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Heartland  DX   Association                       2008 NEBRASKA QSO PARTY (NEQP) Official Rules Begins 1700 UTC - April 26, 2008       Ends 1700 UTC - April 27, 2008 OBJECT: Stations outside of Nebraska work as many Nebraska stations and NE counties as possible. Stations in Nebraska work everyone. EXCHANGE: Stations outside of Nebraska send signal report and State, Canadian Province, or DXCC Country. Stations in Nebraska send signal report and county. MODE: Modes of operation are CW, Phone (SSB, AM, FM, etc) and Digital (RTTY, PSK, etc.) Only one contact per station per mode per band is permitted. QSO POINTS: Phone contacts are worth 1 point. CW and Digital contacts are worth 2 points. MULTIPLIERS: Stations outside of Nebraska count Nebraska counties for a maximum of 93. Stations in Nebraska count Nebraska counties, US States outside of Nebraska, Canadian Povinces, and DXCC Countries. Nebraska Mobiles operating on a county line must make a seperate contact for every county they are working from. POWER FACTOR: Power Factor based on transmitter Power Output. If all QSOs are made using QRP (5 watts or less), multiply QSO points by 3; using less than 150 watts, multiply by 2; all else multiply by 1. FINAL SCORE: Stations outside Nebraska and Nebraska fixed stations multiply total QSO points by Power Factor by Total Multipliers. Nebraska mobile stations count total qso points by by Power Factor by Total Multipliers for each county operated from. Nebraska mobiles add a bonus of 50 points for every county in which a minimum of 10 contacts is made. FREQUENCIES: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meters. WARC band contacts do not count. Suggest CW on +/- 1.805 and 35 kHz up from band edge; Phone on +/- 1.915, 3.865, 7.265, 14.265, 21.365, 28.465, 146.460 MHz; Novices use 10 kHz from band edge and 28.460. Please be aware of others, and QSY to avoid QRM. CATEGORIES: Single-operator (SO), Multi-op-Single-transmitter (MS), and Mobile (M). For Club Competition enter club name on Summary Sheet (a minimum of 3 logs is required to qualify for club competition). MISCELLANEOUS: Nebraska mobile stations that change counties are considered to be a new station and may be contacted again for point and multiplier credit. Nebraska Mobile stations should sign with their callsign/county. No cross-mode contacts permitted. No repeater contacts are permitted. All contacts must be simplex. MCW is not permitted. All CW contacts must be in the CW sub-bands except on 160 meters. ENTRIES: Received deadline for all entries is May 31, 2008 regardless of how sent. Late entries are not accepted. Logs with over 100 contacts are encouraged to submit their log in electronic format. There are two ways to submit logs: (1) E-Mail: Log must be an ASCII file following ARRL suggested Standard File Format or in Cabrillot Format, and contain all log information including band, mode, date, UTC time, station worked, and exchange sent/received. Summary must include all information as requested on official NQP paper summary. Log and summary sheet are to be e-mailed as attachments to nqp@hdxa.net (2) Regular Mail: Paper logs and signed Summary Sheets must be submitted to Nebraska QSO Party c/o Steve Rasmussen NØWY, 312 N 6th Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048-1302. A signed summary sheet is required with all entries. Electronic signatures are allowed for e-mail submissions. Results will be posted on HDXA's web site at www.hdxa.net when results are certified as final. AWARDS: Plaques & Certificates will be issued as follows: (1) Plaques: Three total. One each for overall NE, US & DX (2)Certificates:      Nebraska Entries - Top in each each Entry Class in each county, and Top Mobile in State      Non-Nebraska Entries - Top in each each Entry Class in each State Province, and DXCC Country. CONDITION of ENTRY: Entrants agree to be bound by these rules and their intent, the regulations of their licensing authority, and the decisions of the Nebraska QSO Party Contest Committee. INFORMATION: On the Web at www.hdxa.net or may be requested electronically at nqp@hdxa.net or by mail with a #10 (business size) SASE to Nebraska QSO Party c/o Steve Rasmussen NØWY, 312 N 6th Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048-1302.