RSGB Club Calls Contest (1.8MHz AFS)
| New for 2011 | -- this is now one of the AFS contests. Scores from Affiliated Societies contribute to the AFS Super League. |
| -- short club names are sent, so clubs should find out their abbreviation before beginning the contest. |
The aim of this event is to encourage contacts between Affiliated Societies, to give their callsigns an airing, and to provide a contest on 160m for those who wish to participate in the AFS Super League.
Many clubs use this contest to as a way of encouraging new licensees to operate under appropriate supervision. Those who are participating more competitively are asked to be patient with newcomers, who may not be as experienced in contesting.
Please note that this is the only RSGB contest where clubs may use special club prefixes -- see Rule 4. It is advantageous to do so, because it attracts callers who can immediately recognise that you provide a high-value bonus.
Entrants should take careful note of the power limits in the part of 160m used for the contest. The Contest Committee will be monitoring for signals which appear to be unreasonably loud.
1. Basic Information
Date: Saturday 12th November 2011.Time: 2000 - 2300 UTC.
Frequencies: 1870-1990 kHz.
Mode: SSB.
Contest exchange: see Rule 5.
The General Rules apply to this contest
2. Sections
Section (a). Any Society which is affiliated to the RSGB may enter, and in accordance with Rule 4, may nominate stations as Club Stations and Club Members. Operators of these stations need not be members of the RSGB, but must be members of the Society they represent. Affiliated Societies entering in this Section will qualify for the AFS Super League, and their scores will be consolidated into the overall AFS Super League tables.Section (b). Any group of RSGB members may form a club for the purposes of this contest, and in accordance with Rule 4, may nominate stations as Club Stations and Club Members. Clubs entering in this Section will not be included in the AFS Super League. Clubs are advised to enter under Section (a) if they are able to, so as to be shown in the AFS Super League table.
3. Teams and locations
Teams represent a Society or Club. A Team consists of one to four stations, and each Society or Club may enter one or more Teams. The Teams will be designated (for example) Anytown Radio Society Team A, Anytown Radio Society B, and so on. The adjudication software will allocate the four highest scoring stations to "Team A", the second highest scoring to "Team B", etc.All stations must be located within a radius of 50 miles of the normal meeting-place of the Society or Club, and must be within the UK. Where a Society entering Section (a) has branches, e.g. RNARS, or where it is geographically spread out, it may define separate branch meeting-places, and stations representing each branch will be considered to be separate from those entered by other branches, except in respect of RSGB affiliation.
The RSGB Contest Committee verifies that membership and distance rules are being complied with. Therefore, one of the logs for each Society or Club must include a declaration in the "Soapbox" section specifying whether the entry is under Section (a) or (b). In the case of Section (a), the callsigns of stations representing the Society must be listed, stating that the operators are all members. In the case of Section (b), the callsigns of stations representing the Club must be listed, stating that the operators are all members of the RSGB. The address, including postcode, of the normal meeting place of the Society or Club must also be stated.
4. Entrants
Stations may be single or multioperator, but no station or operator may represent more than one Society, Club or Branch.Where a Society or Club has been allocated a callsign by the licensing authority for the its use, it may if it wishes nominate a station using that callsign as its "Club Station". This station may use the special club prefixes such as GX, GC, etc.
A Society or Club may define several Club Stations if it has several club callsigns available, but each Team may only contain one Club Station.
Other stations representing the Society or Club are designated "Club Members". Club Stations and the Club Members all contribute to Team scores, and must all comply with the 50 mile and UK limits described in Rule 3.
5. Exchange and Logging
The contest exchange is:Report
Serial Number
"Club Station", "Club Member" or "No Club", plus a 4-letter club abbreviation
Name of Club may be sent in full if desired, but must also be sent and logged as a four-letter abbreviation. These abbreviations are shown below. Societies and Clubs who are not in this list must no later than one week before the contest. Contacts made with stations who are not entering the contest, or with non-UK stations, must be logged as "No Club".
Contacts made with a Club Station or Member who does not know his abbreviation should be logged as usual, but with an abbreviation such as XXXX. Then note the circumstances and club involved in the "soapbox" section of the log, and the adjudicator will make any adjustments necessary. Entrants should also be aware of the possibility that a station contacted has a club abbreviation not listed in these rules, but should in any case log the abbreviation normally.
