PVRC REUNION ON-THE-AIR Celebration
2009 Rules
Revised: April 6, 2009
2. Object: To contact as many PVRC members around the world as possible, using all 6 HF bands from 10 – 160 meters.
3. Date: Always the first weekend in June. The 2009 reunion will be June 6 and 7.
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 6, 0000Z through June 7, 2359Z. (48 hours)
Suggested “high activity” periods:
Saturday: 13:00z – 15:00z (9:00am to 11:00am EDT)
Saturday: 18:00z – 20:00z (2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT)
Sunday: 13:00z – 15:00z (9:00am to 11:00am EDT)
Sunday: 18:00z – 20:00z (2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT)
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, your QTH (50 U.S. States plus DC, 14 Canadian provinces or DXCC country) and callsign when you joined PVRC.
Example QSO:
WX3B: CQ PVRC DE WX3B WX3B K
K4ZW: K4ZW
WX3B: K4ZW 1998 Jim MD WA2GPQ
K4ZW 86 Ken VA KE9A
WX3B: TU WX3B
7. Scoring:
Count total number of PVRC QSOs * number of PVRC multipliers.
Multipliers are States, DC, VE Provinces, and DXCC countries. 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 (Electronic Recognition / Publication of results
QRP class awards will be added if scores are deemed significant.
9. Score Reporting
Report a summary of your activity as follows:
Reports to [email protected] within 14 days after the Reunion.