Georgia QSO Party
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<Rules 1999/12.99>


Stand 1999
Sponsored by South East Contest Club and Southeastern DX Club

Object:
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For amateurs outside of the state of Georgia to make contact with as 
many Georgia stations as possible. Georgia stations work everyone.

 

Contest Period: 
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Last Saturday in July

There are two operating periods. 
1800Z Saturday - 0359Z Sunday and 
1400Z Sunday - 2359Z Sunday 
20 hours total. 
All stations may operate the full 20 hours.
{LASAT07:1800:1200}

 

Categories: 
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Single operator. 
One person performs all operating and logging functions. 
Use of spotting nets including PacketCluster is not permitted. 
Only one transmitted signal on the air at any time.

Multi-operator. 
Those obtaining any form of assistance, such as relief operators, 
loggers, or use of spotting nets. Multi-operator stations may be 
multi-single, multi-multi, multi-operator rover, or multi-operator 
novice/ technician.

Multi-single. 
Only one transmitted signal on the air at any time.

Multi-multi. 
More than one transmitted signal on the air at any time. 
No simultaneous signals on one band at the same time regardless of mode.

Rover. 
Rover is a mobile or portable station that operates from at least 
six counties in Georgia making at least one contact from each county. 
No county-line operations for either mobiles or rovers. 
Rovers and mobiles must move the entire operating site including 
antennas at least 100 yards when relocating to another county. 
May be single or multi-operator.

Novice/technician. 
Novice or technician licensees perform all operating and logging 
functions. May be single or multi-operator.

 

Power:
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Three power output categories for all categories. 
Logs not showing power output category will be listed as high power.

QRP: five watts output or less.
Low Power: 150 watts output or less.
High power: more than 150 watts output.

 

Modes:
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There are no separate categories for modes. 
All stations are encouraged to use both modes.

 

Contest Exchange: 
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Georgia stations send signal report and county.

Non-Georgia W/VE stations (including KH6/KL7) send signal report and 
state or VE multiplier area. 

DX stations (including KH2/KP4, etc.) send signal report and 
"DX" or country abbreviation.

 

Scoring:
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QSO Points. 
Each complete non-duplicate Phone contact is worth one point. 
Each complete non-duplicate CW contact is worth two points. 
No partial contact credit. 
Duplicate contacts must be clearly identified and counted as zero 
points (but not removed from the log)..


Multipliers.
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For Georgia stations: 
50 states (including GA), 
Canada: NS, NB, PEI, NF (VO1, VO2), QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NW 
(VE8, VY1,VY0). DX counts for QSO points, but not for multipliers. 
A multiplier can be counted once per mode. 
The maximum is 61 per mode or a total of 122.

For non-Georgia stations: 
Georgia counties per mode (a maximum of 159 per mode). 
Georgia mobile and portable stations which change counties are 
considered to be a new station and may be contacted again for point 
and multiplier credit. Mobiles and portables which qualify for the 
rover category are requested to submit separate scores for each county 
plus a combined rover score, which would be determined by the number 
of QSO points made from each location totaled and multiplied by the 
multipliers determined as if the contacts had been made all from one 
location (maximum of 61 per mode).


Final score: 
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Multiply QSO points by total multipliers.

 

Suggested Frequencies:
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CW: 3.545, 3.685, 7.045, 7.110, 14.045, 21.045, 21.110, 28.045, 28.110.

Phone: 3.850, 7.225, 14.250, 21.300, 28.450.

Look for SSB activity on the hour and CW on the half hour. 
No 160 meter, WARC band, or VHF band QSOs count for the contest.

 

Miscellaneous:
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Call signs and exchange information must be received by each station 
for a complete QSO. 

No cross-mode contacts. CW contacts may not be made in the phone 
sub- bands.

Stations may be worked once per mode, per band.

A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not subsequently 
be used under any other call during the contest period (with the 
exception of family stations where more than one call is assigned 
and the operator is changed when the call is changed).

 

Reporting:
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Entries must be postmarked no later than August 31. 
Any logs other than check logs with over 100 QSOs are encouraged to 
submit their logs in computer readable (ASCII) format. 
Any entrants who submit paper logs with more than 100 contacts must 
also include dupe sheets.

E-mail. 
You may submit your contest logs via e-mail k4ea@contesting.com. 
Send your summary sheet file and your log following the ARRL 
Suggested Standard File Format.

On disk. 
You may submit your logs on diskettes, IBM compatible, 
MS-DOS formatted, 3.5 inch. The log and summary sheet information 
must be in ASCII files.

Mail. 
Contest logs (paper or diskette) may be submitted via postal mail to:

Mr. Neal B. Sulmeyer, K4EA
530 Old Doss Dr.
Canton, GA 30114-8057

Logs must indicate band, mode, date, time (UTC), calls, sent and 
received exchanges, multipliers and QSO points. Multipliers should 
be marked clearly the first time worked. Single operator entrants 
should indicate on the summary sheet if they used two radios and this 
will be noted in results.

Entry forms and a list of county abbreviations will be available at 
the SECC web site: http://www.contesting.com/secc/

Entry forms may be requested by mail. Please send a business sized 
SASE to:

John Laney, K4BAI
PO Box 421
Columbus, GA 31902-0421.

Received logs will be listed on the SECC web site as soon as possible 
after receipt.

Final results will be posted on the SECC web site and on the "3830" 
internet reflector. For a copy of the results, please send a business 
size SASE to K4EA at his address shown above.

Certificates will be awarded to top scorers in each category from each 
Georgia county, state, Canadian multiplier area, and DXCC country. 
Second place certificates may be awarded where the number of entrants 
justifies it in the opinion of the contest committee. Endorsements or 
separate certificates will also be awarded for the high Georgia scorer 
in each category, high non-Georgia scorer in each category, high scorer 
outside North America in each category, the Georgia station who contacts 
the most Georgia counties regardless of mode, the Georgia station in 
each category who makes the most QSOs, the non-Georgia station who 
makes the most QSOs and the non-Georgia station who has the highest 
multiplier total (most Georgia counties worked on two modes combined).

 

Conditions of Entry:
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Each entrant agrees to be bound by the provisions and the intent of 
this announcement, the regulations of the licensing authority, and 
the decisions of the contest committee.

 

Plaques: 
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Sponsored plaques include: High Ga and out-of-state at all three 
power levels; high Ga. CW only score; high rover; high cw low-power 
rover; highest out-of-state total multipliers (most Ga. counties on 
both modes combined); high DX (outside North America).

