+++++++++++++++++ Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:00:22 -0500 From: Ken Newman To: EPA-QRP at yahoogroups.com, QRP-L at lehigh.edu, njqrp at njqrp.org, n9avg at amsat.org, w3bg at arrl.net Subject: [122165] [CONTEST] QRP Homebrewer Sprint Announcement Hi All, It's time to mark your calendar for the QRP Homebrewer Sprint. This is on Sunday evening (Palm Sunday actually), March 24 at 7PM EST thru 11PM EST. I hope to hear you again for your FB signal with whatever you are running! Rules can be found at or below. ==================================== QRP Homebrewer Sprint Announcement March 25, 2002 - 0000-0400 UTC (Sunday evening in the US) Put down the soldering iron and get on the air with other QRP homebrewers! The NJQRP and "QRP Homebrewer" magazine are sponsoring this fun, quick and easy QRP sprint ... with a homebrew twist! Includes PSK31 mode and multipliers for home-built gear. Prizes for the winner(s) and special certificates for all. Mission: Promote homebrewed & homemade equipment on the air together. (Warblers too!) Anyone with ANY equipment can enter. Sponsor: New Jersey QRP Club ( http://www.njqrp.org ) When: The fourth Monday in March and September 0000-0400 UTC (Sunday evening in USA/Canada) Modes: CW and PSK31. (Both modes considered separate bands) QRP CW and PSK31 frequencies recommended on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. Exchange: RST - State/Province/Country - Power out QSO Points: 2 Commercial Equipment 3 Homebrew Xmtr or Rcvr 4 Homebrew Xmtr AND Rcvr or Xcvr 5 Homebrew PSK31 station (Kits are ok for homebrew) Power Mult: 0-250 mW = x 15, 250 mW-1W = x10, 1-5W = x7, >5W = x1. (The highest power used during the contest for the mult.) Multiplier: State/Province/Country for all bands. The same station may be worked on more than one band for QSO points and SPC credit. CW and PSK31 are considered separate bands. SCORE: Points(total for all bands) x SPC (total for all bands) x power multiplier. AWARDS: Awards of current NJQRP Club kits or subscriptions to "QRP Homebrewer" will be provided based on the number of entries received. Special certificates will also be awarded. LOGS: Entries must be received by 30 days from the contest. The log sheets and summary should be included. E-mail logs are accepted in text form. (No word processor files etc). Also paper logs are ok. Please include your Soapbox info with your equipment and exploits. Send logs to: Ken Newman, N2CQ 81 Holly Drive Woodbury, NJ 08096 or send by email to n2cq at arrl.net +++++++++++++++++ Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 19:32:23 -0800 From: Randy Foltz To: qrpl_post Subject: [124122] QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party Next weekend, April 13 and 14 is the annual QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party. This is one of, if not the, biggest QRP contest. It is your opportunity to work on 2X QRP WAS, hone your contesting skills in a relaxed contest environment, and hear old friends on the air again. Since the solar flux is at or above 200, we should have great conditions. Here are the details: Date/Time: April 13, 2002 1200Z through April 14 2400Z. You may work a maximum of 24 hours of the 36 hour period. This is a CW only contest. Exchange: RST, State/Province/Country (SPC), ARCI member number or power level if not a member. QSO Points: Contact a member and earn 5 points, a non-member on a different continent earns 4 points, and a non-member on the same continent earns 2 points. Multipliers: SPC total for all bands. The same station may be worked on more than one band for QSO points and SPC credit. Power Multipliers: 0 - 250 mW = 15x > 250 mW to < 1 W = 10x > 1 W to 5 W = 7x > 5 W = 1x Total Score: QSO Points (for all bands) X SPC (for all bands) X Power Multiplier (highest power determines the multiplier) Congregate near the usual QRP frequencies and spread out a bit. Teams: You may enter as a team of either 2 to 5 members per team, or an unlimited number of operators as long as a maximum of 5 transmitters on the air at a time. You compete individually as well as on the team. Teams need not be at the same location. Team captain must send me a list of members before the contest starts. After the contest send your