::.  RULES AGB NYSB - "New Year SnowBall" Contest Sponsored by AGB (Activity Group of Belarus)

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Date:

(First January 0000-0100 UTC) Saturday 1 January 2005 0000 - 0100 UTC

The object of the Contest:

Licenced amateurs radio worldwide and SWL.

Contest call:

CW - TEST AGB SSB - CQ AGB CONTEST

Mode:

CW and SSB.

Frequencies:

CW = 3510 - 3555 (Pilot frequency 3540) SSB = 3700 - 3750 (Pilot frequency 3720)

Repeat:

Each 15 minutes (8 periods) you can make CW-QSO and SSB-QSO with every station. There are periods: 0000 - 0014, 0015 - 0029, 0030 - 0044, 0045 – 0059...

Entry:

A – Single Operator MIXED (CW + SSB) – AGB-member B – Single Operator CW – AGB-member C – Single Operator SSB – AGB-member D – Single Operator MIXED (CW + SSB) E – Single Operator CW F – Single Operator SSB G – Single Operator MIXED (CW + SSB) QRP (Max 10 W) H – Multi Operator I - SWL J - Digital (RTTY, PSK, AMTOR, PACTOR...) - NEW!!!

Exchange:

No AGB member stations - RST + number of QSO (599001) AGB member station - RST + number QSO + AGB-number (599001/60)

Scoring:

Each QSO in your continent - 1 point, with other continent - 3 points Each QSO with AGB member give 5 points (Contest number / AGB-club-number)

Multipliers:

Each AGB member and each new country (DXCC-, WAE-list).

Final score:

Total QSO points times total multipliers.

Logs:

Logs should be A4-format (the IARU R1 standard), or send by E-mail: E-mail: eu1eu@qsl.net or in 3.5" 1.44 M or 5.25" 1.2 M disk in ASCII or dBase form for computer analysis. Also you can send log by post-mail: Mailing address: Igor "Harry" Getmann, EU1EU P O Box 143 MINSK 220005 BELARUS Logs must be submitted within 3 weeks. All logs must be comprised from following data: Time in UTC Mode of operation Callsign Transmitted report Received report Multiplier (only first time worked) QSO points for each contact

Remarks:

CW contacts in SSB portion of the bands and SSB contacts in CW portion are not allowed.

SWL info:

Same rules as transmitting section (Call of one of the correspondents must be written no more than 5 times in a 15 minutes period).

Awards:

Classes A-I will be awarded. National (DXCC) score will be awarded. The best results in the world and also in the Belarus will be specials trophies as Crystal Goblet.

National category:

A separate list of national scores (the sum of all scores from one DXCC country), regardless of club affiliation, will be published.

Date of info: December 26, 2004	Source: AGB Web Site