Plaque in WAEDC Contest 2011

A Plaque in WAEDC Contest 2011 as Continental Winner 2011 SOLP 

Just received from my box post from Committee of WAEDC Contest 2011. Thanks a lot.

SAC SSB 13-14 October 2012

Scandinavian Activity Contest 2012

Rules for All Participants

1. Aim of the contest

The aims of the contest are to promote amateur radio activity within Scandinavia as well as to encourage amateur radio communications between Scandinavian and non-Scandinavian amateur radio stations. Scandinavian stations will try to work as many non-Scandinavian stations as possible and vice versa.

Scandinavian stations are defined by prefixes as follows:
Svalbard and Bear Island JW
Jan Mayen JX
Norway LA – LB – LG – LJ – LN
Finland OF – OG – OH – OI
Aland Islands OFØ – OGØ – OHØ
Market Reef OJØ
Greenland OX – XP
Faroe Islands OW – OY
Denmark 5P – 5Q – OU – OV – OZ
Sweden 7S – 8S – SA – SB – SC – SD – SE – SF – SG – SH – SI – SJ – SK – SL – SM
Iceland TF

All other legal prefixes according to the ITU definition of Scandinavian prefixes are good for the contest and multipliers as well.

2. Eligible entrants

Radio amateurs all over the world are invited to participate.

3. Periods

SSB: 2nd full weekend of October each year.Starts 12:00:00 UTC Saturday and ends 11:59:59 UTC Sunday.

4. Sections

Scandinavian stations, other European stations, and non-European stations are placed in separate categories.

4.1 Single Op./Single TX

Single operator means that one person performs all operating, logging and spotting functions without any external assistance. The use of DX-Cluster, Skimmer or Skimmer-like technology (such as Reverse Beacon Network, RBN) is not allowed. The station must be located in one site, with the location determined by the physical location of the transmitters, receivers, and antennas. Asking and begging stations to announce ones own call on the DX-Cluster is NOT allowed.

4.1.1 For Scandinavian stations:

• Multi Band – High Power [SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH]
• Multi Band – Low Power (output 100 W or less) [SINGLE-OP ALL LOW]
• Multi Band – Low Power Rookie (output 100 W or less) [SINGLE-OP ALL LOW] [CATEGORY-OVERLAY: ROOKIE]
• Multi Band – Low Power Tribander/Single-element (output 100 W or less) [SINGLE-OP ALL LOW] [CATEGORY-OVERLAY: TB-WIRES]
• Multi Band – QRP (output 5 W or less) [SINGLE-OP ALL QRP]
• Single Band [SINGLE-OP 80M] [SINGLE-OP 40M] [SINGLE-OP 20M] [SINGLE-OP 15M] [SINGLE-OP 10M]

Multi-band entrants may participate in one of the ”Tribander/Single Element” or ”Rookie” categories by adding the line CATEGORY-OVERLAY: TB-WIRES or CATEGORY-OVERLAY: ROOKIE in their Cabrillo log file. Participants in the Tribander/Single Element category shall use only one triband antenna for 10, 15, and 20 meters, and single-element antennas for 40 and 80 meters. Participants in the Rookie category must be licensed less than 3 years before the CW contest starts.

4.1.2 For non-Scandinavian stations:

• Multi Band – High Power [SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH]
• Multi Band – High Power Assisted [SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED ALL HIGH]
• Multi Band – Low Power (output 100 W or less) [SINGLE-OP ALL LOW]
• Multi Band – QRP (output 5 W or less) [SINGLE-OP ALL QRP]

The Multi Band – High Power Assisted category allows the use of DX-Cluster, Skimmer, and Skimmer-like technology (such as RBN). The station must be located in one site, with the location determined by the physical location of the transmitters, receivers, and antennas.

4.2 Multi Op./Single TX/Multi Band [MULTI-ONE]

Only one signal may be transmitted on any band at any time (running station). When operation has started on one band, the station must remain on that band for at least 10 minutes. The 10-minute period starts with the first QSO worked on that band.

Exception: It is allowed to work a QSO on another band if it is a new multiplier (multiplier station). The multiplier station is allowed to be on the air at the same time as the running station. The multiplier station must also stay on the “multiplier band” at least 10 minutes.