high claimed score by visiting http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/form.htm Check the web page at http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/highclm.htm to see what others have claimed for their scores. Complete entries consist of a summary and your logs. Send the summary via the web URL above and your log separately by either e-mail or snail mail to Randy Foltz 809 Leith St Moscow, ID 83843 or send both to that snail mail address or my e-mail address in the header of this message. -- 73, Randy, K7TQ Moscow, ID QRP ARCI Contest Chairman +++++++++++++++++ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:20:53 -0700 From: "K7FD N7SG" To: qrp-l at Lehigh.EDU Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net Subject: [124545] QRP Spring Fling Tomorrow! Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hope to catch a few of you this weekend in the QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party! Plans are to work 40/20/15/10m, band condx permitting... 73 John K7FD K2/586 QRP ARCI 8193 INFO -> http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/spring.htm ++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 07:40:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Fisher To: QRP-L Reflector Cc: KI6SN at aol.com Subject: [125925] Don't Miss Monday's May Spartan Sprint Message-ID: <20020503144033.43102.qmail at web12107.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The Adventure Radio Society's May Spartan Sprint will be held on Monday evening, May 6, local time - our usual day and time period. Spartan Sprints are two-hour contests sponsored by ARS, held the first Monday of every month. They are designed to encourage development and testing of lightweight radio gear suitable for outdoor human-powered QRP expeditions. Start at 9:00 PM EST, 8:00 CST, 7:00 MST and 6:00 PST. Finish at 11:00 PM EST, 10:00 CST, 9:00 MST and 8:00 PST. The frequencies will be 3560+- kHz, 7040 kHz+-, 14060 kHz+-, 21060 kHz+-, and 28060 kHz+-. (You may operate any number of bands - your choice.) Exchange RST, SPC (state, province or country) and power output. If you choose to call CQ, use the format "CQ SP," or "CQ QRP TEST." You can take credit for working the same station on a second, third, or fourth band. We report scores in two ways. The Skinny Division reports scores as a ratio of contacts to the weight of the station. The Tubby Division reports scores as the number of contacts. "Station Weight" is defined as the combined weight of all transmitters, receivers, keys, keyers and batteries used during the Sprint. We use decimal pounds, rather than pounds and ounces. You may report your weight to the nearest 10th of a pound, or, at your option, the nearest 100th of a pound. For stations weighing less than one pound, we recommend the nearest 100th of a pound. The Sprints are virtual expeditions. They allow a wide range of people to participate in this exciting branch of amateur radio, even if practical obstacles (like winter weather, health problems, or schedule conflicts) would make an actual expedition impossible. ARS announces each Sprint in three ways: Most sprinters will operate from their home locations, but portable locations may be used. Transmitter output is limited to five watts or less. We would like to motivate sprinters to develop and use radios that are packaged well enough for outdoor environments. Packaging is one of the legitimate elements of a great trail friendly radio, and we would like to see what kinds of packages are created by the remarkably creative Spartan Sprinters. We have the Skinny and Tubby divisions, and you are free to choose between a monster radio, or a trail-oriented one. If you go for the second choice, we are asking you to package it so that it could withstand the rigors of outdoor life. Sprinters are strongly encouraged to use our automated contest reporting system, which can be found in The ARS Sojourner. Participants may also e-mail their sprint results directly to the ARS Contest Manager, Russ Carpenter, AA7QU at: russ at natworld.com Please submit your results by Wednesday afternoon after each Spartan Sprint. Contest results are reported by The ARS Sojourner, the QRP-L Internet Group, and in direct email to