"OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2012" RULES 1. Date: 03-04 March 2012. The CONTEST consist of two parts: LOW BAND (1,8 & 3,5 MHz) and HIGH BAND (7, 14, 21 & 28 MHz). 2. Time: LOW BAND part includes 2 rounds: the First round is from 20:00 - 21:59 UT (03 March), the Second - from 22:00 - 23:59 UT (03 March). HIGH BAND part: 08:00 - 11:59 UT (04 March). 3. Bands: 1,838 - 1,842 MHz; 3,580 - 3,620 MHz; 7,035 - 7,045 MHz; 14,070 - 14,112 MHz; 21,080 - 21,120 MHz; 28,080 - 28,200 MHz. 4. Mode: RTTY (BAUDOT). 5. Call: CQ UKR. Attention! Repeated QSO with the same participant is permitted on different bands and in each round of LOW BAND-part. 6. Exchange: Two letters - the abbreviation of region (state, canton, province, land, uyzd, district, county, lan, etc.) + serial number starting from 001. For example: Poltava region (Ukraine)-PO001; Ancona (Italy)-AN021; Alsace (France)-AL035; Gotlands lan (Sweden)-GO123. 7. Scoring: 2 points for each contact on HIGH BAND-part and for each contact in each round LOW BAND-part + 10 points for new region (province, canton, district, etc.) on each bands of HIGH BAND-part and on each bands and in each round of LOW BAND-part. 8. Classes: SOMB, one transmitter; MOMB, one transmitter; SOSB 1,8 MHz, one transmitter; SOSB 3,5 MHz, one transmitter; SOSB 7,0 MHz, one transmitter; SOSB 14 MHz, one transmitter; SOSB 21 MHz, one transmitter; SOSB 28 MHz, one transmitter. For single band participants are allowed to sign in one SOSB class of LOW BAND contest part and in another one SOSB class in HIGH BAND part of contest separated. Please mark you choice in the log and e-mail message! 9. Final scoring: For classes SOMB and MOMB - Total score is the sum of all bands results; For rest of classes - the score is single band result. 10. Awards: The medals "CHAMPION OF UKRAINE RTTY'2012" - for the first, second and third place of SOMB and MOMB classes. Diploma's "OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2012" - for the first, second and third place for all classes. Special award - "The best score for participant outside of Ukraine"! 11. Logs: Cabrillo format is preferred. LOG need your personal info, class, address; full QSO data, eg: band, mode, date, time, your call, send exchange, station call, received exchange. Follow is an example of LOG file. All participants in any classes must send his log as one file - "call.log" or "call.cbr", for example: ux0ff.log, oh2lu.cbr... And as well a summary sheet. Comments, anecdotes and suggestions is welcome! LOGs entries must be postmarked or E-mailed by 05 April 2012. 12. Note: All logs will be cross-checked by special computer software. We are doing cross-check by QSO time difference no more than +/- 2 minutes in both logs. Please don't forget to correct your computer's clock before the Contest! Valid QSOs will be confirmed to participant if all cross- checked data in logs is present and correct. Please send your LOG even if you made only a few QSOs, it will give valid points to other participants. Bands change rules: All participants must remain on one band at least for 10 minutes after make one complete qso on that band. Quick QSY to another bands is permitted only for MOMB participants to work new region (province, district). QSOs made during 10-minute rule on another band and which are not new regions will be count 0 points, but should not removed from the log! All stations can use public spotting networks (DX Cluster), but self-spotting techniques is not allowed for all classes. This contest is supported by follow software: -MIXW2 - www.mixw.net , also download DLL-file for this contest and run macros to reset dupe sheet for second round of low band part; -AATEST+TRUETTY - www.dxsoft.com ; -N1MM Logger - n1mm.hamdocs.com (select config UKRRTTYOPN); - for "RTTY by WF1B" users: you can download special converter to make you LOG in Cabrillo: www.qrz.ru/contest/attachment.phtml?soft=62 Don't forget to read manual to this converter before contest! If your RTTY software don't support log format for this contest, please select more suitable form of logging and do check before contest to be able logging of full received exchange (region+NR), also make modification of output file using follow example of CABRILLO LOG for this contest: START-OF-LOG: 2.0 ARRL-SECTION: DX CALLSIGN: UT1HZM CONTEST: UKR-CHAMP-RTTY CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE ALL CLAIMED-SCORE: 1762 CLUB: "Kremenchug radioamateurs union" NAME: UT1HZM ADDRESS: P.O.Box 87 ADDRESS: Kremenchug-21 ADDRESS: Ukraine ADDRESS: 39621 ADDRESS: email: aaa@bbb.com OPERATORS: 1.... 2..... 3..... QSO: 3500 RY 2012-03-03 2200 UT1HZM PO 001 UU8JQ SL 001 QSO: 3500 RY 2012-03-03 2200 UT1HZM PO 002 UT5DL ZA 001 QSO: 3500 RY 2012-03-03 2201 UT1HZM PO 003 ER5KS MD 001 QSO: 1800 RY 2012-03-03 2304 UT1HZM PO 051 YL2KF LM 025 END-OF-LOG: 13. Address for LOGs: E-mail: krs@model.poltava.ua GEORGE IGNATOV (UT1HT), P.O. Box 87, KREMENCHUG-21, UKRAINE, 39621. 14. Disqualification: Violation of the Rules; unsportmanlike behavior. 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 meet you in the "OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2012" and please kindly inform your friends about rules of this Contest! Welcome to the Contest!