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Rules for the Flight of the Bumblebees
This is a four hour event during the last Sunday of July, running from 10:00
PDT/11:00 MDT/12:00 CDT/1:00 EDT to 2:00 PDT/3:00 MDT/4:00 CDT/5:00 EDT. Thus,
the hours of operation accommodate all four time zones. No matter where you
live, there is time to for the Bumblebees to travel to their sites, set up
their stations, operate the contest, and travel back to their cars.
Both home-based and portable operations are encouraged. Participants who want
to operate in the Bumblebee category apply to Adventure Radio Society for
Bumblebee status. ARS assigns each Bumblebee a Bee number. Bumblebees agree to
walk, bike or boat to their sites. The distance traveled to the site is at the
Bumblebee's discretion. Bumblebees add "/BB" to their calls.
There is no limit on the number of Bumblebees. You may apply for, and receive,
a Bee number at any time, up to two days before the contest.
Group operation is welcome in the Flight of the Bumblebees. You may operate
under a single call and report a single score, or under multiple calls and
report multiple scores. In any event, you are limited to operating a single
transmitter at a time.
Maximum power is five watts. We operate CW on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters, on the
standard QRP frequencies. Each contact will receive one point. The same station
can be worked on different bands for additional QSO points and multipliers.
If you are a Bumblebee, your exchange is RST, state/province/country, and your
Bumblebee number. If you are homebased, your exchange is RST,
state/province/country, and your power.
Contacts with Bumblebees generate a 3X multiplier. So your score equals QSO
points times (number of Bumblebees times three). Here is an example. If you
make 20 contacts on 40 meters and 30 contacts on 20 meters, and make a total of
25 Bumblebee contacts on both bands, your score is (50) X (25 X 3), or 3750.
Separate but equal commendations are awarded to the high scores for the
homebased and Bumblebee participants. We will also commend Bumblebees in the
following categories:
Most interesting equipment,
Most outrageous venture, and
Most beautiful site.
Logs are due by 7/31/2009; please use the semi-automatic form (which will
appear here before the contest starts!)
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