1st
Annual PNWVHFS Rove-In Contest
In order to promote VHF+
activity in the Pacific Northwest and attendance at the annual meeting,
the PNWVHFS is sponsoring an Annual PNWVHFS Rove-In Contest to be
held in conjunction with the society's annual meeting each year.
Contest
Period:
For 2004, the contest period will be 0700 Pacific, October 01 to
0900 Pacific, October 02, 2004. Logs must be submitted to [email protected]
no later than 15 October, 2004. Awards will be announced via the
NWWSVHF reflector and on the PNWVHFS website no later than 15 November,
2004.
Rules
& Scoring:
1) Exchange is grid
square and PNWVHFS Membership Number (non-members use 4 digit
year first licensed).
2)At least one station
in every contact must be either a rover or a portable. Rover and
Portable stations must identify as such. Rovers continue to identify
as "rover" even after arrival at the Conference location.
3) Carpooling is
encouraged. Each licensed operator is considered to be an
individual station. Equipment may be shared. However, QSOs between
carpool members must actually take place using electronic radio
equipment on amateur bands above 50MHz. Please note on score sheets
which carpool you are a part of to qualify for special carpool
aggregate awards.
4)
There are two classes: 1 - 3 bands="Limited" and >3
bands="Unlimited".
5)
FM is allowed and encouraged. National Simplex frequencies (ie:
146.52) and repeaters are not to be used for contacts.
6) Laser communications
are allowed and Laser is a free band (does not count in the band
count for class). At least one stage of electronic signal detection
is required.
7) QSO Points = 1 point
per QSO.
8) Score = (QSO points)
x (Grids Worked) x (Grids Operated From).
There will be a Preliminary
ScoreBoard posted at the conference where attendees may post their
preliminary scores.
Awards:
Certificates for high scores per class (Limited & Unlimited)
plus certificates for: Highest number of grid squares activated,
Highest number of grid squares worked, Highest Carpool Aggregate
(a certificate to each member of the high aggregate carpool score
in each class).
Additionally, the Board
of Directors of PNWVHFs, at their discretion or upon nomination
by the membership, may award additional certificates to participants
for extraordinary effort (ie: travelled the greatest distance to
attend the conference, activated the most grids en-route to the
conference, overcame the greatest hardship, etc.).
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