| Name | The North American Winter Contest 2019 |
| Description | NA Winter Contest objective: For HS4 operators around the world to contact other HS4 operators in as many U.S. states, Canadian provinces/territories, and countries as possible thus promoting US and Canada Awards introduced in HS4.
Categories:
Group A: Asia
Group B: Europe
Group C: North America
Group D: South America
Group E: Africa, Oceania and Antarctica
1st places in every category will receive 30 HS credits
2nd places in every category will receive 20 HS credits
3rd places in every category will receive 10 HS credits |
| Mode | SSB |
| Bands | 160, 80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 11, 10m |
| Rules | Only one QSO per band with the same station.
Repeated QSOs with the same station are valid on every new band.
15 minutes must have passed before you can contact the same op on a different band.
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| Score Calculation | Final Score calculation:
Total distance score x (sum of Region and Country scores) = Final score
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| Max Power | 100 Watts |
| Exchange | RS + serial number |
| QSO Points | Distance score:
1 point per QSO (0-500km)
2 points per QSO (500km-2500km)
3 points per QSO (2500km-5000km)
4 points per QSO (5000km-10000km)
5 points per QSO (10000km-...)
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| Extra info | Multipliers:
For each unique US State or CA Province worked you are getting 1 point for multiplier
For each unique country worked (excluding USA and Canada) you are getting 1 point for multiplier |
| Start date UTC | 2019-12-14 00:00 |
| End date UTC | 2019-12-14 23:59 |
| Log deadline UTC | 2019-12-19 23:59 |
| Manager | UZ7F |
| Results | |