(a) Frequency limits

(b) On SSB, CW and RTTY, entrants must ensure that their transmitted signal is within the above frequency limits at all times. Please call on the first clear frequency from the lowest end of the frequency limits, to prevent other entrants from having to tune the entire allocation to find you. 

(c) Only one signal may be transmitted at any one time

(d) After each contest, entrants are encouraged to contact others on 80m or 40m on SSB. Recommended frequencies are 3.710 MHz and 7.110 MHz (or above, subject to frequency occupancy).

(e) We recommend that entrants QSY to 10m and 15m to look for QSOs at the halfway point in each event (45 minutes in) and start looking from the bottom of the frequency allocation in SSB, CW and RTTY.

(d) Single Operator only. This contest series is open to all entrants and is not restricted to RSGB members.

(f) Operation must be from a single Station location where all transmitters, receivers, and antennas are located within a circle of a radius no greater than 500m. Remote receivers outside the Station location are not permitted.

(g) 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. 

(h) 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. 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. 

(i) The RSGB HF Contest Committee may place remotely operated stations in a separate results table.

(a) The same station may be contacted on each band for points and multipliers

(a)   Any infringement considered to be outside the spirit of the contest may result in QSOs being disallowed, the entry being reclassified as a Checklog, or the entry being disqualified.

(b)   Self-spotting or asking to be spotted is not permitted.

(c)   Call signs logged must be the same as those exchanged over the air by the entrants during the QSO. Correction of logged call signs and exchanges after the contest, by use of any database, recordings, email or other methods, is not allowed.

(d)  All requests for contacts, responses to calls, and copying of call signs and contest exchanges must be accomplished during the contest period using the mode and frequencies of the contest.

(e)  You must send your callsign at least every 3rd QSO and no less often than once a minute.

By entering any RSGB HF Contest you declare that:

(a)  Your station was operated strictly in accordance with the rules and spirit of the contest, within the conditions of your licence, and that the power output from your transmitter was no greater than that permitted in the section of the contest that you are entering.

(b)  You agree that decisions of the RSGB HF Contest Committee will be final in cases of dispute.

(c)   By submitting a log entry, you give the RSGB permission to score, amend, publish, republish, print, and otherwise distribute that entry by any means.