Date: May 20th, 2004 (Ascencion Day) ; 1900-2300 UTC

MODE: Single Op CW, Output BAND: 80m CW-Band
CALL: (cq) mas de...
CLASS A: TX+RX resp. TRX consisting of not more than 100 components
CLASS B: TX consisting of not more than 50 components, RX as you like
EXCHANGE: RST/Class and number of components, e.g.: 559/B25 (feel free to exchange name and small talk)
QSO-Pts: Any QSO will be counted 1 point. 4 points will be counted for a QSO with another MAS-stn whose log has been received.
BONUS: You will get bonus-points in percentages if you stay below the limit of components permitted for your class, e.g. a 50% bonus will be added to your final score if you only use 25 components (instead of max. 50) for your TX in class B or only 50 parts for your TRX in class A (instead of max. 100). Correspondingly 90 parts in class A or 45 parts in class B would mean a 10% bonus.
REMARKS: Components will be the following: Resistors, capacitors, coils, diodes, transistors, tubes, crystals, ceramic resonators etc.. 
Any selective network in the TX output stage will be counted as if consisting of 3 components. For a better suppression of harmonics you are free to use more components - they will not be counted.
IC's are permitted as long as YOU(!) can give a specification of HOW MANY single components are integrated. Plugs, connectors, knobs, fastening material etc. will NOT be counted. This also applies to power supply, headphones, speaker, key, antenna etc.
LOGS: Must contain UTC, call of stn wkd, RST sent & rcvd (see EXCHANGE).
Please give your callsign, full address and possibly PR-mailbox.
URGENT: A circuit diagram of rig used with NUMBERED (=counted from left to right) components has to be enclosed (and an IC specification if used)! There is no absolute need to indicate kOhm, pF etc. or type. (It is not necessary to send a circuit diagram for a second time, if the same equipment has been used in an earlier QRP-MAS)
DEADLINE: Within 2 weeks after qrp-mas to:
DJ7ST, Dr. Hartmut Weber, Schlesierweg 13, D-38228 SALZGITTER 

The QRP-MAS is rather well-known in DL. But not yet in the neighbourhood. 
Please help us to improve the degree of fame of this event.
We would be pleased to hear many qrp-minimalists from your country.
There are some weekends left for your qrp-mas weekend project: Why not try the "Michigan Mighty Mite"
as published in SPRAT No. 105, p.35, built from just 8 components? A list of other suitable articles mainly from "SPRAT" 
and "QRP-REPORT" will be uploaded as "QRP-MAS-Projects" into the Packet-Net. 
Please find YOUR QRP-MAS-weekend project there. As the QRP-MAS is no real contest 
(there is no exchange of control-numbers!),so the frequency-range 3560-3580 is allowed, too. 
Easy and cheap to get 3.579 kHz-xtals may serve as a basis for newcomers in qrp-minimal-art. 
In series with a 200pf variable C and an L of about 60-90 uH you will obtain a reasonable 
"frequency-window" from about 3579 down to 3575 kHz. hpe cuagn in the qrp-mas!
best 73/2 de "Hal", DJ7ST"