Random QSO Award
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
Random Hours
(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 frequeny 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 acticity 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. There are no specialty
endorsements.
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)
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