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RSGB 71st Commonwealth Contest 2009
The Commonwealth Contest promotes contacts between stations in the Commonwealth
and Mandated Territories. A more relaxed contest environment gives the
opportunity to work some choice DX.
Date: 14 / 15th March 2009.
Time: 1000 -1000UTC.
Bands: 3.5, 7, 14, 21, 28MHz. Activity is normally concentrated in the lower
30kHz of each band.
Mode: CW.
Exchange: RST plus serial number. HQ stations will additionally send HQ, which
must be logged.
1. Eligible entrants:
Land-based stations operated by licensed radio amateurs within the Commonwealth
or British Mandated Territories (as defined by the RSGB call-area list) are
eligible to enter. UK entrants must be members of the RSGB. Sections (a) and
(b) are for single-operator stations who may not receive any assistance
whatsoever during the contest, including the use of spotting nets, packet
cluster or other assistance in finding new contacts or bonuses. Additionally,
with the specific exception of the HQ station GB5CC, UK stations may not use
any special callsign. Remote operation is permitted, but all elements of the
station (transmitters, receivers, antennas and operators) must be within the
same Commonwealth Call Area.
2. Sections:
(a) Open
24 hour operation - full legal limit on power - no antenna restrictions.
OR
12 hour operation - full legal limit on power - no antenna restrictions.
(b) Restricted
24 hour operation - output power limited to 100 watts - antenna restricted to
single element.
OR
12 hour operation - output power limited to 100 watts - antenna restricted to
single element.
For stations in the 12-hour categories, off periods must be clearly defined in
the Soapbox field of the Cabrillo file and a minimum of 60 minutes in length.
However, time before the first contact, and after the final contact, may be of
any length. Stations opting to operate for a maximum of 12 hours will be
annotated in the results listings.
The term “single elementö defines each antenna (eg. dipole, vertical,
long-wire, etc), and does not preclude the use of different single-element
antennas during the contest. However, the concurrent use of one single-element
antenna for transmitting and another (eg beverage) for receiving is not
permitted.
(c) Multi-Operator
24 hour operation - single transmitted signal - full legal limit on power - no
antenna restrictions - packet cluster use permitted.
3. Scoring: Contacts may be made with any station using a Commonwealth Call
Area prefix, except those within the entrant's own call area. Note that for
this contest, the entire UK counts as one call area, and therefore UK stations
may not work each other. Each contact scores 5 points with a bonus of 20 points
for each of the first three contacts with each Commonwealth Call Area on each
band. Commonwealth Call Areas
4. Headquarters stations: A number of Commonwealth Society HQ stations will be
active during the contest and will send HQ after their serial number, to
identify themselves. Only one HQ station is permitted per Commonwealth Call
Area. Each HQ station counts as an additional call area, and entrants may
contact any HQ station (including one in their own call area) for points and
bonuses, the annotation HQ being made in the log where appropriate.
5. Team Competition:
(a) Each team will consist of up to ten stations. In addition to Australia,
Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and Rest of the World teams, any
Commonwealth country or geographical region may enter one or more teams. An
individual station may only represent one team, and may compete in the Open or
Restricted section. Each station's log must be submitted in the normal way.
(b) Each team will have a captain who must submit a list of the team members to
commonwealth.contest@rsgbhfcc.org no later than seven days before the start of
the contest. Substitutions may be accepted up to the start of the contest.
(c) Stations in the Rest of the World team(s) may only be drawn from countries
not submitting their own team.
6. Team Scoring:
(a) The team score is the sum of individual adjudicated scores, with all
stations located in the southern hemisphere or on the equator having their
final score multiplied by a “latitude factorö.
(b) The “latitude factorö will be re-calculated each year based on published
scores: for each hemisphere, the highest-scoring team total for each of the
last three years will be used to give an overall total and the factor will be
calculated as the ratio of the northern to the southern grand totals rounded
down to the nearest two decimal places. Transitional arrangements will apply in
determining the factor for 2008 and 2009. Full details can be supplied on
request. The latitude factor for 2009 will be 1.34.
(c) Each team member is competing as a single-operator within the overall
contest, and no passing of information between team members during the event is
permitted, except that team members may work each other for points and/or
bonuses where the contest rules allow.
7. Logs: Each entry must indicate the section entered, and should contain the
full postal address of the entrant. Electronic logs must be submitted as an
e-mail attachment in Cabrillo format to commonwealth.contest@rsgbhfcc.org
Paper logs must be submitted in chronological QSO order and show time; band;
callsign worked; RST+serial sent; received exchange; points. For full details
see the general rules at www.rsgbhfcc.org. The address for paper logs is - RSGB
G3UFY, 77 Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 7AF, UK. Entrants are
reminded that logs sent to any other address may not reach the adjudicator.
An example of a Commonwealth Contest log in Cabrillo format can be found at -
http://www.vhfcc.org/hfcc/formats/BERU.txt
Further information regarding the Cabrillo format can be found at -
http://www.vhfcc.org/hfcc/information/cabrillo.shtml
8. Closing date for logs: Logs must be received no later than one calendar
month after the end of the contest.
9. Awards:
(a) Open: The Senior Rose Bowl to the overall leader. The Col Thomas Rose Bowl
to the highest-placed UK station.
(b) Restricted: The Junior Rose Bowl to the section leader. The John Dunnington
Trophy to the highest-placed UK station who has not won the trophy in the
preceding two years.
(c) The Ross Carey Rose Bowl to the highest-placed UK station in the 12-hour
category, regardless of section. The VP8GQ Trophy to the highest-placed non-UK
station (who has not won the trophy in the preceding two years) in the 12-hour
category, regardless of section.
(d) A Commonwealth Medal will be awarded to the entrant who in the opinion of
the HF Contests Committee has most improved their score or contributed to the
contest over the years.
(e) A special “Commonwealth Travellerö certificate will be awarded to the
highest-scoring entrant in the Open or Restricted sections who operates from a
Commonwealth Call Area not represented in the published results of the previous
year’s contest. At the discretion of the HF Contests Committee, additional
“Commonwealth Travellerö certificates may be awarded to entrants from
especially inaccessible Call Areas.
(f) A certificate will be awarded to the highest-scoring station using QRP (5
watts or less).
Notes:
Single-operator entrants are recommended to try SDC by EI5DI. It is dedicated
to the Commonwealth Contest, runs on any Windows PC, and is free. It may be
downloaded from - http://www.ei5di.com/sd/sdcsetup.exe
A vast amount of background information, statistics and photographs related to
the Commonwealth Contest may be found on G3PJT’s www.beru.org.uk website.
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