[CQ-Contest] 1998 NAQP Announcement

[Bob Selbrede]

Hi Folks,

        It's time again to start getting your NAQP teams together and get
them pre-registered for the upcoming Jan 98 contests.  I've received several
requests to post the complete set of rules to the reflector.  There have
been a number of important administrative changes made, so I'll post the
complete set of rules ONCE.  If you want another copy, I'll E-Mail them to
you directly or you can also find them on the NCJ Web Site at
WWW.WATERW.COM/~NCJ/.

        The most important change to note is that Steve, K6AW will no longer
be doing the SSB portion of the contest.  Bruce, WA7BNM will be handling
this chore effective with the Jan 98 running of the SSB NAQP.  This change
was made too late to get the correct info published in QST and CQ.  The
Jan/Feb 98 NCJ will have the correct info in it along with the results from
the August 97 contests.  My E-Mail address has also changed.  It's now
k6zz at ccis.com although my old address, w9nq at ccis.com will continue to work
as well.

        Listed below are the rules.  Note that we WILL be accepting logs via
E-Mail again as in the past.  Guidelines for electronic submission are now
covered in the rules.  If there are any questions regading this posting, or
the NAQP in general, please E-Mail me directly.

        I'll close by saying "Welcome Aboard" to Bruce, WA7BNM and also
saying a big thank you to Steve, K6AW for all his efforts over the past 3
years.  Looking forward to seeing you in the contest!  Remember, get your
teams together and E-Mail the rosters to either me or Bruce before the
contest starts.

73, and Happy New Year!

Bob, K6ZZ


                  1998 North American QSO Party Rules


1) Eligibility: Any licensed radio amateur may enter.

2) Object: To work as many North American stations (and/or other stations if
you are in North America) as possible during the contest period.

3) Entry Classification:  1) Single Operator and 2) Multi-Operator
Two-Transmitter.  Multi Operator stations shall keep a separate log for each
transmitter.  Multi Operator stations must have at least 10 minutes between
band changes.  Use of helpers or spotting nets by Single Operator entries is
not permitted. Single Operator entrants may only have one transmitted signal
at a time. Output power must be limited to 150 watts for eligible entries.

4) Contest periods:

    January Contests:

    CW: 1800 UTC January 10 to 0600 UTC January 11, 1998
    SSB: 1800 UTC January 17 to 0600 UTC January 18, 1998

    August Contests:

    CW: 1800 UTC August 1 to 0600 UTC August 2, 1998
    SSB: 1800 UTC August 15 to 0600 UTC August 16, 1998

Multi Operator stations may operate for the entire 12 hour period.  Single
Operator stations may operate 10 out of 12 hours.  Off times must be at
least 30 minutes in length and must be clearly marked in the log.

5) Mode: CW only in CW parties.  Phone only in Phone parties.

6) Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters only.  You may work a station
once per band.  Suggested frequencies are 1815, 3535, 7035, 14035, 21035 and
28035 KHz (35 KHz up from band edge for Novice/Tech) on CW; and 1865, 3850,
7225, 14250, 21300 and 28500 KHz (28450 for Novice/Tech) on SSB.  Try 10M at
1900Z and 2000Z 15M at 1930Z and 2030Z and 160M at 0430Z and 0530Z.

7) Exchange: Operator name and station location (State, Province or
Country).  If the name sent is changed during the contest, as sometimes 
happens with Multi-Operator stations, the name sent for each QSO must be 
entered in the log.

8) Valid Contact:  A valid contact consists of a complete, correctly copied
and legibly logged two-way exchange between a North American station and
any another station.  Proper logging requires including the time of each
contact.  Regardless of the number of licensed call signs issued to a given
operator, one and only one call sign shall be utilized during the contest by
that operator.

9) North American Station: Defined by the rules of the CQWW DX Contests with
the addition of KH6.

10) Scoring: Multiply total valid contacts by the sum of the number of
multipliers worked on each band.  Multipliers are US States (including KH6
and KL7), Canadian Provinces/Territories (British Columbia, Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, PEI, Labrador, Yukon, and NWT) and other North American Countries
(Note: do not also count USA, Canada, KH6, or KL7 as Countries).  Non-North
American Countries do not count as multipliers, but may be worked for
QSO credit.

11) Standard Reporting:  Send North American QSO Party CW logs to
Bob Selbrede K6ZZ, 6200 Natoma Ave, Mojave, CA. 93501.  Send SSB logs to
Bruce Horn WA7BNM, 4225 Farmdale Ave, Studio City, CA.  91604.  Entries must
be postmarked not later than 30 days after the contest to be eligible for
awards.  A proper entry consists of: (1) a Summary Sheet showing the number of
valid contacts and multipliers by band, total contacts and multipliers,
total score, team name (if any), power output, name, callsign, and address
of the operator, station callsign and station location; (2) a complete
legible log of all contacts (including dupes marked as such) with indication
of all multipliers claimed; (3) a separate Dupe Sheet for each band; and (4)
a list of all claimed multipliers worked on each band.  Logs may be 
submitted on 3.5" disk in the form of files generated by a computer logging
program as long as they are MS-DOS compatible ASCII files consisting of all
information in (1)-(4) above.  All entries should include a written, signed
statement of "Fair and Ethical Operation".  All logs containing over 200
QSO's, which were generated with a computer logging program, must also
include a disk copy of the ASCII Text log as defined above.  Complete
rules, sample Log Sheets and a Summary Sheet may be obtained with an SASE
to K6ZZ or WA7BNM.

12) Electronic Reporting:  Logs submitted via E-Mail are also acceptable.  
E-Mail log submissions MUST BE in ASCII Text Format and include your
Summary Sheet and complete Log.  Name your files with your callsign (ie,
yourcall.SUM and yourcall.LOG).  Please do not send any Binary Format
logs (ie, yourcall.BIN or yourcall.QDF).  NAQP CW logs should be sent to
w9nq at ccis.com and NAQP SSB logs to bhorn at hornucopia.com.  E-Mail
addresses can and do change so if these addresses fail to work, contact the
NCJ for assistance.

13) Team Competition: You may wish to form a team with fellow NAQP
participants.  If so, your team shall consist of 2 to 5 Single
Operator stations as a single entry unit.  Clubs or other groups having more
than 5 members may submit multiple team entries.  PRE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENT:  To qualify as a team entry, the team organizer should ensure
that the name, callsign of each operator, and call sign of the station 
operated should the operator be a guest at a station other than his own,
(e.g. K6ZZ op by K6RO) must be registered with K6ZZ for CW and WA7BNM for
SSB.  The team registration information must be in written or telegraphic form
and must be received before the start of the contest.  There are neither
distance nor meeting requirements for a team entry.  The only requirement is
pre-registration of the team.

14) Penalties and Disqualification's:  For each unmarked duplicate QSO, you
lose that contact plus an additional three contacts; for each QSO for which
you are not in the other stations log, you lose that QSO plus an additional
one contact; and for each QSO for which the log data is incorrectly copied
in any respect, you lose that contact.  Entries with score reductions
greater than 5 % will be disqualified.  Any entry may be disqualified for
illegibility, illegal or non-ethical operation.  Such qualification is at
the discretion of the NCJ Contest Review Committee.

15) Awards: A total of five plaques will be awarded for the high score in
each of the following categories:

     - Single Operator CW
     - Single Operator Phone
     - Multi Operator CW
     - Multi Operator Phone
     - Single Operator Combined High Score

Certificates of merit will be awarded to the highest scoring entrant with at
least 200 QSO's from each State, Province, and North American Country.




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