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Old November 5th 05, 04:48 PM
 
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Default In Praise of Contesting

wrote:

a real exchange (4 pieces of info besides the callsign, and
the signal report is not part of the exchange.)


For the record, the exchange consists of:

Serial number of QSO starting with 1 as the first SS QSO of the contest
Entry Class
Callsign
Section (there are 80 of them)
Year first licensed

In addition the log shall record the date and time of QSO and the band
used.

Stations can only work each other once per contest. Using a spotting
network of any kind puts you in a different entry class.

Other rules and requirements at the ARRL website.

My first SS was 1968. Was fun then and still is fun now.

73 de Jim, N2EY