All Hounds will be in competition with each other, as will all Foxes.  At the end of the hunt, the winners will be the Hound who has worked the most Foxes, and  the Fox who has worked the most hounds.  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 31st, 2002 through Thursday, March 20th, 2003.
There will be no hunt on Thursday December 26th.

Each hunt will start at 0200Z, and last for two hours (last entry no later than 0359).

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

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

In each week there will be two Hunts, with two Foxes operating simultaneously.
 

GUIDELINES

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

 1.2    Each Fox will have two sessions or "runs" during the season, and the Fox's score
for the season will be the aggregate QSO total for the two runs.

 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.
Splits (separate transmit/receive capability or XIT/RIT) of up to 5Khz
may be used by the Fox but the Fox will not ordinarily indicate where he is listening.
The Fox can be expected to change his listening frequency often, depending on the number of
stations calling and the frequency spread.  Hounds who cannot work "split" or do not have
RIT should nevertheless operate as far from the Fox's transmitting frequency as possible, or
wait until late in the hunt when the Fox is working zero-beat.

 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 must be operating at QRP power levels (5W or less) if the contact is to count in the competition. 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

Foxes may work any station including QRO stations.   This is because of the possibility of multiple
contacts with stations not participating competitively as Hounds.

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

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

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 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   Hounds may organize themselves into Teams of five members, with  the Teams competing
separately with each other for "team honors."  Teams are to advise their rosters to the Teams
Coordinator, (VE5RC), rattray@gpfn.sk.ca, before the third Hunt.

"Sub-contests"  are encouraged, but with the exception of the "Teams Competition" 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, 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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