THE TEXAS QSO PARTY sponsored by the Northwest Amateur Radio Society (NARS) 
in Houston, Texas. 1400Z September 30th to 0500z  October 1st, 2000 and 1400Z 
October 1st, 2000 to 2000Z October 1st, 2000. 
 
Exchange RST and  State (Province, Country, or Maritime region).  Texas 
stations use RST and County.  Stations may be worked once per band/mode.  
Texas mobiles may be worked once per band/mode from each county.


Categories for Novice/Tech, single and multi op, multi single and multi 
multi, Texas mobile single,
multi op, QRP single and multi xmtr, CW only, and a Club Aggregate category.


Score Two points per phone QSO and three points per CW and other digital 
mode QSO.


Multipliers:


Non -Texas stations use number of Texas counties worked - a total of 254.


Texas stations use number of Texas counties, states, Canadian Provinces, and 
DX countries (less USA, Canada, Hawaii and  Alaska). 


Add bonus points to your final score:
Non - Texas stations add  one hundred points for EVERY ten Texas mobiles 
worked per band/mode. 
 
Texas stations add one hundred points  for  EVERY ten Texas mobiles worked 
per 
band/mode.  


Texas mobiles add five thousand points per every five counties covered
with at least five contacts per county and add one hundred points for  EVERY 
ten 
Texas mobiles worked per band/mode.


Suggested frequencies: CW - 40 -60 khz up.
Phone - 25 khz up in General class segments.  VHF  - 50.200   144.200  
Send logs (and dupe sheets if over 200 QSOs) by October 31st, 2000 to 


For a complete set of rules see the NARS website http://www.flash.net/~nars or
send a SASE to NARS. (address below)


Send logs and summary sheet via mail (paper or disk) to NARS Texas QSO Party
Committee, P.O. Box 690342, Houston, Texas 77269-0342 or by email to
K5VUU@arrl.net, by October 31st, 2000.  Results will be posted on the internet
contest reflector.


TQP is supported by NA and TR contest software.
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