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- Rules, 46th January VHF Sweepstakes
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- 1) Object: To work as many amateur stations in as many
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- different 2-degrees X 1-degrees grid squares as possible using
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- authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Foreign stations work W/VE
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- amateurs only.
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- 2) Contest Period: Begins 1900 UTC Saturday, January 23 and
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- ends at 0400 UTC Monday, January 25.
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- 3) Categories:
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- (A) Single Operator: One person performs all operating
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- and logging functions.
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- (1) Multiband.
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- (2) Single Band: Single-band entries on 50, 144,
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- 222, 432, 902, 1296 and 2304-and-up categories will be recognized
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- both in QST score listings and in awards offered. Contacts may be
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- made on any and all bands without jeopardizing single-band entry
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- status. Such additional contacts are encouraged and should be
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- reported. Also see Rule 9, Awards.
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- (B) Single Operator, QRP Portable: Run 10-W output or
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- less using a portable power source from a portable location. The
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- intent of this rule is to encourage operation from "remote"
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- locations, not to have home or fixed stations run low power.
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- (C) Rover: One or two operators of a single station
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- that moves among two or more grid squares during the course of
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- the contest will be considered a rover. Rovers sign "rover" on
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- phone and /R on CW after their call sign. All Rovers are
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- encouraged to adopt operating practices that allow as many
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- stations as possible to contact them.
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- (D) Multioperator: Multioperator stations must locate
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- all equipment (including antennas) within a circle whose diameter
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- does not exceed 300 meters (1,000 feet).
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- (E) Limited Multioperator: Multioperator stations that
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- submit a maximum of four bands for score are eligible. Logs from
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- additional bands used should be included as checklogs.
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- 4) Exchange: Grid-square locator (see Jan 1983 QST, p 49).
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- Example: W1AW in Newington, CT would send FN31. Exchange of
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- signal report is optional.
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- 5) Scoring:
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- (A) QSO points: Count one point for each complete 50-
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- or 144-MHz QSO. Count two points for each 222- or 432-MHz QSO.
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- Count four points for each 902- or 1296-MHz QSO. Count eight
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- points for each 2.3-GHz-or-higher QSO.
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- (B) Multiplier: The total number of different grid
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- squares worked per band. Each 2-degrees X 1-degrees grid square
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- counts as one multiplier on each band it is worked.
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- (C) Final score: Multiply the total number of QSO
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- points from all bands operated by the total number of multipliers
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- for final score (see scoring example).
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- (D) Rovers only: The final score consists of the total
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- number of QSO points from all bands times the total number of
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- multipliers from all grid squares in which they operated.
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- 6) Use of FM:
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- (A) Retransmitting either or both stations, or use of
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- repeater frequencies, is not permitted. This prohibits use of all
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- repeater frequencies. Contest entrants may not transmit on
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- repeaters or repeater frequencies on 2 meters for the purpose of
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- soliciting contacts.
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- (B) Use of the national simplex frequency, 146.52 MHz,
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- or immediate adjacent guard frequencies is prohibited. Contest
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- entrants may not transmit on 146.52 for the purpose of making or
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- soliciting QSOs. The intent of this rule is to protect the
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- national simplex frequency from contest monopolization. There are
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- no restrictions on the use of 223.50 MHz.
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- (C) Only recognized simplex frequencies may be used,
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- such as 144.90 to 145.00; 146.49, .55 and .58, and 147.42, .45,
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- .48, .51, .54 and .57 MHz on the 2-meter band. Local-option
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- simplex channels and frequencies adjacent to the above that do
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- not violate the intent of (A) or (B) above or the spirit and
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- intent of the band plans as recommended in the ARRL Repeater
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- Directory may be used for contest purposes.
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- 7) Miscellaneous:
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- (A) Stations may be worked for credit only once per
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- band from any given grid square, regardless of mode. This does
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- not prohibit working a station from more than one grid square
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- with the same call sign (such as a Rover). Crossband QSOs do not
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- count. Aeronautical mobile contacts do not count.
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- (B) Partial QSOs do not count. Both calls, the full
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- exchange and acknowledgment must be sent and received.
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- (C) A transmitter used to contact one or more stations
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- may not be used subsequently under any other call during the
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- contest period (with the exception of family stations where more
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- than one call is assigned to one location by the FCC/DOC); one
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- operator may not give out contest QSOs using more than one call
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- sign from any one location. The intent of this rule is to
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- accommodate family members who must share a rig, not to
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- manufacture artificial contacts.
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- (D) Only one signal per band (6, 2, 1 1/4, etc) at any
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- given time is permitted, regardless of mode.
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- (E) While no minimum distance is specified for
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- contacts, equipment should be capable of real communications (ie,
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- able to communicate over at least 1 km).
