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Introduction

School Club Roundup (SCR) is sponsored by the Council for the Advancement of Amateur Radio in the New York City Schools (CAAR/NYCS), the ARRL and its Hudson Division Education Task Force to foster contacts with and among school radio clubs.

The SCR is a great way to get young operators on the air. Very often a new operator will be intimidated by the fear of not knowing what to say to the stranger on the other side of the radio. The exchange info helps to overcome this fear in a low pressure contest format. Operators are encouraged to take some time to chat beyond the contest exchange.

Rules:

1. Object: All stations exchange QSO information as below with as many other stations as possible, especially school clubs.

2. Contest Period: February 9-13 Start 1300 UTC on Monday February 9 and end 1300 UTC on Saturday February 13, 2004, Operate no more than 24 of the possible 108 hours with a maximum of 6 hours in any 24-hour period. Logs must clearly show on and off dates and times (must be at least 30 minutes).

3. Entry Classes, single transmitter only:

(I) Individual or Single Operator (non-club);

(C) Club or multi-operator group (non-school);

(S) School club or group (grades k-12, colleges and universities). (Any station or group operating at a school for the contest period).

4. Exchange: Your call sign, RS (T), class ("I", "C" or "S"), U.S. State, Canadian Province or DXCC country. (Multi-operator stations must use only one callsign during the contest).

5. Scoring: Stations may be contacted once each on phone and CW (Packet, RTTY and other modes count as CW). No repeater contacts except satellite and "real time" packet. Each phone QSO = 1 point and each CW QSO = two points.

Multiplier: [Number of U. S. States plus Canadian Provinces plus DX countries] plus 2x ["C" class QSO's] plus 5x ["S" class QSO's]. School stations get a multiplier of 5, which should make them the most desirable stations to work. Contacts with Marty, KA2NRR, will also count as a 5x multiplier. (KA2NRR was the founding Chairman of the CAAR/NYCS and creator of the contest that became the SCR).

Final Score: Multiply QSO points by multiplier. Please use our Entry form to avoid errors. (See 6.)

Suggested frequencies: All amateur bands except 30, 17 and 12 meters are permitted. On VHF and UHF, repeaters are not to be used. The national calling frequency, 146.52 MHz, may not be used.

6. More info: Sample 2003 LOG, ENTRY forms and the latest version of SCR-LOG written by AD8B can be downloaded from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCR-L/. You can also subscribe to the reflector by sending e-mail to SCR-L-SUBSCRIBE@YAHOOGROUPS.COM. KC7MOD's logging software LogIt! can be found at http://www.asu.edu/clubs/amateur_radio_society/logit/index.html. Also, check www.arrl.org/contests.

Address questions to SCR-L@yahoogroups.com or n2rq@arrl.net.

7. Reporting: You should clearly list the Callsign used, entry class, type of school, return address (where you want inquiries and certificate sent), phone number, e-mail address, number of operators/loggers, and number of hours. Logs must include exchange information, bands, and signature of all operators (and authorized club official or trustee and address, phone number and e-mail). Dupe check sheets are required for entries over 100 QSO's. (Computer entries on disk are preferred. Use SCR-LOG or follow the ARRL format. Please include a printed entry sheet and instructions including file names and formats. If you are not sure if we can handle your files, email n2rq@arrl.net.) Mail entries to School Club Roundup, c/o Lew Malchick, N2RQ, Brooklyn Technical HS, 29 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Entries must be postmarked not later than 30 days after contest end (March 17, 2003).

8. Awards: 8.5 x 11 inch certificates for the top three entries in each class, elementary, middle, high school and college/university. DX will be listed separately following US entries in each category. A certificate is issued for any station contacting ten or more school clubs. Complete results will be listed in the September issue of QST.