“Look Around in the Field”
(LAITF)
QRP Contest
Every
year we take our radios out in the field, woods, or parks and
operate. Now let's add the dimension of observing the wildlife around
us and make it a part of the operating event, which we will call Look
Around In The Field or LAITF. The exchange will include the name of
some wildlife you have seen on that day. This contest was held last
year, and is being run by W2AGN this year with the permission of the
originator, Randy K7TQ.
CONTEST PERIOD: May 7, 2005 1600-2100Z. CW ONLY.
* Wildlife means some animal that you have seen since you left home for LAITF. It could be a deer, a moose, a squirrel, an egret, or a fly.
* Ants and other bugs will work, too.
* Heck, we'll even count dogs and cats here! Just for good measure everyone can send "human" just by seeing one.
* Send a different wildlife name for each QSO or the same one every time, but make sure you have actually seen it before you send its name. It is your choice if you send "hawk", "red tailed hawk", or "buteo jamaicensis".
* You've got to look around and not just concentrate on the radio for this operating event!
Rules
o Exchange
+ State, Province, or Country (S/P/C)
+ Your name
+ Wildlife name
o QSO Points
+ Each QSO = 1 pt
o Multipliers
+ Sum of different wildlife YOU sent + Sum of different wildlife you copied from other operators
+ S/P/C total for all bands
o Final Score
+ QSO points X Wildlife mults X S/P/C Mult
o Work station once per band.
o Categories
+ Home-Single Op
+ Home-Multi Op
+ Field-Single Op
+ Field-Multi Op
o Certificates for the top scorer in each category will be provided in PDF format. (Click HERE for sample)
o Suggested Frequencies (kHz) (Spread out, guys!
1810 3560 7040 14060 21060 28060
Send logs by email to w2agn at w2agn.net, or by snail mail to:
John Sielke W2AGN
1353 Samuel Drive
Vineland, NJ 08360-4471
Send logs no later than May 31, 2005. Results will be posted at http://w2agn.net/laitf.html NLT 1 July 2005.