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2 Way QRP Award Comments: It's easy to work a station running a KW and a huge beam with your QRP, but not so easy when the other station is also running QRP. This award honors your achievements in making such 2 way QRP QSO's. Time Frame For Qualifying QSO's: July 1, 2005 0000Z through the present Basic Award Premise: Make as many 2 way QRP QSO's as possible. Categories: 50 points. 100 points. 250 points. 500 points. 1000 points. Equipment: YOU: Power: QRP Antenna: Any HAM YOU WORK: Power: QRP Antenna: Any QSOs: Rag chew, DX, and contest QSO's are acceptable as long as you are certain that the other station is indeed running QRP. Other: QSO's with a NAQCC member: 2 points QSO's with a Non-member: 1 point QSO's with a DX NAQCC Member: 4 points QSO's with a DX Non-member: 3 points DX for North American operators (The U.S., Canada or Mexico) is considered as any contact outside the North American Continent, including the Caribbean. For European, South or Central American or Asian operators, DX shall be considered as any QSO involving a distance of 3,000 miles (4,828 Kilometers) or more. Certificate: Issued for each of the following categories for a donation of stamps, greenstamps or IRCs to cover postage and handling costs. 250 points. 500 points. 1000 points. In addition the first operator who turned in a score of 1,000 or more points - KD2MX - received a plaque free of charge. NAQCC officers were not eligible for the plaque. KD2MX was not an officer at the time he won, although he is now. Web Site Listing: All categories will receive a listing on the web site. Endorsements: Including, but not limited to the following: Exclusive straight key use Indoor antenna Homebrew or kit built gear Single band operation All UHF or VHF All DX Night Owl operation (operating exclusively between midnight and 6 a.m. local time) Milliwatt operation (less than 1 watt)** And whatever else you can think of! Use your imagination. **Milliwatt operation does not have to be 2X MILLIWATT (but must be 2XQRP) and the applicant must have used milliwatt power for EVERY QSO listed in his submitted log. Logs: Send a list with one QSO per line containing at least the following sorted in ascending order by date: Date, Call, Band, Power, His Power. See General Award Rules for information applying to this and all other awards. |