Amateur Radio, Contesting, HomeBrew, Circuits, Expeditions

Organizer: Hungarian Radioamateur Society.

Goals: to promote the traditionally good friendship between the radioamateurs.

Date and time: The 3rd full weekend of January, between Saturday 12:00 UT to Sunday 11:59 UT.

Participants: any licensed radioamateur station or SWL.

Frequencies: 1,8 - 28 MHz (no WARC bands). The recommendations for IARU Region 1. Bandplan have to be obeyed.

Modes: CW and SSB.

Entries:

• SOAB - Single Op All Bands CW;
• SOAB - Single Op All Bands SSB;
• SOAB - Single Op All Bands MIXED;
• SOSB - Single Op Single Band CW;
• SOSB - Single Op Single Band SSB;
• SOSB - Single Op Single Band MIXED;
• MS - Multi Ops All Bands Single TX MIXED only;
• MM - Multi Ops All Bands Multi TX MIXED only;
• SWL - All Bands, Mixed only.

Contacts: Any station can be contacted during the contest. Every station can be contacted once per band and mode.

Exchange: RS(T) + QSO number starting with 001. MM stations shall use separate serial numbers per band, starting with 001.

Stations operating from HUNGARY - RS(T) give two letters county code.

Hungarian county codes: ZA, GY, VA, KO, VE, SO, TO, BA, FE, BP, NG, HE, PE, SZ, BE, CS, BN, BO, SA, HB.

Points:

• QSO with own DXCC country: 1 points;

• Another country on same continent: 1 point;

• Other continent: 3 points;

• Contacts with Hungarian stations: 6 points.

Multipliers: Hungarian counties per band.

 Total score: Sum of QSO points multiplied by sum of multipliers.

 Logs: Only Cabrillo format. Cabrillo files can be

• submitted on the world wide web under the following URL: http://www.ha-dx.com
  
• sent as e-mail attachment to the following e-mail address: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• sent on floppy or CD via mail to: MRASZ 1400 Budapest, PO.BOX 11, Hungary.

If you cannot create a Cabrillo file please use our simple manual log editor interface on the web under the following URL: http://www.ha-dx.com

If you have any questions or remarks please use our information e-mail: address: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Paper log only for check.

Deadline of log submission is 30 days after the contest (based on email timestamp or postal stamp)

FREE Contest Software: Download MRASZ Home Page or HA1AH Home Page. N1MM logger, SD by EI5DI also can be used.

Awards: The top 3 entrant of each class will be awarded certificates.

Remarks:

• The logged but not scored dupe contact is not qualified as an error;

• The maximum time different between the logged contacts is 2 minutes. If based on received logs it could be proved clearly that who logged the wrong time, then contact of entrant logging wrong time should be only counted as an error;

• A contact with a station meaning multiplier has to be logged at least more two logs if this station has not sent a log. Otherwise this contact is going to be erased;

• Information coming from any other QTH is irregular;

• All entrants must conform to rules of their radio amateur license.

• Packet cluster can be used in all entries. Self-spotting is forbidden!