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UBA CONTEST 2009
Rules for non ON stations
The UBA has the honour to announce that this contest will be challenged under
the Patronage of the EC Commission, responsible for
Communication, Information and Culture. The 22nd EUROPEAN UNION TROPHY will be
awarded to the highest scoring Single Operator
EU member station from both the CW and SSB competition.
1. Purpose
To contact as many Belgian and other amateurs as possible and to provide a way
to achieve the WABP and the EC Awards in the "UBA
Contest".
2. Periods
SSB - January 24 - January 25, 2009
CW - February 28 March 1, 2009
13:00 UTC Saturday to 13:00 UTC Sunday
3. Categories
A. Single Operator Single Band Low Power <100 W and High Power >100 W (A10LP,
A10HP A15LP, A15HP, etc..).
C. Single Operator Multi Band Low Power <100 W and High Power >100 W (5
bands).
D. Multi Operator Single Transmitter (5 bands).
E. QRP max. 10 Wout on SSB and max. 5 Wout on CW, as class C. Maximum 18 hours
of operation.
F. SWL, as class C (Rules under item 11).
REMARKS:
Stations in category D are limited by the "10 minute" rule. A station must stay
at least 10 minutes on a band before changing bands. Starting
time will be determined by the first QSO made on that particular band. Cat B
doesn't exist for harmonisation reasons
4. Bands
Bands to be used: 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. The IARU band plan as well as
the frequencies proposed by the HF Contest committee must
be adhered to. At this time, the preferential frequencies are:
CW: 3.510 - 3.560; 7.000 - 7.035; 14.000 - 14.060; 21.000 - 21.080 & 28.000 -
28.070 MHz.
SSB: 3.600 - 3.650; 3.700 - 3.775; 7.040 - 7.100; 14.125 - 14.300; 21.175 -
21.350 & 28.400 - 28.700 MHz.
The band segments 3.500 - 3.510 and 3.775 - 3.800 shall not be used unless for
DX contacts (this means no one shall call "CQ Contest" in
those segments).
5. Contest Call and exchange
CW "TEST UBA" - SSB "CQ UBA".
Exchange: RS(T) + serial number starting from 001 for each log. Note that
Belgian stations give their province abbreviation which is a
mandatory part of the exchange and must be in the log (e.g. 59001/WV).
6. Scoring
Each QSO with a Belgian station counts 10 points. An additional bonus will be
given depending on the percentage of QSO s with
Belgium on your total QSO s. Example: 50 QSO s with Belgium (500 QSO points) on
a total of 320 QSO s means 16,6 % of QSO s
with Belgium and will give you (16,6 % of 500 Belgian QSO points) an extra of
83 QSO points on your total QSO points. This
calulation will be done after the logchecking.
Each QSO with another EU member station as listed below counts 3 points.
QSO's with any other station outside the EU counts 1 point.
7. Multipliers
All Belgian provinces: AN, BW, HT, LB, LG, NM, LU, OV, VB and WV. The region of
Brussels : BR
All Belgian prefixes e.g. ON4, ON5, ON6, ON7, ON8, ON9, OR0/4, OT4, etc....
The following DXCC countries from the European Union: 5B, 9H, CT, CT3, CU, DL,
EA, EA6, EA8, EI, ES, F, FG, FM, FR , FY, G,
GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, I, IS, LX, LY, LZ, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK , OM, OZ,
PA, S5, SM, SP, SV, SV5, SV9, SY, TK, YL,
YO
Remark: a QSO with a Belgian station can give you 2 multipliers (province and
prefix). Multipliers count once on each band.
8. Final score
Total QSO points (from all bands) times the total number of multiplier points
(from all bands).
9. Special Conditions
The use of DX-Cluster facilities is permitted.
10. Logs
Number of logs: Only 1 log per station will be accepted.
Logs on floppy or by Email: We strongly encourage participants to use a
freeware log software as SDU from EI5DI, N1MM Logger or
WinOnContest from ON4AVJ. The UBA HF manager will send you a copy upon request
and after having received a SAE with a formatted
disk from you. We need the CABRILLO file which can be generated by each of
those programs. Rename the files to MYCALL.CBR or
MYCALL.LOG where " MYCALL " is your call sign. A Cabrillo TEMPLATE for UBA
Contest is available on the UBA Website
Paper logs: Logs on paper will only be accepted if they are handwritten. Every
log made up by computer must be accompanied by the
computerfiles.
Summary sheet or Cabrillo header must include: Your call sign. Your Name, first
name and complete address.
The category in which you took part.
For the Multi op station, the complete list of operators.
The log summary sheet shall contain the following signed declaration : "I
declare that all contest rules and all the rules and regulations
for amateur radio operations in my country have been observed and adhered to. I
accept the decisions of the Contest Committee".
Incomplete logs will be used as "Check logs".
Remarks : A selection of pictures of operators in action will be published with
the results, so please send us your picture and comments
together with your contest log!
Deadline and address: All logs must be postmarked not later than 30 days after
the contest. Late logs will not be considered for the
competition. Do note use registered mail. The logs must be sent to :
UBA Contest
Du Bois Dimitri ON4IT
Witgerstraat 31
B-9310 Herdersem
Belgium
Contest logs preferable via E-mail at following address :ubassb@uba.be for SSB
and mention in the subjectline "UBASSB - YOURCALL -
CATEGORY" and to ubacw@uba.be for CW and mention in the subjectline "UBACW -
YOURCALL - CATEGORY".
The logs sent by E-mail must meet the specifications as outlined above for
computer logs. We will confirm reception of your log by E-mail
but please be patient you are not sending your log to a robot. Send your log as
an attached file and not in the body of the email.
11. Special SWL rules
Only stations taking part in the Contest may be logged for scoring purposes.
Logs should show in columns: Time (UTC), callsign of "Station
Heard", complete exchange sent by this station, callsign of station being
worked, a RS(T) report on "Station Heard" at SWLs QTH, new
multiplier and points claimed. If both sides of a contest contact are heard
they may be claimed as separate stations and the callsigns have to
appear in the "Station Heard" column. A station may only appear once per band
as station heard. In the column "Station Worked" the same
station may not be logged more than 10 times per band.
A sample file in EXCEL that can be used can be downloaded from the UBA
Website.
12. Awards
Awards will be sent to the highest scoring stations from each class in each
country provided they have logged at least 40 valid contacts.
Other participants receive a certificate when 40 valid contacts are logged.
The EU TROPHIES go to the EU winners in the Single Operator class (A, C or E)
depending on who scores the most points of both the CW
and the Phone contest.
13. Penalties are disqualification can be given for:
Incomplete, incorrect or unreadable exchanges: the QSO will count for zero
points, but no additional penalty will be applied.
QSO's in violation of the 10 minute rule will be removed from the log.
For cheating, imaginary logging and clear, repetitive and intentional violation
of the contest rules.
For continuous or repetitive violation or total negation of the IARU band
plan.
The decisions of the contest committee are final.
IMPORTANT NOTE: EU mentioned in this text means European Union and not Europe.
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