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TENNESSEE QSO Party Rules
CONTEST PERIOD
1800z Sunday, September 6 until 0300z
Monday, September 7, 2009
OBJECT
Stations outside of Tennessee work as
many Tennessee stations in as many Tennessee
counties as possible. Stations in Tennessee
work everyone.
BANDS
All amateur bands except 60, 30, 17 and
12 meters are valid.
MODES
● Phone (no repeater QSOs)
● CW
● Digital (RTTY, PSK31, FSK441, JT6M, etc)
EXCHANGE
- RS(T) and Tennessee County, U.S. state,
Canadian province/territory, or DXCC entity.
(All radio equipment,
including antennas, must be located within
the county, state, province/territory or
entity given in the exchange).
- Tennessee stations may work anyone;
those outside Tennessee work only Tennessee
stations. Stations may be worked once per
band/mode. Mobiles may be worked again if
they change counties.
CATEGORIES
A. Fixed
1. Single-Op (High, Low & QRP)
2. Multi-Op (High, Low & QRP)
B. Mobile
1. Single-Op (High, Low & QRP)
2. Multi-Op (High, Low & QRP)
High power is more than 150W transmitter
output, Low power is 150W transmitter output
or less, and QRP is 5W transmitter output or
less.
All Out-of-State entries compete in the
Fixed categories. All Tennessee portable
operations compete in the Fixed categories.
Mobile stations must be self-contained
and capable of legal motion while operating.
Motion is optional. Single-Op Mobile may use
a driver, but that person may not assist in
the operation of the radio equipment.
SCORING
Points
2 pts per Phone QSO
3 pts per CW QSO
3 pts per Digital QSO
Repeater QSOs DO NOT count (this includes
packet digipeaters). However, direct
station-to-station packet contacts do count.
On all acceptable bands, CW and other
digital modes count separately. For example,
you can work W9WI on 3540 kHz CW; 3585 kHz
Baudot RTTY; and 3820 kHz SSB, for three
contacts on 80 meters. All digital modes
besides CW are equivalent. If you work W9WI
on 14085 kHz Baudot RTTY you cannot work him
again on 14070 kHz PSK31.
Multipliers
- Out-of-State Stations - Multipliers
accumulate on a per band basis.
Multipliers are Tennessee counties (95
max/band). For example, if you work all
95 Tennessee counties on 40M and again
on 20M you earn 190 multipliers.
- Tennessee Stations - Multipliers
accumulate on a per band basis.
Multipliers are:
+ Tennessee counties (95 max/band)
+ U.S. states (49 max/band - do not count Tennessee as a state,
District of
Columbia counts as Maryland)
+ Canadian provinces/territories (13 max/band: British Columbia,
Alberta,
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec,
New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, Prince Edward Island,
Newfoundland/Labrador, Yukon, NWT
and Nunavut).
+ DXCC entities (see ARRL DXCC list - less USA, Canada, Alaska &
Hawaii --
Do not count USA nor Canada as
countries; Alaska & Hawaii count as
states only).
- Tennessee Mobile Stations -
Tennessee mobiles may claim one
multiplier for any Tennessee county from
which they complete at least 10 QSOs if
they do not earn a multiplier for that
county otherwise.
Bonus Points
All entrants may claim 100 bonus
points for each QSO with TCG
headquarters station K4TCG. Tennessee
mobile operators may claim 500 bonus
points for each Tennessee county from
which they complete at least 10 QSOs.
All bonus points are added after the
geographic multiplier.
TEAMS
A team consists of between two and five
stations, with any number of operators.
Teams do not need to be registered in
advance, and team members do not need to be
members of any radio club. Team members must
indicate the name of their team on their
entry. There is separate competition for
teams whose members are in Tennessee and for
teams whose members are outside the state.
Multi-operator stations may also participate
in team competition. If more than five
stations in a club would like to participate
in team competition, they may form more than
one team.
WHERE TO LOOK
CW
1815, 3540, 7040, 14040, 21040, 28040
Digital
3585, 7085, 14085, 21085, 28085
SSB
1855, 3820, 7240, 14280,
21390, 28390
VHF/UHF
50.195, 144.195, 146.55, 223.50, 446.00
AWARDS
- Certificates will be awarded to the
five highest scoring Tennessee entrants in
each category.
- Certificates will be awarded to the
highest scoring entrant from each category
in each U.S. state,
Canadian province or territory and DXCC entity.
- Certificates will be awarded to all
first-time entrants.
- Certificates will be awarded to the
first-place Tennessee team, and the
first-place outside-
Tennessee team.
- Plaques and other prizes may be
awarded at the discretion of TCG.
TCG Headquarters station K4TCG and the
TCG itself are not eligible for awards.
Other awards may be given.
LOGS
Indicate band/mode, time, call worked,
and QTH. Please include your call sign,
category, team (if any) and county (if
you're in Tennessee). Don't forget your
mailing address; you might win something!
Mobiles must indicate county changes.
Computer logs are encouraged. Cabrillo
format is especially appreciated, but any
ASCII text format is acceptable. Email logs
are best ( logs <at> tnqp.org
), but Windows-formatted floppy disks or CDs
are also fine. Be sure to include all
required information ? including your
mailing address, and for Tennessee stations,
your county.
Template files for the TRLog and NA
contest programs are posted on the TNQP Home
Page at
www.tnqp.org If you don't have Internet
access, write W9WI at the address below for
a copy. Some other contest programs, such as
the N1MM Logger (
www.n1mm.com
), have support for the Tennessee QSO Party
built-in.
Logs must be received by 8 October
2008. Enclose a business-size SASE for
results, or watch the TNQP Home Page.
Thanks!
Mail logs to:
Address
Email Address
Tennessee QSO Party
logs <at> tnqp.org
c/o Doug Smith, W9WI
1389 Old Clarksville Pike
Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098
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