[RTTY] FW: "DNIEPER CUP'2010" CONTEST

UT1IA Vladimir ut1ia at ukr.net
Sun Sep 26 10:56:31 PDT 2010


"DNIEPER CUP'2010" 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 02.10.2010. 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 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.


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 and 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 at 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 03-nov-2010.

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 at model.poltava.ua
Post: GEORGE IGNATOV (UT1HT), P.O. Box 87, KREMENCHUG-21, UKRAINE, 39621.
                                   

Full results of "DNIEPER CUP'2010" 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'2010" and please kindly inform your
friends about rules of this contest!

                             Welcome to the Contest!  

  

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Best regards,
 George                          mailto:krs at model.poltava.ua


73  UT1HT





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