[CQ-Contest] 2017 Arizona QSO Party Announcement!

[AZQP]

Announcing the 2017 Arizona QSO Party, sponsored by the ARRL Arizona 
Section and Catalina Radio Club, from Oct 14 1600Z to Oct 14 0600Z and 
Oct 15 1400Z to Oct 15 2359Z.  Phone, CW and Digital modes on 
160/80/40/20/15/10/6/2 meters.
Single-Op, Multi-Op, Arizona Multi-Multi, Arizona County Expedition and 
Mobile categories.  Work stations once per band and mode.  Mobiles may 
be worked once per band and mode in each county.  County Line operations 
(two counties max) count as 2 QSOs.  Outside Arizona exchange sequential 
serial number and location (State, Province, or DXCC Prefix).  Arizona 
Stations send sequential serial number and State/County abbreviation.  
Suggested Frequencies (kHz):  CW:  1812, 3548, 7048, 14048, 21048, 
28048, 50048.  SSB:  1848, 3848, 7189, 14248, 21348, 28448, 50148.  FM 
Simplex:  146.48MHz.  One point per Phone QSO, two points for CW and 
Digital QSOs.  Multipliers for non-AZ entries are the 15 AZ counties by 
band and mode.  Multipliers for AZ entries are States, Provinces, and 
DXCC Countries by mode.  Final score is total QSO points times total 
multipliers + 100pts for Special Event Station Mesa ARC, WM7RC.  Mail 
logs no later than Oct 31 to Catalina Radio Club, PO Box 17811, Tucson, 
AZ  85731 or via email to logs at azqsoparty.org. For full rules, along 
with log and summary sheets, Cabrillo electronic file format, and Award 
information, see http://www.azqsoparty.org.

Arizona Operators:  announce your own planned AZQP operation so we can 
cover ALL Arizona Counties.  Please send planned operation details to 
info at AZQSOParty.org.

Looking forward to hearing you on the air!

+Gary Keck, KE7DX Arizona QSO Party Coordinator, Catalina Radio Club