1300 UTC SUNDAY, AUGUST 17th TO 0200 UTC MONDAY, AUGUST 18th, 2008.

PARTICULARS

A STATION MAY BE CONTACTED ONCE ON EACH BAND. PHONE AND CW ARE CONSIDERED SEPARATE BANDS.

STATIONS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY MAY ONLY CONTACT NJ STATIONS. NJ STATIONS MAY CONTACT ANY OTHER STATION (INCLUDING THOSE IN NJ).

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GENERAL CONTEST RULES

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GENERAL CALL FOR STATIONS OUTSIDE NJ IS "CQ NEW JERSEY" ON PHONE, AND "CQ NJ" ON CW.

NEW JERSEY STATIONS SHOULD SEND "CQ" BY SAYING " NEW JERSEY CALLING" ON PHONE AND
BY SENDING "DE NJ" ON CW.

SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES ARE: 1.810, 3.535, 3.950, 7.035
7.235, 14.035, 14.285, 21.100, 21.355, 28.100, 28.400, 50-50.5 AND 144.0-146.0

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EXCHANGE

ALL STATIONS SEND A SEQUENTIAL SERIAL QSO NUMBER AND QTH
AS FOLLOWS:

NJ STATIONS SEND THEIR NJ COUNTY, OUT-OF-STATE
STATIONS SEND THEIR STATE, PROVINCE, OR COUNTRY AS APPLICABLE.

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SCORING

NEW JERSEY STATIONS: MULTIPLY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETE
CONTACTS TIMES 3 POINTS EACH, TIMES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NJ COUNTIES,
STATES( OTHER THAN NJ), AND CANADIAN PROVINCES WORKED.

OUT-OF-STATE STATIONS: MULTIPLY THE NUMBER OF COMPLETE CONTACTS (WITH NJ
STATIONS ONLY) TIMES 3 POINTS EACH TIMES THE NUMBER OF NJ
COUNTIES WORKED.

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MULTIPLIERS

NEW JERSEY STATIONS: THE NUMBER OF NJ COUNTIES, STATES (OTHER THAN NJ),
AND CANADIAN PROVINCES WORKED, FOR A MAXIMUM OF 83 {21+49+13}.

OUT-OF-STATE STATIONS: THE NUMBER OF NJ COUNTIES WORKED
FOR A MAXIMUM OF 21.

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NEW JERSEY COUNTIES

THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS ALL 21 NJ COUNTIES AND THEIR
NJQP CW ABBREVIATIONS

COUNTY	ABBR.	COUNTY	ABBR.
ATLANTIC	ATL	MERCER	MER
BERGEN	BER	MIDDLESEX	MSX
BURLINGTON	BURL	MONMOUTH	MON
CAMDEN	CAM	MORRIS	MOR
CAPE MAY	CMY	OCEAN	OCN
CUMBERLAND	CUMB	PASSAIC	PASS
ESSEX	ESS	SALEM	SAL
GLOUCESTER	GLO	SOMERSET	SOM
HUDSON	HUD	SUSSEX	SUS
HUNTERDON	HUNT	UNION	UNI
		WARREN	WAR

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A PRINTABLE NEW JERSEY COUNTY MAP

NJ COUNTY MAP

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AWARDS

CERTIFICATES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE FIRST
PLACE STATION IN EACH NEW JERSEY COUNTY, STATE, CANADIAN PROVINCE, AND COUNTRY.

IN ADDITION, A SECOND PLACE CERTIFICATE WILL BE AWARDED WHEN FOUR OR MORE LOGS
ARE RECEIVED.

A TOTAL OF TWO PLAQUES HAVE BEEN DONATED BT THE ARRL SECTION MANAGERS
FOR NNJ AND SNJ TO THE HIGHEST SCORING SINGLE OPERATOR STATION RESIDING
IN EACH OF THEIR SECTIONS.

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LOG SUBMISSIONS

LOGS MUST SHOW THE UTC DATE AND TIME, QSO EXCHANGE, BAND, AND EMISSION MODE,
AND MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN:

SEPTEMBER 13th, 2008.

THE FIRST CONTACT FOR EACH CLAIMED MULTIPLIER MUST BE
INDICATED AND NUMBERED, AND A CHECK LIST OF CONTACTS AND
MULTIPLIERS SHOULD BE INCLUDED. MULTI-OPERATOR STATIONS
SHOULD BE NOTED AND PARTICIPATING OPERATORS LISTED.

SEND LOGS AND COMMENTS TO:

ENGLEWOOD AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION
P.O. BOX 528
ENGLEWOOD, NJ, 07631-0528
USA

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REQUEST FOR NOTIFICATION

STATIONS PLANNING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE ENGLEWOOD ARA, AT:

W2RJ@ARRL.NET

THAT WE MAY PLAN FOR FULL COVERAGE FROM ALL THE COUNTIES.

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HERE'S TO QSOing YOU DURING THE NJQP!

73!