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EPC PSK63 QSO Party
EPC PSK63 QSO Party 2006

The European PSK Club
has the honour to invite the radio amateurs all over the world
to participate in the EPC PSK63 QSO Party

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EPC Web Site

 DATE AND TIME:

Starting time is at 0000 UTC
and ending time is at 2400 UTC
on Sunday 19th November, 2006

 OBJECTIVE:

The European PSK Club has the honour to invite the radio amateurs all over the world to participate in the EPC PSK63 QSO Party.

The objective of the competition is to establish as many contacts as possible between radio amateurs around the world by using the BPSK63 mode. Everybody can work everybody for QSO and multiplier credit.

 BANDS AND FREQUENCIES:

Participants are allowed to work on 160 meters (1838...1840 KHz), 80 meters (3582...3584 KHz), 40 meters (7037...7039 KHz), 20 meters (14072...14074 KHz), 15 meters (21082...21084 KHz) and 10 meters (28082...28084 KHz).

 TYPE OF COMPETITION:

Transmitters and receivers must be located within a 500 meter diameter circle or within the property limits of the station licensee’s address, whichever is greater. All antennas used by the entrant must be physically connected by wires to the transmitters and receivers used by the entrant.

Only the entrant’s call sign can be used to aid the entrant’s score. All entrants are allowed to use packet and web clusters.

There are no separate entrant categories in the competition; all participants work as SOAB (Single Operator - All Bands). All stations at which one performs do all of the operating, logging, and spotting functions. Only one signal is allowed at any one time. The operator may change bands at any time. The output power shall not exceed 100 watts.

 EXCHANGE:

EPC members should send signal report plus EPC membership number (example – 599 EPC001). Please make sure that you don’t separate "EPC" from the "Number", and you don’t use any characters between. Please make sure that your EPC number consists of 3 digits.

Other stations should send signal report plus QSO number, starting 001 (example – 599 001).

 POINTS:

  • Contacts with EPC members are worth 5 points
  • Contacts with other stations are worth 1 point

The same stations may be contacted again on other bands.

 MULTIPLIER:

A multiplier of one is for each different EPC number contacted on each band.

 SCORING:

The final score is the result of the total QSO points multiplied by the sum of EPC numbers contacted on each band.

 CERTIFICATES AND PLAQUES:

First, second and third place certificates will be awarded in the World and every continent.

First place certificates will be awarded in every participating DXCC country.

The EPC PSK63 World Plaque will be awarded for the first place in the World.

All scores will be published on the EPC website. All certificates and plaques will be issued to the licensee of the station used. All certificates will be issued in a PDF format and sent via email to the winner.

Winners may purchase special plaques through the EPC General Manager; plaques will be awarded in the following geographical areas: Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Oceania, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Russia, USA, Canada and Japan.

If you are interested in sponsoring a special trophy for the EPC PSK63 QSO Party, please contact us.

 LOG INSTRUCTIONS:

All times must be in UTC. All sent and received exchanges are to be logged.

We accept logs in the Cabrillo format ONLY. Name your Cabrillo file as your callsign (for example – mm0dgr.cbr), and email it to:

E-mail:
eudx@scotham.net

Be sure to put the station callsign in the "Subject" line of the message.

Electronic submission implies a signed declaration that all competition rules and regulations for amateur radio in the country of operation have been observed.

All entries must be emailed no later than 30 days after the competition.

Use this sample file as a standard entry log file for the EPC PSK63 QSO Party.

 DISQUALIFICATION:

Violation of amateur radio regulations in the country of the participant, or the rules of the competition; unsportsmanlike conduct; taking credit for excessive unverifiable contacts or unverifiable multipliers will be deemed sufficient cause for disqualification.

Incorrectly logged calls or numbers will be counted as unverifiable contacts for culprit only.

The use by an entrant of any non-amateur means such as telephones, telegrams, internet, or the use of packet to solicit contacts during the competition is unsportsmanlike and the entry is subject to disqualification.

Actions and decisions of the EPC PSK63 QSO Party Manager are official and final.

Date of info: September 14, 2006 Source: European PSK Club - EPC Web Site
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CABRILLO LOG FORMAT
Copied from European PSK Club website - EPC PSK63 QSO Party - Cabrillo Log Format
 
CABRILLO HEADER

START-OF-LOG:
The current Cabrillo version number is 2.0
It must be the first line of the log submission.

END-OF-LOG:
It must be the last line of the log submission.

CALLSIGN:
The callsign used during the contest.

CATEGORY:
The contest category must be "SOAB".

CLAIMED-SCORE:
The claimed-score of the log submission, in integer form.

CLUB:
Name of the radio club with which the score should be aggregated.

CONTEST:
The contest name must be "EPC-PSK63".

CREATED-BY:
Name and version of the logging program used to create the Cabrillo file.

NAME:
Entrant’s full name.

ADDRESS:
Entrant’s address.
"ADDRESS" lines may appear multiple times with different data, as shown below.
Please limit the number of "ADDRESS" lines to a total count of four so that
the name and address may be fit onto a standard mailing label.

SOAPBOX:
Entrant’s comments.
"SOAPBOX" lines may appear multiple times with different data.