Programs known to the Contest Committee which can log this contest and create a suitable Cabrillo file are
N1MM Contest Logging Software
SkookumLogger for Mac OS X
SD by EI5DI
Other logging software which does not support this contest might also be used if the RSGB or EU Sprint format is supported. Entrants should use the "name" field to hold, for example, CMARIE (Club Member, Ariel Radio Group) or CSCCAM (Club Station, Contest Cambria). Then the log must be converted to correct Cabrillo format after the contest with software such as a text editor. Please note that logs which are not converted appropriately will be rejected by the Robot which uploads logs to the Contest Committee web site.
6. Scoring and results
The scoring is 3 points per contact, plus a bonus of 5 points for each contact with a Club Member, and 25 points for each contact with a Club Station. The RSGB Headquarters Station (GB3RS or other GB callsign) is likely to be in operation during the contest, although not submitting an entry. Contacts with the RSGB Headquarters Station (abbreviation = RSGB) will score a 25 point bonus, as if they were contacts with a normal Club Station.A table of entrants' results will be published, together with a table of Society and Club Team results. The highest scoring Team for each Society entering Section (a) will have the results normalised and entered into the AFS Super League.
7. Awards
The Ariel Trophy is awarded to the leading Club Station in Section (a) or (b).Certificates are awarded to the leading Club Station and Club Member.
The David Hill, G4IQM, Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Society entering Section (a) with the highest score in the table of Society and Club Team results.
8. Logs
Online entries must be submitted to http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl by the date specified in the General Rules.Entries must be in Cabrillo format
Example of Club Calls Contest log.
9. Abbreviations
Abbreviations for society and club names, used in logging.These are also available as a text file,
and with Club names in CSV format.
| ABDR | ABERDARE AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| ABDN | ABERDEEN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| ADDI | ADDISCOMBE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| NOTT | AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OF NOTTINGHAM |
| ANDO | ANDOVER AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| ARIE | ARIEL RADIO GROUP |
| AYLV | AYLESBURY VALE RADIO SOCIETY |
| AYRG | AYR AMATEUR RADIO GROUP |
| BAND | BANGOR AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BARR | BARRY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BASI | BASINGSTOKE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| BEDF | BEDFORD AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| BERK | BERKHAMPSTEAD AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BIRM | BIRMINGHAM CONTEST GROUP |
| BISH | BISHOPS AUCKLAND RADIO CLUB |
| BIST | BISHOP'S STORTFORD AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BITT | BITTERN DX GROUP |
| BLAC | BLACKWOOD AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BOLS | BOLSOVER AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BOLT | BOLTON WIRELESS CLUB |
| BORD | BORDERS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BOST | BOSTON AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BRAC | BRACKNELL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| BRED | BREDE STEAM AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BRIC | BRICKFIELDS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| BRIM | BRIMHAM CONTEST GROUP |
| BRCG | BRISTOL CONTEST GROUP |
| CHAM | CAMB-HAMS |
| CADA | CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| CAMB | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY WIRELESS SOCIETY |
| CLAN | CENTRAL LANCS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| CHLM | CHELMSFORD AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| CHLT | CHELTENHAM AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION |
| CHES | CHESHAM AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| CDXC | CHILTERN DX GROUP |
| CHRI | CHRISTCHURCH AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| CLIF | CLIFTON AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| COPS | COCKENZIE AND PORT SETON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| COLC | COLCHESTER RADIO AMATEURS |
| CCAM | CONTEST CAMBRIA |
| COCU | CONTEST CUMBRIA |
| COUL | COULSDON AMATEUR TRANSMITTING SOCIETY |
| CRAG | CRAVEN AMATEUR RADIO GROUP |
| CRAW | CRAWLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| CRAY | CRAY VALLEY RADIO SOCIETY |
| CROW | CROWBOROUGH AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| DAVY | DARENTH VALLEY RADIO SOCIETY |
| DMUN | DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| DDAL | DENBY DALE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| DENG | DENGIE HUNDRED AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| DORR | DORRIDGE SCOUT GROUP |
| DRAG | DRAGON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| DUAL | DUAL RADIO AND ELECTRONICS SOCIETY |
| DUDE | DUDLEY AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| DUND | DUNDEE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| DUCO | DUNOON AND COWAL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| DUNS | DUNSTABLE DOWNS RADIO CLUB |
