Adventure Radio Society is pleased to announce The Flight of the Bumblebees,
to be held on Sunday, July 27. The Bumblebees are hams who have walked,
biked or boated to their operating sites. We are hoping to attract an equal
or larger number of hams who operate from their homes, stalking the
Bumblebees and each other.
We do not have rigorous rules about how far a Bumblebee must walk, bike or
boat. We just want to encourage hams to get into the great outdoors on a
glorious summer day.
An initial group of 25 Bumblebees has been selected from the members of
Adventure Radio Society. A roster has been posted separately today on the
QRP-L. We would like to have a total of 35 Bumblebees, spread across the
country. So we are looking for 10 more insects among the members of the
QRP-L.
If you like to be a Bumblebee this summer, email your agreement to serve as
a Bumblebee to Russ Carpenter, AA7QU, at russ@natworld.com.
The spiritual foundation of The Flight of the Bumblebees is a certain foxy
contest invented by Chuck Adams. We would like to express our appreciation
to him for his creativity and hard work for all of us who love QRP.
Here are the rules for this uncommonly entertaining event:
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1. This is a four hour event, running from 10:00 PDT/11:00 MDT/12:00
CDT/1:00 EDT to 2:00 PDT/3:00 MDT/4:00 CDT/5:00 EDT. Thus, the hours of
operation accommodate all four time zones. No matter where you live, there
is time to travel to your site, set up your station, operate the contest,
and travel back to the car.
2. Both home-based and portable operations are encouraged. Those who walk,
bike or boat to their sites are Bumblebees and sign /BB. The distance
travelled to the site is at the Bumblebeešs discretion.
3. Maximum power is five watts. We operate CW on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters,
on the standard QRP frequencies. We want this to be a national contest, so
we encourage long-range contacts by giving double points for 20, 15 and 10
meters. 40 meter contacts will receive one point. The same station can be
worked on different bands for additional QSO points and multipliers.
4. Contacts with bumblebees generate a 3X multiplier. So your score equals
QSO points times (number of bumblebees times three). Here is an example. If
you make 20 contacts on 40 meters and 30 contacts on the higher bands, and
make a total of 25 Bumblebee contacts, your score is (20+60) X (25 X 3), or
6,000.
5. The exchange is RST, state/province/country, and your first name.
6. Separate but equal prizes are awarded to the home-based and Bumblebee
winners.
7. Participants may submit paper logs, with a two week deadline. Or
participants may choose to use the ARS automated contest reporting system on
the ARS web site. Results are posted during the third week of August on the
QRP-L, the ARS web site, and the ARS membership emailing system. For those
who send us SASEs, we mail a paper copy of the results.
8. Russ Carpenter is the Contest Manager. Mail paper logs to him at 47227
Goodpasture Road, Vida, OR 97488. You can reach Russ in the following ways:
- By mail, at the foregoing address
- By phone, at (541) 896-0263
- By fax, at (541) 896-0310
- By email, at russ@natworld.com
- By the automated email system located within the ARS web site at
http://www.natworld.com/ars.
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