[CQ-Contest] NEW JERSEY QSO PARTY

[David B. Popkin W2CC at ARRL.net]

THE ENGLEWOOD AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION IS PROUD
               TO ANNOUNCE THE 44th ANNUAL NEW JERSEY QSO PARTY,
                   WHICH WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 16th AND 17th 2003.

                           CONTEST PERIOD AND TIME

                   2000 UTC SATURDAY, AUGUST 16th TO 0700 UTC SUNDAY, 
AUGUST 17th 2003

                                               AND

                     1300 UTC SUNDAY, AUGUST 17th TO 0200 UTC MONDAY, 
AUGUST 18th, 2003.


                                     PARTICULARS

     A STATION MAY BE CONTACTED ONCE ON EACH BAND. PHONE AND CW ARE 
CONSIDERED SEPARATE BANDS.

     STATIONS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY MAY ONLY CONTACT NJ STATIONS. NJ STATIONS 
MAY CONTACT ANY OTHER
                                   STATION (INCLUDING THOSE IN NJ).


                            GENERAL CONTEST RULES




         GENERAL CALL FOR STATIONS OUTSIDE NJ IS "CQ NEW JERSEY" ON PHONE, 
AND "CQ NJ" ON CW.

          NEW JERSEY STATIONS SHOULD SEND "CQ" BY SAYING " NEW JERSEY 
CALLING" ON PHONE AND
                                     BY SENDING "DE NJ" ON CW.

                          SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES ARE: 1.810, 3.535, 3.950, 7.035
                    7.235, 14.035, 14.285, 21.100, 21.355, 28.100, 28.400, 
50-50.5 AND 144.0-146.0



                                        EXCHANGE

                      ALL STATIONS SEND A SEQUENTIAL SERIAL QSO NUMBER AND QTH
                                           AS FOLLOWS:

                           NJ STATIONS SEND THEIR NJ COUNTY, OUT-OF-STATE
                   STATIONS SEND THEIR STATE, PROVINCE, OR COUNTRY AS 
APPLICABLE.



                                          SCORING

                    NEW JERSEY STATIONS: MULTIPLY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETE
                 CONTACTS TIMES 3 POINTS EACH, TIMES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NJ 
COUNTIES,
                       STATES( OTHER THAN NJ), AND CANADIAN PROVINCES WORKED.

              OUT-OF-STATE STATIONS: MULTIPLY THE NUMBER OF COMPLETE 
CONTACTS (WITH NJ
                      STATIONS ONLY) TIMES 3 POINTS EACH TIMES THE NUMBER OF NJ
                                         COUNTIES WORKED.



                                      MULTIPLIERS

                NEW JERSEY STATIONS: THE NUMBER OF NJ COUNTIES, STATES 
(OTHER THAN NJ),
                   AND CANADIAN PROVINCES WORKED, FOR A MAXIMUM OF 83 
{21+49+13}.

                      OUT-OF-STATE STATIONS: THE NUMBER OF NJ COUNTIES WORKED
                                       FOR A MAXIMUM OF 21.



                                          AWARDS

                              CERTIFICATES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE FIRST
           PLACE STATION IN EACH NEW JERSEY COUNTY, STATE, CANADIAN 
PROVINCE, AND COUNTRY.

             IN ADDITION, A SECOND PLACE CERTIFICATE WILL BE AWARDED WHEN 
FOUR OR MORE LOGS
                                           ARE RECEIVED.

                A TOTAL OF TWO PLAQUES HAVE BEEN DONATED BT THE ARRL 
SECTION MANAGERS
                 FOR NNJ AND SNJ TO THE HIGHEST SCORING SINGLE OPERATOR 
STATION RESIDING
                                      IN EACH OF THEIR SECTIONS.



                                  LOG SUBMISSIONS

            LOGS MUST SHOW THE UTC DATE AND TIME, QSO EXCHANGE, BAND, AND 
EMISSION MODE,
                                AND MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN:

                                    SEPTEMBER 13th, 2003.

                       THE FIRST CONTACT FOR EACH CLAIMED MULTIPLIER MUST BE
                      INDICATED AND NUMBERED, AND A CHECK LIST OF CONTACTS AND
                      MULTIPLIERS SHOULD BE INCLUDED. MULTI-OPERATOR STATIONS
                        SHOULD BE NOTED AND PARTICIPATING OPERATORS LISTED.

                                    SEND LOGS AND COMMENTS TO:

                        ENGLEWOOD AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION
                                          P.O. BOX 528
                                 ENGLEWOOD, NJ, 07631-0528
                                               USA