::.  RULES RSGB Jubilee Contest To celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in June 2002, the Radio Society of Great Britain is organising a special contest to promote contact with stations in the British Commonwealth. There will be commemorative plaques for the overall winners, certificates for the leading score from each country and for all stations contacting fifty or more Commonwealth call areas. There will also be a range of special certificates for UK Intermediate and Foundation licensees. The General Rules for RSGB HF Contests do not apply to this event.

MORE INFO Text-only page RSGB HF Contesting Online

Date:

8 / 9 June 2002

Time:

1000 - 1000 UTC

Bands:

3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz.

Modes:

CW and SSB. IARU band plans should be observed. Contest-preferred segments should be observed, no operation to take place on 3560 - 3600, 3650 - 3700, 14060 - 14125 and 14300 - 14350 kHz.

Exchange:

RS(T) and serial number starting from 001.

1. Categories:

(a) Single operator unassisted. Entries may be CW only, SSB only or mixed mode. (b) Single operator assisted. As (a) above but passive use of DX spotting nets and DX Cluster is allowed. Self-spotting is not allowed. (c) Multi operator. As (b) above but more than one person may operate the station. In all categories only one signal may be transmitted at a time.

2. Sections:

(a) British Commonwealth. Work any station except your own call area. (b) Rest of the World. Work any station in the British Commonwealth.

3. Scoring:

Stations within the Commonwealth may not contact their own call area for points or multipliers. Stations outside the Commonwealth may contact Commonwealth stations only. See the call area list. Note that for this contest all of G, GM, GW, GI, GJ, GU, GD counts as one call area, and therefore British Isles stations (excluding EI) may not work each other. A station may be contacted only once per band, regardless of mode. Each contact scores 5 points. The multiplier is the total of different Commonwealth call areas worked on each band. The final score is the total of QSO points multiplied by the total of multipliers worked.

4. Logs:

Electronic submission of logs by disk or e-mail is encouraged, and is required from all who use a computer to log or prepare the logs. Electronic entries are preferred using recognised contest software (eg SD, CT, NA, TR). ASCII log files are required, together with an ASCII summary file. File names must indicate the entrants callsign eg g3xyz.log and g3xyz.sum. The entrant must ensure that the logging software produces a log file which contains all QSO data correctly scored. Logs must show: Time, Callsign, RS(T) / serial number sent, RS(T) / serial number received, Multiplier claimed, QSO points. A summary indicating category and section, contacts per band / mode must be included with a declaration that the rules and licence conditions have been complied with. All QSOs (including duplicates) must be included, with non-scoring QSOs clearly marked. Single mode entrants who make contacts on the other mode should submit these separately as checklogs. Entries can be e-mailed to: E-mail: hf.contests@rsgb.org.uk and should be sent as a normal attachment to an e-mail. Postal entries should be addressed to: Send the logs to: RSGB HF Contests Committee c/o S V Knowles, G3UFY 77 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath Surrey CR7 7AF, UK The closing date is 6 July 2002. Customised logging software SDJ will be available from EI5DI’s web site: www.ei5di.com

5. Awards:

(a) A commemorative trophy will be awarded to the UK station making the highest score in the single operator unassisted category. (b) Commemorative plaques will be awarded to the first, second and third placed entrants in the British Commonwealth and Rest of the World sections for each category, and to the leader on each mode in each category. (c) The leading entry from each country will be awarded a special certificate, provided that at least 100 QSOs have been logged. (d) Certificates will be awarded to the three highest placed UK Intermediate licensees, and to the three highest placed UK Foundation licensees. (e) A commemorative certificate will be awarded to every entrant who contacts 50 or more band call areas.

Note:

Entrants are asked to please avoid operating in the data modes sections of the bands, to prevent interference with the ANARTS RTTY Contest.

Date of info: February 27, 2002	Source: RSGB HF Contesting Online

Commonwealth Call Areas:

3B6/7 Agalega and St Brandon 3B8 Mauritius 3B9 Rodriguez Island 3D2 Fiji 3D2 Rotuma 3D2 Conway Reef 3DA Swaziland 4S Sri Lanka 5B Cyprus 5H Tanzania 5N Nigeria 5W Western Samoa 5X Uganda 5Z Kenya 6Y Jamaica 7P Lesotho 7Q Malawi 8P Barbados 8Q Maldives 8R Guyana 9G Ghana 9H Malta 9J Zambia 9L Sierra Leone 9MØ Spratly Islands 9M2 W Malaysia 9M6/8 E Malaysia 9V Singapore 9Y Trinidad & Tobago A2 Botswana A3 Kingdom of Tonga AP Pakistan C2 Nauru C5 Gambia C6 Bahamas C9 Mozambique CYØ Sable Island CY9 St Paul Island G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW etc United Kingdom (all one area) H44 Solomon Islands H4Ø Temotu J3 Grenada J6 St Lucia J7 Dominica J8 St Vincent P2 Papua New Guinea S2 Bangladesh S7 Seychelles T2 Tuvalu T3Ø W Kiribati T31 C Kiribati T32 E Kiribati T33 Banaba TJ Cameroon V2 Antigua & Barbuda V3 Belize V4 St Kitts & Nevis V5 Namibia V8 Brunei VE1 Nova Scotia VE2 Quebec VE3 Ontario VE4 Manitoba VE5 Saskatchewan VE6 Alberta VE7 British Columbia VE8 North West Territories VE9 New Brunswick VKØ Heard Island VKØ Macquarie Island VK1 Australian Capital Territory VK2 New South Wales VK3 Victoria VK4 Queensland VK5 South Australia VK6 Western Australia VK7 Tasmania VK8 Northern Territory VK9C Cocos (Keeling) Islands VK9L Lord Howe Island VK9M Mellish Reef VK9N Norfolk Island VK9W Willis Island VK9X Christmas Island VO1 Newfoundland VO2 Labrador VP2E Anguilla VP2M Montserrat VP2V British Virgin Islands VP5 Turks & Caicos Islands VP6 Pitcairn Island VP6 Ducie Island VP8 Antarctica VP8 Falkland Islands VP8 South Georgia VP8 South Sandwich VP8 South Shetland VP8 South Orkney VP9 Bermuda VQ9 Chagos VU India VU4 Andaman & Nicobar Is VU7 Laccadive Islands VYØ Nunavut VY1 Yukon VY2 Prince Edward Island YJ Vanuatu Z2 Zimbabwe ZB2 Gibraltar ZC4 Cyprus (UK Bases) ZD7 St Helena ZD8 Ascension Island ZD9 Tristan da Cunha & Gough Island ZF Cayman Islands ZK1 North Cook Islands ZK1 South Cook Islands ZK2 Niue ZK3 Tokelau ZLØ, /ZL New Zealand Reciprocal ZL1 New Zealand - Area 1 ZL2 New Zealand - Area 2 ZL3 New Zealand - Area 3 ZL4 New Zealand - Area 4 ZL6 New Zealand ZL7 Chatham Islands ZL8 Kermadec Islands ZL9 Auckland & Campbell Is ZS1 Western Cape Province ZS2 Eastern Cape Province ZS4 Free State Province ZS5 Kwa-Zulu Natal Province ZS6 Gauteng Province ZS8 Marion Island ZSØ South Africa Special Event