Sudety Contest
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the Polski Zwiazek Krotkofalowcow (PZK) has the pleasure to invite all Radio
Amateurs over IARU Region I to take part in the VHF/UHF/SHF SUDETY CONTEST
which will be held on the first of August. This subregional contest is
organised by Sudety Department of PZK to stimulate activity in Summer on
VHF-SHF bands

Categories:
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 I. SINGLE OPERATOR: station operated by single operator with no assistance
    the contest, using privately owned equipment and antennas and operating
    from any location
II. All other entrants including club stations. No more than one transmitter
    may be in use at any one time. A participating station must operate from
    the same location throughout the event

Date:
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first full weekend in August, from Saturday 14.00z to Sunday 14.00z
{01SAT08:1400:1440}

Mode:
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CW, SSB, FM

Bands:
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6m, 2m, 70cm, 23cm, 13cm, 8cm, 6cm, 3cm

Exchange:
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RS or RST + contest number commencing with 001 for the first contact on
each band, increasing by one for each successive contact on this band and
complete Locator of the sending station
(examples 59 003 JO70ST or 579 003 JO70ST)

Scoring:
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point will be scored on the basis of one point per kilometre. The factor
for conversion from degree to kilometers is 111,2.

Bonus:
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for each new Locator square (4 characters): 1000 points

Logs:
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standard IARU logsheet shall be used separatelly on each band. The
submission of the logs implies that entrant accepts the IARU Region I
Contest rules as in the VHF Manangers` Handbook.
Each station can be worked only once, whether it is fixed, portable or
mobile. Any duplicate contacts should be logged without claim fot points
and clearly marked as duplicates. Contacts made via active repeaters do not
count for points. Any telephony contact made with stations transmitting in
the CW sub-band shall not count for points

Disqualification:
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Violation of the rules will be judged on basis of IARU Region I contest
rules. The decisions of the Contest Committe are final and not contestable.

Deadline:
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post marked not later 25 August

Address:
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Sudecki OT PZK
P.O.Box 215
58-500 Jelenia Gora
Poland

Awards:
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certificates will be issued to the five top scores in the two sections on
each band. For each section an overall winner will be declared on basis of
sum of the points scored on each of the bands

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