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<h1 class="sectionedit1" id="winter_field_day">Winter Field Day</h1>
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<a href="https://www.winterfieldday.com/" class="urlextern" title="https://www.winterfieldday.com/" rel="ugc nofollow">Winter Field Day</a> is this weekend starting on Saturday at 11am <abbr title="Pacific Standard Time (winter)">PST</abbr> and ending on Sunday at 11am <abbr title="Pacific Standard Time (winter)">PST</abbr>. The full rules are <a href="https://a2a53e2b-2285-4083-9cff-c99fe5ba1658.filesusr.com/ugd/1c7085_2445ed4b22f74e048fe9bd41c8dba103.pdf" class="urlextern" title="https://a2a53e2b-2285-4083-9cff-c99fe5ba1658.filesusr.com/ugd/1c7085_2445ed4b22f74e048fe9bd41c8dba103.pdf" rel="ugc nofollow">here</a>.
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To get club points, we must all use exactly the same club name (spelled exactly the same way) but also not overlap with other clubs that may have similar names (like the other Suncoast Amateur Radio Club in Florida). I suggest we all use: <code>Suncoast ARCS BC</code>
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<h2 class="sectionedit4" id="some_details">Some Details</h2>
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<h3 id="the_exchange">The Exchange</h3>
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The exchange is composed of three pieces of information:
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<li class="level1"><div class="li">
The class is the number of simultaneous transmitters.
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The category:
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Indoor: <code>I</code>
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Outdoor: <code>O</code>
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<li class="level2"><div class="li">
Home: <code>H</code>
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The ARRL/RAC section is a two or three-letter code representing your area (we're <code>BC</code>)
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For example, I would be <code>1HBC</code>
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<h3 id="points">Points</h3>
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The points are:
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1 point for phone QSO
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2 points per CW or Digital QSO
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Busted exchanges are are penalized by 1 point.
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Duplicates are not counted but not penalized.
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Multipliers:
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<ul>
<li class="level1"><div class="li">
more than 100W: 1x
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100W or less: 2x
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QRP: 4x
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Bonus Points:
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<ul>
<li class="level1"><div class="li">
No commercial power: 1500
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<li class="level1"><div class="li">
Outdoors: 1500
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<li class="level1"><div class="li">
Not a home: 1500
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<li class="level1"><div class="li">
One QSO via satellite: 1500
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</ul>
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<h3 id="modes">Modes</h3>
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The three modes allowed are:
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<li class="level1"><div class="li">
Phone: <code>PH</code>
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CW: <code>CW</code>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li">
Digital: <code>DI</code> <sup><a href="#fn__1" id="fnt__1" class="fn_top">1)</a></sup>
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<h2 class="sectionedit5" id="logging">Logging</h2>
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I'll be using my <a href="https://scarcs.ca/links/contestspreadsheets" class="urlextern" title="https://scarcs.ca/links/contestspreadsheets" rel="ugc nofollow">LibreOffice spreadsheet</a> to log contacts and create the Cabrillo file.
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<h2 class="sectionedit6" id="arrlrac_secitons">ARRL/RAC Secitons</h2>
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<div class="table sectionedit7"><table class="inline">
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<tr class="row0">
<th class="col0">Area </th><th class="col1">Code </th><th class="col2">Section </th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tr class="row1">
<td class="col0">Ø </td><td class="col1">CO </td><td class="col2">Colorado </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row2">
<td class="col0">Ø </td><td class="col1">IA </td><td class="col2">Iowa </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row3">
<td class="col0">Ø </td><td class="col1">KS </td><td class="col2">Kansas </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row4">
<td class="col0">Ø </td><td class="col1">MN </td><td class="col2">Minnesota </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row5">
<td class="col0">Ø </td><td class="col1">MO </td><td class="col2">Missouri </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row6">
<td class="col0">Ø </td><td class="col1">ND </td><td class="col2">North Dakota </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row7">
<td class="col0">Ø </td><td class="col1">NE </td><td class="col2">Nebraska </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row8">
<td class="col0">Ø </td><td class="col1">SD </td><td class="col2">South Dakota </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row9">
<td class="col0">1 </td><td class="col1">CT </td><td class="col2">Connecticut </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row10">
<td class="col0">1 </td><td class="col1">EMA </td><td class="col2">Eastern Massachusetts </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row11">
<td class="col0">1 </td><td class="col1">ME </td><td class="col2">Maine </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row12">
<td class="col0">1 </td><td class="col1">NH </td><td class="col2">New Hampshire </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row13">
<td class="col0">1 </td><td class="col1">RI </td><td class="col2">Rhode Island </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row14">
<td class="col0">1 </td><td class="col1">VT </td><td class="col2">Vermont </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row15">
<td class="col0">1 </td><td class="col1">WMA </td><td class="col2">Western Massachusetts </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row16">
<td class="col0">2 </td><td class="col1">ENY </td><td class="col2">Eastern New York </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row17">
<td class="col0">2 </td><td class="col1">NLI </td><td class="col2">NYC / Long Island </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row18">
<td class="col0">2 </td><td class="col1">NNJ </td><td class="col2">Northern New Jersey </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row19">
<td class="col0">2 </td><td class="col1">NNY </td><td class="col2">Northern New York </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row20">
<td class="col0">2 </td><td class="col1">SNJ </td><td class="col2">Southern New Jersey </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row21">
<td class="col0">2 </td><td class="col1">WNY </td><td class="col2">Western New York </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row22">
<td class="col0">3 </td><td class="col1">DE </td><td class="col2">Delaware </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row23">
<td class="col0">3 </td><td class="col1">EPA </td><td class="col2">Eastern Pennsylvania </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row24">
<td class="col0">3 </td><td class="col1">MDC </td><td class="col2">Maryland – DC </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row25">
