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Rules, June VHF QSO Party
1) Object: To work as many amateur stations in as many
different 2x x 1x grid squares as possible using authorized
amateur frequencies above 50 MHz.
2) Contest Period: Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, June 12, and
ends at 0300 UTC Monday, June 14.
3) Categories:
(A) Single Operator: One person performs all operating
and logging functions.
(1) Multiband.
(2) Single band: Single-band entries on 50, 144,
222, 432, 902, 1296 and 2304-and-up categories will be recognized
both in QST score listings and in awards offered. Contacts may be
made on any and all bands without jeopardizing single-band entry
status. Such additional contacts are encouraged and should be
reported. Also see Rule 9, Awards.
(B) Single Operator, QRP Portable: Run 10-W output or
less using a portable power source from a portable location. The
intent of this rule is to encourage operation from "remote"
locations, not to have home or fixed stations run low power.
(C) Rover: One or two operators of a single station
that moves among two or more grid squares during the course of
the contest, and making contest contacts, using the same
equipment and antennas at each site, will be considered a rover.
Rovers sign "rover" on phone and /R on CW after their call sign.
The intent of the Rover category prohibits fixed station scores
to be included with Rover operations; stations may however, enter
the Rover category with a separate log for Rover activities. All
Rovers are encouraged to adopt operating practices that allow as
many stations as possible to contact them.
(D) Multioperator: Multioperator stations must locate
all equipment (including antennas) within a circle whose diameter
does not exceed 300 meters (1000 feet).
(E) Limited Multioperator: Multioperator stations that
submit a maximum of four bands for score are eligible. Logs from
additional bands used should be included as checklogs.
4) Exchange: Grid locator (see Jan 1983 QST, page 49).
Example: W1AW in Newington, CT would send FN31. Exchange of
signal report is optional.
5) Scoring:
(A) QSO points: Count one point for each complete 50-
or 144-MHz QSO. Count two points for each 222- or 432-MHz QSO.
Count three points for each QSO on 902- or 1296-MHz. Count four
points for each 2.3-GHz-or-higher QSO.
(B) Multiplier: The total number of different grid
squares worked per band. Each 2x x 1x grid square counts as one
multiplier on each band it is worked.
(C) Final score: Multiply the total number of QSO
points from all bands operated by the total number of multipliers
for final score (see scoring example).
(D) Rovers only: The final score consists of the total
number of QSO points from all bands times the total number of
multipliers from all grid squares in which they operated.
6) Use of FM:
(A) Retransmitting either or both stations, or use of
repeater frequencies, is not permitted. This prohibits use of all
repeater frequencies. Contest entrants may not transmit on
repeaters or repeater frequencies on 2 meters for the purpose of
soliciting contacts.
(B) Use of the national simplex frequency, 146.52 MHz,
or immediate adjacent guard frequencies is prohibited. Contest
entrants may not transmit on 146.52 MHz for the purpose of making
or soliciting QSOs. The intent of this rule is to protect the
national simplex frequency from contest monopolization. There are
no restrictions on the use of 223.50 MHz.
(C) Only recognized simplex frequencies may be used,
such as 144.90 to 145.00; 146.49, .55 and .58; and 147.42, .45,
.48, .51, .54 and .57 MHz on the 2-meter band. Local-option
simplex channels and frequencies adjacent to the above that do
not violate the intent of (A) or (B) above or the spirit and
intent of the band plans as recommended in The ARRL Repeater
Directory, may be used for contest purposes.
7) Miscellaneous:
(A) Stations may be worked for credit only once per
band from any given grid square, regardless of mode. This does
not prohibit working a station from more than one grid square
with the same call sign (such as a Rover). Crossband QSOs do not
count. Aeronautical mobile contacts do not count.
(B) Partial QSOs do not count. Both calls, the full
exchange and acknowledgment must be sent and received.
(C) A transmitter used to contact one or more stations
may not be used subsequently under any other call during the
contest period (with the exception of family stations where more
than one call is assigned to one location by FCC/DOC); one
operator may not give out contest QSOs using more than one call
sign from any one location. The intent of this rule is to
accommodate family members who must share a rig, not to
manufacture artificial contacts.
(D) Only one signal per band (6, 2, 1 1/4, etc) at any
given time is permitted, regardless of mode.
(E) While no minimum distance is specified for
contacts, equipment should be capable of real communications (ie,
able to communicate over at least 1 km).