CABRILLO QSO TEMPLATE 

----------------------INFO SENT-----------------------   -------INFO RCVD--------
QSO: FREQ  MO DATE       TIME CALLSIGN      RST NUMBER   CALLSIGN      RST NUMBER
**** ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn nnnnnn   ************* nnn nnnnnn
QSO: 21070 RY 2006-11-19 1402 GM0WRR        599 EPC002   UR3CAT        599 EPC060
QSO: 14070 RY 2006-11-19 1517 GM0WRR        599 EPC002   UN8LX         599 008
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901

FREQ:
It must be integer frequency in KHz.
If frequency is not known then 28000, 21000, 14000, 7000, 3500 or 1800.

MO:
It must be "RY".
Please do not put anything else, such as "PK", "PS" and so on.

DATE:
UTC date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

TIME:
UTC time in NNNN format.

CALLSIGN:
Callsign.

RST:
RST.

NUMBER:
Sent and received number for exchange.
EPC members please make sure that you don’t separate "EPC" from the "Number", and you don’t use any characters between. Please make sure that your EPC number consists of 3 digits (example – 599 EPC060). Other stations should send signal report plus QSO number, starting 001 (example – 599 001). EPC members - EPC number, other stations - QSO number, starting 001.

CABRILLO LOG SAMPLE 

START-OF-LOG: 2.0
CALLSIGN: RU3QR
CATEGORY: SOAB
CLAIMED-SCORE: 200
CLUB: European PSK Club
CONTEST: EPC-PSK63
CREATED-BY: MIXW 2.11
NAME: Serge Zhemaitis
ADDRESS: Rostovskaya 53/2-1
ADDRESS: 394034 Voronezh
ADDRESS: Russia
SOAPBOX: The output power was 100 Watts.
QSO: 14070 RY 2006-11-19 1200 RU3QR         599 EPC016   UA4FCO        599 025
QSO: 14070 RY 2006-11-19 1201 RU3QR         599 EPC016   GM4AGG        599 EPC245
QSO: 14072 RY 2006-11-19 1202 RU3QR         599 EPC016   JA7IC         599 004
QSO: 14068 RY 2006-11-19 1202 RU3QR         599 EPC016   RN4SS         599 032
QSO: 21070 RY 2006-11-19 1302 RU3QR         599 EPC016   HK6PRO        599 EPC401
QSO: 21070 RY 2006-11-19 1302 RU3QR         599 EPC016   JA5AQC        599 005
QSO: 21070 RY 2006-11-19 1303 RU3QR         599 EPC016   RW4WZ         599 123
QSO: 21067 RY 2006-11-19 1303 RU3QR         599 EPC016   GM0WRR        599 EPC002
QSO: 21067 RY 2006-11-19 1304 RU3QR         599 EPC016   4X6UU         599 023
QSO: 21067 RY 2006-11-19 1305 RU3QR         599 EPC016   JA7EYK        599 028
QSO: 21079 RY 2006-11-19 1306 RU3QR         599 EPC016   UA9OA         599 058
QSO: 21079 RY 2006-11-19 1307 RU3QR         599 EPC016   UN7ECA        599 035
QSO: 21079 RY 2006-11-19 1309 RU3QR         599 EPC016   UA0AKY        599 047
QSO: 21077 RY 2006-11-19 1314 RU3QR         599 EPC016   YV6BTF        599 022
QSO: 21077 RY 2006-11-19 1314 RU3QR         599 EPC016   K1BV          599 019
QSO: 21077 RY 2006-11-19 1318 RU3QR         599 EPC016   MM0DFV        599 EPC001
QSO: 21076 RY 2006-11-19 1321 RU3QR         599 EPC016   R1FJV         599 211
QSO: 21076 RY 2006-11-19 1323 RU3QR         599 EPC016   UN2O          599 145
QSO: 14067 RY 2006-11-19 1328 RU3QR         599 EPC016   VK6HD         599 021
QSO: 14067 RY 2006-11-19 1329 RU3QR         599 EPC016   G8KSH         599 EPC653
END-OF-LOG:

CABRILLO FILE NAME

Name your Cabrillo file as your callsign (for example – ru3qr.cbr). And if your callsign includes " / " (slash), you have to replace it with " - " (dash) in order to aviod an error (for example – ru3qr-p.cbr means RU3QR/P). This is very important for quick and smooth check processing.
 
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 PSK63 Mode Features:
Copied from European PSK Club website - EPC PSK63 QSO Party - PSK63 Information
 

  • 100 WPM character transmission speed for contest exchanges and macro transmission versus RTTY at 60 WPM.
  • Only 1/5 the bandwidth of RTTY - capable of displaying 25 signals simultaneously on a waterfall or spectrum display.
  • Fast, easy, point-and-click tuning using the mouse or keyboard arrowkey tuning.
  • Capable of colour thumbnail portrait transmission in less than 2 minutes.
  • Faster sync recovery than RTTY, resulting in fewer errors.
  • Requires much less power than RTTY for the same communications performance.
  • Identical to PSK31 except for a wider bandwidth of 63 Hz.
  • Improved polar path performance compared to PSK31.
  • Works with any soundcard-equipped Windows computer and SSB transceiver.
  • Lots of software for PSK63 is available now!
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 PSK63 Mode Support:
Copied from European PSK Club website - EPC PSK63 QSO Party - PSK63 Information
 

The following programs already support simple switching between PSK31 and PSK63:

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This contest is known to be supported by:

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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/epcpsk63.htm
Copyright © 2006 Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER
This page was created October 10, 2006
Most recent revision October 10, 2006