2000 MINNESOTA QSO PARTY 1800 UTC 05 February 2000 to 0500 UTC 06 February 2000 Sponsored by the Twin City FM Club Co-Sponsored by Hamfest Minnesota, TR Log Contest Software by N6TR, Radio City, K0XQ, St. Paul Amateur Radio Club **NOTE**The 87 counties of Minnesota are each assigned a 2 letter designator-these should be used if designing a template for your contest software of choice. If you do not wish to make your own template, TR Log Contesting Software by N6TR supports the Minnesota QSO Quest, along with 50+ other contests; TR Log IS "The Serious Contest Logging Software". We are also pleased to announce what sometime near the beginning of January, we hope to be able to offer support for the MN QP for users of both NA by K8CC & WriteLog for Windows by W5XD. Please check the MN QP website & home of Lars the Soon-To-Be Lutefisk at http://www.rossiya.net for updates , summary sheet & sample log (in January). The MN QP is one of the few state QSO parties that now allows RTTY QSOs , as well as SSB & CW. Also, since a large majority of Minnesotans are of Scandinavian descent and/or origin, we invite all Scandinavian amateurs to participate in the MN QP; there are two DX categories in MN QP, eligible for plaques, prizes, & a special gift from the state of Minnesota. Of course, all DX is invited to participate! The Minnesota QSO Quest Rules Committee members are Al Dewey K0AD, Dale Reak KB0VCV, & Sean Warner K0XQ. Special thanks goes to Larry "Tree" Tyree N6TR of TR Log for offering numerous helpful suggestions & ideas, almost all of which were implemented into the final product. Contest Rules: 1.Time: Contest runs from 1800 05 February 2000 until 0600 UTC 06 February 2000. 2.QSO Rules: MN stations work everyone, all other W/VE & DX work MN stations. Work stations once per band & mode (CW/SSB/RTTY). Multipliers only counted once, regardless of band/mode. 3.Bands/Modes: HF 160m-10m (excluding WARC bands). VHF 6m. CW/SSB/RTTY modes only. 4.Exchange: MN stations send serial number & county (two letter designator); W/VE & DX send serial number & state/province/DXCC country. Multipliers for MN is MN counties (87 total) plus states/provinces (49 states excluding Minnesota + 10 Canadian provinces + 2 Canadian Territorries= 61 W/VE mults total); 148 max multipliers (all bands) for MN stations. Multipliers for everyone else is MN counties (87 total). DXCC countries may be worked for points only-no multipliers. 5.Scoring: Score 1 QSO point for SSB QSO, 2 QSO points for CW/RTTY QSO. TCFMC Club station W0EF is 10 QSO points per contact, any band/mode. Final score is QSO points total times multiplier total. 6.Operating Classes-MN: Single Op Low Power (150w or less), Single Op High Power, Single Op Novice/Tech, Multi Op/Single Transmitter. All classes mixed modes only. 7.Operating Classes-W/VE: Single Op Low Power (150w or less), Single Op High Power, Multi Op/Single Transmitter. 8.Operating Classes-DX: Single Op, Multi-Op/Single Transmitter 9.Suggested Frequencies-CW: Up from 1.810 3.550 (3.695) 7.050 (7.110) 14.050 21.050 (21.150) 28.050 (28.150) 50.050 *Note : Suggested times for 160m is 0430-0600 UTC. 10.Suggested Frequencies-SSB: Up from 1.870 3.890 7.230 14.290 21.390 28.420 50.150 *Note: Suggested times for 160M is 0430-0600 UTC. 11.Suggested Frequencies-RTTY: Within the ARRL suggested band plans for all bands. 12.Logs: Send logs by March 15th to Twin City FM Club, Attn: MNQSO Logs, PO Box 580555, Minneapolis, MN 58055 or email to webmaster@rossiya.net . Log & scoring summary sheet available on the Internet at http://www.rossiya.net/mnqso.htm 13.Prizes: 1st place in each MN & W/VE class receives plaque, amateur related prizes (TR Log Contesting Software OR RAC Callbook CD ROM OR choice of 1999 ARRL Handbook, 1999 ARRL Antenna Book, 1999 ARRL Operating Manual) plus a special gift from the state of Minnesota; 2nd & 3rd places receive certificate. 