PLEASE NOTE -- Stations outside Europe work Europe only, Stations in Europe work everyone.


(1)  The score from this contest contributes to the RSGB HF Championship for UK entrants.  

(2)  General Rules do not apply to this contest.  

(3)  Date and time: 17-18 November 2012, 21:00 - 01:00 UTC. No contest transmissions must be made after 0100 UTC, and contacts logged at 0100 or later will be disallowed.

(4)  Frequencies: 1810-1870kHz only. Mode: CW only.

(5)  Entries must be Single-Operator, which means a station operated by one person, who receives no assistance from another person in operating, log-keeping, checking, finding stations and other contest activities, and who does not receive information by DX cluster, packet, telnet, internet, telephone, skimmer (and skimmer-like technologies) or other similar methods.

(6)  Sections for entries:

(a) UK, who may contact any other station.
(b) Europe outside UK, who may contact any other station.
(c) Outside Europe, who may contact stations only in Europe (including the UK).

United Kingdom (UK) in this contest means England (G), Scotland (GM), Wales (GW), Northern Ireland (GI), the Channel Islands (GJ, GU) and the Isle of Man (GD). UK entrants must be RSGB members (except for visitors, temporarily staying in the UK), and must not use special callsigns (for example GB, GX, etc.), nor Special Contest Callsigns, nor be /MM or /AM.

Europe in this contest means those Entities shown in the ARRL countries list having the Continent column marked "EU".

(7)  A valid contact is the exchange and acknowledgment of callsign and contest data.

The contest exchange must be sent to all stations contacted:

UK entrants - Section (a) - send: Signal report (RST), Serial number, UK District code

Non-UK entrants - Sections (b) and (c) - send: Signal report (RST), Serial number

UK District codes are listed at the end of these rules.

Serial Numbers start at 001.

Entrants must log the exchange received from stations competing in other contests and from non-contestants. Minimum exchange from a non-contestant is a signal report.

Proof of contact may be required.

(8)  Scoring and results:

Scoring is 2 points per contact, plus a bonus of 5 points for the first contact with each UK District, and a bonus of 5 points for the first contact with each DXCC Country (Entity from the ARRL countries list) outside the UK.

Duplicate and incomplete contacts do not count for points, but must be logged if made.

For scoring purposes, /AM and /MM stations count as being in their own country.

Three tables of results will be shown -- for UK stations, for Europe outside the UK, and for the rest of the world.

(9)  Schedules (skeds) may be made during, but not before the contest, and using only frequencies specified in rule (4).

(10) Entrants must operate in accordance with their licence conditions. An entrant must use only one callsign and only one station. A station must use only one callsign.

(11)  One transmitted signal only is permitted. The entrant's transmitters and receivers must be within a circle of 500-metre diameter, or (if greater) within the limits of the entrant's address. Antennas used must be connected by wires to the entrant's transmitters and receivers.

(12)  In adjudication, points and bonuses for a contact will be lost for errors in sending or receiving. Points may also be deducted or entries disqualified for a breach of the rules or spirit of the contest.

The RSGB Contest Committee makes wideband recordings of some contests, and the validity of contacts may be checked by this method for specific reasons or at random.

The decision of the Contest Committee of the RSGB is final.

(13)  The log entry deadline is 23:59:59 on 3rd December 2012. Entries must be submitted to http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl, in Cabrillo format. Entrants who have logged on paper can use one of these programs to generate a Cabrillo log in post-contest mode.

Entrants who do not have access to a computer may send disk or paper logs to "RSGB-G3UFY, 77 Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF, England". These logs must be in time order, and show (for each contact): Date, Time, Mode, Callsign worked, RST sent, Serial Number sent, UK District code sent, RST received, Serial Number received, UK District Code received.

Entrants are strongly advised to check their logs for obvious mistakes before submission.

(14)  Awards: The Victor Desmond Trophy is awarded to the leading UK entrant, and the Maitland Trophy is awarded to the Scottish entrant with the highest aggregate number of points in the February and November 160m events.

The top three entrants in each Section will receive RSGB certificates.


RSGB District Codes