Here's how we announced the contest:

Join the fun!

Sponsored by the Colorado QRP Club

WHEN: December 12, 2004     02:00 through 03:59 UTC (2 Hours)
                (Saturday evening, December 11, North America local time, 19:00 - 20:59 Mountain)

BAND: 40 Meters only

MODE: CW

POWER:  5 watts maximum for all entrants

(QRO stations are encouraged to join the run, but we can't accept your logs
as a contest entry. QRP stations can work QRO stations.)

CLASSES:
BASED ON ANTENNA TYPE!

W - Single element wire (includes dipole, random wires, Zepp, doublet,
inverted "V", slopers, single element loops, inverted "L", etc.)

V - Verticals (includes single element, ground plane, trapped vertical,
anything with vertical polarization and omnidirectional pattern).

B - Multi-element arrays/beams (includes beams, multi- element loops, phased
verticals, V-beams, rhombics, etc.)

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

EXCHANGE:
RST + S/P/C + Antenna Class + CQC # or Power.

Example:  549 CO W NR154 or 559 VA V 5W

MULTIPLE CONTACTS:
The same station may be worked up to three times during the contest,
provided there is a minimum of 30 minutes between QSOs with the same
station.

SCORING:
3 points per QSO, the first time each station is worked.
2 points for the second time the same station is worked.
1 point for the third time the same station is worked.

Multipliers:  SPCs and the number of CQC members worked.

(Second and third contacts with the same station score QSO points, but DO
NOT COUNT as multipliers.)

Total Score:  QSO Points  X  SPCs  X  Members = Total Score

LOGS:
Submit logs showing time UTC, callsign, exchange received (SPC & CLASS), QSO
points for each station worked and multiplier points.

EXAMPLES:
0305  WØCQC  CO V  155 3 1
0312  N1FN/5 TX B  154 3 1
0336  WØCQC  CO V  155 2 0
0345  W1AW   CT B   5W 3 0
0355  HC8N   HC B   5W 3 0

Total Score:  (QSO Points)  X  (SPCs)  X  (Members) = (Total Score)
                   11       X    3     X      2     =       55

Submissions must include a summary sheet giving your name, call sign,
antenna class, mailing address, AND A CALCULATION OF YOUR CLAIMED SCORE.

Also include an alphabetical listing of claimed multipliers and a
description of equipment and power used. Soapbox comments are also welcome.

Logs must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than 2359 UTC JANUARY 17, 2004 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).

Mail logs to:

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

To Email contest logs to KIØRB:

AWARDS:
Certificates will be awarded to the highest scoring station in each antenna
class.

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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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