Worked All States / Counties QSO Party
Early Draft (1/7/15):
Objective:
Create a fun operating event that will be engaging and encourage on air activity on multiple bands and modes for a long duration (12 months). ?This event will facilitate reaching personal, multi band Worked All States (WAS) goals and county hunter objectives.
Rules:
- ?Contest Period: ?This is a 12 month, annual contest,?January 1 through December 31. ?Everyone starts fresh January 1st each year.
- ?Bands: ?All HF bands 160 Meters - 10 Meters except 60 Meters.
- ?Exchange: ?Operators may call?CQ WAS, similar to the Centennial. ?All QSOs, including QSOs made during other contests, as well as casual operating,?can be counted for points and multiplier credit. ?Exchange of state and county is encouraged, but not required. ?The county and state do not actually have to be exchanged during the QSO, but must be included in your upload for multiplier credit. ?Using another data source to determine the state and county after the contact and adding it to the QSO record is fine.
- ?Score : ?Multiply the number of unique counties and DXCC entities worked on each HF band and mode (SSB & CW) times the number of QSOs (QSOs are one point each).
- ?Multipliers: ?3,077 counties and 340 DX entities are counted for multiplier credit on each band and mode. ?For example, assuming you work Harford County MD on all 9 bands (160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 10), on both CW and SSB on each band, Harford County MD would be counted as a multiplier 18 times (9 CW and 9 SSB). ?There are 3,077 counties and 340 DX entities that can be counted as multipliers on each band on both SSB and CW.
-?Categories (It is?questionable?whether?we want to break out categories. ?It might be better to keep it clean and simple like the Centennial. ?This is still in review):?
Power: High, Low and QRP.
Band: ?Single band, single mode, all band, all mode.
Rover: ?There will not be a separate rover category, but rover operation is fine. ?Rovers may activate?any county and apply QSOs?made while rover to their yearly total.
Score Tracking:
Assuming technical?challenges?are overcome, scoring will be handled?similarly?to the Centennial. ?Participants will upload their ADIF logs to see their score and leader board rank on line in near real time. ?An entire infrastructure will require development. ?Chris and I are working on that now. ?We have a ways to go, but so far so good.
Achievement Levels:
Still in review. ?Early thinking is as follows:
? First Level:
10,000 points ?(Could be achieved with?100?QSOs?with 100 unique multipliers)
? Second Level:
150,000 points ?(Could be achieved with?500?QSOs?with 300 unique multipliers)
? Third Level:
500,000 points ?(Could be achieved with?1000?QSOs?with 500 unique multipliers)
? Fourth Level:
2,000,000 points ?(Could be achieved with 2000?QSOs?with 1000 unique multipliers)
? Top Level:
10,000,000 points??(Could be achieved with 5000 QSOs with 2000 unique multipliers)
The QSO and unique multiplier values are just examples. ?Points can be earned with any?combination?of QSOs / multipliers.
So, that is the current state of our brainstorm. ?We are eager to hear your thoughts and suggestions!
73, Scott
N3FJP
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