OBJECTIVE
Stations outside of Kansas work as many Kansas stations in as many Kansas counties as possible. Stations in Kansas work everyone.

EXCHANGE
Kansas stations send signal report and county. Stations outside of Kansas send signal report and state, Canadian section, or “DX”.

QSO POINTS
Stations may be worked once on Phone, once on CW and once on Digital per band. Each complete non-duplicate Phone contact is worth 2 points. Each complete nonduplicate CW or Digital contact is worth 3 points.

MULTIPLIERS
Multipliers are counted only once. All stations log Kansas contacts with 3-character county abbreviations. The KS abbreviation is not used. Log all other contacts as two characters. Use "DX" for stations outside of the United States and Canada

Kansas Stations – maximum of 59 multipliers including:

• U.S. states (50) - The first Kansas county logged counts as the Kansas multiplier.
• Canadian sections (8) - BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC plus MAR, NT *
• * MAR - Maritimes (includes NB, NS, PEI, NF, LB)
• * NT - Northern Territories (includes NWT, NU, YT)
• DX (1)

Non-Kansas Stations – maximum of 105 Kansas county multipliers

BONUS STATIONS
All stations receive a one-time bonus of 100 points for contacting KCØAHN (Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society of Kansas). All stations receive a one-time bonus of 100 points for contacting KSØKS (Santa Fe Trail ARC). A maximum of 200 bonus points may be earned. Bonus station contacts also count for QSO credit on all
allowable bands and modes.

SCORE
Total score = ( QSO points x multipliers ) + bonus points

FREQUENCIES
Contact stations on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, and 2 meters. WARC band contacts and contacts using repeaters, digipeaters or internet do not count. All contacts must be simplex.

Suggested frequencies (recommend staying in the General parts of the bands):

• HF CW - 40kHz up from band edge
• HF Phone - 3840, 7240, 14240, 21340, 28440
• HF Digital - around customary calling frequencies
• VHF - around customary calling frequencies or on simplex frequencies

• Single-Op QRP - 5W or less
• Single-Op Low Power - 100W or less
• Single-Op High Power - greater than 100W
• Multi-Op - any legal power, one transmitted signal
• Youth - see below
• Kansas Mobile

• Mobile Single-Op - 100W or less
• Mobile Single-Op CW Only - 100W or less
• Mobile Multi-Op - any legal power, one transmitted signal
• Mobile Unlimited - any legal power, multi/multi allowed
• Mobile SSB Only - 100W or less, may be Single-Op or Multi-Op

1. CW contacts must be made in the CW portion of the band. No cross-mode contacts allowed.
2. Mobile is a station that is self-contained and capable of legal motion (street, water, or air) while operating, motion optional.
3. All Kansas Mobile stations may use an additional driver.
4. Kansas stations that change counties are considered to be a new station and may be contacted again for point and multiplier credit.
5. If a Kansas station is on a county line between two or more Kansas counties, a separate QSO must be logged for each county listed as worked.
6. Kansas stations should call CQ Kansas QSO Party, CQ KSQP or CQ KQP.
7. Stations calling Kansas should call CQ Kansas or CQ KS.
8. Kansas mobile stations should identify /M or /county.
9. Log Kansas mobile stations as /M. Use a separate column for location.
10. A Youth entry is limited to one or more operators under the age of 18 as of the end of the contest date. Youth operators may be assisted by experienced operators and may use a club or control operator call sign at any legal power level if a licensed control operator is present. The control operator may transmit
as necessary for training or legal purposes, but may not make actual contacts or log contacts on behalf of the youth operator(s).
11. The use of spotting nets using DX clusters, packet nodes, telephone, or other means is permissible for all entry categories.

Entries must be date-stamped or postmarked no later than September 30. Only one entry per call sign is allowed. Entry submission implies that the contestant agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Kansas QSO Party coordinator(s).

Be sure to include your call sign, name, address, location, entry category and scoring calculation (scoring calculation not needed for Cabrillo files) in your entry using the standard Cabrillo header or additional text lines at the top of the file as necessary. Kansas mobile logs should be combined into one log file for submittal.

In addition to an official entry, all participants are encouraged to submit score and comments to the 3830 Reflector immediately after the event.

Entries with incomplete or improperly logged QSOs will be subject to penalties or disqualification. Duplicate contacts must be clearly identified in the log except for Cabrillo style format. Duplicate QSOs are not counted for points and will not result in penalties, but they may be used to prove the integrity of other logs. Please do not
remove duplicates from your log.

If you have a problem submitting your log, please email a description of the problem to info@KsQSOParty.org.

Electronic logs should be named with your call sign (ex: N0LD.LOG). Submit your log by one of the following two methods. Deadline for log submissions is September 30

Method 1 -- Attach your log file to an email with your call sign in the Subject line. Send the email to logs@KsQSOParty.org. Cabrillo format preferred. This e-mail address will be active after the event only
Method 2 – Paper logs, or logs on electronic media may be submitted via postal mail to:


Kansas QSO Party,
c/o Randy Wing, N0LD
13038 SW 186th St.,
Rose Hill, KS 67133-8559.