European HF Championship
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sponsored by the Slovenia Contest Club (SCC)

Objective:
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For European amateurs to contact other European amateurs - to determine
European HF champion. Only EU to EU contacts count

Type of Competition:
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only one signal allowed at any one time; the operator can change bands or
modes at any one time, CW contacts on the SSB portion of the bands or vice
versa are not allowed.The same station may be worked on CW and on SSB on the
same band. Cross band/mode contacts are not permitted

Categories:
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- single operator, all band, CW only
- single operator, all band, SSB only
- single operator, all band, CW and SSB

Date:
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first Saturday in August, from 10.00z to 22.00z
{01SAT08:1000:720}

Bands:
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160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m

Mode:
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CW, SSB

Exchange:
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RST report (CW) or RS report (SSB) plus two digit number designating to the
last two digits of the year of operator's first license (i.e. 57982 or 5982
means that operator obtain his first amateur radio licence in the year 1982)

Points:
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only contacts between European stations count for points and multipliers.
Contacts on SSB count one (1) point, contacts on CW count two (2) points

Multiplier:
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a multiplier of one (1) for each different last two digit numbers of
received reports per band regardless of mode

Final Score:
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the final score is the total sum of the QSO points from all bands multiplied
by the sum of multipliers from all bands

National Competition:
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separate list of national scores will be published. Scores of all logs from
one country will be summed for national list regardless of clubs

Log:
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a) all times must be in UTC
b) all sent and received exchanges are to be logged
c) indicate multiplier only first time it is worked on each band regardless
   of the mode
d) logs must be checked for duplicate contacts, correct QSO points and 
   multipliers. Submitted logs must have duplicate contacts clearly shown
e) entrants are encouradged to send logs on disks. IBM MS-DOS compatible
   disks are recommended. Logs should be submitted in ASCII
f) use a separate sheet or file for each band
g) each entry must be accompanied by a summary sheet (on a paper) showing
   all scoring information,station description, contestant's name and 
   address in BLOCK letters and signed declaration that all contest rules
   and regulations for amateur radio in the coutry of operation have been
   observed
h) all entrants are required to submit cross-check sheets (an alphabetical
   list of calls worked) for each band
i) unmarked duplicate contacts and broken calls penalty: up to 3%, three (3)
   additional contacts removed; over 3% is grounds for possible 
   disqualification. Disqualification will occur with other violations of
   the rules

Deadline:
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All entries must be postmarked NO LATER than August 31st of that year

Address:
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Slovenia Contest Club
EU HF Championship
Saveljska 50
61113 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Awards:
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CW/SSB winner will be awarded with a cup and will be announced as EUROPEAN
HF CHAMPION for that year. Respectively, only CW and SSB winner will become
the CW and SSB HF EUROPEAN CHAMPION. Second and third places will be awarded
with plaques. Additionaly, first place certificates will be awarded for
winners in every participating country. Other special awards may be given by
the championship committee's decision. Persons or organizations interested
in sponsoring a trophy are encouraged to contact the address below. To
promote low power operations, stations with power output of 100W or less
will be marked regardless of the place or category

<S59AA 6/96>
