THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP (2000) School Club Roundup (SCR) is sponsored by the Council for the Advancement of Amateur Radio in the New York City Schools (CAAR/NYCS), the ARRL and its Hudson Division Education Task Force to foster contacts with and among school radio clubs. The SCR is a great way to get young operators on the air. Very often a new operator will be intimidated by the fear of not knowing what to say to the stranger on the other side of the radio. The exchange info helps to overcome this fear in a low pressure contest format. Operators are encouraged to take some time to chat beyond the contest exchange. In response to several requests and suggestions, the time of day restriction is changed to a limit of 6 hours in any 24 hour period. It is expected that this will increase dx participation. Award certificates will be issued for separate Elementary, Middle School, High School and College/University levels for USA and DX entries. Rules: 1. Object: All stations to exchange QSO information as below with as many other stations as possible, especially school clubs. 2. Contest Period: Monday through Friday in the second full week in February. Start 1300 UTC on Monday February 7 and end 0100 UTC on Saturday February 12, 2000, (800 EST Monday through 2000 EST Friday, February 7-12 ). Operate no more than 24 of the possible 108 hours. There is a maximum of 6 hours in any 24 hour period. Logs must clearly show on and off dates and times. Off periods must be at least 30 minutes. 3. Classes, single transmitter only: (I) Individual or Single Operator (non-club) (C) Club or multi-operator group (non-school) (S) School club or group (grades k-12, colleges and universities). (Any station operated at a school for the contest period. This includes any group formed for the sole purpose of participating in the SCR.) 4. Exchange: Your call sign, RS(T), class ("I", "C" or "S"), U.S. State or DX country. For example W2CXN answers N2RQ's call by sending "N2RQ DE W2CXN 57(9) S NY". (Multi-operator group stations must choose one and only one callsign to use for the whole contest). 5. Scoring: Stations may be contacted once each on phone and CW (Packet, RTTY and others count as CW). No repeater contacts except satellite and "real time" packet. One point for each phone QSO. Two points for each CW QSO. Multiplier: [Number States plus DX countries] plus 2x ["C" class stations worked] plus 5x ["S" class stations worked]. School stations get a multiplier of 5 which should make them the most desirable stations to work. Contacts with Marty, KA2NRR will count as a 5x multiplier. (KA2NRR was the founding Chairman of the CAAR/NYCS and creator of the contest that became the SCR). Final Score: Multiply QSO points by multiplier. PLEASE USE OUR SUMMARY FORM TO AVOID ERRORS, especially if this is your first time in the SCR. (See 6 below.) Suggested frequencies: All amateur bands except 30, 17 and 12 meters are permitted. On VHF and UHF repeaters are not to be used. Only recognized simplex frequencies may be used, such as 144.90-145.00; 146.49, .55, 58; and 147.42, .45, .48, .51, .54 and .57 MHz. The national calling frequency 146.52 MHz may not be used. CW 1800-1810 (kHz) Novice CW 3530-3580 3685-3705 7030-7080 7110-7130 14,030-14,060 21,050-21,080 21,110-21,130 28,050-28,080 28,110-28,130 Phone 1855-1865 Novice Phone 3850-3880 7225-7255 14,250-14,280 21,300-21,330 28,550-28,580 28,350-28,400 6. More info: Sample LOG and ENTRY forms are available for a large self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) (or a label and postage). SCR-LOG V3.x written by AD8B for IBM and compatible PC's is included with email requests to: caarnycs@aol.com 7. Reporting: Logs must include exchange information, bands, and signature of all operators (and authorized club official or trustee). Indicate the number of hours and operator/loggers and type of school. Dupe check sheets are required for entries over 100 QSO's. (Computer entries on disk are appreciated. Use SCR- LOG or follow the ARRL Suggested Standard File Format. Please include a printed summary sheet and instructions as to the disk file names and formats. If you are not sure if we can handle your files, call or write and ask us.) Entries should be mailed to School Club Roundup, c/o Lew Malchick, N2RQ, Brooklyn Technical HS, 29 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Postmarked not later than 30 days after contest end. 8. Awards: 8.5 x 11 inch Certificates for the top three entries in each class. The school club class will be divided into elementary, middle, high school and college/university. DX will be listed separately at the end of US entries in each category. A certificate for any station contacting ten or more school clubs. Send a large (9x12 inch) SASE or a mailing label and sufficient postage or IRC's for complete results and more info about CAAR/NYCS. (Note: We have always sent a certificate for each entry. We will try to continue that practice, but, because of increased participation and the associated workload, those who do not send appropriate postage or IRC's and an envelope or mailing label cannot be assured of getting a certificate.) ...de Lew Malchick, N2RQ Chairman, CAAR/NYCS