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Go QRP Night
An easier URL to remember and direct
newcomers: BIT.LY/ZLGQN
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ZL's one and only 12-month Endurance Contest Designed to earn contestants points in proportion to the effort they put in!
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Held on the last Saturday of every month except February, when it takes place on the first Saturday in March, to avoid doubling with the Jock White Field Day.
80 m
only Winter and Summer switching is determined by Daylight-Saving status. LSB centered around 3.690 MHz, then on 5 kHz channel spacing, mostly down. Please avoid using 3.700 MHz; a VK slow Morse station in Sydney is permanently transmitting on 3.699 MHz
CW centered around 3.550 MHz in four short periods beginning 2000 winter / 2100 summer, then three more CQ calls at 15 min intervals, viz. 2015/2115, 2030/2130, and the final CW call will be ~ 2045 winter / ~ 2145 summer.
Thinking optimistically, CW channel spacing will also be ± 5 kHz. These times are shown in New Zealand time for ease of planning, though for international contest conformity, logs are written in UTC.
Common Sense Rules ...
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Two modes: LSB and CW only. 4. Additional cumulative points may be earned by operating some distance away from your home station: a) Portable, as a self-sufficient station running on battery supply. b)
Back Country, as a self-sufficient station running on
battery supply from a site located more
than a 2 km walk from the operator's motorised transport. i.e. having
walked/tramped to a tent or hut with the
potential, though not-essential, to stay overnight. c) DX, i.e. either the station worked or the competitor must be located outside New Zealand territorial waters. Both must be in compliance with the power limit in Rule 1. d) CW, i.e. the contact must be a two-way CW-only exchange of complete ciphers.
5. QSY rule. Optional, but entirely fair and much appreciated by those who benefit from the unselfishness of others. a) If a station calls CQ, and makes a contact, that station will then leave the frequency at the end of the contact, and move to a frequency at least 5 kHz away. b) In other words, no one should park on a frequency and work multiple stations. c) If you are the CQ station: You can call CQ as many times as necessary on one frequency – but after you have made a contact, you should move to another frequency leaving it free for the station just worked. d) After a minimum two minute break, if the vacated frequency is not being used, the previous CQ-calling station may return.
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Consecutive Contacts Rule a) It is not permitted to log consecutive contacts with the same station, which in the GQN environment affects only CW operators. b)
While working a station on phone, it is not permitted to arrange a
CW contact, then immediately QSY to work the same station. c) It is acceptable to arrange a CW QSO for the next quarter-hour CW slot, though if late in the event, i.e. in the final 15 minutes, it may mean a non-consecutive QSO is impossible. The loss of an opportunity in such circumstances cannot be avoided.
7. Points
will be accumulated monthly until the end of each year,
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Hand-written log sheets constitute a legitimate claim only if
Please email your log sheet
Note: Log sheet proformas are provided and can be printed, then filled in during the event. Afterwards, copy your written data into the interactive LibreOffice Calc log sheet which automatically calculates the points and score, then send the worksheet file with .ods extension by email. Excel worksheets using an identical format will also be accepted. PDFs and handwritten logs require too much work to process. Be advised: Accuracy is of prime importance. Responsibility for accuracy of data and the claiming of points is entirely that of the competitor. No correspondence will be entered into.
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Example Home Station Log |
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Example Back Country Log |
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Points Tables Use
Excel Log Sheet |
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