----------------------------------------------------------- Text-only page Edited by SM3CER - sm3cer(at)contesting.com - 8 September 2003 SM3CER Contest Service - http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Ukrainian DX Contest -------------------- Sponsored by: The Ukrainian Contest Club (UCC) The Ukrainian Amateur Radio League (UARL) Date: The 1st full weekend of November In 2003 it will be on 1-2 of November Time: 1200 UTC Saturday to 1200 UTC Sunday Modes: CW, SSB, RTTY or Mixed. Frequency Bands: 1.8 - 28 MHz, excluding WARC bands. Categories of participants: A. Single Op - All Bands (mixed mode only) B. Single Op - Single Bands (mixed mode only) C. QRP (output power 5 watts or less) - Single Op - All bands (mixed mode only) D. RTTY - Single Op - All Bands E. Multi Op - All Bands - Single TX (mixed mode only) F. SWL - All Bands (same as category A) All participants regardless of category must remain on the band at least 10 minutes after changing bands, quick QSY to another bands is permitted only to work new multiplier. QSOs made during 10-minute rule on another band and which are not multipliers will be removed from the LOG without penalty. The use of DX-cluster is permitted for all categories however self-spotting is strictly prohibited. You can make up to 3 QSO with the same station on the same band - CW, SSB and RTTY. CW QSOs must be made in the CW portion of the band. Duplicate contacts with same station on the same mode / band counts 0 points. No penalty for duplicate QSO. In the Single Band category you can make QSO on other bands. Single Band entrants who operate other bands during the contest are encouraged to submit full log for more than one band to aid in the log cross-checking process. They should send one Cabrillo file of full log and horoughly indicate correct category in the head of the file. Contest exchange: For Ukrainian stations: RST(RS) + two letters (oblast abbreviation) For all other participants: RST(RS) + serial number starting from 001. It is permitted to use separate numeration for RTTY QSOs. List of Ukrainian oblasts abbreviations: CH CN CR DN DO HA HE HM IF KI KO KR KV LU LV NI OD PO RI SL SU TE VI VO ZA ZH ZP QSO points: a. 1 point for QSO with own country b. 2 points for QSO with different country on the same continent c. 3 points for QSO with different continent d. 10 points for QSO with Ukraine (for participants outside of Ukraine only) Multipliers: DXCC and WAE countries plus Ukrainian oblasts on every band. * For stations in Ukraine multiplier is DXCC + WAE countries only (Ukraine counts as a country). Awards and plaques: Top leaders in each category will be awarded by plaques or prizes. Please see the list of sponsors below. Country leaders in categories A, B, C, D, E and F will receive awards. If the group will contain more than 11 participants, the 2nd place will be awarded too, if more than 21 - there will be award for 3rd place etc. Below is the list of prizes and sponsors: WORLD: (will be reported later) UKRAINE: (will be reported later) There will be separate results for Ukrainian stations in this contest. Categories A and B will contain 3 additional groups: Mixed, only CW and only SSB. LOGS: CABRILLO is preferred format, however as an exception all text format LOGs generated by TR, CT, SD and other logging programs will be accepted. LOG must be viewable by simple text editor, for example, NOTEPAD. WINWORD, EXCEL, HTML and other "complicated" format won’t be accepted. LOG should contain the following data: Date and Time (UTC), Band (Freq), Mode, Number Sent, Call and Number received. Your output file should be named by your callsign, i.e. DL7AAA.CBR, DL7AAA.LOG, DL7AAA.SUM (for summary sheet) etc... Example of the CABRILLO LOG: --------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CONTEST: UKRAINIAN DX 2002 CALLSIGN: OH2LU CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW MIXED CLAIMED-SCORE: 329600 OPERATORS: OH2LU NAME: TAPANI JUHOLA ADDRESS: BRONRINNE 3 AS 22 ADDRESS: 02400 KIRKKONUMMI ADDRESS: FINLAND CLUB: The Jet Set SOAPBOX: Radio: ICOM IC-756 PRO II, 50W SOAPBOX: Antennas: 3/4/4-el Yagis (28-21-14 MHz), Dipoles (7-3.5 MHz) SOAPBOX: Modems: Kantronics KAM 8.0E, K6STI BITTY, ICOM 756 PRO II SOAPBOX: Contest Program: OH2GI-HAM SYSTEM 6.4 SOAPBOX: Homepage for program: http://www.kolumbus.fi/jukka.kallio/ SOAPBOX: Computer: IBM PS/VP QSO: 21000 CW 2002-11-02 1202 OH2LU 599 001 UR7ET 599 DN QSO: 21000 CW 2002-11-02 1203 OH2LU 599 002 UZ5I 599 DO QSO: 21000 RY 2002-11-02 1253 OH2LU 599 014 UU4J 599 KR QSO: 21000 RY 2002-11-02 1255 OH2LU 599 015 UR5ZMK 599 NI QSO: 21000 PH 2002-11-02 1315 OH2LU 59 030 4Z5LY 59 077 QSO: 21000 PH 2002-11-02 1316 OH2LU 59 031 US0HZ 59 PO ... QSO: 14000 RY 2002-11-03 1032 OH2LU 599 343 SP9W 599 216 QSO: 14000 RY 2002-11-03 1033 OH2LU 599 344 IZ4DZD 599 185 END-OF-LOG: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LOGs must be sent within 30 days after the end of the contest to: Ukrainian Contest Club HQ P O Box 4850 ZAPOROZHYE, 69118 UKRAINE E-mail: urdx(at)ham.kiev.ua Reception of every e-mail LOG will be confirmed. If there is a problem with your LOG you will be notified by Contest Committee. All logs will be checked by special software for UBN (unique, bad, not in log) contacts. Unique calls will be removed from the LOG without penalty. For bad (B) and not-in-log (N) calls penalty of three equal QSO points will apply. Participants may be disqualified for excessive bad or not-in-log calls as well as for breaking the rules of the contest. The decision of Contest Committee is final. Full results and rules of the Ukrainian DX Contest can be seen at: http://www.qsl.net/ucc/ 73 & Good luck! -------------------- ooo -------------------- Date of info: 8 September, 2003 - Source: Vladimir A. Gordienko, UT1IA - gord(at)kron.donetsk.ua - -------------------- ooo -------------------- This contest is known to be supported by: AALog by RZ4AG: http://www.aalog.com/ GEN LOG by W3KM: http://www.qsl.net/w3km/gen_log.htm Lux-Log by LX1NO: http://www.luxlog.info/ MixW by UT2UZ: http://mixw.net/ OH2GI Ham System: http://www.kolumbus.fi/jukka.kallio/ RCKLog by DL4RCK: http://www.rcklog.de/ RCKRtty by DL4RCK: http://www.rckrtty.de/ TR by N6TR: http://www.qth.com/tr/ Wincontest by I8VKB: http://digilander.iol.it/wincontest/ WriteLog by W5XD: http://www.writelog.com/ SM3CER Contest Service Software Page: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/software.htm -------------------- ooo -------------------- MORE INFO: UCC - Ukrainian Contest Club Web Site: http://www.qsl.net/ucc/ RESULTS: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/resultsu.htm#UKR -------------------- ooo -------------------- Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to: Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER sm3cer(at)contesting.com ------------------------------------------------ URL: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/text/ukrdxc.txt Copyright © 1997-2003 Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER This page was created April 19, 1997 Most recent revision September 8, 2003 ------------------------------------------------