[SECC] Announcement: QRPARCI Pet Rock Sprint This Saturday

[John T. Laney III]

Hi John,

Just waiting for the files to go up on the website.  Yes, there is a sprint this weekend.

I've attached the rules for you to this email.

73/72
Jeff
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  L. Jeffrey Hetherington - VA3JFF / VE3CW
        QRP-ARCI(sm) Contest Manager


--- On Wed, 12/29/10, John Laney<k4bai at att.net>  wrote:


> >  From: John Laney<k4bai at att.net>
> >  Subject: QRP Pet Rock Sprint
> >  To: "Jeff Hetherington"<va3jff at yahoo.ca>
> >  Received: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 11:17 AM
> >  Jeff:  Is there a QRP Pet Rock
> >  Sprint this Saturday?  I can't find anything about 2011
> >  QRPARCI contests on the website and it isn't listed on the
> >  WA7BNM Contest Calendar (but is on the N2CQ QRP Contest
> >  Calendar).  I post a reminder of upcoming contests (and
> >  a score summary for the past week's contests) for three
> >  AL/GA/SC clubs and want to include the Pet Rock Sprint and
> >  to be QRV in it if there is to be one this year.
> >  Thanks for your help.  73/72, John, K4BAI.
> >

2011 Pet Rock.txt


2011 QRP-ARCI(sm) PET ROCK CELEBRATION


Date/Time:

1500Z to 1800Z on Saturday 1 January 2011.

Mode:

HF CW only.

Exchange:

Members send:  RST, State/Province/Country, ARCI member number
Non-Members send:  RST, State/Province/Country, Power Out

QSO Points:

Member = 5 points
Non-Member, Different Continent = 4 points
Non-Member, Same Continent = 2 points

Multiplier:

SPC (State/Province/Country) total for all bands.  The same station may be worked on multiple bands for QSO points and SPC credit.

Power Multiplier:	


> >5 Watts = x1
> >1 - 5 Watts = x7
> >500 mW - 1 Watt = x10
> >200 mW - 500 mW = x15
> >55 mW - 200 mW = x20
<55 mW = x25


Suggested Frequencies:

Please remember this is a contest is focusing on rock-bound transmitters/transceivers.

80m	3560 kHz
         3568 kHz
40m	7030 kHz
         7040 kHz
20m	14060 kHz
15m 	21060 kHz
10m	28060 kHz

Bonus Points:

For crystal controlled gear add 2,000 points for using rockbound receiver; add 3,000 points for using rockbound transmitter; or add 5,000 points for using rockbound transceiver.  These bonus points are available per band.

If you are operating PORTABLE using battery power AND a temporary antenna, add 5000 points to your final score.  (You can NOT be at your shack operating from battery power using your home station antenna to qualify for this bonus.)  This is to help level the playing field for contesters who work from the field against contest stations with 5 element yagis at 70 ft.


Score:

Final Score = Points (total for all bands) x SPCs (total for all bands) x Power Multiplier + Bonus Points


Categories:

Entry may be All-Band, Single Band, High Bands (10m-15m-20m) or Low Bands (40m-80m)

How to Participate:

Get on any of the HF bands except the WARC bands and hang out near the QRP frequencies.  Work as many stations calling CQ QRP or CQ TEST as possible, or call CQ QRP or CQ TEST yourself!  You can work a station for credit once on each band.

Email Log Submission:

Submit Logs in plain text format along with a summary stating your Callsign, Entry Category, Actual Power and Station Description along with score calculation tocontest at qrparci.org

Snail mail Log Submission:

Submit Logs along with a summary stating your Callsign, Entry Category, Actual Power and Station Description along with score calculation to:

QRP-ARCI Pet Rock Sprint
c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF
139 Elizabeth St. W.
Welland, Ontario
Canada  L3C 4M3

Deadline:

Entries must be postmarked on or before 15 January 2011.

Results:

Will be published in QRP Quarterly and shown on the QRP-ARCI website.

Certificates:

Will be awarded to the top scoring entrant in each category.  Certificates may be awarded for 2nd and 3rd place if entries are sufficient in a category.