All Hounds will be in competition with each other, as will all Foxes. At the end of the hunt, the winner(s) will be the Hound(s) who has/have worked the most Foxes, and the Fox who has worked the most hounds. Special recognition may be given in other categories. The Foxes may also participate as Hounds. Good hunting, and make FUN your First Priority!
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Rules:
GENERAL
The hunts will take place each Thursday evening (US
time) on 20 Meters, for ten weeks.
Each hunt will start at 0100Z, and last for 90 minutes
(last log entry can be no later than 0229Z.)
The local Thursday evening starting times will be as
follows in North America:
6:00pm Pacific
7:00pm Mountain
8:00pm Central
9:00pm Eastern
In each week there will be two Hunts, that is, two Foxes
operating simultaneously.
- Signal Report
- QTH
- Operator's Name, and
- Power Output
Examples: 559 WY LEE 1W ... 579 MT DOC 5W or 579 REG* CA
5W, 599 CO PETE* 5W --- REGGIE and PETER are
NOT what was sent, therefore not accurate and should not
be counted for score.
The Fox's information may, in some cases, be "deemed" to be exchanged. That is, the Hound need not acknowledge the Fox's information, and the Fox may work a list. For example, the Fox may call several stations and acknowledge their information one by one, while sending his own information only once for the list. Hounds must be operating at QRP power levels (5W or less) if the contact is to count in the competition. Hounds may participate at QRPp power levels (1W or less,) in which case they should report their power as 1W or as mW, as appropriate. Hounds may work each Fox only once per session. Hounds, having worked a Fox, must not work the Fox again using a different call sign (e.g. a club call). Foxes may also compete as Hounds, and may claim one point for their own sessions as the Fox, and one point for each other Fox operating at the same time (this is to avoid having Foxes abandon their frequencies in order to work each other).