Rules for the Random QSO Award

The Random QSO Award is awarded for contact with 15 Initial Meteor Scatter stations on two and
six meters.  The RQA and endorsements are available to amateurs worldwide.

General Rules:
Creditable contacts should use:
(1) Propagation mode Meteor Scatter (2) WSJT Modes FSK441 or JT6M .Only Initial Random
contacts qualify.

Dates January 1, 2004 or later are creditable for the award. Random contacts submitted must be
completions during

(1) Saturday or Sunday Random Hours (If the contact counts for one station as a RH contact, it may be used by both)
(2) WSJTGROUP Fall / Winter Sprints (These activity have been canceled but prior contacts count)
(3) WSJTGROUP Sponsored Contests
(4) ARRL January or September Sweepstakes
(5) Random Contacts made during Field Day that qualify as a Demonstration Contact.


All random contacts must meet the following minimum exchange requirements of
(1)Both Calls
(2) Reports and
(3) Rogers using the recommended Random Hour formats. (see the Random Hour Manual)


NOTE: For activity periods such as: Random Hour or Fall / Winter Sprints the contacts are to be
made by calling CQ on 50.260 or 144.140 MHz or answering a cq which was made on the calling
frequency via. the Off-Set method. Schedules do not count & posting a CQ on an odd-ball frequency
does not count. The focus / purpose for this is to properly promote the use of the calling frequencies
during activity periods.

INITIAL Meteor Scatter CONTACT  is: a First Time Meteor Scatter Contact with a station
or a First Time Meteor Scatter Contact from the same station operating from a different 4 digit grid
square (different than home QTH, e.g., rover, mobile, portable, ect.)  In other words, you can work
the same station as an additional initial meteor scatter contact when you or the other station are
transmitting from a different grid square or the same grid square but a different country. And the
same goes for mobile, rover, and portable stations operating in different grids working a fixed
station from a given grid.

Rover Rules:
All Rover contacts for the Random QSO Award must use the same call sign however if another
call sign is used (Field Day, Club etc) the control operator must be the same person making
application for said award. (This should be clearly marked in the log)

Achievement Levels:
It takes 15 initial random contacts to qualify for the Certificate.

Endorsements:
Endorsements in the increments of 15 will be posted on the WSJTGROUP Webpage. After the 100th
endorsement is achieved then the increment level of 10 is used. I.E. 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 100, 110, 120 etc...
There are no specialty endorsements or certificates.


Random QSO Award Application Procedure

Submit log with Calls, Dates, Frequency and Report received to WA3LTB (Terry) at
wa3ltb@juno.com No confirmations QSL cards are required.

Logs can also be mailed to:

TERRY L HOSACK
9852 MARTIN AVE
LAKE CITY, PA 16423
USA

Endorsement Application Procedures
Endorsements in the increments of 15 will be posted on the WSJTGROUP Webpage.
Logs for endorsements should be sent to WA3LTB (Terry) at wa3ltb@juno.com

Fees:
Certificate cost is $3 (This covers printing and postage expenses)and there is no fee for
endorsements.

 WSJTGROUP:
The WSJTGROUP sponsor of the Meteor Scatter Awards, both Century Grid Award
and Random QSO Awards insist that proper etiquette and proper use of the Standard
Operating Procedures be adhered to by all applicants.

Decisions of the WSJTGROUP Awards Manager & moderators regarding interpretation
of the rules here printed or later amended shall be final.


Note for DX operators outside North America ONLY:

DX Stations outside of North America can qualify for the Random QSO Award by
completing 15 random qso's but only if one of the following statements is true:


1. There are No known Activity Periods or Contests for me to participate in and all my
submitted contacts were Random Contacts using the recognized calling frequency in my
area and contacts are WSJT FSK441 or JT6M on six or two meters.

2. All my contacts were Random Contacts using Meteor Scatter on six or two meters
and I participated in Activity Periods similar to the North American Sessions.

The cost of certificates sent over seas are $7 US dollars. Submit your log and payment to
the awards manager.

For more information contact Terry (WA3LTB)