GEORGIA QSO PARTY                                 Sponsored by South East Contest Club and Southeastern DX Club                                 Object:        For amateurs outside of the state of Georgia to make contact with as many                Georgia stations as possible.  Georgia stations work everyone. Contest Period: August 5 and August 6, 2000.  There are two operating periods. 1800Z August                5 - 0359Z August 6 and 1400Z August 6 - 2359Z August 6.  20 hours                      total.  All stations may operate the full 20 hours. Categories:         Single operator.  One person performs all operating and logging functions.                 Use of spotting nets including PacketCluster (tm) is not permitted.  Only                 one transmitted signal on the air at any time.                Multioperator.  Those obtaining any form of assistance, such as relief                operators, loggers, or use of spotting nets.  Multioperator stations may be                multi-single, multi-multi, multioperator rover, or mutlioperator novice/                technician.                Multi-single.  Only one transmitted signal on the air at any time.                Multi-multi.  More than one transmitted signal on the air at any time.  No                simultaneous signals on one band at the same time regardless of mode.                Rover.  Rover is a mobile or portable station that operates from at least                six counties in Georgia making at least one contact from each county.  No                county-line operations for either mobiles or rovers.  Rovers and mobiles                must move the entire operating site including antennas at least 100 yards                when relocating to another county.                Novice/technician. Novice or technician licensees perform all operating and                logging functions.  May be single or multioperator. Power               Three power output categories for all categories.  Logs not showing                power output category will be listed as high power.                QRP - five watts output or less.                Low Power - 150 watts output or less.                High power - more than 150 watts output. Modes               There are no separate categories for modes.  All stations are encouraged                to use both modes. Contest Exchange    Georgia stations send signal report and county.                Non-Georgia W/VE stations (including KH6/KL7) send signal report and                state or VE multiplier area.                DX stations (including KH2/KP4, etc.) send signal report and "DX"                or country abbreviation. Scoring        QSO Points.  Each complete non-duplicate Phone contact is worth one                point.  Each complete non-duplicate CW contact is worth two points.                No partial contact credit.  Duplicate contacts must be clearly identified                and counted as zero points (but not removed from the log)..                Multipliers.                 For Georgia stations: 50 states (including GA), Canada: NS, NB, PEI, NF                (VO1, VO2), QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NW (VE8, VY1,VY0).  DX                counts for QSO points, but not for multipliers.  A multiplier can be counted                once per mode.  The maximum is 61 per mode or a total of 122.                For non-Georgia stations: Georgia counties per mode (a maximum of 159                per mode).  Georgia mobile and portable stations which change counties                are considered to be a new station and may be contacted again for point                and multiplier credit.  Mobiles and portables which qualify for the rover                     category are requested to submit separate scores for each county plus a                combined rover score, which would be determined by the number of QSO                points made from each location totaled and multiplied by the multipliers                determined as if the contacts had been made all from one location                     (maximum of 61 per mode).                Final score: Multiply QSO points by total multipliers. Suggested      CW - 3.545, 3.685, 7.045, 7.110, 14.045, 21.045, 21.110, 28.045, 28.110. Frequencies                Phone: 3.850, 7.225, 14.250, 21.300. 28.450.                Look for SSB activity on the hour and CW on the half hour.  No 160                     meter, WARC band, or VHF band QSOs count for the contest. Miscellaneous       Call signs and exchange information must be received by each station for a                complete QSO.                 No cross-mode contact.  CW contacts may not be made in the phone sub-                bands.    Stations may be worked once per mode, per band.                A transmitter used to contact one or more stations may not subsequently                                     be used under any other call during the contest period (with the exception                 of family stations where more than one call is assigned and the operator is                 changed when the call is changed). Reporting      Entries must be postmarked no later than August 31, 2000.  Any logs other                     than check logs with over 100 QSOs are encouraged to submit their logs in                computer readable (ASCII) format.  Any entrants who submit paper logs                with more than 100 contacts must also include dupe sheets.                E-mail.  You may submit your contest logs via e-mail to                           k4ea@contesting.com.  Send your summary sheet file and your log file                following the ARRL Suggested Standard File Format.                On disk.  You may submit your logs on diskettes, IBM compatible, MS-                DOS formatted, 3.5 inch. The log information must be in an ASCII file.                Mail.  Contest logs (paper or diskette) may be submitted via postal mail to:                Mr. Neal B. Sulmeyer, K4EA, 530 Old Doss Dr., Canton, GA 30114-8057                Logs must indicate band, mode, date, time (UTC), calls, sent and received                exchanges, multipliers and QSO points.  Multipliers should be marked                clearly the first time worked.  Single operator entrants should indicate                on the summary sheet if they used two radios and this will be noted in the                results.                 Entry forms and a list of county abbreviations will be available at the SECC                                    web site: http://www.contesting.com/secc/                         Entry forms may be requested by mail.  Please send a business sized SASE                to John Laney, K4BAI, PO Box 421, Columbus, GA 31902-0421.                Received logs will be listed on the SECC web site as soon as possible after                receipt.                Final results will be posted on the SECC web site and on the "3830"                internet reflector.                For a copy of the results, please send a business size SASE to K4EA at his                address shown above.                Certificates will be awarded to top scorers in each category from each                Georgia county, state, Canadian multiplier area, and DXCC country.                Second place certificates may be awarded where the number of entrants                justifies it in the opinion of the contest committee.  Endorsements or                separate certificates will also be awarded for the high Georgia scorer in                each category, high non-Georgia scorer in each category, high scorer                outside North America in each category, the Georgia station who contacts                the most Georgia counties regardless of mode, the Georgia station in each                category who makes the most QSOs, the non-Georgia station who makes                the most QSOs and the non-Georgia station who has the highest multiplier                total (most Georgia counties worked on two modes combined).                        Conditions of       Each entrant agrees to be bound by the provisions and the intent of this Entry               announcement, the regulations of the licensing authority, and the decisions                       of the contest committee. Plaques        Sponsored plaques include: High Ga and out-of-state at all three power                levels; high Ga. CW only score; high rover; high cw low-power rover;                highest out-of-state total multipliers (most Ga. counties on both modes                combined); high DX (outside North America).