"OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2012"
RULES
1. Date: 03-04 March 2012.
The CONTEST consist of two parts: LOW BAND (1,8 &
3,5 MHz) and HIGH BAND (7, 14, 21 & 28 MHz).
2. Time: LOW BAND part includes 2 rounds: the First round
is from 20:00 - 21:59 UT (03 March), the Second - from
22:00 - 23:59 UT (03 March).
HIGH BAND part: 08:00 - 11:59 UT (04 March).
3. Bands: 1,838 - 1,842 MHz; 3,580 - 3,620 MHz; 7,035 - 7,045 MHz;
14,070 - 14,112 MHz; 21,080 - 21,120 MHz; 28,080 -
28,200 MHz.
4. Mode: RTTY (BAUDOT).
5. Call: CQ UKR.
Attention! Repeated QSO with the same participant is
permitted on different bands and in each round of
LOW BAND-part.
6. Exchange: Two letters - the abbreviation of region (state, canton,
province, land, uyzd, district, county, lan, etc.) +
serial number starting from 001. For example:
Poltava region (Ukraine)-PO001; Ancona (Italy)-AN021;
Alsace (France)-AL035; Gotlands lan (Sweden)-GO123.
7. Scoring: 2 points for each contact on HIGH BAND-part and for each
contact in each round LOW BAND-part + 10 points for new
region (province, canton, district, etc.) on each bands
of HIGH BAND-part and on each bands and in each round of
LOW BAND-part.
8. Classes: SOMB, one transmitter;
MOMB, one transmitter;
SOSB 1,8 MHz, one transmitter;
SOSB 3,5 MHz, one transmitter;
SOSB 7,0 MHz, one transmitter;
SOSB 14 MHz, one transmitter;
SOSB 21 MHz, one transmitter;
SOSB 28 MHz, one transmitter.
For single band participants are allowed to sign in one
SOSB class of LOW BAND contest part and in another one
SOSB class in HIGH BAND part of contest separated.
Please mark you choice in the log and e-mail message!
9. Final scoring: For classes SOMB and MOMB - Total score is the sum of all
bands results;
For rest of classes - the score is single band result.
10. Awards: The medals "CHAMPION OF UKRAINE RTTY'2012" - for the first,
second and third place of SOMB and MOMB classes.
Diploma's "OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2012" - for the
first, second and third place for all classes.
Special award - "The best score for participant outside
of Ukraine"!
11. Logs: Cabrillo format is preferred. LOG need your personal info,
class, address; full QSO data, eg: band, mode, date, time,
your call, send exchange, station call, received exchange.
Follow is an example of LOG file.
All participants in any classes must send his log as one
file - "call.log" or "call.cbr", for example: ux0ff.log,
oh2lu.cbr...
And as well a summary sheet. Comments, anecdotes and
suggestions is welcome!
LOGs entries must be postmarked or E-mailed by 05 April 2012.
12. Note: All logs will be cross-checked by special computer
software. We are doing cross-check by QSO time difference
no more than +/- 2 minutes in both logs.
Please don't forget to correct your computer's clock before
the Contest!
Valid QSOs will be confirmed to participant if all cross-
checked data in logs is present and correct.
Please send your LOG even if you made only a few QSOs, it
will give valid points to other participants.
Bands change rules: All participants must remain on one band
at least for 10 minutes after make one complete qso on that
band. Quick QSY to another bands is permitted only for MOMB
participants to work new region (province, district).
QSOs made during 10-minute rule on another band and which are
not new regions will be count 0 points, but should not
removed from the log!
All stations can use public spotting networks (DX Cluster),
but self-spotting techniques is not allowed for all classes.
This contest is supported by follow software:
-MIXW2 - www.mixw.net , also download DLL-file for this
contest and run macros <WKDIGNOREBEFORE:03.03.2012 22:00:00>
to reset dupe sheet for second round of low band part;
-AATEST+TRUETTY - www.dxsoft.com ;
-N1MM Logger - n1mm.hamdocs.com (select config UKRRTTYOPN);
- for "RTTY by WF1B" users:
you can download special converter to make you LOG in
Cabrillo: www.qrz.ru/contest/attachment.phtml?soft=62
Don't forget to read manual to this converter before contest!
If your RTTY software don't support log format for this
contest, please select more suitable form of logging and do
check before contest to be able logging of full received
exchange (region+NR), also make modification of output file
using follow example of CABRILLO LOG for this contest:
START-OF-LOG: 2.0
ARRL-SECTION: DX
CALLSIGN: UT1HZM
CONTEST: UKR-CHAMP-RTTY
CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE ALL
CLAIMED-SCORE: 1762
CLUB: "Kremenchug radioamateurs union"
NAME: UT1HZM
ADDRESS: P.O.Box 87
ADDRESS: Kremenchug-21
ADDRESS: Ukraine
ADDRESS: 39621
ADDRESS: email:
OPERATORS: 1.... 2..... 3.....
QSO: 3500 RY 2012-03-03 2200 UT1HZM PO 001 UU8JQ SL 001
QSO: 3500 RY 2012-03-03 2200 UT1HZM PO 002 UT5DL ZA 001
QSO: 3500 RY 2012-03-03 2201 UT1HZM PO 003 ER5KS MD 001
QSO: 1800 RY 2012-03-03 2304 UT1HZM PO 051 YL2KF LM 025
END-OF-LOG:
13. Address for LOGs:
E-mail:
GEORGE IGNATOV (UT1HT),
P.O. Box 87,
KREMENCHUG-21, UKRAINE, 39621.
14. Disqualification: Violation of the Rules; unsportmanlike behavior.
The abbreviation of Ukrainian regions
27 administrative regions
CH - Cherkasy region LV - Lviv region
CR - Chernigiv region NI - Mykolaev region
CN - Chernivcy region OD - Odesa region
DN - Dniepropetrovsk region PO - Poltava region
DO - Donetsk region RI - Rivno region
HA - Kharkiv region SL - Sevastopil city
HE - Kherson region SU - Sumy region
HM - Khmelnitskij region TE - Ternopil region
IF - Ivanofrankivsk region VI - Vinnytsa region
KI - Kirovograd region VO - Volyn region
KO - Kiev region ZA - Zakarpattya region
KR - A.R. Crimea ZH - Zhitomir region
KV - Kiev city ZP - Zaporizhzhe region
LU - Lugansk region
We hope to meet you in the "OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2012"
and please kindly inform your friends about rules of this Contest!
Welcome to the Contest!