Pennsylvania QSO Party
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sponsored by the Nittany ARC

Type of Competition:
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work stations once per band and once per mode. Work mobiles again as they
change counties

Categories:
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- single-op medium power (<150 watts)
- single-op QRO (>150 watts)
- QRP (5 watts)
- multi-single
- multi-multi
- portable (single-op or multi-single)
- Novice/Technician
- mobile
 
Date:
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second full weekend in October, 16.00z Saturday to 05.00z Sunday
{02SAT10:1600:780}
                            and 13.00z to 22.00z Sunday
{02SAT10+1:1300:540}

Frequencies:
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SSB: 1.850, 3.980, 7.280, 14.280, 21.380, 28.310 MHz
CW:  40 KHz from bottom of the band and 1.810 MHz
look 10KHz up from Novice subband for Novice Q's
Mobile window is 5 KHz below listed frequencies
 
Exchange:
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sequential serial number plus COUNTY for Pennsylvania stations
sequential serial number plus ARRL/RAC section
County line station give out 1 serial number but all counties count as mults
 
Multipliers:
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Pennsylvania stations: ARRL(69)/RAC(13) sections + PA Counties(67) + 1 for
                       DX (150 total)
Out-of-State stations: Pennsylvania Counties (67 total)

Points:
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CW QSO's on 160 and 80 are 2 points each, other CW is 1.5 points each.
Phone QSO's are 1 point each
The Nittany Amateur Radio Club will operate Special Event Station W3YA 
during the QSO Party. W3YA will be active on 80, 40 and 20, both modes.
Each QSO with W3YA on a different band/mode will add 200 points to your
final score. Total score in normal way, then add W3YA bonus at the end.
(maximum of 1200 bonus points)

Final Score:
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total points X total multiplier + bonus points
QRP (less than 5 watts) - multiply final score by 2
Novice/Tech Bonus muliplier - mulitply final score by 3
if a novice or a tech PA Mobile bonus points - Add 500 points to your final
score for each PA county from which you made at least 10 QSO's

Logs:
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must be submitted on an official form or facsimile. Entries with 100 or more
QSO's must include a dupe sheet. Computer logs and dupe sheets are welcome.
Computer logs must include a completed summary sheet. 100 points will be
deducted for each duplicate QSO found
 
Deadline:
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November 15

Address:
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Doug Maddox
W3HDH
Nittany Amateur Radio Club
P.O.Box 614
State College
PA 16804-0614
U.S.A.

Award:
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Plaques to top entries in all entry divisions plus single-op (Eastern, 
Central and Western Time Zones), Sinle-op EPA, Single-op WPA, plus others
as warrented. Certificates to county and section winners. Trophies and gavel
to winning big and local club

<WR3G 9/94>
