[Harc] NEQSO PARTY

[Mark Nelson]

*7th Call Area QSO Party -- Rules*

1300 UTC Saturday to 0700 UTC Sunday (6 AM to midnight PDT the first
Saturday in May).    7th call area stations work everyone, others work 7th
area stations only.    Work stations once per band/mode.    7th area
mobiles (and those participating in other concurrent QSO parties or
contests) may be worked again as they enter new counties.    Rule changes
are shown in *bold italic*.

*Entry categories:*

   - Single-op: high-power, low-power <150W, QRP <5W; CW, Phone, Digital,
   Mixed
   - Single-op Assisted: high-power, low-power, QRP; CW, Phone, Digital,
   Mixed
   - Multi-single: high-power, low-power
   - Multi-multi.    No differentiated mode or power levels
   - 7th-area County Expedition (an operation from a temporary location
   using antennas installed for the contest period, using temporary supports
   or trees): either
      - single-county, county-line; single-op (unassisted), multi-single
      (including single-op assisted), multi-multi; or
      - open (anything else, including location changes)
   - Mobile (station self-contained and capable of motion): single-op
   (unassisted -- performs all operating, logging and driving; for safety
   reasons, should operate only while parked), multi-single (any other mobile
   operation); high-power, low-power; CW, Phone, Mixed.    Use of APRS
   (location and call only) is allowed.

*Awards:* Certificates will be awarded to the top three finishers in each
category within and outside the 7th call area, plus the top finisher in
each state/province and 7th area county; a 25-QSO minimum applies.    See
the website for a list of plaques to be awarded.

*Exchange:* 7th area stations send signal report plus 5-letter state/county
code (e.g., ORDES; see list).    County-line stations send multiple codes,
e.g., UTRIC/IDBEA (state code needed only once, e.g., ORDES/JEF).
Non-7th-area stations send signal report plus state/province/"DX"
two-letter codes.    Stations in other QSO parties send their appropriate
exchange.    The 13 "Provinces" are VE1-9, VO and VY0-2.    County-line
contacts may be logged with one entry showing all counties or with separate
entries for each county.

*Bands:* 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m.    Suggested operating frequencies:
1815 and 40 kHz up on CW, except on 40m, where 7025-7035 is suggested (a
window for mobiles to call CQ should be observed from 35 to 40 kHz up;
others should not call CQ or run stations there); 1845, 3855, 7180, 14255,
21355 and 28455 on SSB; 80 kHz up on PSK; 86 kHz up on RTTY.    Check 80m
at 0500Z, 160m at 0530Z.    All CW and Digital contacts must be in the
CW/Data sub-bands.

*Scoring:* 2 points per SSB QSO, 3 points per CW QSO, 4 points per Digital
QSO.    County-line contacts count as multiple QSOs for both stations.
7th area stations multiply total QSO points by the total of states (50),
provinces (13) and other DXCC entities (maximum of 10).    Non-7th-area
stations multiply total QSO points by 7th area counties worked (259).

*Logs:* *All logs must be received by May 13*; logs containing more than 40
QSOs must be submitted electronically via email or floppy disk.    Send
logs to 7qplogs at codxc.org -- include the station callsign in the email
"Subject" line.    Cabrillo preferred (7QP details here
<http://www.codxc.org/new/Page.asp?content=7QPCABRILLO>) but any plain text
format will be accepted.    A web form
<http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/7qp_cab.php> is available for online Cabrillo
log-file generation and submission.    Be sure your entry includes name,
address and/or email address, station callsign, entry category, location
code(s) and operator callsigns *(if Cabrillo, they should appear within the
Cabrillo attachment itself; the log processor ignores the rest of the
message)*.    Send paper logs with a completed summary sheet
<http://www.codxc.org/new/7qp_smry.pdf> to 7th Call Area QSO Party, c/o
CODXC, 61255 Ferguson Rd, Bend, OR 97702.    Check to make sure your
callsign, *with correct entry category*, appears on our website's Received
Logs page -- normally within two days of receipt.

*Other:* All equipment and antennas must lie within a 1000-foot diameter
circle.    County-line operations must be within 500 feet of the county
line.    Any computer-to-computer mode is considered digital.    The same
station may be worked on each band on CW, Phone, and Digital.    All
contacts must be made without using repeaters, digipeaters, satellites,
etc.    Only one entry per callsign (can't do, e.g., mobile and expedition
entries).

*Help:* On the website at http://7qp.org are these complete rules;
FAQs (*please
read*); lists of county names and abbreviations: state/county maps; county
sign-up sheet; summary sheet; state coordinators; logging-program info and
configuration files; list of plaques and donors.
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