The use of DX-Cluster, Skimmer, and Skimmer-like technology (such as RBN) is allowed. The station must be located in one site, with the location determined by the physical location of the transmitters, receivers, and antennas. Asking and begging stations to announce ones own call on the DX-Cluster is NOT allowed.

4.3 Multi Op./Multi TX/Multi Band [MULTI-MULTI]

This category is only for Scandinavian stations. There are no restrictions on the number of transmitters. Only one signal per band is allowed at any time. All equipment, including receivers, transmitters, and antennas must be located within a circle with a maximum diameter of 500 meters. Separate serial numbers are used for each band.

The use of DX-Cluster, Skimmer, and Skimmer-like technology (such as RBN) is allowed. Asking and begging stations to announce ones own call on the DX-Cluster is NOT allowed.

5. Frequency bands

The 3.5 – 7 – 14 – 21 – 28 MHz frequency bands may be used according to the IARU HF Band Plan. On 3.5 MHz, Region 1 stations must not transmit below 3510 kHz on CW or above 3790 kHz on SSB.

Note: On 7 MHz you may still want to work split on SSB between Scandinavia and Region 2 stations, since the Region 2 Band Plan upper frequency limit is 7300 kHz.

6. Contest exchanges

The contest exchange consists of RS(T) plus serial number starting with 001 (e.g. 59(9)001). (QSO’s after 999 are numbered 1000, 1001 etc). The same station may be worked once on each band. Cross-mode and/or cross-band QSO’s are not allowed. The minimum content of a valid contest QSO is a correct callsign and correct contest exchanges.

7. Scoring

7.1 For Scandinavian stations:

A two-way QSO with correct sent and received exchanges counts for QSO points.

•  EUROPEAN stations give two (2) points for every complete QSO.
•  NON-EUROPEAN stations give three (3) points for every complete QSO.

7.2 For non-Scandinavian stations:

A two-way QSO with correct sent and received exchanges counts for QSO points.

• EUROPEAN stations credit their logs with one (1) point for every complete Scandinavian QSO.
• NON-EUROPEAN stations credit their logs with one (1) point for every complete Scandinavian QSO on 14, 21, and 28 MHz and with three (3) points for every complete QSO on 3.5 and 7 MHz.

8. Multipliers

8.1 For Scandinavian stations:

Each worked non-Scandinavian DXCC country is valid for one multiplier for each band.

8.2 For non-Scandinavian stations:

Each worked prefix-number (Ø-9) in each Scandinavian country is valid for one multiplier for each band (e.g. SI3, SK3, SL3, SM3, 7S3 and 8S3 are all in ONE district and count for ONE (1) multiplier on each band).

Portable stations without a prefix number count for the 10th area (e.g. LA/G3XYZ counts for LAØ).

OHØ (Aland Is.) and OJØ (Market Reef) are separate call areas. SJ9 and SI9 counts for the 9th district in Sweden.

9. Final score

To calculate the final score, multiply the sum of QSO points on all bands with the sum of multipliers worked on all bands.

10. Logs

Logs must be submitted separately for CW and SSB, and the QSOs must be listed in chronological order.

By submitting a log, you agree that your log and the corresponding log checking report may be made open to the public.

Electronic submission of logs at http://www.sactest.net is required for all entrants. The website provides conversion tools and allows manual entry for those operators who have used a paper log while operating.

Use the CABRILLO format. Please ensure that you fill out all of the header information.

Please check your log for typing errors and leave all your QSOs in the log, dupes included. The log checking software will find the dupes and mark them with zero points.

11. Closing date for logs

Cabrillo logs or typed-in paper logs shall be uploaded no later than two weeks after the end of each part of the contest.

12. Awards

The top scoring station in each country, in each category, on both CW and SSB, will receive a Contest Award, provided a reasonable score is made.

Scandinavian winner stations will receive a Contest Plaque in the High-power, Low-power, Low-power Rookie, and Low-power Tribander/Single-element multi band categories.

The non-Scandinavian continental winners will receive a Contest plaque in the High-power multi band category, provided a reasonable score is made.

Depending on the number of participants, the Contest Committee may consider additional awards.

13. Scandinavian Cup

The Scandinavian Cup is a competition between the Scandinavian Regions as defined in §1. All entrants scores for both CW and SSB are accumulated to a total for each region. All logs except for checklogs are counted towards the total.A circulating trophy is awarded to the league of the region that wins the Cup.