ARS members. If you email your results, please include the following: + Your full name and callsign + Date of the sprint + Total number of completed QSOs, and The weight of your station + You may also want to add soapbox information, such as the equipment used, your operating location, interesting contacts, successes and challenges. You don't need to be a member of ARS to participate in the Spartan Sprints, but we would welcome your interest in becoming a member. Inquiries may be directed to ARS' membership chairman. His name and address are Richard Fisher, 1940 Wetherly Way, Riverside, CA 92506 (e-mail KI6SN at aol.com). +++++++++++++++++ To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:18:55 +0000 (GMT) From: ehramm at dk3uz.shnet.org (Edmund H. Ramm) Subject: [Elecraft] OQRP Contest Invitation QRP-Contest-Community (qrpcc) May-2002 c/o Dr. Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST Schlesierweg 13 D-38228 SALZGITTER Phone: +495341-50113 The QRP-Contest-Community (qrpcc) cordially is inviting you to the O R I G I N A L - Q R P - C O N T E S T s ---------------------------------------------- The contest idea is to promote creative or unconventional QRP-hamming like homebrewing or just doing it without the 'luxurious' QRO equipment from time to time. This event more than other contests has a meeting character. The result lists show that many operators are taking part only on one band for just an hour or two and without the intention of high scoring or even winning. The 11th OQRPC in Dec. 2001 has seen nearly 300 participants. - - - - - - - - Participants: Operators of original QRP rig, commercial or homebrew, including industrial QRP rig exceeding 5w output like Elecraft K2, SG 2020, FT-7 and QRP-versions of QRO-transceivers like TS-130 V, FT-707S etc. Stations with QRO-equipment (>20W out) temporarily reduced to QRP will be listed as 'non Original' checklog. Date: 06/07-Jul-2002 ; 28/29-Dec-2002 Time: Saturday 1500 UTC till Sunday 1500 UTC, rest period of 9 hours minimum in one or two parts. (more breaks if you like) Frequencies: CW segments of the 80-, 40-, and 20m band. Call: CQ OQRP (=Original QRP) Categories: V L P (1W out or 2W in) Q R P (5W out or 10W in) M P (20W out or 40W in) ( No QRO-category) NEW: From now on there will be 'Handmade' and 'Open' subcategories, i.e. VLP/Handmade and VLP/Open, QRP/Handmade and QRP/Open etc.. Contestants who want to be listed in a 'Handmade' subcategory MUST declare : "All my TX operated in this contest were homemade by myself. I was coding & decoding the CW signals by head & hand without computer assistance and did not use DX-cluster or other third party support." Any log without a declaration like this will be listed in the "Open" subcategory. Operation: Single-op CW. Various TX/TRX may be operated, but only one at the same time. Exchange: RST, serial-no./ category e.g. 559001/VLP. QSO-Points: The log checker will count 4 points for a qso with another contest station whose log has come in. All other QSO count 1 point. Exchange of RST is sufficient with stations not in contest. Multiplier: The log checker will count 2 multiplier points for each DXCC-country from a qso with a station whose log has come in. Otherwise each DXCC-country counts 1 multiplier point. Final score: Sum of QSO-points multiplied by the sum of multiplier-points. (Calculated by the log checker. Don't try an own calculation: you cannot foresee who will send his log and who will not). So every log is welcome and important, even just 3 QSO on a picture postcard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logs: List QSO sorted bandwise, please. Add the DXCC prefix if you claim a multiplier for a QSO. Summary sheet: has to show name, address, callsign and minimum rest periods. Indicate the types of all TX/TRX used with out- or input on each band according to manufacturer or measured under contest conditions. Homebrew rigs description should name pa-transistor/-tube and possibly a reference (e.g. SPRAT No.) (Don't forget the "Handmade"-declaration mentioned above). Deadline: 31-Jul/31-Jan to: Dr. Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST, Schlesierweg 13, D-38228 SALZGITTER, Germany. Via Packet to DJ7ST at DB0ABZ NEW: e-mail logs to DL9OE at darc.de - - - - - - - - - P.S. If you don't know us yet: The QRP-Contest-Community (qrpcc) is a supra-national network of qrp enthusiasts (at present 170 promoters from 12 nations) pursuing the organization and promotion of QRP Contests since 1992. The qrpcc may be viewed as a support group taking care of the QRP'ers interests in a self-help manner. Because of its international design the qrpcc does not seek any affiliation with national ham radio organizations but is open to any friendly cooperation. Since 1996 the qrpcc carries out the ORIGINAL-QRP-Contest, designed for genuine QRP gear. The HOMEBREW & OLDTIME-EQUIPMENT-Party (HOT-PARTY) since 1997 also is organized by qrpcc. The newest qrpcc event is the QRP-MINIMAL ART-SESSION which started at Ascension Day 2000. The promoters of qrpcc are private persons supporting the idea by personal participation in organizing, log-checking, printing address labels etc. or by contributing to postage costs. - - - - - - All OQRPC participants will receive info-letters by post along with comments, statistics, summary&log sheet etc.. Hpe cu in the ORIGINAL-QRP-CONTEST ! Best 73/2 de Hal, DJ7ST ++++++++++++++++++ Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 18:29:05 -0700 From: Wayne Burdick Organization: Elecraft To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] reminder: QRP Afield is tomorrow This is a great chance for a few-hour QRP getaway. Some ops will be out all day, some for an hour. You can use all modes, and all HF bands except WARC bands (30/17/12 m). The contest period is 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM EDT, and you choose your best 6-hour stretch for scoring purposes. Complete rules and entry form are available at http://www.qsl.net/wq1rp/qrpaf02r.htm Is your battery charged yet? ;) See you on the air-- Wayne N6KR +++++++++++++++++++ Reply-To: "Ken Newman" From: "Ken Newman" To: "List Elecraft" , "W3BG" , "EPA-QRP Club" , "NJ-QRP Club" , "QRP-L Reflector" Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:51:20 -0400 Subject: [Elecraft] NJQRP Homebrewer Sprint - Sunday Evening Please mark your QRP operating calendar Sunday evening for the ***NJQRP Homebrewer Sprint*** FALL --> Sept 23, 2002 0000-0400 UTC (Sunday evening in the US) Put down the soldering iron and get on the air with other QRP homebrewers! The NJQRP and "QRP Homebrewer" magazine are sponsoring this fun, quick and easy QRP sprint ... with a homebrew twist! Includes PSK31 mode and multipliers for home-built gear. Prizes for the winner(s) and special certificates for all. Mission: Promote homebrewed & homemade equipment on the air together. (Kits count for homebrew). Anyone with ANY equipment can enter. Sponsor: New Jersey QRP Club ( http://www.njqrp.org ) When: The fourth Monday in March and September 0000-0400 UTC (Sunday evening in USA/Canada) Modes: CW and PSK31. (Both modes considered separate bands) QRP CW and PSK31 frequencies recommended on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. Exchange: RST - State/Province/Country - Power out QSO Points: 2 Commercial Equipment 3 Homebrew Xmtr or Rcvr 4 Homebrew Xmtr AND Rcvr or Xcvr 5 Homebrew PSK31 station (Kits are ok for homebrew) Power Mult: 0>250 mW = x 15, 250 mW>1W = x10, 1-5W = x7, >5W = x1. (The highest power used during the contest for the mult.) Multiplier: State/Province/Country for all bands. The same station may be worked on more than one band for QSO points and SPC credit. CW and PSK31 are considered separate bands. SCORE: Points(total for all bands) x SPC (total for all bands) x power multiplier. AWARDS: Awards of current NJQRP Club kits or subscriptions to "QRP Homebrewer" will be provided based on the number of entries received. Special certificates will also be awarded. LOGS: Entries must be received by 30 days from the contest. The log sheets and summary should be included. E-mail logs are accepted in text form. (No word processor files etc). Also paper logs are ok. Please include your Soapbox info with your equipment and exploits. Send logs to: Ken Newman, N2CQ 81 Holly Drive Woodbury, NJ 08096 or send by email to n2cq at arrl.net Rules at: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html Did I mention that it will be on this Sunday evening? +++++++++++++++