All stations are invited to participate in the 2015 Michigan QSO Party,
sponsored by the Mad River Radio Club, this weekend, from 1600Z April 18
until 0400Z April 19 (Saturday, noon to midnight EDST). All stations
may operate the full 12 hour period.
Make QSOs on phone and CW on 80/40/20/15/10 meters. Work stations once
per band and mode. MI-to-MI QSOs allowed. Work portables and mobiles
again as they change county, state or province.
Categories: Single-op, multi-op, mobile and Michigan Emergency Operation
Center (EOC) stations.
Exchange: QSO number and location (county for MI stations,
state/province, or "DX" for non-W/VE).
Suggested frequencies: CW-3545, 7045, 14045, 21045, 28045; Phone-3825,
7200, 14250, 21300, 28450.
Scoring: One point per phone QSO, two points per CW QSO. Count
multipliers once per mode.Multipliers are MI counties for all entries,
plus states, provinces for MI entries only.
A rule change for 2015 makes "DX" a multiplier (once per mode) for MI
entries only. If your logging program does not pick up the DX
multiplier, regardless it WILL be counted when the committee re-scores
your log.
Final score is total QSO points times total multipliers.
Awards: A beautiful MiQP plaque is awarded to the winner of the ten
major categories. MiQP certificates are awarded to the second and third
place finishers in these categories, plus the high single-op score in
each geographical region (MI county, state or province), the top three
DX entries, plus the top Michigan and non-Michigan clubs for high
combined score.
Submit logs no later than30 days after the contest. Electronic logs in
Cabrillo formatare submitted via the Log Submittal page on the MiQP web
site http://www.miqp.org/submitLogFileMiQP.html. Mail paper logswith
summary sheets to:
Mad River Radio Club
c/o Dave Pruett
2727 Harris Road, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
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Special MiQP News:
New for MiQP this year is the "Michigan Cabinet Counties" award for
working the ten Michigan counties named after members of then-president
Andrew Jackson's cabinet in the late 1700s. Work one or more of the 10
Cabinet Counties during the hours of the MiQP and you qualify for the
award. Background info on the Michigan Cabinet Counties, a list of the
10 Cabinet Counties and rules for the award can be found at:
http://www.qsl.net/w8jrk/
All 83 Michigan counties have operations announced for this weekend. A
table and map of these announced operations can be found on the MiQP web
page at http://www.miqp.org/operatingPlanned.php. Also, Bob/KØRC offers
a free workbook in Excel format for tracking counties in MiQP at:
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=D96C61FEB759DC6E&id=d96c61feb759dc6e!3656&sc=documents
No station in MiQP history has ever made a "clean sweep" of all 83
counties in a single weekend. Will you be the first?
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For full MiQP rules, alongwith free logging software, log and summary
sheets, seethe MiQP web page at:
http://www.miqp.org.
Good luck to everyone this weekend and we hope to see everyone on the air.
The MiQP Organizing Committee
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