[CQ-Contest] SSB Asia-Pacific Sprint - Saturday June 13, 1998

James, 9V1YC jamesb at pacific.net.sg
Tue Jun 9 01:19:39 EDT 1998



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                   ASIA-PACIFIC Sprint #10 SSB          
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The Asia-Pacific Sprint Contest Committee would like to announce the latest
running of this cool radiosporting event on Saturday June 13, 1998.

Records, photos and info can be found at:

        http://www01.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ja2/je1jkl/apsprint.html
 
Objective: 

    For stations outside the Asia-Pacific region to work as many Asia-Pacific 
  stations as possible within the 2 hour time limit.

    For stations inside the Asia-Pacific region to work as many stations as 
  possible, anywhere in the world, within the 2 hour time limit.
 
   (A complete list of the Asia-Pacific countries is defined below)
 
Awards: 

    The top 3 winners from the Asia-Pacific region will each receive an 
  official Asia-Pacific Sprint plaque, sponsored by CQ Ham Radio (Japan).
  Winners must have at least 50 QSO's in the log to be eligible for this
  prize.

    The winners of each continent outside the Asia-Pacific region will receive 
  an official Asia-Pacific Sprint plaque, sponsored by CQ Ham Radio (Japan). 
  Winners must have at least 30 QSO's in the log to be eligible for this 
  prize.

   The winners from each DXCC country & CQ zone will receieve an official 
  Asia-Pacific Sprint T-Shirt sponsored by CQ Contest Magazine (USA).  Only 
  one T-shirt will be given if a station wins more than one category.  
  Winners must have at least 5 QSO's in the log to be eligible for this 
  prize.

Date: 2nd Saturday of June     : 13 June 1998

      Mark your calendar now - future Asia-Pacific Sprints will be held:
      Fall   (CW)  - 3rd Saturday of October    : 17 October 1998
      Spring (CW)  - 2nd Saturday of February   : 13 February 1999
      Summer (SSB) - 2nd Saturday of June       : 12 June 1999

Time: 1230-1430 UTC
 
Bands: 20m & 40m only
 
Suggested frequencies: 
  CW  - 14030-14050 & 7015-7040 kHz
  SSB - 14250-14280 & 7060-7080 kHz
 
Mode: SSB

Power limit: 150W output
 
Entry categories: Single operator, Single radio only
 
Contest exchange: RS/RST + Serial number beginning with 001

Duplicate contacts: Same station may be worked only once on the per band
 
Multipliers: Prefixes per WPX rules (once only - not once per band)
 
QSY rule: 
  CW  - called station (usually CQer) QSYs at least 1 kHz after a QSO
  SSB - called station (usually CQer) QSYs at least 6 kHz after a QSO
 
Final Score: Number of QSOs x Multipliers
 
Asia-Pacific countries for this contest:
  (coutries from Asia side PacificRim to 180 degrees longitude):
3D2(all), 1S/9M0, 9M2, 9M6/8, 9V, BV, BV9, BY, BS, C2, DU, FK8, FW, H4, 
HL, HS, JA, JD1/Ogasawara, JD1/Marcus, T8/KC6(Belau), KH2, KH9, KH0, P29, 
T2, T30, T33, UA0(not UA9) , V6, V7, V85, VK1-9(all except VK9X & VK9Y), 
VR(Hong Kong), XU, XV/3W, XX9, YB, YJ, ZL(all except Chatham & Kermadec)

Results will be posted to: 
  CQ-CONTEST at contesting.com
  AP-SPRINT at dumpty.nal.go.jp
  http://www01.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ja2/je1jkl/apsprint.html
  CQ Ham Radio
  CQ Contest Magazine
 
Rules and results will be distributed by an automated info-server.
Send a request e-mail to: 
info-contest at dumpty.nal.go.jp
with the command in the body: (must start with # except help)
#get ap-sprint.rule
#get index
help

  All entries must contain complete QSO information plus a summary sheet
indicating your claimed score, CQ zone & T-shirt size.  Entries without a
summary sheet may be treated as a checklog. Electronic logs are gladly
accepted by e-mail!  The log & summary sheet must be in ASCII format (no
binary files or attachments, please!). Place all log & summary info in the body
of the e-mail message.

Sample entry format is shown below.


Post your entry to:

JAs - Tack Kumagai        non-JAs - James Brooks
      POB 22, Mitaka                26 Jalan Asas
      Tokyo 181,JAPAN               SINGAPORE 678787

Email: jamesb at pacific.net.sg      

Entry deadline:
  E-mail - 72 hours after end of contest
  Post - Postmarked no later than 7 days after contest
  Logs received more than 35 days after the contest will not be accepted.
 

Sample Summary Sheet
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                 ASIA-PACIFIC SPRINT CONTEST
 
CALLSIGN USED:                        COUNTRY:
OPERATOR     :                        CQ ZONE:
T-SHIRT SIZE :

DATE:
 
BAND    QSOs     POINTs     PREFIXES
 7
14
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Total
 
SCORE:
 
Comments:
 
Signature:                                      Date:
____________________________________________________________________________
 
(TYPE or PRINT)
NAME                    CALL
 
Address:
City   :
Prefecture/State:
Postal Code:
Country:
____________________________________________________________
 
 
Sample Log
 
Any ASCII file output from CT/TRLOG/NA/ZLOG etc logging software
will be accepted.
 
BAND MM/DD/YY  HHMM  CALLSIGN      RSTNR    RSTNR   NEW   POINT
                                   SENT     RCVD    MULT
20   09/30/95  1310    JE1CKA      599001   599017  JE1   1
40   09/30/95  1312    9V1YC       599002   59916   9V1   1
40   09/30/95  1316    VR2BG       599003   59922   VR2   1
20   09/30/95  1317    JE1JKL      599004   599031        1
20   09/30/95  1317    K4ZW        599005   599005  K4    1
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