North American RTTY QSO Party

Third full weekend in July
Sponsored by National Contest Journal (NCJ)

1800 UTC July 15th to 0600 UTC July 16th 2000

1. Eligibility	Any licensed radio amateur may enter.
2. Object	To work as many North American stations,and/or other stations if you are in North America, as possible. Non North American stations can only work N.A. stations for multiplier and points credit.
3. Entry Classes	Single Operator, unassisted, 150 watts maximum output. Multi-operator, two transmitters, 150 watts maximum output. Multi-operator stations must keep a separate log for each transmitter, and can operate for the entire 12 hour period,however they MUST remain on a selected band for at least 10 minutes. (10 minute rule). Single operator stations may only operate 10 out of 12 hours. Off times must be at least 30 minutes in length and must be clearly marked in the log. Use of helpers or spotting nets by single operator entries is NOT permitted. Single operator entrants may only have one transmitted signal at a time.
4. Mode	RTTY only.
5. Bands	80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters only. You may work a station once per band.
6. Exchange	Operator name and station location (state, province or country).
7. Points	One point for each valid contact.
8. Multipliers	US states, including KH6 and KL7, Canadian Provinces and other North American countries. Canadian Provinces are: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Labrador, Yukon, and NWT. Do not count USA, Canada, KH6 or KL7 as countries. Non-North American countries do not count as multipliers but may be worked for QSO credit. North American Station: Defined by the rules of the CQWW DX Contests with the addition of KH6.
9. Valid Contact	A valid contact consists of a complete, correctly copied and legibly logged two-way exchange between a North American station and another station. Proper logging requires including the time of each contact. Regardless of the number of licensed call signs issued to a given operator, one and only one call sign shall be utilized during the contest by that operator.
10. Scoring	Multiply total valid contacts by the total number of multipliers worked on each band.
11. Logs	(1) A summary sheet showing the number of valid contacts and multipliers by band, total contacts and multipliers, total score, team name (if any), power output, name, call sign and address of the operator, station call sign and station location. (2) A complete legible log of all contacts (including dupes marked as such) with indication of multipliers claimed. (3) A separate check sheet for each band. (4) A list of all claimed multipliers worked on each band. Logs, summary sheets and check sheets may be home made or patterned after those published periodically in the NCJ. Logs may be submitted on disk in the form of files generated (.ALL .SUM etc) by WF1B program or MS-DOS ASCII files consisting of all information in (1)-(4) above if generated from a program other than RTTY by WF1B. All entries should include a written,signed statement of "Fair and Ethical Operation". Send North American QSO Party RTTY logs to: Ron Stailey,K5DJ 504 Dove Haven Dr., Round Rock, Tx 78664-5926. USA E-mail logs to: [email protected] Entries must be postmarked not later than 30 days after the party to be eligible for trophies and awards.
12. Team Competition	Team competition is limited to a maximum of 5 single operator stations as a single entry unit. Groups having more than 5 members may submit more than one team entry. PRE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT: To qualify as a team entry, the name, call sign of each operator, and call sign of the station operated, should the operator be a guest at a station other than his own (e.g. K1NG op by WF1B), must be registered with K5DJ. The team registration information must be in written, telegraphic or e-mail ([email protected]) form and must be received before the start of the NAQP. There are neither distance nor meeting requirements for a team entry. The only requirement is pre-registration of the team.
13. Penalties and Disqualification	For each unmarked duplicate QSO, you lose that contact plus an additional three contacts. For each QSO for which you are not in the other stations log, you lose that QSO plus an additional one contact. For each QSO for which the log data is incorrectly copied in any respect, you lose that contact. Entries with score reductions greater than 5% will be disqualified. Any entry may be disqualified for illegibility, illegal or non-ethical operation. Such disqualification is at the discretion of the NCJ Contest Review Committee.
14. Awards	A plaque will be awarded for the highest score in each of the following categories: Single operator NA: Sponsor Glenn Vinson, W6OTC Multi operator NA: Sponsor RTTY by WF1B Single operator DX: Sponsor Will Angenent, KN6DV *Best Name* used in NA: Sponsor Eddie Schneider, W6/G0AZT * The name must be rated PG and not contain more than 10 letters. Certificates of merit will be awarded to the highest scoring entrant from each State, Province and North American Country,provided at least 200 QSOs have been logged.