ES-OPEN HF Championship Rules
ES-OPEN HF Championship 2020 Rules
TIME: 3rd SATURDAY in APRIL: 18. APRIL 2020 05.00 - 08.59 UTC
BANDS: 80 M AND 40 M SIMULTANEOUSLY
RECOMMENDED FREQUENCIES:
CW: 3510 - 3560 KHZ SSB: 3600 - 3650 and 3700 - 3750 KHZ
7010 - 7040 KHZ 7050 - 7150 KHZ
CLASSES: A - SINGLE OPERATOR , CW AND SSB (MIXED MODE)
B - SINGLE OPERATOR , SSB ONLY
C - SINGLE OPERATOR , CW ONLY
D - SINGLE OPERATOR , LOW POWER (<=100 WATTS), MIXED MODE
E - SINGLE OPERATOR , QRP (<=10 WATTS), MIXED MODE
F - MULTI OPERATOR , CW AND SSB (MIXED MODE)
G - SWL
ESTONIAN STATIONS CAN WORK ALL THE STATIONS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE
CONTEST (BOTH, ES STATIONS AND NON-ES STATIONS), NON-ES STATIONS CAN WORK
ONLY ES STATIONS. FOR ALL CLASSES - ONLY ONE SIGNAL ON AIR AT ANY GIVEN TIME!
REPORT: RS(T) AND SERIAL NUMBER, STARTING 001
(SERIAL NUMBER IS CONTINUOUS, NOT SEPARATE PER BAND!)
DUPES: DUPLICATE QSOs (i.e. QSOs WITH SAME STATION) ARE ALLOWED ONCE IN CW
AND ONCE IN SSB DURING EVERY FULL HOUR PERIOD (e.g. 5:00 – 5:59 etc) ON
BOTH BANDS. SO, YOU CAN WORK A CERTAIN STATION MAX 4 TIMES WITHIN
AN HOUR – 2 QSO-s ON 80M AND 2 QSO-s ON 40M.
QSO POINTS: CW QSO --- 2 POINTS AND SSB QSO --- 1 POINT.
MULTIPLIER: ES REGION PREFIX ( ES1 -- ES0 ) ON EACH BAND AND MODE (MAX. 40).
SCORING: FINAL SCORE IS THE SUM OF QSO POINTS COLLECTED ON THE 2 BANDS
TIMES TOTAL MULTIPLIER.
LOGGING: THE LOGS SHOULD CONTAIN ALL VALID QSO DATA AND NECESSARY DATA
ABOUT THE PARTICIPANT (PLEASE INDICATE YOUR CLASS!). TIME IN UTC,
ALLOWED TIME ACCURACY 5 MIN. CABRILLO LOGS CREATED BY MOST
LOGGING PROGRAMMES ARE EXPECTED BY THE COMMITTEE. N1MM+ WITH
SPECIALLY CREATED UDC-FILE IS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS CONTEST – SEE
https://www.erau.ee/et/78-uncategorised/358-es-open-n1mm
DEADLINE: LOGS (CABRILLO FORMAT IS PREFERRED!) SHOULD BE SENT VIA E-MAIL
BEFORE MAY, 1ST TO: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. OR
UPLOADED FROM THE ESOPEN WEB-PAGE:http://esopen.eu/
AWARDS: THE FIRST STATIONS IN CLASSES A, B, C AND D OF INTERNATIONAL SECTION
WILL GET SPECIAL TROPHYS FROM ERAU, OTHER TOP PLACES ARE AWARDED
WITH DIPLOMAS.
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