CONTEST:  Holiday Milliwatt CW contest.

DATES AND TIMES:  Sun., Dec. 26, 1999,  1800Z to 2200Z, Mon., Dec. 27,
2000Z to 0000Z and, Tue., Dec. 28, 2200 to 0200Z, Wed., Dec. 29.

Contestants may submit logs for only 2 days of the three day contest.

EXCHANGE:  Echange RST, SPC, First Name, PWR.
Suggest using R as decimal point when reporting power.  I.e., 1R5 =
1.5W, R5 = 500mW, R25 = 250mW, R025 = 25mW.

SCORING:  QSO points are awarded to contestants according to their power
output.  Power may be changed from QSO to QSO and must be noted in the
log.

1001mW and over   1  Point
501mW to 1000mW   2  Points
251mW to  500mW   4  Points
101mW to  250mW   8  Points
51mW to  100mW   16 Points
26mW to   50mW   24 Points
25mW or less     32 Points

Multipliers are SPC on each band.  I.e., the same states may be worked
on a second or third band, and will count as multipliers on that band.

Bonus multiplier:  Number of identical first letters of first names
worked.  I.e., worked Jim, John, Jennie, Joe, Jack, = 5 multiplier.
Note: one name only counts once - if you work 10 Jacks, that's still
just one multiplier.

Club Bonus:  Anyone who works a club station which is running the
specified power levels listed below collects bonus points as follows:
(Clubs will not raise or lower power to accommodate a single QSO.)

900mW  1,000 points
500mW  2,000 points
250mW  3,000 points
100mW  4,000 points
50mW  5,000 points

Calculate score for each days activity:
 

(QSO Points) X (Total SPC Multipliers all bands) X (Bonus Multiplier) +
(Club Bonus total) = Daily Score.
Add the two best daily scores to find Total Score.

LOGS:  Submit logs to Bob Kellogg, AE4IC, 4708 Charlottesville Rd.,
Greensboro, NC 27410, before Feb 1st, 2000.  Winners will be announced
on QRP-L and KLQRP.

PRIZES:  The top five scores will receive awards.  All five winners will
receive a specially designed Milliwatt Tee-shirt donated by Mary, NA6E.
In addition,
First place: OHR 30M kit, donated by Chris, N3XRV
Second place: Digital Dial Kit, donated by the Knightlite QRP
Association.
Third place: KnightSMiTe, donated by the Knightlite QRP Association.
 

Club Station with the highest score: "The Joy of QRP" by Ade Weiss,
W0RSP, donated by the "Maryland Milliwatt Club", George, K3TKS.

Bob Kellogg
 Email Bob - AE4IC

[email protected]