2013
SOUTH DAKOTA QSO PARTY (SDQP)
OFFICIAL RULES
1800 UTC APRIL 20- 1800 UTC APRIL 21
OBJECT: Stations outside South Dakota work as
many South Dakota stations and
counties as possible. Stations inside South Dakota work everyone.
EXCHANGE:
Stations
outside South Dakota send signal report and state, province, or DXCC country.
South Dakota stations send signal report and county.
MODE:
Modes are
phone, cw, and digital. (Any digital mode qualifies, ie: RTTY, PSK31, etc.)
Stations may be worked only
once per mode per band.
QSO POINTS:
Phone contacts are worth 2 points, CW and digital contacts are worth 4 points.
MULTIPLIERS: Stations
outside South Dakota multiply QSO points by total SD
counties worked. Stations inside South Dakota multiply QSO points by SD counties+US States+ Provinces+DXCC
entities.
CLASSES: Fixed station, and Rover.
MAXIMUM POWER:
High Power [greater than 150 watts], Low Power [150 watts or less] and QRP [5 watts maximum].
WORK STATIONS:
Regardless of mode, work SD stations only once per band per mode per county.
SCORE CALCULATION:
Score= total QSO points X Multipliers.
FREQUENCIES:
160,80,40,20,15,10,6 and 2 meters. No repeater contacts can be included in
score. Suggested operating frequencies: 1815 and 40 kHz up on CW;
1845, 3855, 7180, 14255, 21355 and 28455 on SSB; 3580+, 7035+, 14070+,
21070+ on PSK; 3585+, 7038+, 14075+, 21075+ on RTTY.
MOBILES: South Dakota Mobile (Rover) stations are
considered a new contact each time they change counties. County line contacts count as multiple contacts for both
stations provided each county contact is logged individually .
LOGS: All logs must be received by June 1,
2013.
Submit cabrillo files via email to:
SDQP@kd0s.com. Include station callsign in the subject line.
Suggested logging programs:
GenLog http://mysite.verizon.net/dmascaro1/
N1MM
logger: http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/