NJQRP Club

NJQRP Club

NoGA

NoGA

W5JAY &
Ft. Smith QRP

W5JAY &
Ft. Smith QRP

W5JAY &
Ft. Smith QRP

The QRP WARC-Speed DX Challenge!

Is the hiss on 10-meters getting you down?  Are you longing for those days
of endless DX?  Has your beam not moved in a week?

Here's a remedy...K7SS and N0AX, along with the Western Washington DX Club,
and ably assisted by the Amazing Bruce Horn WA7BNM announce:

The QRP WARC-Speed DX Challenge!

The objective of this program is to work as many DXCC Entities as possible
using QRP on the WARC bands (30, 17, and 12-meters) between 0000Z June 1,
2003 and 2359Z May 31, 2004.  QRP is defined as 5 watts output on digital
(any data-transfer protocol) or CW and 10 watts PEP on SSB. (If you want to
work QRP on AM or FM, be our guest...)

Certificates will be awarded for
- the top three totals from each CQ Zone in each of the categories below
- for working 100 entities on any single band.

This program recognizes achievement by zone - so you'll be competing against
your peers!

Each month, results will be posted in the following categories:
    17-meter CW, 17-meter Phone, 17-meter Digital, 17-meter Total
    12-meter CW, 12-meter Phone, 12-meter Digital, 12-meter Total
    30-meter CW, 30-meter Digital
    Total CW, Total Phone, Total Digital, Total Overall
Enter as many or as few categories as you like. The Web site will just
report what you enter each month - you're responsible for keeping the total
up-to-date.

Here's the fun part - no QSL cards, no cumbersome paperwork!  At the end of
each month, WA7BNM will post a score submittal form on the 3830 Score
Submittal Web page at http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/.  You enter your
totals and - as if by magic - the updated totals will be posted to the 3830
contest score reflector and CQ-contest reflectors (and forwarded to the DX
and QRP reflectors, as well).  At the end of the year, you'll be able to
download your nice certificate!

The honor system rules!  No padding your totals with the ones that you
"almost" worked.  No calling somebody at 100 watts (or more) and then asking
for them to "stand by for my QRP signal".

Let me answer the first question - no, this is not a contest! (Contests, by
gentleman's agreement, are not conducted on the WARC bands.)  It is no more
a contest than the DXCC single-band awards or the DXCC DeSoto Cup.
Competitive, yes, contest, no.

If you'd like to sponsor your own certificate or prize, by all means do so -
just send me an email and I'll post the list of awards to the reflectors.
Challenge the other guys in the local club - have your own competition using
wire antennas or mobile or on odd-numbered days or ???  How many do you
think you can work in a year?  The WWDXC sponsored a one-year QRP DX
competition and K7RI worked 247 DXCC entities.  247!!!  It can be done -
just get busy.

After the end of each month, log on to the Web site
http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/ and dump in your totals.  Amaze your
friends!  Heck - amaze yourself!

73, Ward N0AX
n0ax@arrl.net