[UK-CONTEST] [SD-User] IARU Contest

[Colin]

And don't forget the IARU Regional Executive Committee members who will 
be sending the R1, R2 or R3 multipliers in lieu of a Zone.   Likewise 
IARU Administrative Council members will send AC.

73

Colin, G3PSM R1

On 08/07/2010 13:30, Paul O'Kane wrote:
> The IARU HF Championship takes place from 12:00 Saturday
> 10th 11:59 UTC Sunday 11th July.  There are CW-only,
> SSB-only and mixed-mode classes on the 6 contest bands
> from 160-10m, with HP, LP (150w) and QRP (5w) sections.
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> Rules at http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship
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> SD V15.12 supports this event -
> www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe.
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>    Select SD's "IARU HF" template.
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> Work everyone.  Exchange 59(9) + ITU Zone (or Society
> initials from IARU Society HQ stations).
>
> Mults are Zones by band, but not separately by mode,
> and HQ stations by band - in effect, HQ stations are
> country mults.
>
> Included with SD are two "HQ Station" reference files,
> IARU.REF and IARU.LST.  When IARU.LST is loaded with
> the LOAD command (or when its contents are added to
> whatever .LST file you normally use), HQ station
> initials are pre-filled in the exchange (Zone) field.
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> Here's another feature unique to SD - to see a list of
> countries corresponding to each zone, simply type the
> zone number in the callsign field (no need for any
> other key).  Use Esc to clear the field.
>
> UK entrants are encouraged to work the UK HQ station
> GR2RS, and apply for individual and club awards.
> See http://www.gr2hq.com/awards1.htm.
>
> You'll see there that SDCHECK has been updated to
> facilitate applications for these awards.  If you
> are using pre-V15.00 versions of SD, you can get an
> updated SDCHECK from www.ei5di.com/sd/sdcheck.zip.
>
> The World Radio Team Championships take place during
> this contest.  Some 50 teams, operating under Field
> Day conditions from sites near Moscow, are anxious
> to work everyone.  They are easy to recognise from
> their special callsigns - 4 characters beginning with
> R3, followed by a number and a letter - see
> www.wrtc2010.ru/?id=51&idp=39.  There are awards for
> working them - www.wrtc2010.ru/?id=51&idp=29.
>
> In addition, the WRTC organisers are anxious to receive
> copies of your log, within 6 hours of the end of the
> contest, to help with adjudication -
> www.wrtc2010.ru/?id=69
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> For your IARU Contest entry, send your Cabrillo log
> to iaruhf at iaru.org. Please mention SD in your soapbox
> comments, as this encourages others to try it.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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