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- (F) Multioperator stations may not include QSOs with
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- their own operators except on frequencies higher than 2.3 GHz.
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- Even then, a complete, different station (transmitter, receiver
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- and antenna) must exist for each QSO made under these conditions.
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- (G) A station located precisely on a dividing line
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- between grid squares must select only one as the location for
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- exchange purposes. A different grid-square multiplier cannot be
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- given out without moving the complete station (including
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- antennas) at least 100 meters.
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- (H) Above 300 GHz, contacts are permitted for contest
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- credit only between licensed amateurs using coherent radiation on
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- transmission (eg, laser) and employing at least one stage of
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- electronic detection on receive.
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- (I) Marine Mobile (and Maritime) entries will be listed
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- separately as "Marine Mobile" in the listings and compete
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- separately for awards.
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- (J) Participants are reminded that the segment 50.100-
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- 50.125 MHz should be used for intercontinental QSOs only, using
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- 50.125 MHz as a calling frequency then QSY after contact is
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- established.
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- 8) Reporting:
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- (A) Entries must be postmarked no later than 30 days
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- after the end of the contest (February 25, 1993). No late entries
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- can be accepted. Use ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes forms, a
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- reasonable facsimile or submit entry on diskette. Send entries
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- to: ARRL Contest Branch, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
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- (1) Official entry forms are available from HQ for
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- an SASE with 2-units of First Class postage.
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- (2) You may submit your contest entry on diskette
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- in lieu of paper logs. The floppy diskette must be IBM
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- compatible, MS-DOS formatted, either 3.5 or 5.25 inch (40 or 80
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- track). The log information must be in an ASCII file, following
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- the ARRL Suggested Standard File Format, and contain all log
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- exchange information (band, date, time in UTC, call of station
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- worked, exchange sent, exchange received, multipliers [marked the
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- first time worked] and QSO points). One entry per diskette. An
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- official summary sheet or reasonable facsimile with a signed
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- contest disclaimer is required with all entries.
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- (B) Logs must indicate band, date, time in UTC, calls
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- and complete exchanges (sent and received), multipliers and QSO
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- points. Multipliers should be marked clearly in the log the first
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- time they are worked. Entries with more than 200 QSOs total must
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- include cross-check sheets (dupe sheets).
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- 9) Awards: Certificates will be awarded in the following
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- categories.
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- (A) Single operator.
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- (1) Top single operator in each ARRL/CRRL Section.
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- (2) Top single operator on each band (50, 144,
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- 222, 432, 902, 1296 and 2304-and-up categories) in each ARRL/CRRL
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- Section where significant effort or competition is evident.
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- (Note: Since the highest score per band will be the award winner
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- for that band, an entrant may win a certificate with additional
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- single-band achievement stickers.) For example, if WBmTEM has the
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- highest single-operator all-band score in the Iowa Section and
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- his 50- and 222-MHz scores are higher than any other Iowa single
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- op's, he will earn a certificate for being the single-operator
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- Section leader and endorsement stickers for 50 and 222 MHz.
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- (B) Top single-operator, QRP portable in each ARRL/CRRL
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- Section where significant effort or competition is evident.
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- Single-operator, QRP portable entries are not eligible for
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- single-band awards.
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- (C) Top rover in each ARRL Division and Canada where
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- significant effort or competition is evident. Rover entries are
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- not eligible for single-band awards.
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- (D) Top multioperator score in each ARRL/CRRL Section
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- where significant effort or competition is evident. Multioperator
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- entries are not eligible for single-band awards.
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- (E) Top limited multioperator in each ARRL/CRRL Section
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- where significant effort or competition is evident. Limited
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- multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.
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- 10) Club Competition: ARRL-affiliated clubs compete for
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- gavels on three levels: unlimited, medium and local. Details are
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- in January QST.
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- 11) Condition of Entry:
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- (A) Each entrant agrees to be bound by the provisions,
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- as well as the intent, of this announcement, the regulations of
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- his or her licensing authority and the decisions of the ARRL
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- Awards Committee.
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- 12) Disqualifications: For excess duplicate contacts and
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- call sign or exchange errors. See January QST for complete
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- details.
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- Scoring Example
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- Band QSOs QSO Grid
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- (MHz) Points Squares
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- 50 25 (x1) 25 10
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- 144 40 (x1) 40 20
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- 222 10 (x2) 20 5
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- 432 15 (x2) 30 10
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- 902 36 (x4) 144 9
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- 1296 5 (x4) 20 3
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- 2304 1 (x8) 8 1
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- 5760 1 (x8) 8 1
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- Totals 133 295 59
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- Final Score = (QSO Points) x (Total no. of Grid Squares)
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- 17,405 = 295 x 59
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