EUROPEAN HF CHAMPIONSHIP
EVERY YEAR, FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST, 10.00 - 22.00 UTC
1. OBJECTIVE
For European amateurs to contact other European amateurs and compete for the
"EUROPEAN HF CHAMPION" title. Only EU to EU contacts count. Calling: CQ EU
on CW and CQ EUROPE on SSB.
2. BANDS
All amateur bands from 1.8 through 28 Mhz. Operating in the DX segments is
not allowed!
3. TYPE OF COMPETITION
Single operator all band category only in seven classes:
I. CW/SSB - high power
II. CW/SBB - low power (maximum 100W out)
III. CW - high power
IV. CW - low power (maximum 100W out)
V. SSB - high power
VI. SSB - low power (maximum 100W out)
VII. SWL
Only one transmitted signal is allowed at any time. CW contacts in SSB
portion of the bands and SSB contacts in CW portion are not allowed. Only
one operator is allowed to perform all of the operating and logging
functions and only one call-sign is allowed from a single radio station. Use
of DX CLUSTER, spotting nets or any other forms of alerting are not permitted.
4. EXCHANGE
RST report (CW) or RS report (SSB), plus a two digit number, meaning the
last two digits of the year of operator's first official amateur license
(i.e. 579 82 or 59 82 means that operator received his/her first official
amateur license in the year 1982).
Note
Operators operating from club stations and guest operators operating from
stations owned by other amateurs, must sign a two digit number corresponding
to the year of their own first official amateur license.
5. MULTIPLIERS
Multipliers are different two-digit numbers, meaning the last two digits of
the year of operator's first official amateur license. The multiplier (XX)
is counted only once per band regardless of mode.
6. QSO POINTS
Every completed CW contact counts two (2) points and every completed SSB
contact counts one (1) point.
7. SCORE
The final score is the sum of QSO points from all bands multiplied by the
sum of multipliers from all bands.
8. AWARDS
European Champions in classes I.-VI. will be awarded with trophies. The
Contest Committee will, upon its own judgment, award certain number of
certificates in each class/category.
9. NATIONAL CATEGORY
A separate list of national scores (the sum of all scores from one DXCC
country), regardless of club affiliation, will be published.
10. LOG INSTRUCTIONS
a) all logs must be comprised from following data:
- time in UTC
- band
- mode of operation
- call-sign
- transmitted report
- received report
- multiplier (only first time worked on each band, regardless of mode)
- QSO points for each contact
b) Logs must be sorted in chronological order, regardless of band and mode
of operation.
c) A summary sheet including all relevant data needed to calculate final
score, description of radio station, used power output, name and family name
in block capitals and signed statement of compliance must accompany each log.
d) Every competitor who used computer logging or made 200 and more QSOs is
obliged to submit log in a computer file. Logs must be in ASCII format.
Files shall bear following names: "callsign.TXT" and "callsign.SUM".
e) we strongly recommend submission of logs via e-mail!
11. PENALTIES
For unmarked duplicate QSOs, broken calls, bad exchanges and QSOs which do
not appear in corespondents log, QSO points and additional QSO points
equivalent to three QSOs will be removed.
10% or more bad contacts or violation of contest rules shall result in
dropping participant from the classification.
12. DISQUALIFICATION
Violation of contest rules, unsportsmanlike conduct or very high percentage
of unverifiable QSOs will be deemed sufficient cause for disqualification.
13. ALL DECISIONS OF THE CONTEST COMMITTEE ARE FINAL.
14. DEADLINE
All submitted logs must postmarked no later than August, 31st of that year.
Indicate EU HF CHAMPIONSHIP and class/category on the envelope.
E-mail submission address: danilo.brelih@siol.net
Please send paper logs and diskettes to:
Slovenia Contest Club
Saveljska 50
1000 Ljubljana
SLOVENIA
Tine Brajnik
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