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1. Object For stations in the United States and Canada (including territories and possessions) to exchange QSO information with as many other US and Canadian stations as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands.
2. Date and Contest Period:
2.2. Phone: Third full weekend in November (November 20-22, 1999).
2.3. Contest Period: Begins 2100 UTC Saturday, ends 0300 UTC Monday.
2.4. Operate no more than 24 of the 30 hours.
2.4.2. Times off and on must be clearly noted in your log.
2.4.3. Listening time counts as operating time.
3. Entry Categories:
3.1.2. Low Power.
3.1.3. High Power.
3.2. Multioperator, Single Transmitter (only).
3.3. School Radio Clubs
b. Technical School Division
c. Only one school entry per mode, either single or multi-op.
4. Exchange: A consecutive serial number, precedence ("A" if you run 150 W output or less, "B" if more than 150 W, or "Q" if 5 W output or less), your call sign, check (last two digits of the year you were first licensed) and your ARRL Section. For example, WJ1U answers W1AW's call by sending W1AW NR178 A WJ1U 89 CT for QSO number 178, less than 150 W, first licensed in 1989 and Connecticut Section.
5. Scoring:
5.2. Multiplier: Each ARRL Section and RAC Section plus VE8/VY1, maximum of 79.
5.2.2. KV4/KP2 and KG4 stations are in the Virgin Islands Section.
5.2.3. KH6, KH7 and other US possessions in the Pacific count as the Pacific Section.
5.3. Final score: Multiply QSO points (two per QSO) by the number of ARRL/RAC sections (plus VE8/VY1).
6. Miscellaneous:
6.2. The use of two or more transmitters simultaneously is not allowed.
6.3. School clubs must operate from established stations located on the campus. No "portable" operation from a nearby contest "superstation" is allowed. A club may operate from a member's station only if no campus station exists.
7. Awards: Certificates to the top single operator CW and phone scores in "A," "B" and "Q" categories in each ARRL/RAC Section, and the top multioperator entry in each ARRL Division and Canada. Plaques, if sponsored, are awarded to the top scores in each division and overall winners in each category.
8. Other: See "General Rules for All ARRL Contests" and "General Rules for ARRL Contests on bands below 30 MHz (HF)" December 1997 QST.
Here's an award you can earn, whether you are a first timer or a weathered veteran of the sport. The ARRL is offering a handsome SS participation pin to qualified participants in the ARRL November Sweepstakes.
Anyone who makes at least 100 contacts during the 1999 ARRL November Sweepstakes, CW or phone, will qualify for an achievement pin. Separate pins for CW or phone will be available. Also all the individual operators of a multioperator station (that qualify) are eligible for their own pins. These handsome pins are marked with the year and mode, making them possible collector's items.
To order, include with your log entry of 100 or more QSOs: (1) A mailing label (preferably a self-adhesive label). (2) Make sure to indicate which pin, "CW" or "phone," with your order. (3) A check or money order for $5, payable to the ARRL (includes the price of the pin, packaging, padded envelope and postage). Your pin will be shipped after your contacts have been verified and the results printed in QST.
By popular demand, we are, again this year, offering a beautiful coffee cup with a gold and white design commemorating the prestigious "clean sweep" for those who manage to work all 79 sections on either CW or phone during the 1999 November Sweepstakes. These coffee cups, full of steaming hot coffee, holding pencils or as a trophy, high up on a shelf will look terrific in your shack. They are sure to become the talk of the airways and quickly become a most sought after collector's item.
To order, include with your log entry indicating a "clean sweep" (1) A mailing label (preferably a self-adhesive label). (2) A check or money order for $10, payable to the ARRL (includes the price of the coffee cup, packaging and postage). Your coffee cup will be shipped after your clean sweep has been verified and the results printed in QST.
| Number | Precedence | Call Sign | Check | Section |
| Consecutive serial number | Power output less than 150 W PEP | Your station call sign | Last two digits of year first licensed | Your ARRL Section |
| NR 178 | A | WJ1U | 89 | CT |
| CW | Novice and Slow Speed CW | Phone | Novice Phone |
| 1800-1810 | 1855-1865 | ||
| 3530-3600 | 3665-3705 | 3850-3950 | |
| 7030-7080 | 7090-7130 | 7200-7250 | |
| 14,030-14,060 | 14,250-14,300 | ||
| 21,050-21,080 | 21,090-21,130 | 21,300-21,400 | |
| 28,050-28,080 | 28,090-28,130 | 28,550-28,650 | 28,350-28,400 |
| UTC | EST | CST | MST | PST | |
| Starts | 2100 | 4 PM | 3 PM | 2 PM | 1 PM |
| CW: Saturday, November 6
Phone: Saturday, November 20 | |||||
| Ends | 0300 | 10 PM | 9 PM | 8 PM | 7 PM |
CW Monday, November 8 (local times are Sunday, November 7)
Phone Monday, November 22 (local times are Sunday, November 21)
