All Hounds will be in competition with each other, aswill all Foxes.  At the end of the hunt, the winners will be the Houndwho has worked the most Foxes, and  the Fox who has worked the mosthounds.  Special recognition  may be given in other
categories.  The Foxes may also participate as Hounds. Good hunting, and make FUN your First Priority!
 
 
 

 RULES:

GENERAL

The hunts will take place each Thursday evening (US time)from
Thursday, October 25th, 2001 through Thursday, March7th, 2002.
Each hunt will start at 0200Z, with the exception ofthe first hunt
which will start at 0100Z due to Daylight Saving Time.

The local starting times will all be as follows in theUS:

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

Each hunt will run for two hours.

In each week there will be two Hunts (i.e. with two Foxes)conducted simultaneously.

GUIDELINES

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

 1.2    Each Fox will have two sessionsduring the hunt, one before January 1st, 2002,
and one after January 1st.

 1.3    No later than 5PM EST on theday 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 readthe 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 FOXDE [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 transmittingon the Fox's transmitting frequency if their
equipment permits.   Splits (separate transmit/receivecapability or XIT/RIT) of up to 5Khz
may be used by some foxes but the  Fox will notordinarily indicate where he is listening
and can be expected to change his listeningfrequency often, depending on the number of
stations calling and the frequency spread.

 1.8   A valid QSO is defined as the exchangeof

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" tobe exchanged.  That is, the Hunter
need not acknowledge the Fox's information, and the Foxmay work a list.  For example, the Fox
may call several stations and acknowledge their informationone by one, while sending his own
information only once for the list. Foxes may work stationswho 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. Houndsmust not work the Fox again using a different callsign (e.g. a club call).

Foxes may also compete as Hounds, and  may claimone point for their own sessions as the Fox, and one point for
each other Fox operating at the same time (this is toavoid having Foxes abandon their frequencies in order to work
each other).

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

Time   Call   RST (received)  QTH  Operator    Number/Power

For example:

0101 N1FN 559 CO ET 500MW

Extraneous information such as colons in the time enries,dates, and "QSO numbers" are to be deleted from the Fox's log before posting.

2.0   Hounds will ANSWER a CQ or QRZ? call bythe 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 includesuggestions as to preferred operating
procedure, but in the absence of any other instructionsthe Hound should send his callsign only
once after a call by the Fox or the conclusion of a QSO.

2.2    "Sub-contests"  are encouraged,but with the exception of the "Teams Competition" are the sole responsibilityof the
person who decides to organize them.

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

    The Hound who has worked the most Foxes.

    The Hound who has worked the most Foxesat 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,
N1FN, N1TP, K0EVZ, K7QO, VE5RC

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