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Cray Valley SWL Contest

The Cray Valley Radio Society were delighted to be asked to take over the running of the popular LF Bands contest from 2001. The LF Bands contest has been a regular in the SWL Contest Calendar for over 20 years. The White Rose Amateur Radio Society ran the event for many years and South Midlands Communications were the most recent sponsors of the contest.

 WHEN:

1600z 13th January 2000 to 0900z 14th January 2001

 BANDS:

7, 3.5 and 1.8 MHz ONLY.

 MODES:

  • Section A: Single Operator SSB (NO external help allowed)

  • Section B: Multi Operator SSB (more than one SWL; use of Packet Cluster or "DX Summit"

  • Section C: Single Operator CW (NO external help allowed)

  • Section D: Multi Operator CW (more than one SWL; use of Packet Cluster or "DX Summit"

 SCORING:

  • 7 MHz - 3 points for any station heard from outside the SWLs own continent; 1 point for stations heard from the SWLs own continent.

  • 3.5 MHz - 5 points for any station heard from outside the SWLs own continent, 2 points for stations heard from the SWLs own continent.

  • 1.8 MHz - 10 points for any station heard from outside the SWLs own continent; 3 points for stations heard from the SWLs own continent.

Any station heard will count for points, except /AM and /MM stations. All stations logged MUST be in QSO.

 MULTIPLIERS:

Each country heard on each band will count as 1 multiplier point.

The call areas of Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand will each count as a separate multiplier. All other countries will be determined using the ARRL DXCC Countries List.

 LOGS:

Logs should show: Date, Time (GMT), Station heard, Station being worked, RS(T) of station heard at SWLs QTH, Multipliers, Points.

If both sides of a QSO are heard, they may both be claimed for points. Each station MUST be shown in the "station heard" column.

A separate sheet showing multipliers heard on each band MUST be submitted.

Computer generated entries, especially those using EI5DI’s SDL software will be welcomed but please remember to include a Multiplier Check Sheet.

 ENTRIES:

Entries should be sent to:

Cray Valley Radio Society
c/o 93 Elibank Road
Eltham
LONDON SE9 1QJ
ENGLAND

E-mail logs will be accepted if sent to:

brs32525@compuserve.com

All entries MUST be received no later than 28 days from the end of the contest.

 AWARDS:

Cray Valley Radio Society will issue certificates at their discretion. All decisions made by the Society will be final in all cases. A copy of the results can be obtained by enclosing 1 IRC or $1 with your log.


(Date of info: January 7, 2001)
Source: Bob Treacher, BRS32525

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Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to:
Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER
sm3cer@contesting.com

URL: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/crvaswlc.htm
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