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IK6ZDE > HF 18.09.08 11:55l 65 Lines 2890 Bytes #999 (0) @ ITA
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Subj: SRT HF CONTEST SSB
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From: IK6ZDE@IK6ZDE.#AN.IMAR.ITA.EU
To : HF@ITA
SRT HF CONTEST SSB
Type
World Wide Contest. All stations can be worked
Date
Third week-end of September. In 2008 it will be the 20th and the 21st of September starting Saturday at 13:00 UTC until Sunday at 13:00 UTC; No time off, stations may work 24 hours.
SRT HF CONTEST SSB
Categories
A) Single operator High power (+150 watts) All Band SSB
B) Single operator Low Power (150 watts max) All Band SSB
C) Multi operator single transmitter High power (+150 watts) All Band SSB
D) Multi operator single transmitter Low power (150 watts max) All Band SSB
E) SWL
All operators can use packet cluster
Bands and modes - 10/160 meters (no WARC) SSB
Exchange - Signal report (RS) followed by the CQ zone number
Scoring
QSO Points
0 points for qso with stations of the same country
1 point for qso with stations of another country but in the same continent
3 points for qso with stations of another continent Multipliers DXCC entities + WAE and CQ zones are multipliers. Stations can only be counted once for multiplier credit Final Score Final score = total QSO points x total multipliers Miscelaneous Station may be worked once per band.
Mode is SSB only, no cross mode contacts.
No repeaters
Maritime mobile and aeronautical mobile stations do not count for QSO or multiplier credit.
Logs-
Logs must be sent before the 15th of November to the Log Manager, francoik8wej@virgilio.it
Logs will be follow IARU standards: date, time (UTC), RS(T) received and
RS(T) transmitted.
Duplicate qsos not marked as dupes and removed from the final score will be penalized.
Logs will be submitted using standard Cabrillo format. Most all of the
commercial contest logging software supports Cabrillo format. (see software
below)
Log files must be named with your callsign.
E-mail your log with your callsign plus SRT in the subject line (For
example: IK8WEJ SRT) to the Log Manager: francoik8wej@virgilio.it
Prizes
First, second and third place awards for each operator category will be presented at the 6th International DX Convention, Salerno 2009.
Penalties-
A two QSO penalty will be issued for duplicate QSOs not marked as dupes or for busted calls.
Stations not following the Contest Rules or submitting logs with an excessive dupes and or busted calls will be disqualified for this event and will not be allowed to participate in the event for the following year. All decisions of the contest committee are final.
Software
Logging for this event can be done by using one of the following contest software programs. Select CQ WW DX SSB as the contest template.
CT by K1EA (www.k1ea.com)
NA Logging (www.contesting.com/datom/)
OH2GI Ham System (www.kolumbus.fi/jukka.kallio/) Super-Duper by EI5DI (www.ei5di.com) TR Log by N6TR (www.qth.com/tr) Writelog (www.writelog.com)
SRT HF Contest Manager
Francesco Fazio, IK8WEJ
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