35.  I P A - R A D I O - C L U B - C O N T E S T

The International Police Association Radio Club (IPARC) invites all radio-amateurs of the world to take part in the IPARC-Contest which takes place every year on the first weekend in november.

1. Modes and times:

CW	06. nov.2010	0600 - 1000 UTC and	1400 - 1800 UTC
SSB	07. nov.2010	0600 - 1000 UTC and	1400 - 1800 UTC

2. Bands:

Bands	CW	SSB
80 m	3510 - 3560 kHz	3700 - 3800 kHz
40 m	7000 – 7025 kHz	7060 – 7100, 7130 – 7200 kHz
20 m	14000 - 14080 kHz	14125 - 14300 kHz
15 m	21000 - 21070 kHz	21155 - 21300 kHz
10 m	28000 - 28070 kHz	28320 - 28600 kHz

After QSY it is obligate to stay 15 minutes on the new band.
There are no contest-qsos allowed outside of the above-mentioned frequency ranges!

3. Classes:

A	Multi/Multi, Multi/Single, every club-station and special event station
B	Single Op / Single TRX (personal call-sign only, no assistance)
C	SWL

Remarks:

No differentiation between members of IPARC and non-members.
The class must be seen from the log.
Winners are the first three stations of each class.

4. Calling:

CQ IPA Contest

5. Exchange:

RS(T) + current number, each mode beginning with 001.
Members of IPARC in addition "IPA", IPARC-members of USA also their state.
Exchanging a rapport is allowed once on every band and in every mode.
Exchanging a rapport with the operator of a clubstation is allowed for awardhunting, but does not count for the contest.

6. Points:

QSO-points:	each QSO 1 point, each IPARC-station 5 points.
Multiplier:	ach DXCC with IPARC-station / US-State with IPARC-station 1 point on each band.
Score:	each band: summary of QSO-points multiplied by summary of multi-points
final result:	summary of all bands

7. Closing date:

31. december 2010 (date as per postmark)

8. Contestmanager:

Uwe Greggersen
DJ6QQ
Hurststr. 9
D-51645 Gummersbach

eMail: dj6qq(at)darc.de

9. Remarks:

The list with the final result will be published in Packet Radio, Internet www.iparc.de
or is available against SAE + IRC.
This contest is a good chance to work the Sherlock-Holmes-Awards and Sherlock-Holmes-Trophies.
It is not longer required to work the awards step by step!

More infos are available from the award-manager:

Horst Roemer
DL1GBP

Theodor-Fontane-Str. 25
17489 Greifswald, Germany

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