| EAGL | EAGLE RADIO GROUP |
| ENOT | EAST NOTTS CONTEST GROUP |
| ECHE | ECHELFORD AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| EDGW | EDGWARE AND DISTRICT RADIO SOCIETY |
| ENFI | ENFIELD CONTEST GROUP |
| ESCW | ESSEX CW AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| FALK | FALKIRK AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| FARE | FAREHAM AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| FARN | FARNBOROUGH AND DISTRICT RADIO SOCIETY |
| FELI | FELIXSTOWE AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| FINN | FINNINGLEY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| FIST | FISTS CW CLUB |
| FIVB | FIVE BELLS GROUP |
| FRAR | FLIGHT REFUELLING AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| FLYP | FLYING PIGS CONTEST GROUP |
| FRSK | FRISKNEY AND EAST LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNICATIONS CLUB |
| FURN | FURNESS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| GPZC | G6PZ CONTEST GROUP |
| GIBR | GI BRASSPOUNDERS CONTEST GROUP |
| GLAD | GLENROTHES AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| GLOC | GLOUCESTER AMATEUR RADIO AND ELECTRONICS SOCIETY |
| GMDX | GMDX |
| GOOL | GOOLE RADIO AND ELECTRONICS SOCIETY |
| GORD | GORDANO AMATEUR RADIO GROUP |
| GOVC | GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| GQRP | G-QRP CLUB |
| GRMP | GRAMPIAN REPEATER GROUP |
| GRAN | GRANTHAM AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| GREY | GREAT YARMOUTH AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| GRND | GREENISLAND ELECTRONICS AND AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| GRIM | GRIMSBY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| GUER | GUERNSEY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| GILD | GUILDFORD AND DISTRICT RADIO SOCIETY |
| HADL | HADLEY WOOD CONTEST GROUP |
| HARO | HARROW RADIO SOCIETY |
| HWLL | HARWELL AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| HARW | HARWICH AMATEUR RADIO INTEREST GROUP |
| HAST | HASTINGS ELECTRONICS AND RADIO CLUB |
| HAVE | HAVERING AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| HMCS | HERSTMONCEUX MEGACYCLES |
| HARE | HINCKLEY AMATEUR RADIO AND ELECTRONICS SOCIETY |
| HICH | HITCHIN CONTEST GROUP |
| HOGS | HOG'S BACK AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| HOOV | HOOVER AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| HRND | HORNDEAN AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| HRNS | HORNSEA AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| HRSH | HORSHAM AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| HUCK | HUCKNALL ROLLS ROYCE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| HUMB | HUMBER FORTRESS DX AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| IMPC | IMPERIAL COLLEGE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| ISWL | INTERNATIONAL SHORTWAVE LISTENERS |
| IPSR | IPSWICH RADIO CLUB |
| IOFM | ISLE OF MAN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| JERS | JERSEY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| KETT | KETTERING AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| KIDS | KIDDERMINSTER AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| KILM | KILMARNOCK AND LOUDOUN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| KDOM | KINGDOM AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| KING | KINGS LYNN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| KNOC | KNOCKYCOID CONTEST GROUP |
| LAVA | LAGAN VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| LANK | LANARKSHIRE CONTEST GROUP |
| LEIC | LEICESTER RADIO SOCIETY |
| LICH | LICHFIELD AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| LINC | LINCOLN SHORT WAVE CLUB |
| LOKI | LOCH FYNE KIPPERS |
| LOTH | LOTHIANS RADIO SOCIETY |
| LOUG | LOUGHBOROUGH AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| LGHT | LOUGHTON AND EPPING FOREST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| LOWE | LOWESTOFT DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MACC | MACCLESFIELD AND DISTRICT RADIO SOCIETY |
| MADJ | MAD JACKS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MADA | MAIDENHEAD AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| MAID | MAIDSTONE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MHIL | MALVERN HILLS RADIO AMATEUR CLUB |
| MARC | MARCH AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MATO | MARTELLO TOWER GROUP |
| MRTL | MARTLESHAM RADIO SOCIETY |
| MEDW | MEDWAY AMATEUR RADIO TRANSMITTING SOCIETY |
| MEIR | MEIRION AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MELT | MELTON MOWBRAY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MEXB | MEXBOROUGH AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MBED | MID BEDS CA |
| MICH | MID CHESHIRE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MLAN | MID LANARK AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MSXS | MID SUSSEX AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MIDX | MIDDLESEX DX GROUP |
| MILT | MILTON KEYNES AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| MORA | MORAY FIRTH AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| NEWB | NEWBURY AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| NEWQ | NEWQUAY AND DISTRICT RADIO SOCIETY |
