European HF Championship
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<Rules 1999/01.00>


EVERY YEAR, FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST, 10.00 - 22.00 UTC
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ATTENTION! Rules are changed as follows: CW and SSB contacts
count ONE point (paragraph. 6) and BAND/MODE changes are     
allowed only 10 times per hour (paragraph.8).                
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1. OBJECTIVE  
For European amateurs to contact other European amateurs and
compete for the "EUROPEAN HF CHAMPION" title. Only EU to EU
contacts count, considering CQWW country list.
Calling: CQ EU on CW and CQ EUROPE on SSB.

2. BANDS
All amateur bands from 1.8 through 28 Mhz, except WARC bands.
Operating in DX segments is not allowed!

3. TYPE OF COMPETITION
Single operator all band category only in seven classes:
I.   CW/SSB - high power
II.  CW/SBB - low power (maximum 100W out)
III. CW  -    high power
IV.  CW  -    low power (maximum 100W out)
V.   SSB -    high power
VI.  SSB -    low power (maximum 100W out)
VII. SWL

Only one transmitted signal is allowed at any time.
CW contacts in SSB portion of the bands and SSB contacts in CW portion
are not allowed. Only one operator is allowed to perform all of the
operating and logging functions and only one call-sign is allowed from
a particular radio station. Use of DX CLUSTER, spotting nets or any other
forms of alerting are not permitted. 

4. EXCHANGE
RST report (CW) or RS report (SSB), plus a two digit number, meaning
the last two digits of the year of  operator's first official amateur
license (i.e. 579 82 or 59 82 means that operator received his/her
first official amateur license in the year 1982). 

Note :
Operators operating from club stations and guest operators operating
from stations owned by other amateurs, must sign a two digit number
corresponding to the year of their own first official amateur license.

5. MULTIPLIERS
Multipliers are different two-digit numbers, meaning the last two
digits of the year of  operator's first official amateur license.
The multiplier (XX) is counted only once per band regardless of mode.

6. QSO POINTS
Each completed contact counts one (1) point regardless of mode. The
same station may be worked once per band and mode.
 
7. SCORE
The final score is the sum of QSO points from all bands multiplied by
the sum of multipliers from all bands.

8. BAND AND MODE CHANGES
In CW and SSB categories maximum 10 band changes per full hour (i.e.
11:00 - 12:00 UTC) are allowed and in CW/SSB category maximum
10 band and mode changes per full hour are allowed (example: 5 band
+ 5 mode changes, where band together with mode change counts as
one change).

9. AWARDS
European Champions in classes I.- VI. will be awarded with trophies.
The Contest Committee will, upon its own judgment, award certain number
of certificates in each class/category. 

10. NATIONAL CATEGORY
A separate list of  national scores (the sum of all scores from one
DXCC country), regardless of club affiliation, will be published.

11. SWL         
Each correctly logged station (date, time, band, mode, call-sign,
multiplier) per band and mode counts one (1) point, with no limitations 
in band and mode changing. The final SWL score will be calculated
according to the paragraph 7. of this rules.

12. LOG INSTRUCTIONS
a) all logs must be comprised from following data:
   - time in UTC
   - band
   - mode of operation
   - call-sign
   - transmitted report
   - received report
   - multiplier (only first time worked on each band,regardless of mode)
   - QSO points for each contact

b) Logs must be sorted in chronological order, regardless of band and
   mode of operation.
c) A summary sheet including all relevant data needed to calculate final
   score, description of radio station, used power output, name, family 
   name and adress in block capitals and signed statement of compliance 
   must accompany each log. 
d) Every competitor who used computer logging or made 200 and more QSOs
   is obliged to submit log in a computer file. Logs must be in
   ASCII format. Files shall be named: "callsign.LOG" and "callsign.SUM".
e) we strongly recommend submission of logs via e-mail! 


13. PENALTIES
For unmarked duplicate QSOs, broken calls, bad exchanges and QSOs which
do not appear in correspondents log, QSO points and additional one (1)
QSO point for each such error will be removed. 10% or more bad contacts
or violation of contest rules shall result in dropping participant from
the classification.

14. DISQUALIFICATION
Violation of contest rules, unsportsmanlike conduct or very high
percentage of unverifiable QSOs will be deemed sufficient cause for
disqualification.

15. ALL DECISIONS OF THE CONTEST COMMITTEE ARE FINAL.

16. DEADLINE
All submitted logs must be postmarked no later than August, 31st of
that year. 
Indicate EU HF CHAMPIONSHIP and class/category on the envelope.

E-mail submission address: euhfc@hamradio.si

Please send paper logs and diskettes to:

Slovenia Contest Club
Saveljska 50
1113 Ljubljana
SLOVENIA

