ARCI QRP Holiday Spirits Home-brew CW Sprint
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<Rules 1999/12.99>


Sponsored by the QRP ARC International, this one is a real shorty
on CW only. The goal is to encourage QRP operation with homemade
equipment.


Categories:
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- all home-brew equipment, single band
- all home-brew equipment, all band
- mixed home-brew/commercial equipment, single band
- mixed home-brew/commercial equipment, all band
- commercial equipment, single band
- commercial equipment, all band

Date:
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second full weekend in December, 20.00z to 24.00z Sunday
{02SAT12+1:2000:240}


Frequencies:
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1830, 3560, 3710, 7040, 7110, 14060, 21060, 28060, 28110, 50060 kHz.



Mode:
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CW


Exchange:
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Signal report and QTH (state, province, country) and QRP ARCI
number, if appropriate, or power output if non-member.


Scoring:
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Credit 5 points for QSOs with any ARCI member, 2 points for
non-members (4 points outside your own continent). Bonus points
should be applied to your score for using homebrew equipment.
Credit 2000 points for a homebrew transmitter, 3000 points for
a receiver, and 5000 points for a homemade tranceiver. Final
score is the total QSO points times the sum of all states,
provinces, and countries worked times the output power
multiplier (>5W=1, <5W=7, <1W=10, <250mW=15), plus bonus points.


Final Score:
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multiply QSO points by states/provinces/countries worked per band by power
multiplier (0-1 W output x 10; 1-5 W output x 7. More than 5 W output counts
as checklog. If 100% natural power, multiply final score by 2; if 100% 
battery, by 1.5


Logs:
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send summary sheet, and logs. Include description of home-brew equipment and
antennas used and indicate which equipment was used on which bands


Deadline:
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send logs not later than 30 days after the contest. Post seal being decisive


Address:
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QRP ARCI Contest Manager
Cam Hartford,  N6GA
1959 Bridgeport Ave.
Claremont
Ca  91711
USA