(F) Multioperator stations may not include QSOs with
their own operators except on frequencies higher than 2.3 GHz.
Even then, a complete, different station must exist for each QSO
made under these conditions.
(G) A station located precisely on a dividing line
between grid squares must select only one as the location for
exchange purposes. A different grid-square multiplier cannot be
given out without moving the complete station (including
antennas) at least 100 meters.
(H) Above 300 GHz, contacts are permitted for contest
credit only between licensed amateurs using coherent radiation on
transmission (eg, laser) and employing at least one stage of
electronic detection on receive.
(I) Marine Mobile (and Maritime) entries will be listed
separately as "Marine Mobile" in the score listings and compete
separately for awards.
(J) Participants are reminded that the segment 50.100-
50.125 MHz is by convention reserved for intercontinental QSOs
only.
8) Reporting:
(A) Entries must be postmarked no later than 30 days
after the end of the contest (July 14, 1993). No late entries can
be accepted. Use ARRL June VHF QSO Party forms, a reasonable
facsimile or submit entry on diskette. Send entries to ARRL
Contest Branch, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
(1) Official entry forms are available from HQ for
an SASE with 2-units of first class postage.
(2) You may submit your contest entry on diskette
in lieu of paper logs. The floppy diskette must be IBM
compatible, MS-DOS formatted, either 3.5 or 5.25 inch (40 or 80
track). The log information must be in an ASCII file, following
the ARRL Suggested Standard File Format, and contain all log
exchange information (band, date, time in UTC, call of station
worked, exchange sent, exchange received, multipliers (marked the
first time worked) and QSO points). One entry per diskette. An
official summary sheet or reasonable facsimile with a signed
contest disclaimer is required with all entries.
(B) Logs must indicate band, date, time in UTC, calls
and complete exchanges (sent and received), multipliers and QSO
points. Multipliers should be marked clearly in the log the first
time they are worked. Entries with more than 200 QSOs total must
include cross-check sheets (dupe sheets).
9) Awards:
(A) Plaques (if sponsored) will be awarded in the
following categories:
(1) Top ten single operator scorers
(2) Top five single operator QRP portable scorers
(3) Top rover scorer
(4) Top ten multioperator scorers
(5) Top five limited-multioperator scorers
(B) Certificates will be awarded in the following
categories:
(1) Single operator
(A) Top single-operator score in each
ARRL/Canadian Section.
(B) Top single operator on each band (50,
144, 222, 432, 902, 1296 and 2304-and-up categories) in each
ARRL/Canadian Section where significant effort or competition is
evidenced. (Note: Since the highest score per band will be the
award winner for that band, an entrant may win a certificate with
additional single-band achievement stickers.) For example, if
WBmTEM has the highest single-operator all-band score in the Iowa
Section and his 50- and 222-MHz score are higher than any other
IA single-op's, he will earn a certificate for being the single-
operator Section leader and endorsement stickers for 50 and 222
MHz.
(C) Top single-operator QRP portable in each
ARRL/Canadian Section where significant effort or competition is
evidenced. QRP portable entries are not eligible for single-band
awards.
(2) Top rover in each ARRL/Canadian Section where
significant effort or competition is evidenced. Rover entries are
not eligible for single-band awards.
(3) Top multioperator score in each ARRL/Canadian
Section where significant effort or competition is evidenced.
Multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.
(4) Top limited-multioperator score in each
ARRL/Canadian Section where significant effort or competition is
evidenced. Limited-multioperator entries are not eligible for
single-band awards.
10) Condition of Entry: Each entrant agrees to be bound by
the provisions, as well as the intent, of this announcement, the
regulations of his or her licensing authority and the decisions
of the ARRL Awards Committee.
11) Disqualifications: See January 1993 QST, page 52.
Scoring Example
Band QSOs QSO Grid
(MHz) Points Squares
50 25 (x1) 25 10
144 40 (x1) 40 20
222 10 (x2) 20 5
432 15 (x2) 30 10
1296 6 (x3) 18 3
Totals 96 133 48
Final score = (QSO points) x (total no. grid squares):
(6384 = 133 x 48).
Rule Change for Rover Entries
The Awards Committee has changed the rules for the Rover
category. Please take a few minutes to look over the new
definition for the Rover category listed below. This new change
will be in effect in all ARRL VHF contests that include a Rover
category.
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