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Rules for the Worked All States in a Weekend Contest

The White House Communications Agency Amateur Radio Club’s “Worked All States in a Weekend Contest” is held every XXXXX and is open to all members of the club.

Purpose: To work as many states in a 48 hour period during a weekend.

Scoring: Each U.S. States are each assigned “points” based on the number of Congressional Seats for each state. To make the contest more Equitable and interesting, the points assigned to each state is the “inverse” of the Congressional Seats for each state. The result is that states with large populations and therefore easier to work. Smaller states are more difficult to work so fewer points are assigned to them This works out to be Large State = less points, Small states = more points. Each QSO’s are assigned 1 point each.

Example: California has 52 congressional seats Vermont has 1 congressional seat. Individual state points are calculated as follows”
California, 53 – 52 (congressional seats = 1 Point
Vermont, 53 – 1 (congressional seat) = 52 Points
2 contacts = 2 points
The contest score is therefore : 1 + 52 +2 = 55 total points.

– A contact is considered successful when the beginning, DATE, TIME , SIGNAL REPORT, STATE, BAND and FREQUENCY is exchanged.
– Only one callsign per band is allowed.
– There is one class – single operator. No help with logging is allowed.
– The valid times for operating is 0000 UTC Saturday to Sunday 0000 UTC (8:00 PM Eastern to 8:00 PM Eastern Sunday)
– The official WHCA-ARC, W.A.S in a Weekend Logging program must be used. Score reports should be ran and submitted along with the Libre Database file within 5 days hours.

Participation:United States
Mode:Single Side Band
Bands:160 – 80 – 40 – 20 – 15 – 10 meters
Classes:Single Operator
Max power:100 watts
Exchange:State
QSO Points:See explanation
Multipliers:See explanation
Score Calculation:See explanation
LoggerThe WHCA ARC W.A.S. Logging program.

U.S. States and Point List

StateSeatsPoints
Alabama746
Alaska152
Arizona944
Arkansas449
California521
Colorado845
Connecticut548
Delaware152
Florida2825
Georgia1439
Hawaii251
Idaho251
Illinois1736
Indiana944
Iowa449
Kansas449
Kentucky647
Louisiana247
Maine845
Maryland944
Massachusetts1340
Michigan1340
Minnesota845
Mississippi449
Missouri845
Montana251
Nebraska350
Nevada449
New Hampshire251
New Jersey1241
New Mexico350
New York2627
North Carolina1439
North Dakota152
Ohio1538
Oklahoma548
Oregon647
Pennsylvania1736
Puerto Rico152
Rhode Island251
South Carolina764
South Dakota152
Tennessee944
Texas3815
US Virgin Island152
Utah449
Vermont152
Virginia1142
Washington1043
West Virginia251
Wisconsin845
Wyoming152