14. Dispute

Violation of Amateur Radio Regulations in the country of the contestant or the rules of this contest, unsportsmanlike conduct and taking credit for unverifiable QSOs or multipliers may lead to disqualification.

The decisions by the Contest Committee are final and definite. The right to changes in these rules is reserved.

15. Organizer

The Nordic Radio Amateur Union (NRAU) is the organizer of the contest. Members of NRAU are EDR, FRA, IRA, NRRL, SRAL and SSA.

The contest is administered by a committee composed of one member each from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Each national society takes sponsorship turns as indicated below:

SSB: 2011 8-9 Oct, SRAL Finland

SSB: 2012 13-14 Oct, SSA Sweden

SSB: 2013 12-13 Oct, NRRL Norway

SSB: 2014 11-12 Oct, EDR Denmark

SSB: 2015 10-11 Oct, SRAL Finland

SSB: 2016 8-9 Oct, SSA Sweden

SSB: 2017 14-15 Oct, NRRL Norway

SSB: 2018 13-14 Sep, EDR Denmark
SSB: 2019 12-13 Oct, SRAL Finland

Full Information : http://sactest.net/blog/rules/ 

Oceania DX Contests 2012

The 2012 Oceania DX Contests will be held over the following weekends:

PHONE Contest: 
08:00 UTC Saturday 6 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 7 October 2012

