The hunts will take place each Thursday evening (US time) from
Thursday, June 17th, 2004 through Thursday, August 19 2004.
Each hunt will start at 0000Z and run to 0100Z.

The starting times will all be as follows in the US:

5pm Pacific
6pm Mountain
7pm Central
8pm Eastern

Each hunt will run for one hour.

Rules

1.1 The Fox tries to complete as many QSOs as possible during the 1 hour hunt.

1.2 Each Fox will have two sessions during the hunt, one before and one after the middle, 2004,

1.3 No later than 5PM EST on the day before Hunt, the Fox will post a notice on
QRP-L providing useful details such as his location, equipment, antenna(s), planned
starting frequency, etc. Because many Hunters read the QRP-L daily digest, changes
after that time will be avoided as far as possible.

1.4 The Fox will operate within 14.275 and 14.300 MHz.

1.5 The Fox will call "CQ FOX this is [callsign]," "QRZ FOX?," or otherwise identify himself
as the Fox during the progress of the hunt.

1.6 The Fox may QSY to avoid QRM, but will indicate his intention to do so.
Fox will always indicate where he is listening
and can be expected to change his listening frequency often, depending on the number of
stations calling and the QRM from other stations.

1.8 A valid QSO is defined as the exchange of

Callsign
Signal Report
QTH
Operator's Name
Power Output

The Fox's information may in some cases be "deemed" to be exchanged. That is, the Hunter
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. Foxes may work stations who are not Hounds (e.g. QRO stations)

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 must not work the Fox again using a different callsign (e.g. a club call).

Foxes who are also competing as Hounds may claim one point for their own sessions as the Fox.

1.9. Each Fox will post his log to QRP-L as soon as practical after the completion of
each hunt, ideally within 24 hours of completion of the Hunt. The log is to be in ASCII text format, showing one QSO per line with the following information:

Time Call RST (received) QTH Operator Number/Power

For example:

0101 W5YR 55 TX GEORGE 5W

2.0 Hounds will ANSWER a CQ or QRZ? call by the FOX. Hounds do not call CQ, nor do
they work each other in proximity to the hunt.

2.1 In his notice to QRP-L, the Fox may include suggestions as to preferred operating
procedure, but in the absence of any other instructions the Hound should send his callsign only
once after a call by the Fox or the conclusion of a QSO.

2.2 "Sub-contests" such as a "teams competition" are encouraged, but are the sole
responsibility of the person who decides to organize them.

2.3 At the end of the Hunt, the winners will be everyone who participated.

Good hunting, and make FUN your First Priority!