PVRC 61st
Anniversary REUNION ON-THE-AIR Celebration
2008 Rules
1. Eligibility: All members of PVRC
worldwide (Once a member, always a member!) and all other amateurs.
2. Object: To contact as many PVRC
members and (for PVRC members) other amateurs around the world as possible,
using all 6 HF bands from 10 – 160 meters.
3. Date: Always the first weekend in
June. The 2008 reunion will be June 7 and
8.
4. Suggested Frequencies
CW: 1817, 3547, 7047, 14047, 21047,
& 28047 kHz.
Phone: 1847, 3847, 7247, 14247, 21247,
28447
RTTY: 3585, 7038, 14085, 21085 and
28085.
5. Contest period: June 7, 0000Z through June 8, 2359Z. Suggested activity periods: June 7 (Friday night EDST), 00:00Z – 01:00Z
, Saturday 14:00-15:00Z, 00:00-01:00Z , 03:00-04:00Z, and Sunday
14:00 – 15:00Z, 23:00-00:00Z. Check for
activity on 10 ,15 and 160 meters on the half hour.
6. Exchange: PVRC members - send the
year you became a PVRC member, your name, and your QTH – 50 U.S. States plus
DC, 14 Canadian provinces (ARRL-style), or DXCC country. Non members work only PVRC members, and send
name and QTH as above.
Examples:
WX3B: CQ PVRC DE WX3B/PVRC
K4XX: K4XX (Not a PVRC member)
WX3B: K4XX 1998 Jim MD
K4XX: Bob VA
WX3B: TU WX3B/PVRC
K4ZW: K4ZW (PVRC member)
WX3B: K4ZW 1998 Jim MD
K4ZW 1990 Ken VA
WX3B: TU WX3B/PVRC
7.
Scoring: PVRC members count total
number of QSOs * 2 * number of multipliers.
Non-members count number of QSOs with PVRC members * 2 * number of
multipliers derived from contacts with PVRC members. In addition to geographic multipliers, QSOs
with special calls W3GRF, W4KFC, W3AU and W7YS (charter members of PVRC) count
as multipliers. All multipliers count
once per band, regardless of mode.
8. Awards: PVRC
members - First place
high and low power, cumulative and each mode
Non-PVRC
- First place high and low power, cumulative
QRP class awards will be added if
scores are deemed significant.
9. Reporting:
Submission of logs is not required but is encouraged. Report QSOs, mults, total score to [email protected] by June 15, 2008. Alternatively, submit Cabrillo format logs
generated by the NA Sprint modules of the popular logging programs, and N4ZR
will score the log for you. Please check
Cabrillo logs for conformity with the following template:
QSO: 14000 CW 2007-06-02 2236
K3ZO/9 1963 FRED WI W3CP
1987 JIM OR
PVRCers - For QSOs with non-PVRC
members, enter a single digit in lieu of the year.
Various logging aids (PVRC rosters, lists of PVRC members formatted for
use with popular logging programs, etc.) will be available on the PVRC web site
under the Reunion heading in May.