(Araucaria) MS Meteorscatter Sprint Contest 2013

[PY2ZX]

Olá amigos,

Segue informação compartilhada por Bruce PY2BS e Frank PA4EME a respeito
do concurso dedicado a Reflexão Meteórica no período das Perseidas. A
constelação será visível na parte final da madrugada (considerando
coordenadas São Paulo). Haverá mais 3 chuvas em atuação na época do
concurso (SDA, CAP, KCG) segundo calendário da IMO. 73!

Flávio PY2ZX
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“144 MHz Meteorscatter Sprint Contest 2013“

MMMonVHF[1], in cooperation with the magazines DUBUS[2] and
Funk-Telegramm[3], invites you to take part in the 6th edition of the
“144 MHz Meteorscatter Sprint Contest” during the maximum of the
Perseids meteor shower (PER). Based on predictions from IMO[4] (the
International Meteor Organisation), this maximum will occur on August
12, 2013, between 18:15 GMT and 20:45 GMT.

RULES:

Contest period:
August 11, 2013, 12:00 GMT – August 13, 2013, 11:59 GMT (end time last
completed QSO).

Participation:
Class 1: QRP (< 1.5 kW ERP)
Class 2: QRO (>1.5 kW ERP)

Stations can participate in one class only. No difference between
single- or multioperator stations or modes.

Exchange:
Full callsigns, reports (e.g. 26 or R26) and final rogers (RRRR)[5].

Scoring:
For each completed QSO you receive an amount of points that equals the
distance between you and the station you completed with. A worked
station only counts once, so no duplicates allowed.

Final scoring:
The total score is the sum of all points you received for all completed
QSO’s together.

Logs:
Logs can be send via E-mail or regular mail. Your log has to be received
before September 15, 2013. In case you have send your log by regular
mail, the postmark will count. Logs received after that date will be
considered as checklogs.

Logs via E-mail can be sent to: mssprint em mmmonvhf.de ; Subject: MSSprint
“Call”

Logs via regular post can be sent to:
A.F. Veldhuijsen, PA4EME,
Westlandstraat 9,
6137 KE Sittard,
The Netherlands.

Be sure you log contains at least the following:

- Your call, name, adress and class you want to participate in. Stations
in Class 1 (QRP) have to state details about the equipment they used in
form of used output power and antennagain. If no data about your station
is given, you will be placed in Class 2. The power used for the
calculation of the Effective Radiated Power will be the power measured
at the output of your transceiver or active amplifier(s);

- The QSO list. As there are many logging programs available nearly
every format is possible[6]. But make sure that the log will show at
least: date, time (to be specific: end time), call, report send, report
received, locator and distance (equals points).

With sending your log you also declare to have operated within the
limits of your chosen Class, licence and local regulations when
performing any activity that could impact your submitted score.
Unsportsmanlike conduct can be ground for disqualification. Also you
agree to have the log open to the public which might result in
publishing your log on MMMonVHF or in the magazines DUBUS and/or
Funk-Telegramm.

Reception of a log will be confirmed in the same way it was received.

Stories and pictures are welcome for the soapbox.

Conditions to be observed:

The use of DX-clusters and chat-channels during the contest is only
allowed in such way that there is no exchange of reports or other data
from which the status of the QSO can be extracted. Limited information
on the cluster (e.g. 12:00 DK5EW PA4EME JN48MB<MS>JO20WX) or chat (e.g.
12:00 PA2DW 144.355 CQ for MS Sprint) is allowed.

Selfspotting exceeding more then once every 15 minutes will be
considered as unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Winner of the contest:

The winner of the contest is the station with the highest amount of
points. There will be a winner in each class. If two stations have the
same amount of points, the position will have to be shared.
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