::.  RULES EUCW 160 m Contest To promote an increase in activity throughout Europe and even the World, the Union Francaise des Telegraphistes has proposed a joint Top-Band contest. The date is normally the first weekend of January each year except when the 1st January falls on the Saturday or Sunday. In such a case, the second weekend will be chosen.

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Date:

Saturday 8 January 2005 from 2000 to 2300 UTC Sunday 9 January 2005 from 0400 to 0700 UTC

Frequencies:

1810 to 1840 kHz.

Mode:

CW.

Participants:

The contest is open to participants worldwide, including SWLs.

Classes:

A. Licenced members of a club affiliated to EUCW using 150 W HF or more. B. Licenced members of a club affiliated to EUCW using 10 to 150 W HF. C. The same, but using 10 W HF or less. D. Other stations, no power limitations. E. S.W.L.

Reports exchanged:

Classes A,B & C: RST / name / Club / membership number. Class D: RST / name / NM (non-member). Class E: Full report on each station in QSO.

Points:

Classes A,B,C & D: 1 point per QSO with a station in the same DXCC entity. 2 points per QSO with a station in another DXCC entity but in same continent. 5 points per QSO with a station in another continent. Class E: 2 points for each complete report. All Classes: 10 points for each official EUCW club station, e.g. F8UFT, DKØAG, DLØHSC, DLØRTC, DLØDA... (New rule since 2003) A QSO with the same station may be made on Saturday and again on Sunday.

Multipliers:

One multiplier par EUCW Club contacted per day.

Scores:

The number of points multiplied by the number of multipliers.

The EUCW affiliated clubs are:

See http://www.agcw.de/eucw/eucw.html Associated non-European clubs: QRP-ARCI (U.S.A.), CWAS (Brazil), GACW (Argentina).

Logs:

Date / time GMT / callsign / report / points claimed / multipliers. The list of multipliers for each day. Summary on a separate page giving details of the station equipment including the antenna, the entry Class, power used and points claimed. Finally a declaration that the regulations as well as the license conditions have been respected followed by the signature of the operator. Where possible please submit entries by an ASCII file – either by floppy or by e-mail sent to the corrector. NB: Special callsigns will not be classed. Entries to be sent before February 8 to: Mailing address: Ghislain BARBASON 5 rue de l’Ecluse F-02190 PIGNICOURT FRANCE E-mail logs to: E-mail: f6cel@wanadoo.fr

Prizes:

1st Class A A cup 2nd Class A A trophy 3rd Class A A trophy 1st Class B A cup 2nd Class B A trophy 3rd Class B A trophy 1st Class C A cup 1st YL station A cup 1st Class D A trophy 1st Class E A cup

Further information can be obtained from:

UFT Web Site: http://www.uft.net/ F5YJ Web Site: http://jacar.club.fr/ Source: received from F5NQL c/o UFT (translated from French by F6GPA es XYL).

Date of info: 29 December, 2004	Source: EUCW Web Site