::.  RULES EA RTTY Contest Sponsored by Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (U.R.E.)

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Date:

1600 UTC Saturday to 1600 UTC Sunday April 2 - 3, 2005

Mode:

RTTY (Baudot).

Bands:

10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters, according to the IARU bands plan.

Classes:

a) Single Operator, All Band b) Single Operator, Single Band c) Multi Operator, All Band only d) SWLs (accepted only SWL call sign)

Call:

CQ EA TEST.

Message:

RST and serial number. Only EA stations send RST and PREFIJO PROVINCIAL.

Points:

On 10, 15 and 20 meter bands, ONE POINT for contacts within own continent, TWO POINTS for contact outside own continent. On 40 and 80 meter bands, THREE POINTS for contacts within own continent, SIX POINTS for contact outside own continent. Contacts between stations world-wide are valid. Contacts between own country stations are valid. It is not necessary to contact EA stations.

Multipliers:

a) DXCC Entities b) Spanish Provinces (PREFIJOS PROVINCIALES) c) Call area of USA, VE, JA and VK NOTES: Stations operating from call areas other than their call ID, are asked to use " /x " for their actual call area. The first QSO with EA, EA6, EA8 and EA9 stations, on each band, count for two (2) multipliers (DXCC Entity + Province). The first QSO with a W, VE, JA and VK station, on each band, count for two (2) multipliers (DXCC Entity and call area). The use of cluster is allowed for all classes.   The 52 Spanish "PREFIJOS PROVINCIALES" are: EA5 A ALICANTE EA5 AB ALBACETE EA7 AL ALMERIA EA1 AV AVILA EA3 B BARCELONA EA4 BA BADAJOZ EA2 BI BILBAO EA1 BU BURGOS EA1 C CORUÑA EA7 CA CADIZ EA4 CC CACARES EA9 CE CEUTA EA7 CO CORDOBA EA4 CR CIUDAD REAL EA5 CS CASTELLON EA4 CU CUENCA EA8 GC GRAN CANARIA EA3 GI GIRONA EA7 GR GRANADA EA4 GU GUADALAJARA EA7 H HUELVA EA2 HU HUESCA EA6 IB ISLAS BALEARES EA7 J JAEN EA3 L LERIDA EA1 LE LEON EA1 LO LA RIOJA EA1 LU LUGO EA4 M MADRID EA7 MA MALAGA EA9 ML MELILLA EA5 MU MURCIA EA2 NA NAVARRA EA1 O ASTURIAS EA1 OU OURENSE EA1 P PALENCIA EA1 PO PONTEVEDRA EA1 S CANTABRIA EA1 SA SALAMANCA EA7 SE SEVILLA EA1 SG SEGOVIA EA1 SO SORIA EA2 SS SAN SEBASTIAN EA3 T TARRAGONA EA2 TE TERUEL EA8 TF TENERIFE EA4 TO TOLEDO EA5 V VALENCIA EA1 VA VALLADOLID EA2 VI VITORIA EA2 Z ZARAGOZA EA1 ZA ZAMORA

Final score:

Total points in all bands × total multipliers in all bands.

Trophies:

Plaque to winner in each Class, if the valid QSO number is higher than 50. Certificate all four Classes 1st thru 3rd place. Certificate to higher score of JA and VK stations.

Logs:

Paper log submissión: The log must be in chronological order and show: band, date time (UTC), callsign, RST sent, exchange message sent, RST received, exchange received, multipliers and QSO points. All duplicate contacts must be shown and indicate zero points. Send separate log for each band. Each entry must be accompanied by a Summary Sheet with the following information: QSOs number, points, multipliers and score for each band and for total, your callsign and postal address. Multi operator stations must include the callsign and names of all operators involved. Electronic log submission: Only two files are required, named yourcall.all and yourcall.sum, written in plain ASCII text. We don’t accept log files in other formats. The yourcall.all file must be in chronological order and show: band, date time (UTC), callsign, RST sent, exchange message sent, RST received, exchange received, multipliers and QSO points. The yourcall.sum file must show QSOs number, points, multipliers and score for each band and for total. Multi operator stations must include the callsign and names of all operators involved. Logs on 3 ½ inch disk together with the printed summary sheet are accepted. Send the log to: Mailing address: EA RTTY CONTEST P O Box 220 E-28080 MADRID SPAIN Logs vía internet: E-mail to: E-mail: ea1mv@ure.es Please use your callsign as the subject heading. The summary sheet in plain ASCII text must be named yourcall.sum. The log file must also be in plain ASCII text and named yourcall.log. Cabrillo format: The Cabrillo format will be accepted and encouraged, but it is still not compulsory. The Committee will be able to decide at any moment to consider as "check log" any log with "unique calls" percentage bigger than 5%.

Deadline:

For all entries (mail and internet) the deadline is May 7th, 2005.

Date of info: 30 March, 2005	Source: URE Web Site - Rules in English