All Hounds will be in competition with each other, as will all Foxes.  The Foxes may also participate
as Hounds.
 
 

 RULES:

GENERAL

The hunts will take place each Tuesday and Thursday evening (US time) from
Tuesday, October 24th, 2000 through Thursday, March 8th, 2001.
Each hunt will start at 0200Z, with the exception of the first two hunts
which will start at 0100Z due to Daylight Saving Time.

The starting times will all be as follows in the US:

6pm Pacific
7pm Mountain
8pm Central
9pm Eastern

Each hunt will run for two hours.

In two of the hunts there will be TWO Foxes operating simultaneously. These
"dual hunts" will be the first hunt in January, 2001 and and the last hunt of the
season.

GUIDELINES

 1.1    The Fox tries to complete as many QSOs  as possible during the 2 hour hunt.

 1.2    Each Fox will have two sessions during the hunt, one before January 1st, 2001,
and one after January 1st.

 1.3    No later than 5PM EST on the day before Hunt, the Fox will post a notice on
QRP-L providing useful details such as his location, equipment, antenna(s), planned
starting frequency, etc.  Because many Hunters read the QRP-L daily digest, changes
after that time will be avoided as far as possible.

 1.4    The Fox will operate within +/- 10Khz of 7.040 MHz.

 1.5    The Fox will call "CQ FOX DE [callsign],"  "QRZ FOX?," or otherwise identify himself
as the Fox during the progress of the hunt.

 1.6    The Fox may QSY to avoid QRM, but will indicate his intention to do so.

 1.7    The Hounds should avoid transmitting on the Fox's transmitting frequency if their
equipment permits.   Splits (separate transmit/receive capability or XIT/RIT) of up to 5Khz
may be used by some foxes but the  Fox will not ordinarily indicate where he is listening
and can be expected to change his listening frequency often, depending on the number of
stations calling and the frequency spread.

 1.8   A valid QSO is defined as the exchange of

Signal Report
QTH
Operator's Name, and
Power Output

559 CO ET 500MW
579 ND DOC 5W

The Fox's information may in some cases be "deemed" to be exchanged.  That is, the Hunter
need not acknowledge the Fox's information, and the Fox may work a list.  For example, the Fox
may call several stations and acknowledge their information one by one, while sending his own
information only once for the list. Foxes may work stations who are not Hounds (e.g. QRO stations)

Hounds may participate at QRPp power levels (1W or less), in which case they should report
their power as 1W or as mW as appropriate

Hounds may work each Fox only once per session. Hounds must not work the Fox again using a different callsign (e.g. a club call).

Foxes who are also competing as Hounds may claim one point for their own sessions as the Fox.

1.9.  Each Fox will post his  log to QRP-L as soon as practical after the completion of
each hunt, ideally within 24 hours of completion of the Hunt.  The log is to be in ASCII text format, showing one QSO per line with the following information:

Time   Call   RST (received)   QTH  Operator    Number/Power

For example:

0101 N1FN 559 CO ET 500MW
 

2.0   Hounds will ANSWER a CQ or QRZ? call by the FOX.  Hounds do not call CQ, nor do
they work each other in proximity to the hunt.

2.1   In his notice to QRP-L, the Fox may include suggestions as to preferred operating
procedure, but in the absence of any other instructions the Hound should send his callsign only
once after a call by the Fox or the conclusion of a QSO.

2.2    "Sub-contests" such as a "teams competition" are encouraged, but are the sole
responsibility of the person who decides to organize them.

2.3    At the end of the Hunt, the winners will be everyone who participated.  Certificates
will be sent to:

    The Hound who has worked the most Foxes.

    The Hound who has worked the most Foxes at QRPp power levels, and

    The Fox who has worked the most Hounds.

Good hunting, and make FUN your First Priority!

For The QRP-L Foxhunt Committee,
N1TP, K0EVZ, K1MG, N1FN, K7QO

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