Riding the Radio Waves by K4SAC: KY QSO PARTY CONTEST

Monday, November 05, 2007

KY QSO PARTY CONTEST

INTRODUCING THE

2007

KENTUCKY QSO PARTY

1400Z Sat. Nov. 10 to 0600Z Sun. Nov. 11

The annual Kentucky QSO Party will be sponsored by the Western Kentucky DX Association. During the party the same station may be worked only once per band and mode, unless they are mobile or portable. Stations may be worked again when they activate another Kentucky county. All mobile and/or portable stations must identify themselves as such so that fixed stations looking for new multipliers may

more easily work them.

EXCHANGE: RS(T) and QTH (county name if you are in Kentucky).

SCORING: KY contesters will work and total the following as multipliers: States, KY counties (120), and Canadian Provinces (9). All DXCC entities count as one point and not as multipliers. Stations working KY will collect counties and KY QSOs. They will then multiply the number of counties by the number of QSO points (2 for CW, 1 for SSB). Each person will add any bonus points earned to his final score. à One hundred bonus points will be earned for working our Club Station, KY4DXA, which will be moving from county to county. The 100 bonus points will be added only once to a person’s score, regardless how may times KY4DXA is worked. All additional times will earn another QSO point and another county as a multiplier. All stations are to combine CW and SSB QSO points before multiplying. Each 160 meter contact will count 2 points reguardless of mode. à Kentucky mobile and portable stations may add 1000 points to their final score for each Kentucky county activated, provided a minimum of 10 contacts are made from a county before moving on to the next county. KY stations may count KY as a state and their own county as a multiplier (provided they work a station within their state and county).

FREQUENCIES: Operation must be limited to 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters. Any portion of these bands allocated for CW or SSB may be used.

AWARDS: Certificates will go to all who submit a log with an S.A.S.E. Plaques will be awarded to the highest-scoring station in each of the following categories: KY Fixed Phone, KY Fixed CW, KY Fixed Mixed, KY Rover Phone, and KY Rover CW. One plaque will go the highest-scoring U. S. station outside KY and one plaque to the highest scoring DX station.

SUBMITTING YOUR LOG: Include with your log a summary sheet and a dupe check sheet for logs with over 50 contacts per band or mode. Also, include a large S.A.S.E. for results and certificate. Mail your log to WKDXA, P.O. Box 73, Alvaton, KY 42122 with a postmark no later than December 31, 2007. (By contest time we may be able to accept logs by email.) Please check web site www.WKDXA.com for more information.