| NEWT | NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS RADIO CLUB |
| NORF | NORFOLK AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| NBRS | NORTH BRISTOL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| NEST | NORTH EAST SURREY CONTEST GROUP |
| NENF | NORTH ENFIELD CONTEST GROUP |
| NNFK | NORTH NORFOLK AMATEUR RADIO GROUP |
| NORS | NORTH OF SCOTLAND CONTEST GROUP |
| NOWA | NORTH WAKEFIELD RADIO CLUB |
| NTON | NORTHAMPTON RADIO CLUB |
| NOLI | NORTHERN LIGHTS CONTEST GROUP |
| OLDM | OLDHAM RADIO CLUB |
| OPEN | OPEN UNIVERSITY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| ORKY | ORKNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| OSSE | OSSETT AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS |
| OXFO | OXFORD AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| PARA | PARALLEL LINES CONTEST GROUP |
| PEMB | PEMBROKESHIRE RADIO SOCIETY |
| PENC | PENCOED AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| PLYM | PLYMOUTH RADIO CLUB |
| PRES | PRESTON AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| RSGB | RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN |
| HARR | RADIO SOCIETY OF HARROW |
| RAFW | RAF WADDINGTON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| RAFA | RAF AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| READ | READING AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| REIG | REIGATE AMATEUR TRANSMITTING SOCIETY |
| RODA | ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| RNAR | ROYAL NAVAL AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| SALO | SALOP AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| SAND | SANDS AMATEUR RADIO CONTEST GROUP |
| SCAR | SCARBOROUGH AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| SCST | SCUNTHORPE STEEL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| SHEF | SHEFFIELD AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| SHED | SHEFFORD AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| SHIR | SHIREHAMPTON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| SILC | SILCOATES SCHOOL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| SOBI | SOUTH BIRMINGHAM RADIO SOCIETY |
| SOBR | SOUTH BRISTOL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| SCHS | SOUTH CHESHIRE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| SDOR | SOUTH DORSET RADIO SOCIETY |
| SDWN | SOUTHDOWN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| SGAT | SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| SOPO | SOUTHPORT AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| SPAL | SPALDING AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| STTY | ST TYBIE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| STEV | STEVENAGE AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| STIR | STIRLING AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| STOC | STOCKPORT RADIO SOCIETY |
| STOU | STOURBRIDGE AND DISTRICT RADIO SOCIETY |
| STRB | STRABANE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| STFB | STRATCHCLYDE FIRE BRIGADE RADIO SOCIETY |
| STUA | STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND DISTRICT RADIO SOCIETY |
| STRI | STRICTLY CONTEST CLUB |
| STRU | STRUMBLE HEAD DX AND CONTEST GROUP |
| SUDB | SUDBURY AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| SUDB | SUDBURY AND DISTRICT RADIO AMATEURS |
| SURR | SURREY RCC |
| SUDS | SUSSEX DOWNS CONTEST GROUP |
| SUTT | SUTTON AND CHEAM RADIO SOCIETY |
| SCOL | SUTTON COLDFIELD RADIO SOCIETY |
| SWAN | SWANSEA AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| SWIN | SWINDON AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| TMOB | T MOBILE AMATEUR RADIO GROUP |
| TALL | TALL TREES CONTEST GROUP |
| TAUN | TAUNTON AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| TELF | TELFORD AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| TAAA | THREE AS CONTEST GROUP |
| TORB | TORBAY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| TRAV | TRAVELLING WAVE CONTEST GROUP |
| TROW | TROWBRIDGE AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| TWOC | TWO COUNTIES CONTEST GROUP |
| TYNE | TYNESIDE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| UKSM | UK SIX METRE GROUP |
| VERU | VERULAM AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| VINT | VINTAGE AND MILITARY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| WARR | WARRINGTON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| WATE | WATERLOOVILLE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| WELL | WELLAND VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| WEBC | WEST BROMWICH CENTRAL RADIO CLUB |
| WKEN | WEST KENT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| WOSA | WEST OF SCOTLAND AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| WSMR | WESTON-SUPER-MARE RADIO SOCIETY |
| WEYV | WEY VALLEY ARG |
| WIRU | WIDNES AND RUNCORN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| WIGT | WIGTOWNTSHIRE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| WIND | WINDMILL CONTEST GROUP |
| WISB | WISBECH AMATEUR RADIO AND ELECTRONICS CLUB |
| WORC | WORCESTER RADIO AMATEUR ASSOCIATION |
| WORT | WORTHING AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| WREX | WREXHAM AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY |
| WYTH | WYTHALL RADIO CLUB |
| YARM | YARMOUTH RADIO CLUB |
| YORK | YORKSHIRE DALES CONTEST GROUP |