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How to Get Entry Forms Official entry forms and complete rules for ARRL contests are available electronically from several sources: · From the ARRL Internet Infoserver. Send an e-mail message to info@arrl.org. The subject line is ignored. Enter the following text in the body of your message: HELP SEND UHF.FRM SEND UHF.RLS QUIT · From the ARRL's World Wide Web home page, at http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms.

1. Object: To work as many amateur stations in as many 2 degrees by 1 degrees grid squares as possible using authorized amateur frequencies above 222 MHz and all authorized modes of emission.

2. Date and Contest Period: First full weekend of August. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 1800 UTC Sunday (August 7-8, 1999). Entrants may use as much of this time as they wish.

3. Entry Categories:

3.1. Single Operator.

3.2. Rover.

3.3. Multioperator.

4.1. Exchange of signal report is optional.

5.1. QSO points:
5.1.1. Count three points for each complete 222- or 432-MHz QSO.

5.1.2. Count six points for each complete 902- or 1296-MHz QSO.

5.1.3. Count 12 points for each 2.3-GHz-or-higher QSO.

5.2. Multiplier: The total number of different grid squares worked per band. Each 2 degrees by 1 degree grid square counts as one multiplier on each band it is worked.

5.3. Final score: Multiply the total number of QSO points from all bands operated by the total number of multipliers for final score. Example: W1AW works W3CCX in FN20 on 222, 432 and 1296 MHz. This gives W1AW 12 QSO points (3 + 3 + 6) and also three grid-square multipliers. Final score is 12 QSO points X 3 multipliers, or 36.

5.4. Rovers only: The final score consists of the total number of QSO points from all bands times the sum of unique multipliers (grid squares) worked per band (regardless of which grid square they were made in) plus one additional multiplier for every grid square activated (made a contact from).

5.4.1. Rovers are listed in the contest score listings under the Division from which the most QSOs were made.

6.1. Partial QSOs do not count. Both calls, the full exchange and acknowledgment must be sent and received.

6.2. A transmitter, receiver or antenna used to contact one or more stations under one call sign may not be used subsequently during the contest period under any other call sign (with the exception of family stations). The intent of this rule is to accommodate family members who must share a rig, not to manufacture artificial contacts.

6.3. All equipment and antennas used by entrants must be owned and operated by amateurs. Use of non-amateur-owned gear is not prohibited, but use of such equipment places the entrant in a separate category, ineligible for awards.

6.4. Contacts made by retransmitting either or both stations, whether by satellite or terrestrial means, are prohibited. Frequencies regularly occupied by a repeater in a locality may not be used for contest work, even if the repeater is turned off.

7.1. Top single-operator score in each ARRL Division.

7.2. Top single operator on each band (222, 432, 902, 1296 and 2304-and-up categories) in each ARRL Division where significant effort or competition is evidenced. (Note: Since the highest score per band will be the award winner for that band, an entrant may win a certificate with additional single-band achievement stickers.) For example, if K2SMN has the highest single-operator multiband score in the Atlantic Division and his 432-MHz score is higher than any other Atlantic Division single-operator's, he will earn both a certificate for being the single-operator Division leader and an endorsement sticker for 432 MHz.

7.3. Top multioperator score in each ARRL Division where significant effort or competition is evidenced. (Multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.)

7.4. Additional certificates, such as for Novices, may be awarded where significant effort or competition is evidenced.