<td class="col0">3 </td><td class="col1">WPA </td><td class="col2">Western Pennsylvania </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row26">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">AL </td><td class="col2">Alabama </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row27">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">GA </td><td class="col2">Georgia </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row28">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">KY </td><td class="col2">Kentucky </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row29">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">NC </td><td class="col2">North Carolina </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row30">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">NFL </td><td class="col2">Northern Florida </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row31">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">PR </td><td class="col2">Puerto Rico </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row32">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">SC </td><td class="col2">South Carolina </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row33">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">SFL </td><td class="col2">Southern Florida </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row34">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">TN </td><td class="col2">Tennessee </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row35">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">VA </td><td class="col2">Virginia </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row36">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">VI </td><td class="col2">US Virgin Islands </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row37">
<td class="col0">4 </td><td class="col1">WCF </td><td class="col2">West Central Florida </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row38">
<td class="col0">5 </td><td class="col1">AR </td><td class="col2">Arkansas </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row39">
<td class="col0">5 </td><td class="col1">LA </td><td class="col2">Louisiana </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row40">
<td class="col0">5 </td><td class="col1">MS </td><td class="col2">Mississippi </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row41">
<td class="col0">5 </td><td class="col1">NM </td><td class="col2">New Mexico </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row42">
<td class="col0">5 </td><td class="col1">NTX </td><td class="col2">North Texas </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row43">
<td class="col0">5 </td><td class="col1">OK </td><td class="col2">Oklahoma </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row44">
<td class="col0">5 </td><td class="col1">STX </td><td class="col2">South Texas </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row45">
<td class="col0">5 </td><td class="col1">WTX </td><td class="col2">West Texas </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row46">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">EB </td><td class="col2">East Bay </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row47">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">LAX </td><td class="col2">Los Angeles </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row48">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">ORG </td><td class="col2">Orange </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row49">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">PAC </td><td class="col2">Pacific </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row50">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">SB </td><td class="col2">Santa Barbara </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row51">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">SCV </td><td class="col2">Santa Clara Valley </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row52">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">SDG </td><td class="col2">San Diego </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row53">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">SF </td><td class="col2">San Francisco </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row54">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">SJV </td><td class="col2">San Joaquin Valley </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row55">
<td class="col0">6 </td><td class="col1">SV </td><td class="col2">Sacramento Valley </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row56">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">AK </td><td class="col2">Alaska </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row57">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">AZ </td><td class="col2">Arizona </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row58">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">EWA </td><td class="col2">Eastern Washington </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row59">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">ID </td><td class="col2">Idaho </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row60">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">MT </td><td class="col2">Montana </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row61">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">NV </td><td class="col2">Nevada </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row62">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">OR </td><td class="col2">Oregon </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row63">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">UT </td><td class="col2">Utah </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row64">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">WY </td><td class="col2">Wyoming </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row65">
<td class="col0">7 </td><td class="col1">WWA </td><td class="col2">Western Washington </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row66">
<td class="col0">8 </td><td class="col1">MI </td><td class="col2">Michigan </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row67">
<td class="col0">8 </td><td class="col1">OH </td><td class="col2">Ohio </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row68">
<td class="col0">8 </td><td class="col1">WV </td><td class="col2">West Virginia </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row69">
<td class="col0">9 </td><td class="col1">IL </td><td class="col2">Illinois </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row70">
<td class="col0">9 </td><td class="col1">IN </td><td class="col2">Indiana </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row71">
<td class="col0">9 </td><td class="col1">WI </td><td class="col2">Wisconsin </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row72">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">AB </td><td class="col2">Alberta </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row73">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">BC </td><td class="col2">British Columbia </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row74">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">GTA </td><td class="col2">Greater Toronto Area </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row75">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">MAR </td><td class="col2">Maritime </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row76">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1"><abbr title="Megabyte">MB</abbr> </td><td class="col2">Manitoba </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row77">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">NL </td><td class="col2">Newfoundland/Labrador </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row78">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">NT </td><td class="col2">Northern Territories </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row79">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">ONE </td><td class="col2">Ontario East </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row80">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">ONN </td><td class="col2">Ontario North </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row81">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">ONS </td><td class="col2">Ontario South </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row82">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">PE </td><td class="col2">Prince Edward Island </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row83">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">QC </td><td class="col2">Quebec </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row84">
<td class="col0">Can </td><td class="col1">SK </td><td class="col2">Saskatchewan </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row85">
<td class="col0"> </td><td class="col1">DX </td><td class="col2">DX Stations </td>
</tr>
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<div class="fn"><sup><a href="#fnt__1" id="fn__1" class="fn_bot">1)</a></sup>
<div class="content">FT8 is not allowed because it can't transmit the exchange. But <a href="http://js8call.com/" class="urlextern" title="http://js8call.com/" rel="ugc nofollow">JS8Call</a> is fine.</div></div>
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