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To: "Gordienko V.A. KRONTEX" <ut1ia@ukr.net>, <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Fw: "Dnieper Cup'2009 Contest"
From: "Paul Playford" <paul@w8aef.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:24:25 -0700
List-post: <rtty@contesting.com">mailto:rtty@contesting.com>
I have taken the liberty to reformat the rules to what I think is a more 
readible format.  Please excuse any errors I have made:

de Paul, W8AEF

ZF2JI/ZF2TA  FO8DX/FO8PLA  8Q7AA  XZ0A  VU7RG  TX5D

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"DNIEPER CUP'2009" CONTEST Rules

League radioamateurs of Ukraine (UARL) kindly like to invite all 
radioamateurs to take part in International contest "Dnieper Cup", which 
will be carried on 03.10.2009.

The competitions pass on two bands - 1,8 and 3,5 MHz and include 3 two-hour 
rounds:

1 round - SSB 16:00 - 17:59 UTC;
2 round - CW 18:00 - 19:59 UTC;
3 round - RTTY 20:00 - 21:59 UTC.

Call: CQ DC Repeated QSO with same correspondent can be made again if 
interval in time is 30 or more minutes from previous QSO on same band!

Exchange is five-unit, consist of the reference designation of region (or 
other similar territorial formation - province, state, land) and serial 
number starting from 001 for each round separately, for example: Poltava 
region (Ukraine)-PO001; Ancona (Italy)-AN021; Alsace (France)-AL035; 
Gotlands land (Sweden)-GO123.

QSO Points:
4 (four) points per QSO on 1,8 MHz;
2 (two) points per QSO on 3,5 MHz;
10 points for new region (province, state, land, etc.) on each bands.

CATEGORY:

A - MIX (SSB, CW & RTTY), Single Op - two bands;
A-low power - MIX (SSB, CW & RTTY), Single Op - two bands;
B - MIX (SSB, CW & RTTY), Multi-Op - two bands;
C - RTTY Single Op - two bands;
D - SSB Single Op - two bands;
E - CW Single Op - two bands;
F - 1,8 MHz MIX (SSB, CW & RTTY), Single Op;
G - 3,5 MHz MIX (SSB, CW & RTTY), Single Op; H - 1,8 MHz SSB, Single Op;
I - 3,5 MHz SSB, Single Op; J - 1,8 MHz CW, Single Op ;
K - 3,5 MHz CW, Single Op; L - 1,8 MHz RTTY, Single Op;
M - 3,5 MHz RTTY, Single Op.

Category A, A-low power and B means operation on two bands and as minimum in 
two modes (rounds). Max power out should be not exceeds your national 
license. Low power means using TX with output power not more then 100 Watts.

Category B means team consisting of 2-3 operators. Only one transmitted 
signal can be used in same time for any participants. Band changes can be 
performed each 5 minutes, but for Multi-op participants is possible quick 
band changes, only to work new region (province, state, land etc).

Winners in category A, A-low power and B will be awarded with "Dnieper Cup", 
diplomas. Winners in the rest of subgroups - prizes of sponsors as well and 
diplomas.

NEW! Special prize - small "Dnieper Cup" (category "A-low power") will be 
applicate to the winner in category "A-low power" if there not less that 10 
participants in this category. Every ham, if send an actual LOG will receive 
certificate "Participant of contest".

Final scoring:
for category A, A-low power and B - total score is the sum of two bands and 
two (three) rounds results;
for classes C,D,E - sum of two band results,
for classes F,G,H,I,J,K,L or M - sum of points in band-mode result.

Logs: Cabrillo format is preferred. LOG needs your personal info, class, 
address; full QSO data, eg: band, mode, date, time, your call, send 
exchange, station call, received exchange. There is not need to calculate 
final score manually.

Below is an example of LOG file:

START-OF-LOG: 2.0 ARRL-SECTION: DX
CALLSIGN: UT1HZM
CONTEST: DNIEPER-CUP
CATEGORY: B
CLAIMED-SCORE: 1762
CLUB: KPC "Kremenchug radioamateurs union"
NAME: UT1HZM ADDRESS: P.O.Box 87
ADDRESS: Kremenchug-21
ADDRESS: Ukraine ADDRESS: 39621 ADDRESS:
email: aaa@cdefgh.com
OPERATORS: 1.... 2..... 3.....
SOAPBOX: GOOD CONTEST , TKS! GL!

