The "Flight of the Bumblebees" is next weekend.
The "Flight of the Bumblebees" is a QRP CW contest held every year on
the last Sunday of July. Those that want to be "Bees" agree to reach
their operating sites by human power (hiking, biking, canoeing and
kayaking). On Sunday, masses of home-based operators chase the Bees. A
popular, exciting contest! Complete rules are at:
www.arsqrp.com/ars/pages/bumblebees/bb_rules.html
Day and Times:
Sunday July 31
10 am to 2 pm PDT
11 am to 3 pm MDT
12 noon to 4 pm CDT
1 pm to 5 pm EDT
1700 to 2100 UTC.
Exchange:
Bees - RST, state/province/country, and your Bumblebee number
Home stations - RST, state/province/country, and your power
Scoring:
Total QSOs times # of Bees times three. If you had 10 QSOs on 40 meters
and 5 QSOs on 20 meters and worked 7 Bees on 40 and 3 Bees on 20 your
score would be:
15 total QSOs times 10 total Bees times 3 = 450 points
How to Count Bee Multipliers:
The autolog at asks for your "Total Number of Bee Contacts". Thus, if
you worked AA8XX/BB on 40 meters and again on 20 meters, that counts as
2 Bee contacts.
Get a Bee Number:
If you plan to operate portable, you will need a Bee number. Bee numbers
are available through Friday by emailing a request to
aa4xx at bellsouth.net. Include your callsign in your request.
Bee List:
As of this writing, we have 267 Bees who plan to operate portable for
the contest. You can view the latest list of Bees at
www.arsqrp.com/ars/pages/bumblebees/2005bb_roster.html
Bands:
As this is a daytime contest, there are no points for 80 meter activity,
just 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter QSOs count.
Single Band Entries:
There will be special recognition for single band entries. Single band
winners will be listed in the results.
Pictures and Stories:
We need your stories and Bumblebee pictures for the results and
Sojourner. From those submissions we will choose winners for:
Most interesting equipment,
Most outrageous venture, and
Most beautiful site.
You can put your stories in your Soapbox comments or email longer
stories and pictures to aa4xx at bellsouth.net
Safety First!
This is a fun event, let's be careful out there.
Awards -
Top Bees
Top Home Stations
Top Single Banders
Reporting Your Score
Please use the autolog at www.arsqrp.com/ars/bb_log.html
If for some reason that doesn't work for you, please email NA8M at
hjohnc at core.com so we can get your results.
Any Questions?
Questions to aa4xx at bellsouth.net
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Adventure Radio Society
http://www.ARSqrp.com
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