Ένας πολύ ωραίος διαγωνισμός διοργανώνεται για
πρώτη φορά φέτος στη γειτονιά μας!
Το 1ο Βαλκανικό HF Contest είναι γεγονός και
φυσικά, μας αφορά άμεσα και απαιτεί την υποστήριξη και τη συμμετοχή όσων
περισσότερων από εμάς, ειδικότερα από τα μέλη της Ελληνικής Λέσχης Τηλεγραφίας.
Κάθε χρόνο, το Balkan HF Contest θα διοργανώνεται
και από διαφορετική εθνική ένωση, ενός εκ των Βαλκανικών χωρών. Για φέτος, η
BFRA κάνει την αρχή, με τη διοργάνωση να λαμβάνει χώρα στις 9 Φεβρουαρίου 2014
και ώρες διεξαγωγής 1200z - 1800z.
Αναλυτικά οι κανονισμοί του 1ου Βαλκανικού HF
Contest στο συνημμένο αρχείο.
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Στάθης, SV5DKL
E.C.M. – G.T.C.
G.T.C. #028
BALKAN HF CONTEST
Rules
1.
Organisers: In
the first year (9 February 2014) BFRA
(Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs), after that consequently other
societies of Balkan
countries*.
2. Participants: Only radio amateurs from Balkan countries*, i.e.
with callsigns, starting with (in alphabetical order): 4O, 5B, 9A, C4, E7,
ER, H2, J4, LZ, P3, S5, SV, SW, SX, SY, SZ, TA, TB, TC, YM, YO, YP, YQ, YR, YT,
YU, Z3, ZA, ZC4.
3.
Objective:
To contact as many as possible radio amateurs from Balkan countries* (including
own country) with as many as possible prefixes (see bellow).
4. Date and Time: From 12:00 UTC
to 18:00 UTC on second Sunday of February (total 6 hours).
5. Bands: 3.5 MHz and 7 MHz. Change
of the band requires at least 10 minutes activity on the new band.
6. Modes: CW, SSB, Mixed.
7.
Categories: Category A – Power permitted to the
amateur according his/her license, but not exceeding 1000 W INPUT and Category B
– Power not exceeding 10 W INPUT (QRP). The participants in this
category transmit /QRP after their callsign (e.g. LZ1US/QRP).
8. Exchange: CW – RST report plus the consequent number of the QSO (e.g. 589023),
SSB – RS report plus the consequent
number of the QSO (e.g. 57006). In case of changing the mode the sequence of numbers continues.
9. Multipliers:
Separately for each band – the number of Balkan prefixes
contacted on the relevant band. For the purposes of this contest a different prefix is each callsign that
differs in its first three marks.
Therefore LZ6, LZ7, SV3, SV4, Z31, Z32, TA1, TA2
etc. are different multipliers, but LZ07KM counts as LZ0, YO2014A counts as YO2,
ER650MD counts as ER6, etc.
10. Allowed
contacts:
Only one (1) contact with any station is valid on each band, independently on
the mode (e.g. if LZ6Y makes a contact with ZA1RE on 7 MHz / CW, another
contact between them on the same band, regardless on CW, or on SSB, shall not be
valid; one (1) contact between them on 3.5 MHz shall be valid).
11. QSO Points: Each contact with
category A station is worth one (1) point while each contact with category B
station is worth two (2) points. Repeated contacts with the same correspondent
on the same band are worth zero (0) points for both (initial and repeated)
contacts. Contacts logged with more than 5 minutes difference from the real
time are also worth zero (0) points.
12. Final
score:
The final score for both categories is the sum of QSO points on 3.5 MHz band,
multiplied by the multiplier on this band, plus QSO points on 7 MHz band,
multiplied by the multiplier on this band (e.g. if Z32TY, operating in category
A, has contacted 20 stations on 3.5 MHz, 3 of them QRP, number of contacted
prefixes 15 and 25 stations on 7 MHz, 5 of them QRP, number of contacted
prefixes 18, his final score shall be (17+6)x15 + (20+10)x18 = 345+540 = 885 points).
13.
Classification:
Separately for Category A and Category B. No difference between CW only, SSB only or
mixed.
14. Logs: All times must be in UTC
(GMT). Indicate prefix multiplier only the first time it is worked on each band.
Logs must be checked for duplicate contacts, correct QSO points, and
multipliers. Electronic logs in Cabrillo format sent by e-mail or on
recorded CD are compulsory. Write down Balkan Contest and your callsign
in Subject line. Submit your logs to the address in the Appendix.
15. Deadline: All entries must be sent by e-mail or
postmarked not later than one week after the date of the contest (i.e. on
third Sunday of February at latest).
16. Disqualification: Violations of amateur radio
regulations, the rules of the contest, unsportsmanlike conduct, use of any
non-amateur means of contacts (such as telephone, Internet etc.) will be deemed
sufficient cause for disqualification. The decision of the organising society
(see the Appendix) is official and final.
17. Awards: Plaques (or trophies) and
certificates are awarded for top performance to first ten (10) amateurs in category A and first three (3) in category B,
as well as best participants from each country in each category. Winners in
each category are promulgated Balkan HF Champions.
Appendix: Each of the societies, that have agreed
to be organisers of the contest, is consequently responsible for collecting the
logs, calculating and announcing the results and dispatching the awards within 3
months from the date of the contest according the following list:
2014 – Bulgarian
Federation of Radio Amateurs, P.O.Box
830, BG-1000 Sofia,
Bulgaria
2015 – (To Be Announced)
2016 – ………..
* For that
contest the following countries have been assumed Balkan countries (in
alphabetical order): Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia,
Moldova, Montenegro, Romania,
Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey.
