PEARS HF QSO Party

The Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society has revised the rules for the annual PEARS HF QSO Party quite drastically following the poor participation during the 2006 event and coming to the conclusion that a 2-day contest is not feasible.

The HF QSO Party has now been shortened to a Sunday afternoon event, structured to encourage ZU and ZR operation as well as separate categories and points structures.

The 2007 PEARS HF QSO Party will be run on Sunday 09 December starting at 12:00 UTC and ending at 16:00 UTC. The aim of the QSO Party is for DX operators and South African stations to make as many contacts with other South African stations on HF as possible. It is a phone only contest with activity on 40 and 80 metres.

There are four categories of participation, namely Novice - stations with ZU prefixes; Restricted - stations with ZR prefixes; Unlimited - stations with ZS prefixes and DX - stations outside South Africa. The exchange is call signs, signal report and the operator's name.

The complete set of rules will be published in the HF Happenings newsletter and will be made available on the SARL web site during the coming week.

The South African Radio League