RSGB Low Power Contest | |||||||||||||||||||
From 19th March until
at least the end of June, only Single Operator entries for all RSGB
Contests will be accepted. This change is in response to the UK
Government's advice on combatting COVID-19. If you have any queries about these rules, please email hf.query@rsgbcc.org Changes for 2020: (i) Power limit in the 3W sections raised to 5W |
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1. Objective | A contest for QRP operators, providing a choice of fixed or portable operation. | ||||||||||||||||||
2. Date & Time |
19th July 2020 09:00-12:00 & 13:00-16:00 UTC |
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CW only 3510 - 3580 kHz 7000 - 7040 kHz 14000 - 14060 kHz Stations may be contacted once on each band . 10W maximum - see section 4 below. Only one signal may be transmitted at any one time. |
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Entrants must be Single Operator only.
All entries are classified as Assisted. Special Contest Callsigns or Club Callsigns may be used. Portable stations must sign /P. There are six sections: Antennas used by Portable stations must not exceed 15m high, with no more than two elevated supports. 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. 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 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. The RSGB HF Contest Committee may place remotely operated stations in a separate results table. | |||||||||||||||||||
RST + Serial Number + Transmitted power. Serial numbers begin with 1 and continue through all three bands and both sessions. Power is expressed with 'W' as decimal point, e.g. '1W', '10W', '1W5'. For more than 10W, send 'QRO' If you are not sent a serial number, log a zero. | |||||||||||||||||||
Contacts with Low Power Portable or Mobile stations: 15 points Contacts with Low Power Fixed stations: 10 points All other contacts: 5 points (For the purposes of scoring, Low Power stations are those using 10W RF output or less) | |||||||||||||||||||
7. Log Submission and Adjudication |
Submit in Cabrillo format
here by 23:59:59 UTC on the day following the end of the contest. View the correct
Cabrillo format for this contest. If the robot finds format errors, it will reject the log and ask for resubmission of a corrected logfile. Second and subsequent log uploads may be subject to analysis of any changes that have been made. If you have difficulties preparing or uploading your Cabrillo logfile, please contact the contest adjudicator to ask for assistance, before the submission deadline. Adjudicated results will be online and will include online logfiles for all entrants. Errors will incur penalties as outlined in the RSGB HF Adjudication Principles. This penalty will be the loss of an additional 10 QSO points. The use of CAT Control to log the correct frequency and mode is highly recommended - you will lose QSO points for frequency and mode errors. |
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There will be separate tables of results for UK&CD and non-UK&CD entrants Awards for RSGB HF Contests are shown here. The trophies for these contests are for UK&CD entrants Winners of awards will be indicated in the results tables complete with downloadable certificates A certificate may also be downloaded by all entrants showing their position in their entry section Single-operator entrants in the UK&CD will have their scores entered automatically into the RSGB HF Championship |
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By entering any RSGB HF Contest you declare that:
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John G4CZB |
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Updated 19th March 2020 |