RSGB Affiliated Societies Contests 2012, 80m CW and SSB
These popular club events
have something for everyone. What better way to start contesting than in
AFS? You can contribute by just participating and gathering points for
your team and Club. Enjoy the local rivalry, it's great fun! You don't
need to have a high or complex antenna either, a simple low dipole
works well.
Please note that Rule 6, regarding Afifliated Society declaration requirements, will be strictly enforced.
1. Basic Information
Club scores from these contests contribute towards the AFS Super League
The General Rules apply to this contest
Dates:
CW Event: Sunday 8th January 2012
SSB Event: Saturday 14th January 2012
Time: 1400
- 1800UTC.
Frequencies:
CW: 3510 - 3590kHz.
SSB: 3600 - 3750kHz
Exchange:
RST plus serial number
2. Eligible Entrants
(a) Each
entering club must be affiliated to the RSGB.
(b) Operators must be members of the club they represent.
Operators are not required to be a members of the RSGB.
(c) All
stations representing a club must be located within a radius of 50
miles of the normal meeting-place of the club, and be within the UK. Where a club has
branches, eg RNARS, it may define separate branch meeting-places, and
the team(s) entered by each branch will be considered to be entirely
separate from those entered by other branches, except in respect of
affiliation.
(d) Each
station may be single or multioperator, but no station or operator may
represent more than one affiliated club or branch.
3. Teams
Teams comprise of up to four stations for both the CW
and SSB
sections. Clubs may enter as many teams as they wish. 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.
4. Contacts
In the CW section, the section around 3580kHz is reserved for
slower-speed
contacts. It is intended that operators less experienced in CW and
contest techniques should be able to make contacts here in a more
relaxed environment. Experienced contesters operating around this
frequency are
required to keep their speed down.
5. Scoring
10 points per contact, including contacts with non-UK stations.
6. Entries
Online entries must be submitted to http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl by the date specified in the general rules. Logs must be uploaded individually, using an AFS Club Name chosen from the list on the contest entry robot.
The RSGB Contest Committee verifies that distance rules are being complied with. Therefore the address, including postcode or QTH locator of the normal meeting place of each club (and any of its Branches) must be emailed to afs.query@rsgbcc.org. This only needs to be done once for each club, after which the information will be kept on file. The currently held address information can viewed and verified during AFS log submission. Additions to the robot club names list or changes to the club meeting place data should also be emailed to afs.query@rsgbcc.org
Individual entries may alternatively be submitted via the QSO entry web page http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfcover.pl
Example of AFS CW Contest log.
Example of AFS SSB Contest log.
Further
information regarding the Cabrillo Format
7. Awards
CW:-
The Edgware Trophy to the leading team.
The Marconi Trophy to the leading single-operator individual station.
SSB:-
The Flight Refuelling ARS Trophy to the leading team.
The RSGB Lichfield Trophy to the leading single-operator individual
station.
Certificates to the top three stations in the Individual listing,
and to the top three Affiliated Societies in the Society Team listing