1st place in each DX class receive certificate, amateur radio related prizes (choice of 1999 ARRL Handbook, 1999 ARRL Antenna Book or 1999 ARRL Operating Manual) plus a special gift from the state of Minnesota. Minnesota County List Minnesota counties (for use in MQP outside of Minn)   Aitkin = AT, AIT Anoka = AN, ANO   Becker = BK, BEC Beltrami = BL, BEL Benton = BN, BEN BigStone = BS, BIG BlueEarth = BE, BLU Brown = BR, BRO   Carlton = CR, CARL Carver = CV, CARV Cass = CS, CAS Chippewa = CP, CHIP Chisago = CG, CHI Clay = CY, CLA Clearwater = CL, CLE Cook = CK, COOK Cottonwood = CD, COT CrowWing = CW, CRO   Dakota = DK, DAK Dodge = DG, DOD Douglass = DS, DOU   Fairbault = FB, FAI Fillmore = FM, FIL Freeborn = FR, FRE   Goodhue = GH, GOO Grant=GR   Hennepin = HN, HENN Houston = HO Hubbard = HB, HUB   Isanti = IS Itasca = IT   Jackson = JK, JAC   Kanabec = KB, KANA Kandiyohi = KD, KAND Kittson = KT, KIT Koochiching = KO   LacQuiParle = LP, LAC Lake = LK, LAK LakeOfTheWoods = LW, LAKEO LeSuer = LS, LES Lincoln = LN, LIN Lyon = LY   McLeod = MC Mahnomen = MM, MAH Marshall = MH, MARS Martin = MN, MART Meeker = MK, MEE MilleLacs = ML, MILL Morrison = MR, MOR Mower = MW, MOW Murray = MU   Nicollet = NI Nobles = NO, Norman = NR, NOR   Olmstead = OL Ottertail = OT   Pennington = PN, PENNI Pine = PI, PIN Pipestone = PS, PIP Polk = PK, POL Pope = PO, POP   Ramsey = RA RedLake = RL, REDL Redwood = RW, REDW Renville = RV, REN Rice = RC, RIC Rock = RK, ROC Roseau = RO   StLouis = SL, STL, SAINT Scott = ST, SCO Sherburne = SB, SH Sibley = SI Stearns = SN, STER Steele = SE, STEE, STEAL Stevens = SV, STEV Swift = SW   Todd = TD, TOD Traverse = TR   Wabasha = WB, WAB Wadena = WD, WAD Waseca = WS, WASE Washington = WG, WASH Watonwan = WT, WAT Wilkin = WK, WIL Winona = WN, WIN Wright = WR   YellowMedicine = YM, YEL     Here is the combined list for Minn stns:   87 Minnesota Counties + 49 states + 12 Canadian mults   Al = AL Ak = AK, ALK, KL7 An = AN Ar = AR At = AT, AIT Az = AZ, ARI   Be = BE, Blu Bk = BK, BEC Bl = BL, BEL Bn = BN, BEN Bs = BS, Big Br = BR   Ca = CA Cd = CD, COT Cg = CG, CHIS Ck = CK, COO Cl = CL Co = CO Cp = CP, CHIP Cr = CR, CARL Cs = CS, CAS Ct = CT, CON Cv = CV, CARV Cw = CW, CRO Cy = CY, CLA   De = DE Dk = DK, DAK Dg = DG, DOD Ds = DS, DOU   Fb = FB, FA Fl = FL Fm = FM, FI Fr = FR   Ga = GA, GE Gh = GH, GO Gr=GR   Hb = HB, HUB Hi = H, KH6 Hn = HN, HEN Ho = HO   Ia = IA, IO Id = ID In = IN Il = IL Is = IS It = IT   Jk = JK, JAC   Kb = KB, KANA Kd = KD, KAND Ko = KO Ks = KA, KS Kt = KT, KIT Ky = KE, KY   La = LA, LOUIS Lk = LK, LAKE Ln = LN, LIN Lp = LP, LAC Ls = LS, LEW Lw = LW, LAKEO, LOW, LOTW Ly = LY   Mille Lacs ML   Ma = MA Mc = MC Md = MD, MARY Me = MAI, ME Mh = MH, MARS Mi = MI Mk = MK, MEE Ml = ML, MARS Mm = MM, MAH Mn=MN, MART Mo = MO, MISSO Mr = MR, MOR Ms = MS, MIS Mt = MT, MON Mu = MU Mw = MW, MOW   Nc = NC Nd = ND Ne = NE Nh = NH Ni = NI, NI Nj = NJ Nm = NM No = NO Nr = NR, NOR Nv = NV, NEV Ny = NY   Oh = OH Ok = OK Ol = OL Or = OR Ot = OT   Pa = PA, PENNS Pi = PI Pk = PK, POL Pn = PN, PENNI Po = PO Ps = PS, PIP   Ra = RA Rc = RC, RIC Ri = RI, RHO Rk = RK, ROC Rl = RL, REDL Ro = RO, ROS Rv = RV, REN Rw = RW, REDW   Steele SE   Sb = SB, SHE Sc = SC Sd = SD Si = SI Sl = SL, ST, SAIN Sn = SN, STEA St = ST, SCO Sv = Sv, STEV Sw = SW   Td = TD, TOD Tn = TN, TEN Tr = TR Tx = TX, TEX   Ut = U   Va = VA, VI Vt = VT, VER   vE1 = VE1, NS vE2 = VE2, QU, PQ, QC vE3 = VE3, ON vE4 = VE4, MB, MAN vE5 = VE5, SK, SAS vE6 = VE6, AB, ALT, ALB vE7 = VE7, BC vE8 = VE8, VY1, NW, YU, YK, YT, NT, vE9 = VE9, NB vO1 = VO1, NF vO2 = VO2, LAB vY2 = VY2, PEI   Wa = WA Wb = WB, WAB Wd = WD, WAD Wg = WG, WASHINGTON Wi = WI Wk = WK, WIL Wn = WN, WIN Wr = WR Ws = WS, WAS Wt = WT, WAT Wv = WV Wy = WY   Ym = YM, YE