[CQ-Contest] EU Sprint 2001
I2UIY
i2uiy at cqww.com
Mon Oct 1 23:52:12 EDT 2001
EU SPRINT 2001
In 1994 the EU Sprint Gang (I2UIY, OK2FD, DL6RAI, and G4BUO) organized the
first European Sprint contests. For 2001 there have been some rule changes,
introducing an awards programme and bringing the Spring Sprints forward in
the calendar. You can find past scores and other information about the
sprints by visiting the official EU Sprint web site at this address:
<http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/>.
The BIG news is that now we will award a certificate to the winners in each
country but this is not all. Three nice plaques will be awarded for the top
three scores from all four contests combined. Therefore, please red circle
the four EU Sprint saturdays on your calendar, we will be looking for you
starting April 14!
EU SPRINT 2001
The EU Sprint Gang hereby invites you to participate in the four European
Sprint Contests held in 2001.
ENTRANTS: any licensed station may enter the Sprint. European stations can
work everybody; stations outside of Europe can work only European stations.
CATEGORIES: Single Operator ONLY. Only ONE signal may be aired at one time.
DATES:
EU SPRINT Autumn:
* SSB: first Saturday in October - 6 October 2001 - managed by I2UIY
* CW: second Saturday in October - 13 October 2001 - managed by OK2FD
TIME: from 15:00 UTC until 18:59 UTC.
BANDS: 20, 40 and 80 metres only.
Pilot frequencies are: SSB: 14.250, 7.050, 3.730. CW: 14.040, 7.025, 3.550
EXCHANGE: all of the following data MUST BE PART OF THE EXCHANGE:
a) your callsign,
b) the other station's callsign,
c) your serial number starting from 001 (RST not required),
d) your name or nickname.
Please note that BOTH stations MUST repeat BOTH callsigns DURING the
exchange.
A valid exchange is: "OK2FD de I2UIY 118 Paolo" while "OK2FD 118 Paolo" is
NOT a valid exchange.
SPECIAL QSY RULE: if any station initiates a call (by sending CQ, QRZ?,
etc.), he is permitted to work ONLY one station on the same frequency. He
must thereafter move AT LEAST 2 (two) kHz before he may call another
station or before he may solicit again (CQ, QRZ?, etc.) other calls.
VALID CONTACTS: valid contacts are QSOs correctly logged and confirmed.
Each operator may use ONE and ONLY one name during the Sprint. If the
exchange is copied incorrectly, that operator will receive zero (0) points.
In case of miscopied callsigns, both stations will receive zero (0) points
for that QSO.
SCORING: each valid QSO counts one 1 (one) point. The final score is the
total number of QSOs.
AWARDS: Colorful certificates will be issued to the winners of each Sprint,
and to the leaders in each country. A special plaque will also be awarded
for the top three scores from all four contests combined. To be eligible
for this award an operator must enter at least three of the Sprints in the
year. Results will be forwarded as soon as possible to Leagues, magazines
and bulletins.
LOGS: a single chronological log is required. Please send us your log via
email or on a floppy disk, if you use computer for logging. Use any of the
available software or send a plain ASCII file. A separate summary sheet is
also required. Please send us the right files: for DL2NBU software, send
yourcall.ASC; for N6TR software, send yourcall.DAT; for IK4EWK software,
send yourcall.DBF.
If you want the latest release of the DL2NBU software, you can download it
from the EU Sprint web site:
<http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/free_sw/eu_sprint.zip>.
Log files must be sent NO LATER than 15 days after the contest to:
<eusprint at dl6rai.muc.de>. The receipt of your electronic log will be
confirmed.
If you do not receive a confirmation within two days, try again or use the
postal
system.
Disk logs, or paper entries must be posted NO LATER than 15 days after the
contest to the appropriate address:
* Spring SSB Sprint: Dave Lawley, G4BUO, Carramore, Coldharbour Road,
Penshurst, Kent, TN11 8EX, England, UK.
* Spring CW Sprint: Bernhard Buettner, DL6RAI, Schmidweg 17, 85609
Dornach, Germany.
* Autumn SSB Sprint: Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, P. O. Box 14, 27043 Broni
(PV), Italy.
* Autumn CW Sprint: Karel Karmasin, OK2FD, Gen. Svobody 636, 674 01
Trebic, Czech Republic.
Thanks in advance for your participation de: G4BUO, I2UIY, OK2FD, and the
B.C.C. Sprint Committee.
