I am in
Geneva County. I used this convention during the GQP, FQP and AQP
this year and had no problem with stations understanding that I was
mobile, what county I was in and it is one call for the entire
contest.
(J) Mailing address for all information and submission is:
Jim Johnson/KC4HW
6274 South CR 49
Slocomb, AL 36375
10. Reporting/Log Submission:
(A) Logs should be submitted no later than 30 days after the end of the
contest. All entrants are encouraged to submit their logs
electronically as an attachment to email.
(B) The log file format is Cabrillo.
(C) Email logs to: logs@alabamaqsoparty.org
(D) Submit paper logs to KC4HW.
(E) Prefer electronic logs, however, handwritten paper logs will be
accepted. Please go to http:/www.alabamaqsoparty.org web site for a
printable paper log.
(F) All logs must indicate category (including power used), band, mode,
date, time (UTC), calls sent and received and contest exchange information
(to include Alabama County, US States, VE Provinces, DXCC countries. Mobiles
must indicate in which County they were operating during contact/exchange.
11. Results: Results will be posted to the Alabama QSO Party web site.
12. A Word about Corrections: I try to make the results, scoring and web
pages error free, but sometimes in an effort to get the information
published, these little errors, typos, etc just creep into different
documents. Please let me know if you see anything in the results, scoring or
web pages that needs attention and I will get corrections made as soon as
possible.
13. Awards: Please see the website for information pertaining to plaques and
certificates.
1. Must log a minimum of 100 valid AQP QSOs to be eligible for a plaque.
2. Only eligible to win one plaque.
3. Must log a minimum of 25 valid AQP QSOs to be eligible for a
certificate.
4. Special certificates can be awarded at the discretion of the contest
manager.
Individuals and/or clubs/groups that are interested in sponsoring plaques and
certificates, please contact me via email at kc4hw@alabamaqsoparty.org.
14.The following software vendors are supporting the Alabama QSO Party:
Genlog, LOGic, N1MM Logger, SD by EI5DI, Writelog and Win-EQF. Visit our
website for more information and the latest information on logging support.
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