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RSGB International Low Power Contest | |||||||||||||||||||
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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.
If you have any queries about these rules, please email hf.query@rsgbcc.org Rule changes for 2022: (1) Log submission period extended to five (5) days after the end of the contest |
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1. Objective | A contest for operators to experiment with QRP and low power levels, with a choice of fixed or portable operation. |
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2. Date & Time |
17th July 2022 0900-1200 & 1300-1600 UTC QSOs will not be accepted at or past the end time |
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CW only 3510 - 3580 kHz (recommended 3540 - 3560 kHz) 7000 - 7040 kHz (recommended 7020 - 7040 kHz) 14000 - 14060 kHz (recommended 14040 - 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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(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) Entries may be Assisted or Unassisted (category selected during log submission) (e) Special Contest Callsigns or Club Callsigns may be used (f) Portable stations must sign /P (g) There are six sections: (h) Antennas used by Portable stations must not exceed 15m high, with no more than two elevated supports. (i) 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 (j) Remote receivers outside the Station location are not permitted (k) 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. (l) 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. (m) 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. (n) The RSGB HF Contest Committee may place remotely operated stations in a separate results table | |||||||||||||||||||
RS(T) + Serial Number starting at 1 and incrementing by 1 + Transmitted
power; entrants will not be penalised if their sent serial numbers are
logged slightly out of sequence Serial numbers 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' Please log any exchange that you are sent to the best capability of your logging facility; if you are not sent an exchange, 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 Note: 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 fifth 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, one table for each section Assisted and Unassisted status for each entry will be indicated in each section results table Awards for RSGB HF Contests are shown here. There are awards for both UK&CD entrants and non-UK entrants. Trophies and certificates will be awarded to the Leading Unassisted Station in each section Certificates will be awarded to the Leading Assisted Station in each section 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 6th March 2022 |