• Details are being finalized. The word game with Kansas and Sunflower was such a hit!!! Stand by and we will post the details as soon we know.


• Canadian multipliers changed to 13 to match the RAC listing.

OBJECT

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 non-duplicate 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 64 multipliers including:

• U.S. states (50) - First Kansas county logged counts as the Kansas multiplier.
• Canadian sections (13) – AB BC MB NB NL NT NS NU ON PE QC SK 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 KØA (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

ENTRY CATEGORIES - Select one:

Non-Kansas

1    Single-Operator Non-KS High Power -- more than 100w

2    Single-Operator Non-KS Low Power -- 100w or less

3    Single-Operator Non-KS QRP Power -- 5w or less

4    Multi-Operator Non-KS -- any legal power, one transmitted signal

5    Youth Non-KS -- single op under 18 -- see rules below

6    Canada -- all 13 Canada and maritime entities

7    DX -- any dx station, any power

Kansas

8    Single-Operator KS High Power -- more than 100w

9    Single-Operator KS Low Power -- 100w or less

10  Single-Operator KS QRP Power -- 5w or less

11  Multi-Operator KS -- any legal power, one transmitted signal

12  Mobile KS -- Single-OP 100w or less

13  Mobile KS -- Single-Op CW Only -- 100w or less

14  Mobile KS -- multi-op -- any legal power, one transmitted signal

15  Mobile KS -- mobile-unlimited, multi/multi allowed

16  Mobile KS -- SSB only 100w or less, may be Single-op or Multi-op

17  Youth KS -- single op under 18 -- see rules below

MISCELLANEOUS

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. 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).
10. The use of spotting nets using DX clusters, packet nodes, telephone, or other means is permissible for all entry categories.

ENTRIES

Entries must be date-stamped or postmarked no later than midnight October 1.  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 (preferred) – 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.
Method 2 - Paper logs, or logs on electronic media may be submitted via postal mail to:

Kansas QSO Party
c/o Bob Harder, W0BH

AWARDS

Plaques - Awarded to First-place entries with 50 or more contacts as follows: