Michigan QSO Party
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<Rules 2000/12.99>


Sponsored by the Mad River Radio Club

1) Object:
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For amateurs outside the state of Michigan to make contact with as many Michigan 
stations as possible in celebration of Michigan Week.  Michigan stations may contact 
anyone. 


2) Contest Period: 
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The third Saturday in April.  
The contest runs from 1200 EDST to 2400 EDST (16Z Saturday until 04Z Sunday).  
All stations may operate the full twelve hours. 
{03SUN04-1:1600:720}


3) Frequency Bands and Modes:  
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CW and SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters.  
Stations may be worked once per band and mode; i.e., 
K8CC may be worked on both 40 CW and 40 SSB for points credit. 


4) Entry Categories: 
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(a) Single Operator  Entries where one person performs all operating and logging 
functions.  Use of spotting nets (operator arrangements involving assistance through 
DX-alerting nets, PacketCluster or Internet) is not permitted.  Only one (1) 
transmitted signal on the air at any time. Single operator entries may operate mixed 
mode (phone and CW), CW only or phone only. 

(b) Multi Operator  Entries where multiple people perform all operating and logging 
functions.  Single operators who receive any form of assistance such as spotting nets 
are also classified as multi-operator.  Multi-operator entries may have multiple 
transmitted signals on the air at any one time, limited to one per frequency band. 
No simultaneous SSB/CW signals on one band at the same time. Multi operator entries 
operate mixed mode only. 

(c) Mobile  Entries which are self-contained (radio, antenna, and power source) 
and capable of motion while in operation.  Motion is optional.  Mobile entries may 
have multiple operators. Mobile entries operate mixed mode only.  Mobile stations that 
change geographic area (counties for Michigan stations, state or province for others) 
are considered to be a new station and may be contacted again for QSO point and 
multiplier credit.


5) Contest Exchange: 
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(a) Michigan stations send signal report, a sequential serial number beginning with 
001, and their Michigan county. 

(b) W/VE stations (including KH6/KL7) send signal report, a sequential serial number 
beginning with 001, and their state or province. 

(c) DX stations outside of W/VE send signal report, a sequential serial number 
beginning with 001, and DX.


6) Scoring: 
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(a) QSO Points  Each complete non-duplicate phone contact is worth one point.  
Each complete non-duplicate CW contact is worth two points.  Duplicate contacts must 
be clearly identified in the log and are worth zero points. 

(b) Multipliers  Multipliers are counted once per mode.  Working the same multiplier 
on both CW and SSB counts as two multipliers.
1. For Michigan stations, multipliers are 49 American states (excluding Michigan), 
   83 Michigan counties and 13 Canadian provinces (NF, LB, NB, NS, PEI, QC, ON, MB, 
   SK, AB, BC, NWT, YT).  DX stations may be worked for point credit only. 
2. For all other stations, multipliers are the 83 Michigan counties.

(c) Power Multiplier  If all QSOs were made using 5W output power or less, multiply 
your QSO points by five.  If all QSOs were made using 100W output power or less, 
multiply score QSO points by two.  If any or all QSOs were made using more than 
100W output power, multiply by one.  The power multiplier must reflect the maximum 
output power used during the contest; i.e., the smallest power multiplier must apply 
to all QSOs. 

(d) Final Score  Multiply QSO points by the power multiplier, then by the total 
multipliers.  Mobile and portable entries must submit separate logs (with QSO numbers 
starting from 001) for each geographic area (MI county, state or province) activated. 
A mobile entrants score will be the total points for all counties activated.


7) Suggested Frequencies:  
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CW  3.545, 7.045, 14.045, 21.045 and 28.045.  
Phone  3.850, 7.225, 14.250, 21.300 and 28.450.  
Fixed stations are urged to call CQ away from these frequencies to keep them clear for 
mobile stations.  
Look for 28 MHz activity during the even-numbered daylight hours, 
and 21 MHz activity during the odd-numbered daylight hours.  
Look for SSB activity on the hour and CW on the half hour. 


8) Miscellaneous: 
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(a) Callsigns and exchanged information must be received and confirmed by both stations 
for a complete QSO. 

(b) No cross-mode contacts  CW contacts must be made in the CW portions of the band. 

(c) A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not be subsequently used 
under any other callsign during the contest period, with the exception of family 
stations where more than one call is assigned.  Under these circumstances no individual 
shall make QSOs utilizing more than one callsign. 

(d) Portable stations are categorized the same as fixed stations.  
All contacts for a given portable entry must be made from a single county, 
state or province.  A portable station may change locations during the contest 
(subject to rule 8.e below) and operate from multiple counties, states or provinces, 
each of which is a separate entry. 

(e) No station may claim simultaneous operation in more than one county, state, or 
province.  A mobile or portable station must move a minimum of 500 feet before claiming 
to be in a new location.


9) Reporting: 
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(a) Entries must be postmarked no later than 30 days after the end of the contest.  
No late entries can be accepted.  Any logs (other than check logs) with over 100 QSOs 
are encouraged to submit their entry in computer-readable format. MQP is supported by 
both the NA and TRLog contest logging programs.  All entrants who submit paper logs with 
more than 100 contacts must also include callsign cross-check (dupe sheets). 

(b) Entries submitted in computer-readable format must include an ASCII summary sheet 
file (no word processor documents) and the log file which can be either in ARRL 
Suggested Standard File Format or in the native file formats for NA (.QDF) or TRLog 
(LOG.DAT). Such entries may be submitted via e-mail to MQP@contesting.com or on IBM 
compatible, MS-DOS formatted 3 inch diskette to the contest address in section 9.f. 

(c) Paper logs must indicate band, mode, date and time in UTC, received callsign and 
exchange.  Multipliers must be marked clearly in the log the first time they are worked. 
Entry forms (rules, summary sheet, log sheet and county abbreviations) are available for 
downloading in Word format from the MRRC web site listed in section 9.e, or by sending 
a business size SASE to the address in section 9.f. 

(d) Michigan entries that are members of a Michigan club should indicate so on their 
summary sheet so that their score may be credited to their club. 

(e) Logs that have been received will be listed on the MRRC web site at 
http://www.qsl.net/mrrc no more than 48 hours after receipt.  
Final results will be posted on the MRRC web site, and the 3830 Internet reflector.  
A hard copy of the final results can be obtained by sending a business size SASE to 
the address in section 9.f.  Please mark MQP Results on the outside of the envelope. 

(f) Paper logs or diskettes are to be sent to:  
Mad River Radio Club, c/o Dave Pruett, 2727 Harris Road, Ypsilanti, MI 48198.


10) Awards: 
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(a) A certificate will be awarded to the highest single operator-CW, single operator-SSB, 
single operator-mixed and multi-operator entries in each geographic area (MI county, 
state or province) with three or more entries in the category. 

(b) Certificates will be awarded to the ten highest scoring mobile stations within 
Michigan.  Certificates will also be awarded to all non-Michigan mobile stations making 
100 or more MQP QSOs. 

(c) Plaques will be awarded in the following categories:

1998 PLAQUE SPONSORS 
High Score  Michigan Single Operator - Lower Peninsula     Joe Falcone, N8TI 
High Score  Michigan Single Operator - Upper Peninsula     Husky ARC 
High Score  Michigan Multi-Operator                        Hazel Park ARC 
High Score  Michigan Mobile                                Jim Besancon, K8SIA 
High Score  Michigan Club                                  Eastern MI ARC 
High Score  Overall QRPp                                   Michigan QRP Club 
High Score  Out of State                                   Eastern MI Contest Club 
 
