Hawaii QSO Party

Purpose	To provide competition for Amateur Radio Operators by contacting as many Hawaii stations in as many different Hawaii counties as possible. To provide county hunters the opportunity to contact rare Hawaiian counties durning the published contest time and in accordance with the rules of operation.
Rules of Operation	1. Operation will be permissible only in accordance with current FCC rules or your country's rules. 2. The use of spotting nets, by way of repeaters,packet nodes,simplex operation,or any other means is permissible. 3. Operation on all bands and modes is permitted, except on 30 meters, 17 meters, and 12 meters. Stations may be worked once per band per mode. 4. The Hawaii QSO Party contest period will be 1600Z Aug 26 , 2000 to 2200Z Aug 27, 2000. Total of 30 hours. Stations may work the entire contest period. 5. All logs must be submitted no later than 30 days after the contest. Dupe sheets are required for all stations submitting more than 200 contacts. 6. Any station not abiding by all of the rules will be disqualified.
Exchanges	Non Hawaii stations use RS/T, State,Country,Canadian Province,or maritime region. Hawaii stations use RS/T and County (5 counties)
Categories	Single transmitter QRP: CW only, PHONE only or MIXED mode. Single Operator: CW only, PHONE only, or MIXED mode. Multi op-Single transmitter: CW only, PHONE only, or MIXED mode. Multi-Multi: MIXED mode only.
Scoring	Hawaii Stations: Count one ( 1 ) points per phone QSO with any station. Count two ( 2 ) points per CW mode QSO with any station. Non Hawaii Stations: Count one ( 1 ) point per phone QSO with any Hawaii station. Count two ( 2 ) points per CW mode QSO with any Hawaii station.
Multipliers	Non Hawaii Stations: Your multiplier is the number of Hawaii counties worked. A maximum of five ( 5 ) multipliers is allowed. Hawaii Stations: Your multipliers are the number of states worked. ( 49 ) plus each Canadian province worked ( 13 ). plus each DXCC country worked excluding USA,Canada,and Alaska.
Final Score	Multiply the total QSO points times your multiplier to arrive at your final score.
Bonus Points	Work Club Station KH7XX and add one hundred and fifty ( 150 ) bonus points to your FINAL SCORE.
Final Final Score	Add bonus points to your Final score.
Suggested Frequencies	CW- 30khz up; Novice/Tech 30 khz up. PHONE- 25khz up in General segments and 28.300-28.500Mhz
Administration	The Hawaii DX Society shall oversee the receipt of logs and has the final authority to resolve issues relating to rules of the contest . HDXS shall be responsible for the issuance of all Hawaii QSO Party awards. Send logs and summary sheet via mail, disk or e-mail by Sept. 30, 2000. HDXS - KH7XX 1056 Kupau St. Kailua, Hawaii 96734 Email: [email protected] Results will be posted on the internet contest reflector, sent with a SASE, or via Email.