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THE 2010 NORTH CAROLINA QSO PARTY
Sponsored by the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club, Inc. W4NC
PO Box 11361
Winston-Salem, NC 27116-1361
Time/Date: 1700 UTC Feb.28 through 0300 UTC Mar.1 (10 hours)
OBJECT: Out of State stations work as many NC stations as you can. You may work stations once per each band/mode combination for QSO points. Work NC mobiles again as they change counties for QSO points.
NC fixed stations work as many NC counties, States, Canadian provinces and DXCC countries as you can.
NC mobile stations work from as many NC counties to as many NC counties, States, Canadian provinces and DXCC countries as possible.
EXCHANGE: Callsign, QTH (NC county, State, Canadian province or DXCC country)- Use of 59 or 599 is optional and will not influence your score! Be sure to stick to the official county abbreviations downloadable below.
SUGGESTED FREQS: CW - 3.540, 7.040, 14.040, 21.040, 21.140, 28.040, 28.140; PHONE - 3.860, 7.260, 14.260, 21.360, 28.360. No 160, 6 or 2 meter qso's for QSO party credit. ALL CW CONTACTS MUST TAKE PLACE IN THE CW PORTION OF EACH BAND! 100 Watt power limit for all qsos.
LOGGING: Logs must be kept showing Sent UTC, Band, Mode, Sent County/QTH, Call worked, Rcvd County/QTH, Points and New Multiplier #. Number each new multiplier as worked. IN-STATE PARTICIPANTS- ONLY 1 DXCC MULTIPLIER IS ALLOWED. DO NOT COUNT YOUR OWN COUNTRY or North Carolina FOR MULT CREDIT. For example, You may work EA1XXX for a multiplier, but you may not claim anymore DX mults after that one. You may still work DX for QSO credit. NC mobiles please keep logs in order of NC county worked from. Summary sheet and multiplier list available for download below. OFFICIAL NCQP SUMMARY SHEET WITH CATEGORY MUST BE SENT WITH EMAIL OR PAPER LOG SUBMISSION. Any requests, questions or comments please contact Henry W2DZO via email at w2dzo @ w4nc.org.
SCORING: QSO - 2 points for each Phone QSO, 3 points for each CW QSO, 3 points for each NC mobile (either mode and again as they change counties,only once per county). Multipliers - NC stations multiply QSO points by total of different NC counties, states, Canadian provinces and 1 multiplier for working at least one DXCC country. Out-of-state stations multiply QSO points by total number of different NC counties worked(max 100). Bonus - 50 points each for working Cherokee (Mountains) OR Dare (Coastal) counties; 150 POINTS FOR WORKING BOTH. 50 points each for working W4NC OR W4WS; 150 POINTS FOR BOTH. NC mobiles add 100 bonus points for each county from where at least one QSO was worked.
Add bonus points after all calculations.
AWARD CATEGORIES - NOTE CHANGES- WE ARE DROPPING MOBILE AND CLUB/OUT OF STATE CATEGORIES AND ADDING SO AND CLUB SSB ONLY CATEGORIES FOR INSTATE AND SO SSB ONLY OUT OF STATE. Plaques will be given for first place in the following 10 categories. (PLAQUE SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE- CONTACT HENRY HEIDTMANN W2DZO FOR DETAILS) Certificates will be issued to state/regional winners, and 2nd/3rd place at the discretion of the Contest Committee.
SINGLE OP/IN STATE/mixed mode - Fixed operating location.
SINGLE OP/IN STATE/SSB only- Fixed operating location. (NEW!)
MOBILE/IN STATE - Operation from a motor vehicle capable of transmission while moving.
CLUB/IN STATE/mixed mode - At least two operators using A VALID FCC ISSUED CLUB CALL. Club competition must have only one transmitted signal at a time, no band change limit. We hope to generate more club operation, hence promoting amateur radio as a group organization.
CLUB/IN STATE/SSB only-(NEW!) At least two operators using A VALID FCC ISSUED CLUB CALL. Club competition must have only one transmitted signal at a time, no band change limit. We hope to generate more club operation, hence promoting amateur radio as a group organization.
SINGLE OP/IN STATE/QRP- Single operator using no more than 5 watts.
SINGLE OP/OUT OF STATE/MIXED MODE – As above
SINGLE OP/OUT OF STATE/SSB only (New!) - As above
SINGLE OP/OUT OF STATE/QRP- As above
MOST NC MULTIPLIERS – The station, in state or out, with the most NC counties contacted.
LOGS: Logs and summary sheets must be postmarked by April 1, 2010 to NC QSO PARTY c/o Henry Heidtmann W2DZO, 8812 Merry Hill Court, Lewisville, NC 27023. We hope to have results will be posted on the FARC website by the end of May. Entry MUST include full log and the official NCQP summary sheet stating call, category, claimed score with bonuses. Logs should be in any standard logger format, including Cabrillo. You may download the summary sheet below and mail it, or simply open it in a text editor, fill it in and rename it yourcall.sum and attach it in the email. Be sure to attach your log (as yourcall.log) and summary (yourcall.sum)- do not place the log or summary in the body of the email. Be sure your category is marked clearly on both the summary sheet and log!
Join the NC QSO Party yahoogroup email reflector!
Thanks for making the 2010 North Carolina QSO Party one of the most exciting state QSO parties on the air!
2010 RECEIVED LOGS LIST (UPDATED 4/8/2010)
AA4FU AA4NC AA4XX AB7RW AB0RX AC4RC AC4RF AE1T AI4GR AJ4FV AK4NC DL3GA DL4FN DL6KVA EA5DFV K1SO K3IRV K4AMC K4BAI K4BSK K4HMB K4OGB K4YT K5BZH K5LH K5ME K7RFW K9BTQ K9IA K9UIY K0HNC K0PC KA1WPM KA4PLH KB3IPZ KB3LIX KB0QBT KC2LNC KC4EEA KC4MYV KE0G KF3BN KG4W KG4ZOD KI4FW KI4LXT KJ4IC KJ4WD KO4DI KS4X KS5A KT4LF N1NN N1OAJ N1WCF N3KR N3SW N4ARO N4C N4DE N4GM N4IG N4IOZ N4MIO N4VV N5HMH N5WR N6MU N8WAV N9AUG N9VPV NA4CC NB4F NC4AR NC4KW NC4PC NI4BK NM2L NO4Y NS9I NV9X NW6S NX8G NY4N OK1KT OK2EC SM6Z SP5SA SP6JOE UA3AGW UT5UIA VA3GKO VE4KZ VX2AWR W1DWA W1END W4APP W4BK W4DXA W4GWL W4HSA W4JHU W4NC W4NZ W4UCZ W4WNT W4WS W4YK W4ZPR W6UB W7GVE W7KAM W8CAG W8TM W9HB W9WE W0BH W0MRZ WA3HAE WA4NOT WA4SM WA5SWN WA5ZUP WA0MHJ WB2ABD WB4DCM WB4ZPF WB8WKQ WB9CIF WC2Z WX4RM
2010 NC QSO PARTY ACTIVATION MAP
(COUNTIES IN RED HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED ACTIVE FOR THE 2010 NCQP)
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ACTIVE EITHER FIXED OR MOBILE VIA THE NCQP YAHOOGROUPS REFLECTOR OR BY EMAILING ncqp@windstream.net
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