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T h e F u n C o n t e s t
Maryland-DC QSO Party Rules for 2005
Now in our 16th year of FUN

Sponsored by:
Antietam Radio Association W3CWC

Contest Date:
August 13 1600-0400 UTC August 14 and 1600-2359 UTC August 14


Many certificates are awarded including:
10 Best MDC Single Ops,
Best Score per State and DX Country,
Best MD YL,
Best QRP entry from any state,
Top 3 MDC Clubs, and others!

New for 2005
A Certificate will be awarded in place of a Plaque in categories with less the
five entries.


Plus:
Certificates are awarded to all stations with 50 or more QSO POINTS in their entry!


Plaques Awarded:
only if five or more entries in category

High Score from a:
Maryland Club or Multi-OP
Station Outside MDC
MDC Mobile
MDC Single Operator (HF + VHF)
MDC VHF-UHF Only Entry
MDC QRP & Non MDC QRP
and
Highest Scoring Antietam Radio Club Member
(regardless of total entries)


The Contest:
Non MDC must work MDC for score
MDC works the world (we hope!)
No formal net or packet qsos.
Club entries must be from a single QTH
Club entries outside MDC are included in the regular Non MDC category.
Phone and CW are one contest
CW in CW sub-bands only
Stations may be worked once per band using each mode
Stations that change MD counties or state lines may be worked again for qso
points as different stations
Non MDC stations must be single operator even if from a club station.


Exchange:
QTH and Major Category
QTH is county for MDC; State, Country, or Canadian Province for others.

Major Categories
Club, Mobile
QRP
Standard
Multi-op stations are considered
CLUBS!
(using one call-sign as entry) Stations will send the category that reflects
their Highest Point Value to the station worked.


Suggested Frequencies:
1.895 3.643 3.920 7.06 7.230 14.06 14.270 21.06 21.370 28.035 28.370
50.150 52.525 144.15 146.55 146.580 432.15 446.000 MHz.
Please note some of these suggested frequencies have changed this year based on
your suggestions.


Scoring:
Use of our summary sheet (available at www.w3cwc.org) is highly recommended!
Add up your qso points and multiply by the sum of the multipliers.
Multipliers may be claimed once each and they do not repeat from band to band.

Note: No licensed amateur who participates in the MDC Party as part of a mobile
team consisting of two or more licensed amateurs in the same vehicle may work
that station with whom they participated for scoring credit.

MDC County Abbreviations

ALY Allegany
ANA Anne Arundel
BAL Baltimore City
BCO Baltimore
CLV Calvert
CLN Caroline
CRL Carroll
CEC Cecil
CHS Charles
DRC Dorchester
FRD Frederick
GAR Garrett
HFD Harford
HWD Howard
KEN Kent
MON Montgomery
PGE Prince George
QAN Queen Anne's
STM St. Mary's
SMR Somerset
TAL Talbot
WAS Washington
WIC Wicomico
WRC Worcester
WDC Washington DC


QSO Points:
10 points per club station
5 points per mobile station
4 points per QRP station
3 points for each CW/digital station
1 point all other QSO's

Remember- Only the highest single point value may be applied per QSO.


Multipliers:
For stations outside MDC- 1 per MD county + DC + Baltimore City (25 possible)
For MDC Stations ONLY- the basic 25 + each of the other 49 states + each new DX
country

Deadline:
Send logs + scoring summary + SASE by September 15, 2005 to the primary contest
sponsor-
Antietam Radio Association P.O. Box 52 Hagerstown, MD 21741-0052 or logs may be
emailed in plain text or
Microsoft Word or Excel format using this email link . A contest summary must
be included.
Note: By entering you agree to the decisions of the contest committee as final.

Special Award:
The Worked All Maryland Multipliers Award The only stipulations are 1) All
contacts
must be made from a single QTH and 2) All contacts must be made during a single
year's qso party.

N3WD offers a Worked All MD Award to all who work the 23 counties + Baltimore
City in our contest.
Contacts for this do not have to be from a Single QTH. Contest Log must show
needed data for this
including Mode and Band.

Finally, the Antietam Radio Association, primary sponsor of the modern day
Maryland DC QSO Party wishes
to thank those who financially support the contest with your donations.
Donations toward the continued
operation of this activity are always welcome and may be sent to the primary
sponsor. 2004 Marks the
15th year of the modern day party. Please visit our website at www.w3cwc.org
and see you in the pileups.


Logging Software available from N3FJP, Writelog, and W3KM that is party friendly.

Good luck!