Rules for the Annual 
QCWA QSO Parties

NOTE: Official QSO Party rules are on the QCWA.ORG HQ web site.

The 2006 50th Annual QSO Party Operated from the VE3HC Museum Station

QCWA cordially invites all to participate in the annual QSO parties.  All licensed Radio Amateurs world wide are invited.

Time/Dates:
 Two parties are held each year. The first one shall commence on the second Sat in Marchat 1900 Hrs UTC and the second one  shall commence on the third Saturday in September at 1800 Hrs UTC. Each will run for a period of 24 Hours. Both CW and Phone modes may be used. 

Frequencies: 
The following 15 Bands may be used:

Any station  may be contacted on any or all of the 15 bands for a maximum of 15 QSO's per station, with no more than one QSO per Band. Any station in the same chapter may be counted only once, for a maximum of one QSO per station. No contacts on WARC bands are permitted (10, 18 and 24 Mhz Bands). No Cross Band or Repeater Contacts are allowed.

 Suggested Starting Frequencies:  

CW:	1.910	3.540	7.035	14.040	21.050	28.050
Phone:	1.910	3.890	7.244	14.262	21.365	28.325
Calling (CW or Phone):  CQ  QCWA

 

A few of the cards W2MM/VE3 received from the 2000 QSO Party

 Information Exchange:
Fill  Columns on the Log  Form.  For the "year" column, indicate the  last 2 digits of the year  the station operator was  first licenced.  If the contacted station does not belong to a QCWA chapter,  show only the State, Province or Country of its location. The latter would apply to Non QCWA members as well as to QCWA  members who are not affiliated with a local chapter. Do Not mention the term "At Large" (AL) as was done several years ago, as this can be confused with AL for Alabama. For Band info, simply indicate one of the above 15 Bands in the "band" column.

Scoring:  
Each Phone  QSO is worth one contact point.  Each CW  QSO is worth 2 contact points (show 2 points in the QSO Points Column on the Log).  A Multiplier of  one point is given for each QCWA Chapter worked and for each State, Province or Country reported from stations not belonging to a QCWA Chapter. A total of only one multiplier point will be given for each State, Province or Country.  A Multiplier  of 3 points will be given on each of the 15 Bands for working our Special Events  Station W2MM. This station will be active for 2000 as W2MM/VE3 to promote the 2000 Convention hosted by our Chapter 73 .  Stations within 50 miles (80 Kms) of W2MM, may work W2MM only once for a total multiplier of  3 points. This year the station will operate in the vicinity of the Toronto International Airport.   

Click here for the 2006 VE3HC Spring QSO Party


If you QSL you'll  receive the above card

Contacts with QCWA Memorial Station W2MM count as three multipliers on each of the 15 bands. 

Awards:
Certificates will be issued for the top 3 World Scores.

A certificate will be issued for  the top score in each participating Country.

Send Logs by e-mail or snail mail to:

Robert Buus,W2OD,
8 Donner Street,
HOLMDEL N.J.
07733-2004, U.S.A.

or as an e-mail attachment in plain text to : w2od @ aol.com

(C) Fred Hammond Chapter 73
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