Results
Compiled by Vince, KIØRB

PORTABLE

CALL	QSO PTS	SPC	CQC MEMBERS	FINAL SCORE
NØSXX	37	9	1	333

WIRE

CALL	QSO PTS	SPC	CQC MEMBERS	FINAL SCORE
WA3AAN	24	7	1	168
KU7T	8	2	1	16

 

VERTICAL

CALL	QSO PTS	SPC	CQC MEMBERS	FINAL SCORE
W5TA	35	10	1	350

BEAM

CALL	QSO PTS	SPC	CQC MEMBERS	FINAL SCORE
VE7NI	22	6	1	132@

@ - Recalculed by KIØRB from submitted log
 

SOAP BOX -

Fun little contest.  Wish conditions were better.  Also should have studied rules more closely.  Forgot we could work same station 3X.  Would have improved my score. Very 72, Dick W5TA

I was going to try out a new field antenna... 1/4 wave vert on  a 33' kanga pole.  I hiked the 1 1/2 miles out to my location and realized I'd forgotten the pole!  Thinking I was going to have the pole I hadn't even brought any twine/rope/etc so I ended up just wrapping  the end of the radiator around a rock and tossing the rock in a tree. Ended up with a vertical with the base about 2' off the ground!  Not quite the glorious vertical I had planned!  Also... didn't read the rules close enough before I left and I was reporting my class as V instead of P.  I'll leave it up to you what class I should be  in.  Had fun anyway... condx not so good but that might have been  my ant!  Gary Slagel NØSXX

Here's how we announced the 'test:

Join the fun!

Our regular Snowshoe Run is so much fun we added a summer verison!
The Great Colorado Gold Rush will take place on
July 20, 2003 (Sunday Afternoon North America local time).

It was Colorado, 1859. A land swindler had just published the first issue of the Rocky Mountain News in the settlement that would become Denver. A year earlier, small placer gold deposits were found in that old settlement, near the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek. And then came the big gold strikes! George Jackson discovered gold in Chicago Creek near Idaho Springs. John Gregory made his famous gold strike not far away, in Clear Creek Canyon. Prospectors dreaming of riches poured into the new gold camps of Central City, Black Hawk, Boulder, Colorado City, Gold Hill, Hamilton, Tarryall, and Pueblo. The fever ran high. The Great Colorado Gold Rush had begun!

Not even a century-and-a-half later, the rush is on again. This time it's the rush to work all states, to join the ranks of DXCC, the desire to sound like a kilowatt but driven only by milliwatts - truly to rush to achieve the impossible.

In honor of our state's colorful history and exciting future, the Colorado QRP Club proudly announces The Great Colorado Gold Rush. This will be a QRP amateur radio contest of unparalleled magnitude, of incredible dimensions, of such unbelievable proportions that---well, it's really just a summer sprint. Two fast hours of heavy hitting. Do your best. Have fun, and good luck in the contest.

When:           Sunday, July 20, 2003

Time:           2000-2200 UTC (Sunday afternoon North America local time)

Band:           20 meters only

Mode:          CW only

Power:          5W maximum

Classes:

• W - WIRE:  single element wire; including dipoles, random  wires, Zepp, doublets, inverted V, slopers,
  single element loops, inverted L, etc.
• V - VERTICAL:  verticals; including single element, ground  plane, trapped vertical, or anything with
  vertical polarization and more or less omnidirectional pattern.
• B - BEAM: multi-element arrays/beams; including beams,    multi-element loops, phased verticals, V-beam,
  rhombic,    etc.
• P - PORTABLE: non-mobile temporary field station; may  use any type of antenna.

 Operations may be conducted with different antennas provided all antennas are in the same class.

Exchange:        RST + SPC + Class + CQC Member # -or- Power Output

           Example:  559  CO  V 345  -or-  559  CO  V 5W

Multiple contacts:      the same station may be worked up to three times during  the contest, provided a minimum of 30
minutes has elapsed since the last QSO with the same station.

Scoring:    3 points for first contact with a station.
                2 points for second contact with the same station.
                1 point for third contact with the same station.

Multipliers:    all multipliers count once over all. Multipliers are SPC's and  CQC members worked.

Final Score:    QSO Points x SPC x CQC Members = Total Score

Logs:   Submit logs showing time, callsign, exchange and QSO points for each
 station worked, show totals of multiplier points. Example:

                              Time  Call    SPC     Ant     Mem#/Pwr        Pts
                ---------------------------------------------------
                2005    WØCQC   CO      V       132             3
                2012    N1FN    CT      W       151             3
                2036    WØCQC   CO      V       132             2
                2037    KA8OM   MI      P       5W              3
                2115    WØCQC   CO      V       132             1
                                    Etc.
                ---------------------------------------------------
                Totals           3                2            12   etc.

               Dupes:    WØCQC - 2005 2036 2115
               SPC:      CO  CT  MI
               CQC#:     132  151

 Please include an alphabetical dupe sheet showing times and  calls of multiple contact stations, SPC's and CQC Member
numbers.  Also include a description of your equipment, antenna(s) used, and  power output. All submissions must indicate
entry class and your  mailing address including e-mail address if available.

Deadline:       Logs must be postmarked or emailed no later than 30 days post   contest. Logs received after this deadline
will be used as  check logs only.

Logs must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than 2359 UTC August 30, 2003.

Mail logs to:

GOLD RUSH
C/O CQC
P.O. Box 17174
Golden, CO 80402-6019

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Awards:  Awards will be given for the highest score in each class and the highest score in each state.

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Questions or concerns?  Send an Email to:
(Surface mail: Colorado QRP Club - P.O. Box 17174, Golden, Colorado 80402-6019 USA)

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