B.C. QSO Challenge

Feb 9 & 10 2008

British Columbia QSO Challenge 2008 - Sponsored by The Delta Amateur Radio Society

OBJECT

Stations outside of British Columbia to work only B.C. stations in the 36 B.C. federal electoral districts.

Stations in B.C. to work anyone in the 36 B.C. federal districts, Canadian provinces, U.S. states, and DX countries.

CONTEST PERIOD

The contest starts Feb 9, 2008 at 1600Z Saturday, and runs for 12 hours till 03:59Z Sunday Feb. 10, 2008. All operators may operate all 12 hours of the contest.

FREQUENCIES & MODES

- Contest bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, and 6 meters

- Contacts on WARC bands, and bands above 6 meters are not allowed

- Contest modes: SSB, CW, Digital

(Any computer-to-computer mode is considered digital. Only one digital contact may be made with a station on each band.)

Suggested Frequencies:

- CW - 1850, 3550, 7045, 14050, 21050, 28050 kHz and 50.095 MHz

- Phone - 1850, 3825, 7260, 14225, 21380, 28380 kHz and 50.130 MHz (check for US General)

- Digital - Around the customary calling frequencies by mode

CLASSES

Single-Operator, All Bands (SOAB)

Modes: CW, Phone, Digital, Mixed

Power: QRP - 5 watts or less; Low - up to 100 watts; High - over 100 watts.

GENERAL RULES

Use of packet spots is allowed in all classes.

Requests to be spotted or self-spotting is prohibited in all classes.

EXCHANGE

British Columbia stations send: RS(T) and District (two letter abbreviation)

Non-British Columbia stations send: RS(T) and State, Province or DXCC entity

QSO POINTS

2 points for Phone QSOs

4 points for CW and Digital QSOs

The same station may be worked for QSO points on each band on Phone, CW, and Digital.

CW and Digital QSO's must be in the CW/Data sub-bands.

MULTIPLIERS

For all entrants: 36 British Columbia electorial districts (listed below).

For BC stations: 13 Canadian provinces/territories: Nfld/Lab, PEI, NS, NB, Que, Ont, Man, Sask, Alta, BC, Yukon, NWT, Nun.

Each Multiplier may be counted ONLY ONCE regardless of mode or band.

SPECIAL BONUS STATION

Any QSO with the Delta Amateur Radio Society's callsign, VE7SUN, will be worth an additional 10 points (therefore 12 or 14 points for that QSO).

SCORING

Total = QSO points from all bands X total multipliers.

LOGS

Logs should show Date, Band, Mode, Time in UTC, Station worked, Exchange sent and received,

QSO points claimed, new multipliers worked.

Dupe sheets required for 200 QSO's or more.

Summary sheet listing QSO totals for mode, multipliers, and final claimed score

Logs of any contest software are acceptable, but plain ASCII files are acceptable if they show the above QSO data.

Electronic submissions as a separate attachment are encouraged, but can include the summary sheet in the body of email message.

Entries MUST BE POSTMARKED OR EMAILED NOT LATER THAN March 31.

Email logs to: VE7FKY@RAC.CA.

Send paper logs to:

Delta Amateur Radio Society,

1108-56 Street

Delta, British Columbia, V4L 2A3

Canada

AWARDS

Certificates suitable for framing will be awarded to the highest score in each category.

Please direct questions to ve7fky@rac.ca

SUMMARY SHEET

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