North American QSO Party
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<Rules 1999/12.99>
 

1. Eligibility 
Any licensed radio amateur may enter. 


2. Object 
To work as many North American stations (and/or other stations if you 
are in North America) as possible during the contest period. 


3. Entry Classification 
1) Single Operator and 
2) Multi-Operator Two-Transmitter. 
Multi Operator stations shall keep a separate log for each transmitter. 
Multi Operator stations must have at least 10 minutes between band changes. 
Use of helpers or spotting nets by Single Operator entries is not permitted. 
Single Operator entrants may only have one transmitted signal at a time. 
Output power must be limited to 150 watts for eligible entries. 
 

4. Contest Periods 
January Contests:
CW: 1800 UTC January 9 to 0600 UTC January 10, 1999
{02SAT01:1800:720}
SSB: 1800 UTC January 16 to 0600 UTC January 17, 1999 
{03SAT01:1800:720}

August Contests: 
CW: 1800 UTC August 7 to 0600 UTC August 8, 1999
{01SUN08:1800:720}
SSB: 1800 UTC August 21 to 0600 UTC August 22, 1999 
{03SUN08:1800:720}

Multi Operator stations may operate for the entire 12 hour period. Single Operator stations may operate 10 out of 12 hours. Off times must be at least 30 minutes in length and must be clearly marked in the log. 

 
5. Mode 
CW only in CW parties. Phone only in Phone parties. 


6. Bands 
160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters only. 
You may work a station once per band. 
Suggested frequencies are 1815, 3535, 7035, 14035, 21035 
and 28035 KHz (35 KHz up from band edge for Novice/Tech) on CW; 
and 1865, 3850, 7225, 14250, 21300 and 28500 KHz (28450 for Novice/Tech) 
on SSB. 
Try 10M at 1900Z and 2000Z 15M at 1930Z and 2030Z 
and 160M at 0430Z and 0530Z. 


7. Exchange 
Operator name and station location (State, Province or Country). 
If the name sent is changed during the contest, as sometimes happens with 
Multi-Operator stations, the name sent for each QSO must be entered in the 
log. 


8. Valid Contact 
A valid contact consists of a complete, correctly copied and legibly logged 
two-way exchange between a North American station and any another station. 
Proper logging requires including the time of each contact. 
Regardless of the number of licensed call signs issued to a given operator, 
one and only one call sign shall be utilized during the contest by that 
operator. 


9. North American Station 
Defined by the rules of the CQWW DX Contests with the addition of KH6. 


10. Scoring 
Multiply total valid contacts by the sum of the number of multipliers 
worked on each band. Multipliers are US States (including KH6 and KL7), 
Canadian Provinces/Territories (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, 
Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Labrador, 
Yukon, and NWT) and other North American Countries (Note: do not also 
count USA, Canada, KH6, or KL7 as Countries). Non-North American Countries 
do not count as multipliers, but may be worked for QSO credit. 


11. Standard Reporting 
Send North American QSO Party CW logs to 
Bob Selbrede K6ZZ, 6200 Natoma Ave, Mojave, CA. 93501. 

Send SSB logs to 
Bruce Horn WA7BNM, 4225 Farmdale Ave, Studio City, CA. 91604. 

Entries must be postmarked not later than 30 days after the contest to be 
eligible for awards. A proper entry consists of: (1) a Summary Sheet 
showing the number of valid contacts and multipliers by band, total 
contacts and multipliers, total score, team name (if any), power output, 
name, callsign, and address of the operator, station callsign and station 
location; (2) a complete legible log of all contacts (including dupes 
marked as such) with indication of all multipliers claimed; (3) a separate 
Dupe Sheet for each band; and (4) a list of all claimed multipliers worked 
on each band. Logs may be submitted on 3.5" disk in the form of files 
generated by a computer logging program as long as they are MS-DOS 
compatible ASCII files consisting of all information in (1)-(4) above. 
All entries should include a written, signed statement of "Fair and Ethical 
Operation". All logs containing over 200 QSO's, which were generated with a 
computer logging program, must also include a disk copy of the ASCII Text 
log as defined above. Complete rules, sample Log Sheets and a Summary Sheet 
may be obtained with an SASE to K6ZZ or WA7BNM. 
 

12. Electronic Reporting 
Logs submitted via E-Mail are also acceptable. E-Mail log submissions 
MUST BE in ASCII Text Format and include your Summary Sheet and complete 
Log. Name your files with your callsign (ie, yourcall.SUM and 
yourcall.LOG). Please do not send any Binary Format logs
(ie, yourcall.BIN or yourcall.QDF). 

NAQP CW logs should be sent to w9nq@ccis.com and 

NAQP SSB logs to bhorn@hornucopia.com. 

E-Mail addresses can and do change so if these addresses fail to work, 
contact the NCJ for assistance. 
 

13. Team Competition 
You may wish to form a team with fellow NAQP participants. If so, your 
team shall consist of 2 to 5 Single Operator stations as a single entry 
unit. Clubs or other groups having more than 5 members may submit 
multiple team entries. 
PRE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT: To qualify as a team entry, the team 
organizer should ensure that the name, callsign of each operator, and 
call sign of the station operated should the operator be a guest at a 
station other than his own, (e.g. K6ZZ op by K6RO) must be registered 
with K6ZZ for CW and WA7BNM for SSB. The team registration information 
must be in written or telegraphic form and must be received before the 
start of the contest. There are neither distance nor meeting requirements 
for a team entry. The only requirement is pre-registration of the team.  


14. Penalties and Disqualification's 
For each unmarked duplicate QSO, you lose that contact plus an additional 
three contacts; for each QSO for which you are not in the other stations 
log, you lose that QSO plus an additional one contact; and for each QSO 
for which the log data is incorrectly copied in any respect, you lose that 
contact. Entries with score reductions greater than 5 % will be disqualified.
Any entry may be disqualified for illegibility, illegal or non-ethical 
operation. Such qualification is at the discretion of the NCJ Contest 
Review Committee. 


15. Awards 
A total of five plaques will be awarded for the high score in each of the 
following categories:
- Single Operator CW
- Single Operator Phone
- Multi Operator CW
- Multi Operator Phone
- Single Operator Combined High Score 

Certificates of merit will be awarded to the highest scoring entrant with 
at least 200 QSO's from each State, Province, and North American Country. 
