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RSGB
80m Sprint Contests 2010
A series of short sprint contests to
complement
the 80m Club Championship events earlier in the year. These
events will introduce
different contesting skills through the ‘sprint’
format.
This requires stations to QSY often, and not maintain a ‘run'
frequency.
The general rules
apply to this contest
Dates:
August to November 2010 (see calendar for specific dates)
Time:
19:00-20:30 UTC (Aug, Sep, Oct) 20:00-21:30 (Nov)
Mode:
CW &
SSB, see the calendar
Exchange: Your
callsign +
Other station’s callsign +
serial number + name. Each
station may use only one name during each Sprint event.
Please note that
both stations
must repeat both callsigns during their exchanges.
1. Sections:
LOW
- 100W maximum power at the transmitter output;
QRP - 10W
maximum power at the transmitter output.
Entrants may change section from one event to another. Stations may be
single or multi-operator. In cases
where
some operators are members of an RSGB Affiliated Society (AFS) but not
RSGB members themselves, the Contest Committee may require an officer
of the affiliated society to confirm entrant's membership status.
2. Frequencies:
CW 3.520-3.570 (QRS Corral around 3.560);
SSB 3.600-3.650 & 3.700-3775
3. Special
QSY Rule: if any
station initiates a call (by sending CQ, QRZ?, etc.), they are
permitted to
work ONLY one station on the same frequency. They must thereafter move
AT LEAST
2 (two) kHz before they may call another station or solicit
(CQ,
QRZ?, etc.) other contacts.
4.
Scoring:
One point per. contact.
5. Entries: Each
session is a contest in its own right, and log entries must be
submitted to http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl within
seven days of the contest. For example for a contest on 12th
August,
the deadline is 23:59:59 on 19th August. Entries must be in Cabrillo
format, see here
for information on preparing a Cabrillo entry. In order to
count towards the total for an
affiliated society, the society name must be clearly indicated on the
entry. Societies may wish to appoint a coordinator who can ensure that
entries contain all required information and are emailed on
time.
Entrants
should set up their contest logging software as per the
EUSprint
contest, which is supported by SD, N1MM, Writelog, Wintest
etc.
As
an alternative to using logging software during the contest, details
can be logged on paper and entered directly onto the web form here
after the event
Further
information regarding the Cabrillo
Format
6.
Awards: Certificates of merit to the
highest-scoring
stations in each section for each contest., and a certificate to the
highest scoring affiliated society.
See the feature here for
further information on the QSO format used in sprint contests
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