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2016 Rules
Revised: May
17, 2016
1. Eligibility:
Open format - all amateurs worldwide are eligible to
participate. The objective is to work as many members
of PVRC as possible. PVRC Members are defined as
anyone who has ever lived inside the PVRC Circle and was
a PVRC member at any time during their ham radio life.
As we say, "Once a member, always a member of PVRC!"
2. Object:
Contact as many PVRC members around the world as
possible, using all 6 (non-WARC) HF bands from 10 – 160
meters.
3. Date:
Always the first weekend in June. The 2016 reunion will
be June 4ththrough June 5th UTC. In North
America, these are the evenings of Friday June 3th
and Saturday June 4th.
4. Suggested Frequencies
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CW – Friday night only: 1817, 3547, 7047, 14047, 21047 &
28047 kHz
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Phone – Saturday night only: 1847, 3847, 7247, 14247,
21247, 28447
5.
Contest period:
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CW: June 4, 0000Z-0400Z (Friday evening, 8PM to
midnight EDT).
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SSB: June 5, 0000Z-0400Z (Saturday evening, 8PM to
midnight EDT).
6.
Two segments:
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Two 4-hour segments: CW Only (Friday night), and SSB
Only (Sat. night)
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Check for activity on 10, 15 and 160
meters on the half hour.
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When rate is low, feel free to move callers between
bands.
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If you use the spotting network, please be a “reunion
cheerleader” and spot PVRC’ers as being part of the
“PVRC Reunion”.
7. Exchange:
PVRC members -
(once a member, always a member!) -- send the year you
became a PVRC member, your name, your QTH (50 U.S.
States plus DC, 14 Canadian provinces or DXCC country)
and call sign when you joined PVRC.
Non-PVRC members
– send name and State / Province / Country.
Example QSO:
WX3B: CQ PVRC DE WX3B WX3B K
K4ZW: K4ZW
WX3B: K4ZW 1998 Jim MD WA2GPQ
K4ZW: WX3B 86 Ken VA KE9A
WX3B: TU WX3B
8. Scoring:
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Each station can be worked once per band per mode
- Point Values:
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Bonus Stations:
Historic calls W3GRF, W4KFC, and W3AU count for
10 points per QSO, once per band/mode.
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PVRC members:
Count 1 point per QSO.
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Count total number of PVRC QSOs * number of PVRC
multipliers.
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Only QSO's with PVRC members count towards multipliers. Multipliers are States, DC, VE Provinces, and DXCC countries
(excluding USA).
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All multipliers count once per band, regardless of mode.
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PVRCREU.udc module for N1MM is available.
9. Awards (electronic recognition / publication of
results)
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Separate Rankings for 'PVRC' and 'Non-PVRC' participants
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Top 5 scores – high power
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Top 5 scores – low power
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QRP class awards will be added if scores are deemed
significant.
10. Score Reporting Please report a summary of your activity as
follows:
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Power Level
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Total Multipliers
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Total Score
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Soapbox Comments
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Note: Combine all CW and SSB QSO's into the same log
Email reports to Tim, N3QE, at [email protected] within 14
days after the Reunion.
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