2015  Rules

 Revised:  May 27, 2015

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 2015 reunion will be June 6th through June 7th UTC.  In North America, these are the evenings of Friday June 5th and Saturday June 6th. 

4.  Suggested Frequencies

  • CW – Friday night only: 1817, 3547, 7047, 14047, 21047 & 28047 kHz
     

  • Phone – Saturday night only:   1847, 3847, 7247, 14247, 21247, 28447

5.  Contest period:  

  • CW:  June 6, 0000Z-0400Z (Friday evening, 8PM to midnight EDT).
     

  • SSB: June 7, 0000Z-0400Z (Saturday evening, 8PM to midnight EDT).

6.  Two segments:

  • Two 4-hour segments:   CW Only (Friday night), and SSB Only (Sat. night)

  • Check for activity on 10, 15 and 160 meters on the half hour.

  • When rate is low, feel free to move callers between bands.

  • 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:

  • Each station can be worked once per band per mode
     
  • Point Values:
    • Bonus Stations:  Historic calls W3GRF, W4KFC, and W3AU count for 10 points per QSO, once per band/mode.
    • PVRC members:  Count 1 point per QSO.

·         Count total number of PVRC QSOs * number of PVRC multipliers. 

·         Multipliers are States, DC, VE Provinces, and DXCC countries (excluding USA).

·         All multipliers count once per band, regardless of mode. 

·         PVRCREU.udc module for N1MM is available.

9.   Awards (electronic recognition / publication of results)

·         Separate Rankings for 'PVRC' and 'Non-PVRC' participants

·         Top 5 scores – high power

·         Top 5 scores – low power

·         QRP class awards will be added if scores are deemed significant.

10.  Score Reporting
       Please report a summary of your activity as follows:

·         Power Level

·         Total Multipliers

·         Total Score

·         Soapbox Comments

·         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.