RSGB Club Calls Contest 2010
The aim of this event is
to encourage contacts between Affiliated Societies, to give their
callsigns an airing and to encourage new licensees to operate under
appropriate supervision. Note that to assist adjudication, please use preferred names from the list below, where possible.
The general rules apply to this contest
Date:
Saturday 13th November 2010
Time: 2000
- 2300 UTC
Freqs:
1870-1990 kHz
Mode: SSB
Exchange: RS
+ Serial No+ other data
1. Eligible Entrants: Any RSGB member or group
of members may enter. Also, affiliated RSGB societies may enter
and their operators must be members of the Affiliated Society (AFS)
and/or members of the RSGB themselves. In the case where some
operators are AFS members but not RSGB members themselves, a
declaration from an officer of the AFS that the operators are members
of the society is required with the entry. This must be included in the
soapbox part of the entry.
2. Exchange:
RS + serial number + name of Club + "Club Station", "Club Member" or
"No Club", as appropriate. NB: the name of the club must be sent in
full. It must not be sent as initials. A Club Station must use a
callsign which is specifically issued to a Club or Society which is
affiliated to the RSGB. Use of special club station prefixes such as GX
etc by club stations is allowed in this event.
3. Scoring:
3 points per contact, plus bonuses of 5 points for contacts with any
club members, and 25 points for contacts with any Club
Station.
4. Awards:
The Ariel Trophy to the leading Club station.
Certificates to the leading club, individual club and non-club member.
The David Hill, G4IQM, Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the club
having the highest aggregate score of five club members operating
within a 30 mile radius of the club meeting place.
5. Logs: Paper
and disk entries must be postmarked no later than Saturday 27 November
2010. Online entries must be
submitted to http://www.vhfcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
by 23:59:59 on 27th November. Entries must be in Cabrillo
format, see here
for information on preparing a Cabrillo entry.
Example of Club Calls Contest log.
Preferred Club
names to be used in the log
Further
information regarding the Cabrillo Format