"OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2007" RULES



"OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2007" RULES

1. Date:

03-04.March.2007.

The CONTEST consist of 2(two) parts: LOW BAND (1,8 & 3,5 MHz) and HIGH BAND (7, 14, 21 & 28 MHz).

2. Time:

LOW BAND part includes 2(two) rounds: the First round is from
22:00 - 23:59 UT (March,03), the Second - from 00:00 - 01:59 UT (March,04).
HIGH BAND part: 08:00 - 11:59 UT (March,04).

3. Bands: 1,838 - 1,842 MHz; 3,580 - 3,620 MHz; 7,035 - 7,045MHz;
14,070 - 14,112MHz; 21,080 - 21,120MHz; 28,080 - 28,200MHz.

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 on LOW BAND-part, and again new numeration starting from 001 on HIGH BAND-part.

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:

A - SOMB, one transmitter;
B - MOMB, one transmitter;
C - SOSB 1,8 MHz, one transmitter;
D - SOSB 3,5 MHz, one transmitter;
E - SOSB 7,0 MHz; one transmitter;
F - SOSB 14,0 MHz; one transmitter;
G - SOSB 21,0 MHz; one transmitter;
H - SOSB 28,0 MHz. one transmitter.


9. Final scoring:

For classes A and B - Total score is the sum of all bands
results;
For classes C,D,E,F,G and H - the score is single band
result.

10. Awards:

There are Diploma and medal "CHAMPION OF UKRAINE RTTY'2007"
for the first, second and third place of A and B classes;
There are Diploma "OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2007"
for the first, second and third place of C,D,E,F,G and H
classes and Awards "UKRAINE" for top ten of all classes.

11. Logs:

Cabrillo format is prefered. 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 class 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 will be welcomed!
LOGs entries must be postmarked or E-mailed
by 04.April.2007.

12. Note:

All logs will be cross-checked by special computer software.
We are going to use for the final Result ONLY QSOs which
have QSO time declination no 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 QSOs confirmed
by received LOGs! Please send Your LOG even if You made only
a few QSOs.

All participants regardless of category must remain on the
band at least 10 minutes after changing bands, quick QSY
to another bands is permitted only for category B (multi-op)
to work new region (province, district). QSOs made during
10-minute rule on another band and which are not new regions
will be removed from the LOG without penalty.

All stations can use the spotting network (like DX Cluster).
Self-spotting techniques is not allowed for all classes.

This contest is supported by "MixW2" software:
www.mixw.net

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!

For "WriteLog" download follow DLL-file:
www.qrz.ru/contest/attachment.phtml?soft=64
To install it, read manual!

If your RTTY software don't support log format for this
contest, please make modification using follow example
of CABRILLO LOG for "OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP":

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: [email protected]
OPERATORS: 1.... 2..... 3.....
QSO: 3500 RY 2007-03-03 2200 UT1HZM PO 001 UU8JQ SL 001
QSO: 3500 RY 2007-03-03 2200 UT1HZM PO 002 UT5DL ZA 001
QSO: 3500 RY 2007-03-03 2201 UT1HZM PO 003 ER5KS MD 001
QSO: 1800 RY 2007-03-03 2304 UT1HZM PO 051 YL2KF LM 025
END-OF-LOG:




13. Address for LOGs:

GEORGE IGNATOV (UT1HT),
P.O. Box 87,
KREMENCHUG-21, UKRAINE, 39621.
E-mail: [email protected]

14. Disqualification:

Violation of the Rules; unsportmanlike behavior.

The abbreviation of Ukrainian regions
27 administrative regions

CH - Cherkasy region
CR - Chernihiv region
CN - Chernivcy region
DN - Dniepropetrovsk region
DO - Donetsk region
HA - Kharkiv region
HE - Kherson region
HM - Khmelnitskij region
IF - Ivanofrankivsk region
KI - Kirovograd region
KO - Kiev region
KR - A.R. Crimea
KV - Kiev city
LV - Lviv region
LU - Lugansk region
NI - Mykolaev region
OD - Odesa region
PO - Poltava region
RI - Rivne region
SL - Sevastopil city
SU - Sumy region
TE - Ternopil region
VI - Vinnytsa region
VO - Volyn region
ZA - Zakarpattya region
ZH - Zhitomir region
ZP - Zaporizhzhe region


We hope to meet you in the "OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2007"
and please kindly inform your friends about rules of this Contest!

Welcome to the Contest!


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