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RSGB FT4 Contest Series | |||||||||||||
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All
Entrants must fully comply with all COVID-19 local restrictions and
advice including but not limited to social distancing, meeting people
outside of their household/bubble and travelling that apply to the
location where they are operating and at the time of the event. Any
enclosed operating space (e.g. car, tent) will be considered to be an
indoor location.
A series of nine short duration events on 80m, 40m and 20m to allow entrants to experience the FT4 machine-generated contest mode A collection of FT4 tips and hints is available here Changes for 2021: 1. The exchange format will be the standard FT4 format 2. The contest will take place on 80m, 40m and 20m 3. Only one RSGB HQ station will be active |
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1. Objective | To score as many points as possible in this locator based multiplier contest | ||||||||||||
2. Date & Time | (1)
Monday 15th February 2021: 2000 - 2130 UTC (2) Monday 15th March 2021: 2000 - 2130 UTC (3) Wednesday 7th April 2021: 1900 - 2030 UTC (4) Wednesday 5th May 2021: 1900 - 2030 UTC (5) Monday 28th June 2021: 1900 - 2030 UTC (6) Monday 26th July 2021: 1900 - 2030 UTC (7) Monday 27th September 2021: 1900 - 2030 UTC (8) Monday 18th October 2021: 1900 - 2030 UTC (9) Monday 29th November 2021: 2000 - 2130 UTC QSOs will not be accepted at or past the end time All contests in this series will have a 'Le Mans' start. This means that entrants must not transmit during the two minutes immediately before the contest start time or use any other method to reserve a frequency. Stations that transmit during this two minute period will have 5 points deducted from their score |
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(a) Mode: Standard FT4 format will be used
as implemented in WSJT-X V2.2.2 or later or the equivalent in JTDX,
MSHV etc. The installation packages for the WSJT-X software are
available here. DO NOT USE the dedicated Contest formats. (b) Frequency: (i) The recommended dial frequencies will be 3576, 3579 and 3582 kHz (USB) on 80m, 7047.5 kHz (USB) on 40m and 14080 kHz (USB) on 20m (ii) Only one signal may be transmitted at any one time. Entrants may transmit in both FT4 cycles, alternating transmission on different bands (iii) Entrants are not permitted to operate as a FOX in FOX & HOUND mode |
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Sections: 1. 100W output power UK&CD 2. 10W output power UK&CD 3. 100W output power Non-UK&CD 4. 10W output power Non-UK&CD (a) Entrants may be Single or Multi-operator (b) UK&CD entrants must be RSGB members (c) Multi-Operator entries by RSGB members may include non-member operators whose highest class of licence is Foundation or Intermediate (d) Special Contest Callsigns or Club Callsigns may be used (e) All entries are classified as Assisted (f) Operation must be from a single Station location where all transmitters, receivers and antennas are located within a circle of a radius of no greater than 500m (g) Remote receivers outside of the Station location are not permitted (h) Remote operation of a station is allowed where the operator is situated within the same country on the DXCC list. Additionally, an operator's home station, as shown in the licensee's licence documents, may be remotely operated from a location in another country. A remotely operated station must obey all station licence, operator licence and category conditions. The callsign used must be one issued or permitted by the Regulatory Authority of the remote station location. The location of the Station must also comply with the requirements above. (i) The address of the operator must be included in the 'Address of Operator when operating Remote from Station Address' box on the Station Information Page and the address of the remote station must be included in the Cabrillo header 'ADDRESS:' box (j)The RSGB HF Contest Committee may place remotely operated stations in a separate results table |
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(a) 4-character Locator (b) Signal report is required (c) Serial number is NOT required (d) We suggest that you amend your TX6 message to start CQ TEST or CQ RSGB |
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(a)
One
point
per QSO. Final score is the total number of QSOs made multiplied by the
total number of large locator squares (e.g. IO91) worked. (b) A QSO with a station that is logged without a received four-character locator will score 1 point with no multiplier credit for either the receiving or sending station. (c) QSOs with HQ stations G#6XX will count for 5 points and 1 locator multiplier on each band (d) Non-UK&CD stations may work other non-UK&CD stations and will score the same points/multipliers as UK&CD stations (e) Each station may work each other station once on each band for points. Working the same large locator square on each band counts towards your total of large squares. (f) Stations operating outside the UK&CD are welcome to participate, and their scores will be listed in separate tables (g) Scores will be normalised in each section for each contest so that the scores can be added to give a total score for the series per section |
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7. Log
Submission and Adjudication |
(a)
Submit
your logfile in ADIF format as produced by WSJT-X or in Cabrillo format. Please submit your log
here within 24 hours of the end of each
event. Click on this link to view an example of the correct Cabrillo format for your logfile. (b) If the log submission robot finds format errors, it will reject the log and ask for resubmission of a corrected logfile. (You can correct Cabrillo format errors using any text editor e.g. Notepad)
(c) If you have difficulties
preparing or uploading your ADIF or Cabrillo logfile, please contact the
contest
adjudicator to ask for assistance
before the submission deadline
(e) Adjudicated results will be online and will include online logfiles for all entrants (f) The use of CAT control to log the correct frequency and mode is recommended |
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(a) There will be separate tables of Results for each of the four sections (b) A certificate may also be downloaded by all entrants showing their individual position |
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By entering any RSGB HF Contest
you declare that:
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Graham G0NBI | |||||||||||||
Updated 5th April 2021 |