[SJDXA] IARU HF Championship

Tue Jun 21 10:26:01 EDT 2016

Good Day Everyone...

                        Is anyone interested in participating from the
SJDXA/WYRS site on July 9-10th in this contest? If so please let me know
soon so we can arrange for access to the Site.

Details below...

Contest Details

Eligibility: All licensed amateurs worldwide. Learn More

Object: To contact as many other amateurs, especially IARU member society HQ
stations, around the world as possible using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
meter bands.

Date and Contest Period: The second full weekend of July, beginning 1200 UTC
Saturday and ending 1200 UTC Sunday (July 9-10, 2016). Both Single and Multi
operator stations may operate the entire 24-hour period.

Entry Categories:

Single Operator

Categories

Phone only - High, Low and QRP power levels

CW only - High, Low, and QRP Power levels

Mixed mode - High, Low and QRP Power levels

One person performs all operating and logging functions.

Use of spotting nets, packet, or multi-channel decoders (such as CW Skimmer)
is not permitted. Single-operator stations that use spotting nets, packet or
multi-channel decoders will be reclassified to the applicable Single
Operator Unlimited category.

All operators must observe the amateur radio regulations of their country at
all times.

Single operator stations are allowed only one transmitted signal at any
given time.

Single Operator Unlimited

Categories

Phone only - High, Low and QRP power levels

CW only - High, Low, and QRP Power levels

Mixed mode - High, Low and QRP Power levels

One person performs all operating and logging functions.

All operators must observe the amateur radio regulations of their country at
all times.

Single operator stations are allowed only one transmitted signal at any
given time.

Multi Operator, Single Transmitter, Mixed Mode Only

Must remain on a band and mode for at least 10 minutes before changing bands
or modes. There are no exceptions. The "10 minute clock" starts when a QSO
is logged.

Only one transmitted signal is allowed at any given time. There are no
exceptions.

Alternating CQs on two or more frequencies on the same band is not
permitted.

All operators must observe the amateur radio regulations of their country at
all times.

Violation of the band change rules will reclassify the entry as a check log.

IARU Member Society HQ Station

May have only one transmitted signal per band mode (160 CW, 160 Phone, 80
CW, 80 Phone, 40 CW, 40 Phone, 20 CW, 20 Phone, 15 CW, 15 Phone, 10 CW, 10
Phone) at the same time.

All stations involved in an HQ operation must be in a single ITU zone.

Only one HQ station callsign per member society per band mode is permitted
(160 CW, 160 Phone, 80 CW, 80 Phone, 40 CW, 40 Phone, 20 CW, 20 Phone, 15
CW, 15 Phone, 10 CW, 10 Phone).

All operators must observe the amateur radio regulations of their country at
all times.

Contest Exchange:

IARU member society HQ stations send signal report and official IARU member
society abbreviation. IARU International Secretariat club station NU1AW
counts as a HQ station. Members of the IARU Administrative Council and the
three IARU regional Executive committees send "AC," "R1,""R2," and "R3" as
appropriate.

- All others send signal report and ITU zone.

- A complete exchange must be logged for each valid QSO.

Valid Contact:

The same station may be worked once per mode per band for QSO credit.

Mixed-mode entries may work a station once per mode per band.

A station may only be worked for credit in the portion of the band that is
generally accepted for the mode used.

On any band, a station may be worked once on Phone (in the Phone segment)
and once on CW (in the CW segment).

Cross mode, cross band and repeater contacts are not valid QSOs.

Where contest-preferred segments are incorporated into regional band plans,
participants must observe them.

The use of non-amateur radio means of communications (e.g. telephone or the
Internet) for the purpose of soliciting a contact (or contacts) during the
contest period is inconsistent with the spirit and intent of these rules.

Use of self-spotting techniques on packet or other mediums are inconsistent
with the spirit and intent of these rules.

QSO Points:

Contacts within your own ITU zone, as well as QSOs with any IARU-member
society HQ station or IARU official (counting as the special multiplier),
count one point each.

Contacts with a station in the same ITU zone but on a different continent
count one point.

Contacts within your continent (but different ITU zone) count three points.

Contacts with a different continent and IARU zone count five points.

Multipliers: The total number of ITU zones plus IARU member society HQ
stations worked on each band (not mode). IARU officials represent a maximum
of four multipliers per band (AC, R1, R2 and R3).

IARU member society HQ stations and officials do not count for zone
multipliers.

To qualify as the special multiplier, Administrative Council and Regional
Executive Committee stations must only be operated by the individual station
licensee as a single operator entry or as a multi operator, single
transmitter entry with significant participation by the licensee. 

Scoring: The total number of QSO points times the total number of
multipliers worked.

Reporting:

Entries must be postmarked or emailed no later than 30 days after the end of
the contest (1200 UTC August 10, 2016).

Electronic entries must conform to the Cabrillo file format.

The Cabrillo file format and specifications.

Any entry which has been generated using a computer (either during the
contest or after the contest) must be submitted either as an attachment to
an email or on a 3.5" diskette.

Electronic files must use the entrant's callsign as the file name.

The log file must be a chronological list of QSOs as made not separated by
band or mode.

Entries sent as attachments to email must be sent to iaruhf at arrl.org

Email entries must include the callsign used during the contest on the
SUBJECT line of the email.

Entries sent on diskette should be mailed to: IARU HF Championship, IARU
International Secretariat, Box 310905, Newington, CT 06111-0905 USA.

Diskettes must be clearly labeled with the station call sign, contest name,
entry class and date.

Participants may manually convert their paper logs to a Cabrillo log one QSO
at a time and submit their entry using the web applet found at
www.b4h.net/cabforms.

Paper logs must be in chronological order, not separated by bands, and
clearly indicate for each contact: band, mode, date, time (in UTC)
callsigns, complete exchanges sent and received, multipliers and QSO points.

Multipliers should be marked in the paper log only the first time they are
worked on each band.

Paper logs with more than 500 QSO's must include dupe sheets (an
alpha-numeric list of all callsigns worked, broken down by band and mode.)

All contacts in paper logs must be in chronological order, not separated by
bands.

Paper logs must be mailed to IARU International Secretariat, Box 310905,
Newington, CT 06111-0905 USA.

All paper entries must include an official summary sheet or reasonable
facsimile thereof with complete contest information.

Awards:

A certificate will be awarded to the high scoring entry in each category in
each ITU zone, each DXCC country and each ARRL Section.

A certificate of participation will be awarded to all IARU member society HQ
stations.

Achievement level awards will be issued to those making at least 250 QSOs or
having a multiplier total of 75 or more.

Additional awards may be made at the discretion of each country's IARU
member society.

Conditions of Entry: Each entrant agrees to be bound by the provisions of
this announcement, by the regulations of his/her licensing authority, and by
the decisions of the ARRL Awards Committee, acting for the IARU
International Secretariat.

Disqualification: Any entry may be disqualified if the overall score is
reduced by more than 2%.

For paper log entries:

Score reductions do not include correction of arithmetic errors;

Any entry may be disqualified if more than 2% of duplicate QSOs are left in
the log and claimed for credit; and

A three-QSO reduction will be assessed for each duplicate QSO found during
log checking or for miscopied callsigns. For electronic logs, a one-QSO
penalty will be assessed for a miscopied callsign.

Steve Molo (KI4KWR)

South Jersey DX Assoc. / Old Barney ARC

      WWW.SJDXA.ORG           WWW.OBARC.ORG 

Phone: (609) 489-1878 (C)

Amateur Radio E-mail: KI4KWR at gmail.com

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