Rules : Download here 

Worked All Privince of China DX Contest 2012

Worked All Provinces(WAPC) of China DX Contest

1.Objective
Amateurs around
the world can work any other amateurs during the 24 hour contest period, while
contacts with Chinese provinces, municipal cities, autonomous regions, and
special administration zones are encouraged.
2.Contest Date
First Saturday of
October, within China’s
Golden Week national holidays.
The first WAPC
contest will be hold in 2012 Oct. 6, from 0000-2359 UTC.  A testing contest will be running on third
Saturday of  April, 2012, It is 21 April 2012 from 0000-2359UTC.logs and records will be filed but no awards will be
issued.
3.Bands and modes
In 5 amateur bands: 80-40-20-15-10 meter; WARC band excluded.CW, SSB, and the
mixed of the two modes.
4.Categories
Power limits are defined as following High, above 100 watts and up to legal limit of licensee;Low, 100 watts or less, while greater than 5 watts;QRP, 5 watts or less.The following categories are currently available:
High:
Mixed all band; CW  all band; SSB all band.
Mixed 10 meter; Mixed 15 meter; Mixed 20 meter; Mixed 40 meter; Mixed 80 meter.
Low:
Mixed all band; CW all band; SSB all band.
Mixed 10 meter; Mixed 15 meter; Mixed 20 meter; Mixed 40 meter; Mixed 80 meter.
QRP:
Mixed all band.
Remarks: No
multi-player category. A participant can operate and enter in multiple single
band categories. An all band participant will be automatically entered in each
single band category he worked, and competing with other single band
participants and be eligible for that single band award. Single band
participant operating other bands during the contest are encouraged to submit
their logs for more than one band to aid in the log-checking process.
5.  General Rules
5.1 Transmitters and receivers must be located within a 500-meter
diameter circle, or within the property limits of the station licensee’s
address. Antennas must be physically connected by wires to the transmitters and
receivers.
5.1.1 All categories of
entrants are allowed to use packet and WEB clusters, skimmer, RBN etc.
5.1.2 Remote control of transmitting or receiving device is not allowed.
5.1.3 Self-spotting is not
allowed. Soliciting contacts by telephone, telex, internet, packet mail during
and before the contest is forbidden.
5.2 Only one signal can be transmitted at any given time.
5.2.1 Operating, logging,and spotting functions must be performed only by participant himself, any auxiliary transmitting or receiving from other operators is not allowed.
5.3 All mixed mode
participants can contact same station both on CW and SSB. IARU recommended
frequencies are encouraged for contest QSOs, cross mode QSO is not allowed.
5.4
Mixed all band QRP participants are encouraged to sign they call with the /QRP suffix.
6.Exchange
Using CQ Bravo or CQ China as a shorthand to initiate your contest. For CW, using CQ  B.
6.1
Non-Chinese station: signal report with serial number, start from 001. eg. 59(9) + 001.
6.2
Chinese station: signal report with a two character shorthand forChina’s provinces
List of Chinese provinces, municipal cities,autonomous regions, and special administration zones(source from: China National standards series GB/T 2260-2007).
AHAnhui Sheng*1
BJ Beijing Shi*2
CQChongqing Shi
FJ Fujian Sheng
GD Guangdong Sheng
GS Gansu Sheng
GX Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu*3
GZ Guizhou Sheng
HAHenan Sheng
HB Hubei Sheng
HE Hebei Sheng
HIHainan Sheng
HK Hongkong Tebiexingzhengqu*4
HL Heilongjiang Sheng
HN Hunan Sheng
JL Jilin Sheng
JS Jiangsu Sheng
JX Jiangxi Sheng
LNLiaoning Sheng
MOMacau Tebiexingzhengqu
NM Nei Mongol Zizhiqu
NX Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
QH Qinghai Sheng
SCSichuan Sheng
SDShandong Sheng
SHShanghai Shi
SN Shaanxi Sheng
SX Shanxi Sheng
TJ Tianjin Shi
TW Taiwan Sheng
XJ Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
XZ Xizang Zizhiqu(Tibet)
YN Yunnan Sheng
ZJ Zhejiang Sheng
Notes:
1
Province
2
Municipal city
3
Autonomous region
4
Special Administration Zone, SAZ.
BS7 is considered in HI, BQ9 is considered in TW.
7. Calculating QSO points
7.1
For Chinese stations:
QSO with the 34 Chinese provinces, municipal cities, autonomous regions, and special
administration zones: 10 points QSO with other
Asian DXCC entity: 3 points. QSO with other
continent: 5 points.
7.2
For Non-Chinese stations:
QSO with Chinese station: 10 points.
QSO with same DXCC entity: 1 points.
QSO with different DXCC on your own continent: 3 points.
QSO with other continent: 5 points.
7.3
Marine and airborne mobile stations are not count as multiplier, but worth 5
point for any participant.
8.  Dupe
8.1 Dupes are contacts
made with the same station on the same band and mode. If the first contact
between stations is valid, dupes have 0 points value. If the first contact is
not valid, second (dupe) contact is accepted.
8.2 Dupe contacts are not
penalized; one does not have to mark them in the log submission. Moreover,
entrants are strictly recommended to leave DUPES in the log file. PLEASE DO NOT
DELETE DUPES!
9.  Multipliers
Two types of  multipliers are available, provincial and DXCC entity:
Provincial: Each different Chinese
provinces, municipal cities, autonomous regions and special administration
zones, contacted on each band, is counted as one(1) multiplier, despite of the modes
worked. That is, only 34 Chinese provincial multipliers are available on each
band.
DXCC entity: Each different DXCC entity
contacted on each band, is counted as one(1) multiplier, despite of the modes
worked. BY, BV, VR2, XX9, BS7, BQ9 each count as one multiplier.
10. Total Scores
The total scores is the result of total QSO points multiplied by the sum of the
provincial and DXCC entity multipliers.
11. Log submission requirements
We need electronic contest logs!
11.1 Please submit your Cabrillo format contest log to this contest committee.
Using N1MM as a log tool is strongly encouraged. It is available at:
http://www.mulandxc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mulandxc.rar
In case of a failed download, a new download site may be pointed in the contest rule page in :http://www.mulandxc.org
SD, a HF contest logger, is free and unrestricted in WAPC contest.
It can free download from  www.ei5di.com.
Also WINTEST can be used in WAPC though it works only in YO-DX mode this time, and the score may be not accurate. In cases of that WINTEST was used, the final score has to be re-calculated after we received the log.