QSO: 3600 PH 2007-10-06 1600 UT1HZM PO 001 UR5EDX DN 001
QSO: 3600 PH 2007-10-06 1600 UT1HZM PO 002 UU4JXM KR 003
QSO: 1900 PH 2007-10-06 1610 UT1HZM PO 003 UX5HY OD 004
QSO: 3500 CW 2007-10-06 1800 UT1HZM PO 001 EW8MW GO 001
QSO: 3500 CW 2007-10-06 1802 UT1HZM PO 002 UR7VA KI 002
QSO: 1800 CW 2007-10-06 1807 UT1HZM PO 003 UY5WA LV 003

In line CATEGORY, it is necessary to indicate the category in which your 
radio station is declared:
A, A-low power, B, C, etc...

Participant, sending reports for Checklog must write Z sign.
Log must be one file - "call.log" or "call.cbr", for example: ux0ff.log, 
oh2lu.cbr...
And as well a summary sheet by separate file.

Comments, anecdotes and suggestions will be welcomed!

LOGs entries must be E-mailed or postmarked by 04-nov-2009.

All logs will be cross-checked by special computer software. We are going to 
use for the final result ONLY QSO's which have QSO time deviation not more 
than +/- 2 minutes. Please don't forget to correct Your computer's clock 
before the contest! We are going to use for the final result ONLY QSO's 
confirmed by received LOG's! Please send Your LOG even if You made only few 
QSO's!

We suggest to use program "DClog" specially developed to manage operation in 
"Dnieper Cup", its carry operate in SSB, CW and RTTY modes, doing dupe 
checking in 30 minutes range and makes LOG report ready to send. Freeware! 
Download here:

http://download.qrz.ru/pub/hamradio/contest/Dclog.zip

If you have problems concerning the tuning of this program, you can ask the 
organizers for assistance. Address for LOG's: E-mail: krs@model.poltava.ua 
Post: GEORGE IGNATOV (UT1HT), P.O. Box 87, KREMENCHUG-21, UKRAINE, 39621.

Full results of "DNIEPER CUP'2009" with LOG's and UBN's files will be 
available here:

http://www.ucc.zp.ua/ http://www.qrz.ru/contest/detail/250.htm 
http://www.uarl.com.ua http://www.uarl.org.ua

The abbreviation of Ukrainian regions. 27 administrative regions.

CH - Cherkasy region
LV - Lviv region
CR - Chernigiv region
NI - Mykolaev region
CN - Chernivcy region
OD - Odesa region
DN - Dniepropetrovsk region
PO - Poltava region
DO - Donetsk region
RI - Rivno region
HA - Kharkiv region
SL - Sevastopil city
HE - Kherson region
SU - Sumy region
HM - Khmelnitskij region
TE - Ternopil region
IF - Ivanofrankivsk region
VI - Vinnytsa region
KI - Kirovograd region
VO - Volyn region
KO - Kiev region
ZA - Zakarpattya region
KR - A.R. Crimea
ZH - Zhitomir region
KV - Kiev city
ZP - Zaporizhzhe region
LU - Lugansk region

We hope to see you in the "DNIEPER CUP'2009" and please kindly inform your 
friends about rules of this contest! Welcome to the Contest! UT1HT George 
mailto:krs@model.poltava.ua
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordienko V.A. KRONTEX" <ut1ia@ukr.net>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Cc: "UT1HT new" <krs@model.poltava.ua>
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 4:36 AM
Subject: [RTTY] Fw: "Dnieper Cup'2009 Contest"


> Hello!
>
> "Dnieper Cup'2009" Contest
>
> Welcome to our contest on 3 October 2009.
>
> Rules available here:
>
> http://uarl.com.ua/dnieper/2009/cup-2009-engl.txt
>
> Please also inform about this contest to local
> radio clubs, roundtables, forums...
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Best regards,
> George UT1HT                         mailto:krs@model.poltava.ua
>
>
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