Michigan QSO Party


April 15 & 16, 2000

Sponsored by the Hazel Park ARC & the Eastern MI ARC

Operating Periods 	1800Z April 15 until 0300Z April 16  
			1100Z April 16 until 0200Z April 17.

Frequencies:  CW - 1810, 3540, 3725, 7035, 7125, 14035, 21035, 21125,
28025, 28125;  Phone - 1855, 3905, 7280, 14280, 21380, 28380;  VHF -
50.125, 145.025, 146.55.  Try 160 after dark on the even hours.  No
WARC bands, No Repeaters

Exchanges:  Exchange signal report, serial number and QTH (County for
MI stations, state, VE province or DXCC country for others). Stations
on county lines will give out ONE serial number per contact but all
counties may be counted as multipliers.  Work stations once per band
and once per mode.  Work mobiles again as they change counties.

Scoring:  1 point per phone QSO and 2 points per CW QSO.  Duplicate
contacts must be marked.  QSO's with MI Club Stations count 5
additional points each.  MI Clubs identify with /CLUB.  1997 MI clubs
that were active were K8EPV, W8XXX, K8XXX, KK8U, W8JXU, W8YY, N8LC,
W8MRM, W8TNO.

Multipliers:  MI stations - sum of MI counties + states + VE provinces
+ DXCC countries worked - Max 85.
Others -  sum of Michigan counties worked (max 83) 

Final Score:  Total Points  X  Total Multipliers

Entry Classes:  Single Op, Multi-Op, QRP  & Mobile.   Only one
transmitted signal is allowed at a time.

Awards:  Plaques 				Certificates 
	High Score Lower Peninsula		Top S/O entry, each MI county
	High Score Upper Peninsula		Top entry, each State
	High Score MI - Multi-Op			Top entry, each Province
	High Score MI - Mobile			Top entry, each Country
	High Score QRP 			         where a significant entry was placed.
	High Score Out of State				
	High Score - MI Club

Logs & Dupe Sheets:  Logs must be submitted on an official form or
reasonable facsimile. Forms are available from EMARC.  Entries with 100
or more QSO's MUST have dupesheets.  Computer logs (NA, CT, etc.) must
include a completed paper summary sheet.  
Please include $1.00 (US) with your log for a copy of the results, and
to help defray the costs of mailing, printing, handling, etc.

Log Submission:  Mail logs by May 31, 2000 to MI QSO Party (EMARC), POB
611230, Port Huron, MI  48061-1230	
E-mail logs by May 31, 2000 to k8dd@contesting.com
Check http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/2844 
 Attach an ASCII file <call>.prn  or <call>.log and <call>.sum summary
sheet.

The following MI QSO Party plaques are availble for sponsorship for $40
each.  
				High Score - MI Lower Peninsula
				High Score - MI Upper Peninsula
Eastern MI ARC			High Score - Multi-Op
				High Score - Mobile
MI QRP Club			High Score - QRP
				High Score - MI Club
				High Score - Out of State
				High Score - Check log