Worked All Palm Beach

Contest Objective

Purpose: To encourage Palm Beach County amateur radio operators to get on the air and get experience making contacts on a variety of bands using various modes of operation and from many locations within the county. (This is similar to what you may do after a disaster like a hurricane or tornado). Whether you use a multiple band/mode HF radio with a tower and beam or a 2-Meter FM only handheld; everyone can participate, score well and have fun! The contest is not limited to Palm Beach County amateurs. Those from neighboring counties as well as around the US are encouraged and expected to participate and are scored independently from those operating within Palm Beach County.

Dates

October 22-23, 2011
1000 UTC Oct 22 to 0200 UTC Oct 24 (6AM Saturday to 10PM Sunday Local Time)

Contacts may be made by Repeater or Simplex (point to point). Scoring is weighted to favor simplex operation since it is more difficult, but a higher number of contacts via repeater will outscore a lower number of simplex contacts. Satellite contacts are scored as simplex.

Modes

SSB / D-STAR
Digital (CW, RTTY, PSK31, etc)
FM
AM

Bands

All authorized frequencies between 160M to 1.2 GHz

Exchange

Signal Report - RS(T) + 4 Character Location
Location Outside PBC is 4 character grid square
Location Inside PBC County is County/City Designator Code

Classes

Single Operator Multiple Bands
Single Operator Single Band 160-15
Single Operator Single Band 10-6
Single Operator Single Band 2M - 1.2 GHz
Multi Operator Single Band
Multi Operator Multiple Bands

QSO Points

1 Point for any repeater QSO
1 Point per 160-15M QSO
2 Points per 10-6M QSO
3 Points per 2M QSO
4 Points per 220/440 QSO
5 Points per Satellite QSO
6 Points per >450 QSO

Multipliers

1X - Each Location
1X - Each band
1X - Each Mode
1X - Operator Licensed less than 1 year before contest date
1X - 5 watts or less (QRP)

Score Calculation

Total score = Total QSO Points x Total of Multipliers (See Online Rules for examples)

Awards

Top 3 Scores in each class outside Palm Beach County � Certificate
Top 3 Scores in each class inside Beach County � Certificate
Top score overall outside Palm Beach County � Plaque
Top score overall inside Palm Beach County - Plaque

E-mail logs to: wapb@wpbarc.com in a Cabrillo Format file.

Find rules at: http://www.wpbarc.com/activities/wapb/rules.php