11.2 Time in all the logs must be UTC.
11.3 Contest
log must include the contest exchanges, i.e. signal report with shorthand of
provinces, municipal cities, autonomous regions and special adminstration
zones, or serial numbers.
11.4 The file name of the contest log should be your_contest_callsign.log.
11.5 No paper log will be accepted.
11.6 If the submitted log can not be correctly convertied to the text format, it will be
treated as invalid.
11.7 The file
header of the submitted contest log must contain the intended categary and full
mail address including country name, this will be the address used for awards
and/or certifications.
11.8 Calculation
of the total scores is not necessary in the log, it will be officially
calculated by committee designated software.
12.Deadline of log submission
12.1 All logs have to be submitted before 31 Oct. 2012.
12.2 Logs can
be submitted via email: mulandxc@gmail.com. Make sure the contest call and
category is included in the subject line.
13. Awards
13.1 Chinese participants: A certificate of first, second, and third place in Bravo land
will be issued to each categories list in section 4.
13.2
Non-Chinese participants: A first place certificate will be issued for each
categaries in each country.
13.3 Amateurs
who worked all 34 Chinese provinces, municipal cities, autonomous regions and
special adminstration zones within one contest, will receive a special WAP
award. Amateurs who worked all 34 Chinese provinces, municipal cities,
autonomous regions and special adminstration zones outside of contest, is
eligible for WAPC award. WAPC awards progrom details will be announced soon.
14.Penalties
Following penalties are counted as triple good QSO points.
*incorrectly logged calls(bad call)
*incorrectly logged exchange numbers
*QSO not in other station’s log(NIL)
QSO is neither counted nor penalized for the following:
*other station incorrectly logged entrant’s call

*other station incorrectly logged entrant’s exchange number

*QSO time in entrant’s log and other station’s log difference is more than 3 minutes

*QSO bands or modes in entrant’s log and other station’s log differ.

*dupe QSO which is not in the other station’s log.
15. This rule is made by Mulan DX Club.  Awards infomation will be published after
each year’s Spring festival on club website:http://www.mulandxc.org. Mulan DX
Club’s decision is final.

Full Information :   Mulan DXC

YB Land DX Club 1st ANNIVERSARY CERTIFICATE

YB Land DX Club 1st ANNIVERSARY CERTIFICATE

YB Land DX Club is pleased to announce its one year anniversary on 13th of September 2012.

To commemorate this special event, a special short term Certificate of Merit will be issued.

Only contacts with permanent YB stations between September 13, 2012  0000Z - October 31, 2012    2359Z  will count. 

Only mixed mode and mixed band will be offered. All contacts on HF bands (160-10M) using Phone, CW, or Digital mode will count toward the certificate. Cross band or repeater QSO does not count.

For DX Stations a minimum of 50 points is required to qualify for the basic certificate.

Points are assigned as follows:

YBDXC President YB4IR: 30 pts

YBDXC Officers (YB1AR, YB2DX, YB2TJV, YB0SAT, YF1AR): 20 pts

YBDXC members: 15 pts

YB stations non YBDXC member: 10 pts

For a complete list of current YBDXC members as follows:

YB0NDT, YB0MWM, YB0COU, YB0AI, YB0DJ, YB0NFL, YB0DPO, YB0EIN, YB0PAH, YB0MZI, YB0MJY, YC0OHG, YC0QR YE0ANA,

YB1FWO, YB1TJ, YB1WR, YB1UUN, YB1HK, YB1ALL, YB1EBA, YB1MBA, YB1KIZ, YB1BS, YB1FIH, YB1ACN, YB1PT, YB1ND, YB1AD, YC1DML, YC1BJX, YC1UUU, YC1BRS, YD1XUH, YE1AA, YF1HDF,

YB2LSR, YB2WB, YB2UTX, YB2VVD, YB2DDT, YB2ECG, YB2AA, YB2CPO, YB2EUZ, YB2BBY, YB2VTO,  YB2DI, YC2WBF, YC2VEJ, YC2LEV,

YB3GE, YB3MM, YB3KM,  YB3DIK, YB3GXS, YB3PXF,

YB4TRY,

YB5QZ, YB5OUB,

YB6LD, YB6EN, YB6HJE, YB6DE,  YC6LAY, YC6JRT,  YC6EI

YB7KNV, YE7YE, YB7XO,

YB8EL, YB8FL, YB8VM,  YB8UF, YB8TAF, YB8BRI, YB8HZ, YB8BJU,YC8EMH,

YB9AY, YC9CCS, YC9BEC, YB9WZJ, YC9AOS, YC9DEB, YC9MDX

To claim the Certificate of Merit, you need to send your log extracts by email to QSL Manager YB2DX email: yb2dx@yahoo.com

There is no cost, and the certificate will be emailed in PDF form ready to be printed and Good luck and see you on the bands. 73

YB4IR Imam

President

*) Untuk YB Land station selain mengumpulkan minimal 50 point juga harus ber QSO dengan minimal 3 station DX (cantumkan semua data QSO pada logsheet)

FOR THE INFO :  http://www.ybdxc.net/