Dear Contesters,
In consultation with Steve, N8BJQ Director of the CQ WPX
contest, CQ Contest magazine is proud to announce a new concept in
contesting.
The 1996 SSB and CW World Wide WPX contests will initiate
three new categories in an effort to encourage entry level and
average antenna stations.
The new categories are:
1. Rookie category (Rookie)
2. Tribander and single element category (TS)
3. Band restricted category (BR)
The line scores of these new categories will be reported in CQ
magazine. The write-up, tables, box scores and detailed reporting
of the categories will appear in CQ Contest magazine.
Rules for new categories:
I. All three categories shall obey all WPX rules as they appear in
CQ magazine. The deadline and mailing address is the same as
indicated by the WPX rules.
II. All three categories shall be single operator (no assistance),
all band and up to the legal power limit of your license. Choose
only one of the categories indicated, that is, no combinations are
permitted. The entrants remain eligible for certificates and
plaques generally awarded in the single operator all band class.
A. Rookie category. An entrant in this category shall have
been licensed as a radio amateur three (3) years or less.
B. Tribander (any type) with a single feedline from the
transmitter to the antenna and single element (TS) category. During
the contest, an entrant shall use only one (1) tribander for
10,15,20 meters and single element antennas on 40,80 and 160.
C. Band Restricted (BR) category. An eligible entrant must
hold a license restricting operation to LESS than the six (6)
contest bands (160,80,40,20,15,10) on both modes. Examples of such
licenses are: novice, technician, 4 class license etc. Since
frequency privilges differ from country to country, competition is
within one's own country.
III. The entrant is REQUIRED to indicate plainly on the standard
summary sheet the category chosen: Rookie, TS or BR and supply the
following information:
Rookie: Date you were licenced.
TS: Detailed description of the antennas
BR: List of the bands available to the operator.
Failure to indicate the new category on the summary sheet will
place your log automatically into one of the traditional WPX
categories.
Thanks to N8BJQ, OH2MM, N6KT, W3ZZ, K1AR, WX9E, WE9V, N4OGW,
G0JFX and K3EST for advice.
The rules, as seen in this announcement for the new
categories, will appear in the FEB issue of CQ Contest magazine,
the CQ-contest internet forum, the WPX write-up for the 1995
contests appearing in CQ magazine, and on CQ Contest magazine's WWW
page at URL:
http://www.access.digex.net/~cqmag/cqtest.html.
Any comments should be directed to K3EST@netcom.com
73
CQ CONTEST magazine
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