[SECC] Announcement: 2010 Arizona QSO Party

[John T. Laney III]

Thank you for your participation in the 2009 Arizona QSO Party!  It's 
nearing time to do it again!

Announcing the 2010 Arizona QSO Party, sponsored by the ARRL Arizona 
Section and Catalina Radio Club, from Oct 9 1600Z to Oct 10 0600Z and 
Oct 10 1400Z to Oct 10 2359Z.  Phone, CW and Digital modes on 
80/40/20/15/10/6/2 meters.  Single-Op, Multi-Op, 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.  Exchange RST 
and location (AZ County, State, Province, or DXCC Prefix).  Suggested 
Frequencies (kHz):  CW:  3548, 7048, 14048, 21048, 28048, 50048.  SSB:  
3848, 7248, 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.  Multipliers for AZ entries 
are States, Provinces, and DXCC Countries.  Final score is total QSO 
points times total multipliers + 100pts for Bonus Station W7SA.  Mail 
logs no later than Oct 31 to Catalina Radio Club, C/O Gary Keck, PO Box 
18135, 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 Stations:  Help us with our goal of having every Arizona county 
on the air!  Announce your operation details (at a minimum, callsign and 
county) by sending details to info at azqsoparty.org. 

+Gary Keck, KE7DX
Chairman, Catalina Radio Club
Arizona QSO Party Coordinator
ARRL Life Member