Ontario QSO Party by Bob VE3SRE ve3sre@rac.ca

The 1999 Ontario QSO Party which will run April 24-25, 1999 from 1800 UTC Saturday to 1800 UTC Sunday. I'm hoping we can get as many stations on the air as possible from across the province from as many counties, districts and regional municipalities as possible.

I know Don VE3ESE is planning to go mobile with several guys activating a number of Ontario counties...I hope we can get some more folks on representing "Waterloo Region" in the "OQP". A new "Ontario Award" kicks off for contacts made after April 1, 1999. You have to work at least one station in each of the 48 counties, districts and regional municipalities plus VA3RAC and VE3ODX (which will be operating as special event station XL3D up to April 25th). And obviously one of the best ways to earn the award is to get on the air during the Ontario QSO Party!!

FREQUENCIES:
All HF bands 160-10 meters (Phone/CW) with the exception of the WARC bands (12, 17 and 30 meters) which by IARU agreement are contest-free. All VHF/UHF bands.

FOR MOBILES/QRP USING SSB: 1.870, 3.735, 3.860, 7.070, 7.260, 14.130, 14.265, 21.260, 28.360

CW 1.820, 3.520, 3.720, 7.020, 7.120, 14.020, 21.020, 21.120, 28.020 and on FM 52.540, 146.550, 446.100.

SUGGESTED MANNER OF OPERATION:
Work HF SSB on the hour, work HF CW on the half hour, work VHF/UHF (either FM simplex, SSB or CW) at 15 minutes after the hour.

EXCHANGE:
Ontario stations send signal report and Ontario county, district, regional municipality, (or city in the case of the amalgamated City of Toronto).

MULTIPLIER POINTS:
Ontario stations earn 1 multiplier point for each Ontario county, district, regional municipality and the amalgamated City of Toronto worked on each band (see multiplier list), each Canadian province/territory (excluding Ontario), each U.S. state and DXCC country worked on each band.

Stations outside Ontario earn 1 multiplier point for each Ontario county, district, regional municipality and for the amalgamated City of Toronto worked on each band. Shortwave Listeners use the same formula for multiplier points as stations outside Ontario.

TOTAL SCORE:
Total QSO points x Total multiplier points = Your score.

MOBILE/ROVER BONUS:
Mobile/Rover stations add 300 points for each Ontario multiplier activated. To earn the mobile/rover bonus a mobile/rover station must make at least three contacts with three different stations from the multiplier.

MOBILE STATIONS:
Mobile stations may be worked once per band from each Ontario county, district or regional municipality they operate from.

LOGS:
Entries should be postmarked no later than May 31, 1999. Send your logs to:

Ontario QSO Party,
Ontario DX Association,
P.O. Box 161, Stn. A,
Willowdale, Ontario
M2N 5S8.

Entries can be sent on disk or via the Internet in standard text file format. (Please do not send logs in a word processing format). Please include your snail mail address with any electronic logs.

For complete rules and log submission info check out the ODXA Web Site at http://www.durhamradio.com/odxa/ 

73 de Bob VE3SRE
Contest Coordinator
Ontario QSO Party
ve3sre@rac.ca