"DNIEPER CUP'2009" 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 03.10.2009. 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 on 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. Every ham, if send an actual LOG will receive certificate "Participant of contest". 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 or 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@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 04-nov-2009. 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@model.poltava.ua Post: GEORGE IGNATOV (UT1HT), P.O. Box 87, KREMENCHUG-21, UKRAINE, 39621. Full results of "DNIEPER CUP'2009" 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'2009" and please kindly inform your friends about rules of this contest! Welcome to the Contest! UT1HT George mailto:krs@model.poltava.ua