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>From k5na at texas.net, wm5r at arrl.net Mon Oct 1 21:54:43 2001
From: k5na at texas.net, wm5r at arrl.net (Kenneth E. Harker)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:54:43 -0500
Subject: [CQ-Contest] W1AW/5 IARU 2002 Bulletin #1
Message-ID: <20011001155443.F27315 at cs.utexas.edu>
BULLETIN #1
25 September 2001
Steering Committee Selects Stations by Band-Mode For W1AW/5
The Steering Committee for the W1AW/5 effort in the 2002 IARU HF
World Championship met in September to discuss which stations
would be best suited to host each of the twelve band-modes in the contest.
After significant debate, and consultation with the station owners, the
following is the planned arrangement of primary stations for each band-mode.
The Steering Committee intends to come up with contingency plans to deal
with unexpected future changes in these band-mode assignments.
W1AW/5 Chairman Richard King K5NA addressed the selected stations: "We
want to produce the best score ever done from the USA by any HQ station
effort in the past and threaten, if not beat, the best of the European
HQ stations."
Six stations in five central Texas counties will represent the United States
of America. With the big contest a little under a year away, many of these
stations are planning to further improve their band-modes. Updates will be
made as they become available.
Please direct comments or questions about W1AW/5 in the 2002 IARU World
Championship to Richard King K5NA at k5na at texas.net.
Station Matrix
Band Station County Grid Antennas
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160CW N5TW Williamson EM10dp Four Square, with buried radial system
Beverages at 0, 45, 90, 135, 180, 225,
270, 315 degrees
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160SSB NX5M Burleson EM10ri Inverted V @ 85'
Vertical T @ 104'
Beverages at 20, 45, 90, 120, 270, 300,
330 degrees
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80CW K5NA Travis EM10fk Sloper Dipole NE @ 168'
Sloper Dipole NW @ 168'
Sloper Dipole S @ 168'
Two element quad NE @ 180'
Two element quad NW @ 160'
Beverages at 0, 45, 90, 135, 315 degrees
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80SSB K5TR Blanco EM00uf Sloper Dipole NE @ 120'
Sloper Dipole NW @ 120'
Sloper Dipole S @ 120'
Dipole N-S @ 130'
1/4 wave vertical
Beverages at 45, 135, 225, 270, 315 degrees
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40CW K5NA Travis EM10fk Cushcraft XM240 @ 197' rotatable
Cushcraft XM240 @ 132' fixed NE
Cushcraft XM240 @ 67' rotatable
Cushcraft XM240 @ 95' rotatable
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40SSB W5KFT Llano EM00st Cushcraft 40-2CD @ 150', rotatable
Cushcraft 40-2CD @ 67', fixed NE
Cushcraft 40-2CD @ 80', rotatable
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20CW N5TW Williamson EM10dp M2 5-element monobander @ 130', rotatable
M2 5-element monobander @ 86', rotatable
M2 5-element monobander @ 43', rotatable
Force 12 3-element monobander @ 65', fixed SE
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20SSB K5TR Blanco EM00uf 6-element monobander @ 90', rotatable
6-element monobander @ 40', fixed NW
6-element monobander @ 90', fixed NE
6-element monobander @ 40', fixed NE
4-element monobander @ 60', fixed SE
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15CW W5KFT Llano EM00st Hygain 155CA @ 135', rotatable
Hygain 155CA @ 90', fixed NE
Hygain 155CA @ 45', fixed NE
Hygain TH7 @ 70', rotatable
Hygain TH7 @ 35', fixed NW
Hygain TH7DX @ 60', rotatable
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15SSB K5NA Travis EM10fk Cushcraft XM515 @ 168' rotatable
Cushcraft XM515 @ 127', fixed NE
Cushcraft XM515 @ 86', fixed NE
Cushcraft XM515 @ 45', rotatable
Cushcraft XM515 @ 100', rotatable
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10CW N5CQ Travis EM10bg Force-12 C-4XL @ 195', rotatable
Force-12 C-3 @ 155', rotatable
Force-12 C-4XL @ 125', rotatable
Force-12 C-3 @ 95', rotatable
Force-12 C-4XL @ 65', rotatable
Force-12 C-3 @ 35', rotatable
Force-12 C-4XL @ 75', rotatable
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10SSB NX5M Burleson EM10ri Three-element yagi @ 87', rotatable
Three-element yagi @ 70', fixed NW
Six-element yagi @ 51', fixed NE
Three-element yagi @ 35', fixed W
Five-element yagi @ 104', rotatable
Five-element yagi @ 80', fixed NW
Six-element yagi @ 72', fixed NE
Five-element yagi @ 56', fixed SE
Five-element yagi @ 40', fixed SW
Four-element yagi @ 40', fixed NE
Four-element yagi @ 35', fixed NW
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Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker at cs.utexas.edu
University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
Department of the Computer Sciences President, UT Amateur Radio Club
Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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