[SECC] Announcement: Russian WRTC-like Competition

Sun Jun 21 10:49:15 PDT 2009

Dear friends,

We would like to invite you to participate in the 18th Russian
Radiosport Team Championship - RRTC-2009 

The Russian Radiosport Team Championship (RRTC) is an annual head to
head Field Day style competition organized by the Russian Amateur
Radio Union (Soyuz Radiolyubitelei Rossii – SRR), originating in the
USSR in 1980. In July 18, 2009 with rules very similar to WRTC-2010,
twenty teams from many different Russian regions will participate in
RRTC.      

Two-op teams with R33AA-R33FZ call signs will be competing in the
fields near the city of Domodedovo which is about 30-50 km to the
South of Moscow. The same flat rural area fields will be used for
WRTC-2010 competition. This year we have 4 clusters scheduled to place
20 teams on. The distance between team positions in each cluster is
roughly 0.5 kilometer, so the antennas of the nearest two or three
teams will be visible from each operating position. Organizers will
supply teams with food, identical tents, tables, chairs, 220 V gas
generator and gasoline, power indicators, 10m-high steel sectioned
tower and a triband antenna. Teams are required to bring their own 100
W (limited) transceivers, computers and peripherals, 40m-band IV
dipole, antenna switching devices, filters etc. Participants of
Russian Radiosport Team Championship are also responsible for base
camp set-up, as well as all antenna assembly & tower assembly/raising.

Participants can make QSOs among themselves and the rest of the world,
so everybody is invited to the party. Usually the basic activity on
the bands is generated by Russian radio amateurs; to raise QSO rates,
the teams use new callsigns and exchanges every two hours. On average,
1300 QSOs by the top teams are not uncommon during the eight-hour
contest. There is no limitation on band or mode changes, although only
one signal can be transmitted at one time.

Every team will be accompanied by an official contest referee, who
will monitor all actions, power output & the audio signals. Each
referee will be assigned to teams from a pool of qualified referees
provided by teams. The rules for the teams are complete in detail, any
deviation from the published rules is strictly prohibited. During the
contest period, an audio recording will be made for each team. Online
scores will be made available via the internet. After the competition
ends, email logs will accepted from around the world during a four
hour period immediately following the end of the contest. After that,
computer checking of the logs will commence, and the final results
will be ready the following morning.

So, immediately following IARU HFC 2009, one will have a good chance
to check propagation conditions, estimate signal levels of 100W /
small tri-bander stations from the heart of Russia, and get some
advance preparation for WRTC-2010.

Rules for outside participants

1. Date and contest period: The Saturday of the third full weekend of
July (July 18th, 2009) beginning 07:00 UTC and ending 14:59 UTC. Both
Single and Multi operator stations may operate the entire 8-hour
period.   
2. Everybody can work everybody.
3. Modes: CW and SSB.
4. Bands: 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz.
5. Band and (or) mode can be changed at any time. Only one signal is
allowed at a time. 
6. Exchange: Outside participants sends RS (RST) and ITU zone number.
Russian Radiosport Team Championship competitors send RS (RST) and
three character combination, e.g. 599 XYZ. 
7. Station with the same call-sign may be worked on different
bands/modes, to include both modes per band. 
8. Scoring Point System:
QSO with RRTC station (sends three character combination in exchange)
– one point. 
QSO with outside participant from the same ITU zone – one point.
QSO with outside participant from different ITU zone on the same
continent – three points. 
QSO with outside participant from different ITU zone on different
continent – five points. 
9. Multipliers: ITU zone and new three-character combination received
from an RRTC team – one point for the multiplier on each band
(regardless of mode).  
RRTC station gives no ITU zone multiplier.
10. The score is the product of total points and total multipliers.
11. Entry categories:
A – Single operator, mixed (CW and SSB), high power.
B – Single operator, mixed (CW and SSB), low power (100 W and less).
C – Single operator, SSB, high power.
D – Single operator, SSB, low power (100 W and less).
E – Single operator, CW, high power.
F – Single operator, CW, low power (100 W and less).
G – Multi operator team (2 or 3 operators), mixed (CW and SSB).
H (for Russian stations only) – SRR divisions; division score is a
total of scores of all participants representing this division. 
I (for Russian stations only) – Russian federal subjects: score is a
total of scores of leading two multi operator teams and leading three
single operator participants representing this federal subject.  
12. Awards:
Special trophies, certificates and medals will be awarded to the
world's top scoring stations in both the A and G categories.
Certificates and medals will be awarded to the world's 2nd and 3rd
stations in both the A and G categories.   
Certificates will be awarded to the world's top three stations in the
B-F categories. 
Achievement commemorative souvenirs will be awarded to those
participants making at least 250 confirmed QSOs and submitting email
logs to ochr at srr.ru. Logs must be submitted no later than 19:00 UTC,
July 18th, 2009.   
13. Logs:
Any contest logging software can be used which supports IARU HF World
Championship. Only email logs are accepted, Cabrillo log format shall
be used according to IARU HF Championship requirements. File name
should be "mycall.cbr" where "mycall" is your callsign. Please send
the file as an attachment to ochr at srr.ru. Logs should be sent in 10
days after the contest ends.     

RRTC-2009 teams list

        Team member 1   Team member 2   Team judge

1       UA3QDX          RK3QS           RX3OM

2       RA1AR           RV1CC           RN1AM

3       RW3TA           RA3TYL          RW3TJ

4       RU4HP           UA4HOX          UA4HBW

5       RW6HA           RW6HX           RW6FO

6       RZ9AR           RA9AA           RA9AP

7       UA3DPX          RL3FT           RU3HD

8       RX9WR           RU9WX           RW3XX

9       RA4LW           RW4WR           UA4WW

10      RX9TL           RZ9SZ           RX9TC

11      RW1AC           RA1AIP          RZ9AZ

12      RV3BA           RA3CO           RW4PL

13      RA3TT           UA3TU           UA3TL

14      RW3QC           RN3QO           RN3GM

15      UA9SP           UA9TQ           UA9TT

16      RN4WA           RA9CKQ          UA4WI

17      UA9CLB          UA9CDC          RW6AN

18      RA3MF           RX9UL/3         RA3MR

19      UA9ONJ          RW9OW           UA9OA

20      RN4AT           RW4AO           RZ4AA

73s, Harry RA3AUU

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