Hello!
I invite to take part in URDXC 2003!
UKRAINIAN DX CONTEST
RULES 2003
Sponsored by:
The Ukrainian Contest Club (UCC),
The Ukrainian Amateur Radio League (UARL) .
Date: The 1st full weekend of November (in 2003 it will be on
1-2 of November).
Time: 12:00 UTC Saturday to 12:00 UTC Sunday.
Modes: CW, SSB, RTTY - Mixed.
Frequency Bands: 1.8 - 28 MHz excluding WARC bands.
Categories of participants:
A. - Single Op - All Bands (mixed mode only);
B. - Single Op - Single Bands (mixed mode only);
C. - QRP (output power 5 watts or less) - Single Op - All bands (mixed
mode only);
D. - RTTY - Single Op - All Bands;
E. - Multi Op - All Bands - Single TX (mixed mode only);
F. - SWL - All Bands (same as category A).
All participants regardless of category must remain on the band at least 10
minutes after changing bands, quick QSY to another bands is permitted only
to
work new multiplier. QSOs made during 10-minute rule on another band and
which are not multipliers will be removed from the LOG without penalty.
The use of DX-cluster is permitted for all categories however self-spotting
is
strictly prohibited. You can make up to 3 QSO with the same station on the
same band - CW,SSB and RTTY. CW QSOs must be made in the CW portion
of the band. Duplicate contacts with same station on the same mode / band
counts 0 points. No penalty for duplicate QSO. In the Single Band category
you can make QSO on other bands. Single Band entrants who operate other
bands during the contest are encouraged to submit full log for more than one
band to aid in the log cross-checking process.They should send one Cabrillo
file of full log and horoughly indicate correct category in the head of the
file.
Contest exchange:
For Ukrainian stations: RST(RS) + two letters (oblast abbreviation);
For all other participants: RST(RS) + serial number starting from 001.
It is permitted to use separate numeration for RTTY QSOs.
List of Ukrainian oblasts abbreviations:
CH CN CR DN DO HA HE HM IF KI
KO KR KV LU LV NI OD PO RI SL
SU TE VI VO ZA ZH ZP
QSO points:
a) 1 point for QSO with own country;
b) 2 points for QSO with different country on the same continent;
c) 3 points for QSO with different continent;
d) 10 points for QSO with Ukraine (for participants outside of Ukraine
only).
Multipliers:
DXCC and WAE countries plus Ukrainian oblasts on every band.
*For stations in Ukraine multiplier is DXCC + WAE countries only
(Ukraine counts as a country).
Awards and plaques.
Top leaders in each category will be awarded by plaques or prizes.
Please see the list of sponsors below.
Country leaders in categories A,B,C,D,E and F will receive awards. If the
group will contain more than 11 participants, the 2nd place will be awarded
too, if more than 21 - there will be award for 3rd place etc.
Below is the list of prizes and sponsors:
WORLD: (will be reported later)
.......................................
UKRAINE: (will be reported later)
.......................................
There will be separate results for Ukrainian stations in this contest.
Categories
A and B will contain 3 additional groups: Mixed, only CW and only SSB.
LOGS:
CABRILLO is preferred format, however as an exception all text format LOGs
generated by TR, CT, SD and other logging programs will be accepted. LOG
must be viewable by simple text editor, for example, NOTEPAD.
WINWORD, EXCEL, HTML and other "complicated" format won't be
accepted. LOG should contain the following data:
Date and Time (UTC), Band (Freq), Mode, Number Sent, Call and Number
received. Your output file should be named by your callsign, i.e.
DL7AAA.CBR,
DL7AAA.LOG, DL7AAA.SUM (for summary sheet)etc...
Example of the CABRILLO LOG:
START-OF-LOG: 2.0
CONTEST: UKRAINIAN DX 2002
CALLSIGN: OH2LU
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW MIXED
CLAIMED-SCORE: 329600
OPERATORS: OH2LU
NAME: TAPANI JUHOLA
ADDRESS: BRONRINNE 3 AS 22
ADDRESS: 02400 KIRKKONUMMI
ADDRESS: FINLAND
CLUB: The Jet Set
SOAPBOX: Radio: ICOM IC-756 PRO II, 50W
SOAPBOX: Antennas: 3/4/4-el Yagis (28-21-14 MHz), Dipoles (7-3.5 MHz)
SOAPBOX: Modems: Kantronics KAM 8.0E, K6STI BITTY, ICOM 756 PRO II
SOAPBOX: Contest Program: OH2GI-HAM SYSTEM 6.4
SOAPBOX: Homepage for program: http://www.kolumbus.fi/jukka.kallio/
SOAPBOX: Computer: IBM PS/VP
QSO: 21000 CW 2002-11-02 1202 OH2LU 599 001 UR7ET 599 DN
QSO: 21000 CW 2002-11-02 1203 OH2LU 599 002 UZ5I 599 DO
QSO: 21000 RY 2002-11-02 1253 OH2LU 599 014 UU4J 599 KR
QSO: 21000 RY 2002-11-02 1255 OH2LU 599 015 UR5ZMK 599 NI
QSO: 21000 PH 2002-11-02 1315 OH2LU 59 030 4Z5LY 59 077
QSO: 21000 PH 2002-11-02 1316 OH2LU 59 031 US0HZ 59 PO
...
QSO: 14000 RY 2002-11-03 1032 OH2LU 599 343 SP9W 599 216
QSO: 14000 RY 2002-11-03 1033 OH2LU 599 344 IZ4DZD 599 185
END-OF-LOG:
LOGs must be sent within 30 days after the end of the contest to UCC HQ:
P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine.
E-mail: urdx@ham.kiev.ua
Reception of every e-mail LOG will be confirmed. If there is a problem with
your LOG you will be notified by Contest Committee.
All logs will be checked by special software for UBN (unique, bad, not in
log)
contacts.
Unique calls will be removed from the LOG without penalty.
For bad (B) and not-in-log (N) calls penalty of three equal QSO points will
apply. Participants may be disqualified for excessive bad or not-in-log
calls
as well as for breaking the rules of the contest.
The decision of Contest Committee is final.
Full results and rules of the Ukrainian DX Contest can be seen at
http://urcc.com.ua/
http://www.qsl.net/ucc/
73 & Good luck ! UT1IA Vlad
The list of sponsor's prizes of URDXC-2003
WORLD:
- The highest score of SOAB EU - plaque (Sponsor UX1UA)
- The highest score of SOAB DX - plaque (Sponsor UX7IA)
- 1st place MOABSTX - plaque (Sponsor UX7IA)
- 1st place SO160m - prize (Sponsor UY5ZZ)
- 1st place SO80m - prize (Sponsor UR3QCW)
- 1st place SO40m - prize (Sponsor UT1FA)
- 1st place SO20m - prize (Sponsor UY5ZZ)
- 1st place SO15m - prize (Sponsor UY5ZZ)
- 1st place SO10m - prize (Sponsor UT1IA)
- Maximum number of QSO with Ukraine - prize (Sponsor UT7QF)
- Prize - registration of MixW software for maximum result in
SOABRTTY for 3 stations from DX, Europe, CIS (Sponsor UT2UZ)
73! de UX1iL
Konstantin
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