CONTEST: Holiday Milliwatt CW contest - 2005. DATES AND TIMES: Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005, 1800Z to 0200Z; Monday Dec. 26, 1800Z to 0200Z; and, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1800Z to 0200Z. Contestants may submit a log for only 2 days of the 3 day contest. FREQUENCIES: 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M, 10M, near standard QRP calling frequencies. EXCHANGE: Exchange RST, SPC, First Name, PWR. (Club) Suggest using W as decimal point when reporting power. I.e., 1W5 = 1.5W, W5 = 500mW, W25 = 250mW, W02 = 20mW. SCORING: QSO points are awarded to contestants according to their power output. Power may be changed from QSO to QSO and must be noted in the log. 1001mW and over 1 Point 501mW to 1000mW 2 Points 251mW to 500mW 4 Points 101mW to 250mW 8 Points 51mW to 100mW 16 Points 26mW to 50mW 32 Points 11mW to 25mW 64 Points 1mW to 10mW 128 Points <1mW 500 Points NOTE: No schedules or prearranged contacts between stations are permitted. BONUS MULTIPLIER: Number of identical first letters of first names worked. I.e., worked Jim, John, Jennie, Joe, Jack, = 5 multiplier. Note: one name only counts once - if you work 10 Jacks, that's still just one multiplier. Only one bonus letter counts. CLUB BONUS: Anyone who works a club station (Clubs add "Club" to the exchange) which is running the specified power levels listed below collects bonus points as follows: (Clubs will not raise or lower power to accommodate a single QSO.) 900mW 1,000 points 500mW 2,000 points 250mW 3,000 points 100mW 4,000 points 50mW 5,000 points Calculate score for each days activity: (QSO Points) X (Total SPC Multipliers all bands) X (Bonus Multiplier) + (Club Bonus total) = Daily Score. Add the two best daily scores to find Total Score. PRIZES: The top five scores will receive Certificates from the Knightlites QRP association. LOGS: Submit logs before Feb 1st, 2006. Winners will be announced on QRP-L and KLQRP. Send email entries to: n7ri@earthlink.net. Paper logs: Ralph Irons, N7RI 1119 Avon St. Charlottesville, VA 22902