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

[Tim-M0BEW]

Good idea.

Tim-M0BEW


----- 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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