Dear Fellow Contesters,
We would like to invite all of you to take part in LZ DX Contest which will
be held this comming weekend - 17th/18th of November from 12.00Z Saturday to
12.00 Z Sunday.
Here are the rules
"LZ DX CONTEST 2007"
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ORGANISED BY: Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs
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DATE and PERIOD:
12:00 UTC on Saturday till 12:00 UTC on Sunday - November 17th -18th , 2007
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BAND and MODE:
80; 40; 20; 15 ; 10 m ; CW and SSB
It is necessary to observe IARU band plan.Same station may be worked once on
CW and once on SSB on each band. After changing the mode the entrant should
stay on this mode for at least 10 min. Band changes are allowed without
restrictions. During the band change the entrant must also observe the 10min
rule for mode! ( example - if one was on 20m SSB for 5 min and change to
15m band he/she must continue to operate on SSB for another 5 min before
changing the mode to CW 15m )
Only one signal can be transmitted at any given time
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CATEGORIES:
A - Single Operator/Multi Bands/Mixed
B - Single Operator/Multi Bands/CW
C - Single Operator/Multi Bands/SSB
D - Single Operator/Single Band/Mixed
E - Multi Operators/Multi Bands/Single Transmitter/Mixed
F - Single Operator/Multi Bands/Mixed/QRP (max.5 Watts output)
G - SWL
Low power (max 100 W output) entrants will be marked with (*) sign in final
results.Bulgarian stations are listed separately from foreign entrants.
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EXCHANGE:
non LZ Stations: RS(T) + ITU zone
LZ Stations: RS(T) + 2 letters district abreviation
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POINTS:
10 points for each QSO with LZ station
3 points for each QSO with other continent
1 point for each QSO with the same continent (own country included)
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SWL POINTS:
3 points for two call signs and two numbers
1 point for two call signs and one number
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MULTIPLIER:
The sum of ITU zones + LZ districts on each band regardless of
the mode
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FINAL SCORE:
The sum of QSO points multiplied by final multiplier
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PAPER LOGS:Separate logs for each band + summary sheet are required.Please,
send your log to: BFRA, P.O.Box 830, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
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ELECTRONIC LOGS:Please, send your e-log (preferably in CABRILLO format) to
E-mail:
lzdxc at yahoo.com
lzdxc at bfra.org
Home page: http://lzdx.bfra.org/
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DEADLINE:
30 days after the contest (post seal being decisive - 19 December 2007)
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AWARDS:Top three scores in each category will be awarded a
diploma.
NEW AWARDS:
Cat. A SOAB MIX WORLD - PLAQUE donated by LZ3FN
Cat. B SOAB CW WORLD - PLAQUE in memoriam of LZ2EV donated by
LZ3SM & LZ3FN
Cat. B SOAB CW LZ - PLAQUE in memoriam of LZ4CA
donated by LZ2CJ
Cat. C SOAB SSB WORLD - PLAQUE donated by LZ3FN
Cat. E MOST MIX WORLD - PLAQUE donated by LZ1JZ
Cat. F QRP MIX WORLD - PLAQUE donated by LZ1JZ
Cat. G SWL - PLAQUE donated by
LZ-C-187/LZ3SM
SPECIAL PLAQUE for highest ASIA score - donated by LZ3SM
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REMARKS:The total number of LZ districts is 28.Here are the abbreviations of
all 28 districts :
BU,BL,DO,GA,HA,KA,KD,LV,MN,PA,PD,PK,PL,RS,
RZ,SF,SL,SM,SN,SO,SS,SZ,TA,VD,VN,VT,VR,YA
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Supported by software:
SD by EI5DI for Windows
Gen LOG by W3KM
AALog contest module by RZ4AG
Contest by RA9JB (in Russian)
CT by K1EA (use IARU Contest )
Write Log by N9OH
Lux-Log by Norby Oberweis - LX1NO
Remarks by EI5DI - SD is now free to everyone, and it runs on any Windows
PC, but not on DOS. Your link to SD by EI5DI for DOS should be removed,
and the URL for SD by EI5DI for Windows is now
http://www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe. Key files are no longer needed. I now
have templates for most contests. To setup SD for your contest, simply
select the "LZ DX" template at startup.
Many thanks & 73,
Paul EI5DI
If you want to know about details, concerning the log checking procedure and
want to find answers of other questions,concerning rules and participation,
please click on Frequently Asked Questions link.
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