[UK-CONTEST] The EURO (European Union Radio Open) - Long!

[Les Allwood]

Well, I like the idea Paul, although I would go with the 1pt/5pts option
rather than 10/50 - the effect is the same and the numbers look more
believable. Just one thing - I think I'm correct in saying that GD, GJ, GU
and EA8 are not actually full members of the EU, but have some form of
associate status. It gets more complicated because 3A and T7 also have
associate status, and I guess that ZB2 counts for G. There's never a simple
answer, is there???

73 de Les, G3VQO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul O'Kane" <paul at ei5di.com>
To: "Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] The EURO (European Union Radio Open) - Long!


> There wasn't much response to my proposal, just two - both
> broadly in favour.
>
> I've experimented a bit with SD to see what would work, and
> here's my detailed recommendation for a new contest.  If it
> were to be adopted by the RSGB, it could replace the two 21/28
> MHz contests in October.  I think any replacement contest
> would be more viable on the first weekend, as otherwise it
> might be too close to CQWW at the end of the month.
>
>
> The EURO (European Open) - from 2004.
>
> Date:      First full weekend in October.
>
> Time:      1200 UTC Saturday to 1159 Sunday
>
> Modes:     CW, SSB or Mixed.
>
> Bands:     5 bands from 80m to 10m.
>
> Exchange:  Serial
>
> Sections:  1. European Union (EU)
>            2. DX - any station not in the European Union.
>
>            Note: European Union stations are not necessarily
>            in the continent of Europe.  For example, Cyprus
>            is normally considered to be in Asia.
>
>            DX refers to any station not located in a European
>            Union county, including non-European Union countries
>            in Europe.
>
>            The European Union countries (from 2004) are
>            5B Cyprus       HA Hungary          OM Slovakia
>            9H Malta        I  Italy            ON Belgium
>            CT Portugal     LX Luxembourg       OZ Denmark
>            DL Germany      LY Lithuania        PA Netherlands
>            EA Spain        M  United Kingdom   S5 Slovenia
>            EI Ireland      OE Austria          SM Sweden
>            ES Estonia      OH Finland          SP Poland
>            F  France       OK Czech Republic   SV Greece
>                                                YL Latvia
>
> Scoring:   European Union: 10 points per QSO - work everyone.
>            DX: 10 points per QSO - Work European Union only.
>
> Bonus:     50 points for the the first QSO with each
>            European Union Call Area (10 per country)
>            plus, for European Union entrants, the first
>            QSO with each DX country.
>
>            The "first QSO" means the first QSO on eacb
>            band and each mode, if applicable.
>
> Call Areas:
>            Each European Union country will have, at most,
>            10 call areas - represented by the relevant digit
>            of the callsign prefix.
>
>            All "countries" (if more than one) in a European
>            Union country count as one.
>
>            For example:
>            Corsica counts as France.
>            Sardinia and Sicily count as Italy.
>            Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man,
>            and Channel Islands count as United Kingdom.
>            Azores counts as Portugal.
>            Balearics, Canaries, Ceuta, Melilla count as Spain.
>            Crete and Mt. Athos count as Greece.
>
> To summarise, I see this as a high-rate contest in which
> European Union entrants can work everyone, with no particular
> advantage accruing to any country, and where DX (outside the
> European Union) can work European Union stations only.
>
> It's all very well coming up with a new set of rules, but
> nothing much will happen (these days) if there's not software
> to support it - to recognise EU call areas and DX countries
> and to track bonuses correctly.
>
> SD does this, and I've developed two country files, EURO.CTY
> and EURODX.CTY, to track bonuses as defined above.  Should
> the RSGB adopt and promote this contest, I'm prepared to make
> available a free version of SD for at least the first two
> years of the event.
>
> If anyone would like to try SD now, you can download an
> updated version (V10.01), size 556 kb, from
> http://www.ei5di.com/sd/sdeuro.zip. If you're not currently
> registered, you'll be limited to 30 QSOs.  If you have SD
> already, keep (and unzip) SDEURO in a separate folder.  No
> earlier version of SD, including V9.99, will load EURO.CTY.
>
> Here's the setup information.
>
> Select SD Type 9 - General, Country Multipliers.
> .CTY File         : EURO   (for EU)
>                     EURODX (for DX)
> Multipliers Count : B (by band)
> Points per QSO    : 10
> Pts/Bonus         : 50
> Mode              : CW or SSB (your initial mode)
> Mixed-Mode        : Y or N
> If mixed -
>  Mults count on
>       both modes  : Y (actually bonuses)
>  Work same station
>    on both modes  : Y
>
> If there's a preference for multipliers rather than bonuses,
> and if multipliers or bonuses should count once only, SD can
> handle it by varying the responses above.  SD is intended for
> single-op unassisted entries.  It does not support packet or
> networking.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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