RSGB
RoPoCo Contests 2011
| Changes for 2011 -- | The first RoPoCo has become an SSB event. |
| Power limit is
now 100 watts |
These contests are a real test of your
operating skills. Chinese whispers using Rotating Post codes!
The general rules apply to this contest
Dates:
First (SSB) contest: Sunday 3rd April 2011. Second (CW) contest:
Sunday 7th
August
2011.
Time: 1900
- 2030 UTC (SSB), 0700
- 0830 UTC (CW)
Frequency: 3600 - 3650kHz & 3700 - 3775kHz (SSB), 3520
-
3570
kHz
(CW)
Mode: SSB (April), CW
(August)
Power limit: 100 watts.
Exchange:
RS(T) + Postcode received
1. Exchange:
RS(T) plus for the first contact, the entrant's own postcode. For each
subsequent contacts, RS(T) plus the postcode received from the previous
contact.
2. Scoring:
10 points for each contact with another UK station.
3. Entries: Online
entries must be
submitted to http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
by the date specified in the general rules. Entries must be
in
Cabrillo
format, see here
for information on preparing a Cabrillo entry.
Example
of Ropoco Contest SSB log.
Example
of
Ropoco
Contest
CW
log.
Further
information regarding the Cabrillo Format
4. Awards: Trophy
and certificate to the highest scoring entrant with the most accurate
log;
In the first RoPoCo: The Verulam Silver Jubilee Trophy.
In the second RoPoCo: The G3XTJ Memorial Trophy.
The G5MY Trophy to the entrant with the
highest aggregate score from
both events.