Texas QSO Party
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Texas stations work everyone. Others work Texas only. Only one transmitted
signal at a time. CW QSOS must be made in CW subbands, except on 160. Work
stations once per band/mode for QSO points, work Texas Armadillo stations
again on same band or mode as they change counties for multiplier credit
only. Mults count only once regardless of band or mode

Categories:
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mixed mode only
- single operator
- multi-single
- Texas Armadillo Expedition

Date:
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first full weekend in May, from Saturday 14.00z to Sunday 22.00z
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Frequencies:
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CW - 1.805 and 40 kHz up
Phone - 1.850, 3.850, 7.230, 14.250, 21.300, 28.450 MHz

Exchange:
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send QSO-number and Texas County or State/Canadian Province

Multipliers:
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Texas stations multiply by states, Canadian Provinces and Texas Counties.
DX counts for QSO points only

Points:
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score 2 pts/QSO on phone and 3 pts/QSO on CW

Final Score:
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QSO points x Texas Counties (max 254)

Deadline:
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send logs and summary sheet via mail, disk or E-mail within 30 days.

Address:
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Texas DX Society                 E-mail: KB5YVT@AOL.COM
P.O.Box 540291
Houston
Texas 77254
U.S.A.

Awards:
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Texas Wine Baskets and plaques to top class finishers. Special awards to
Texas Clubs with most logs submitted. Special awards to multi-single and
Texas Armadillo Expedition with the most Novice/Tech operators(list them
with a /T or /N in your list of operators on summary sheet). Work 50 or more
Texas Counties for Special Commemorative Cap. Work all 254 Texas Counties
for free air fare to the 1996 Houston Ham Convention!

<W5HNS 5/96>
