RSGB - HF Contest Committee
RSGB Commonwealth Contest | ||
The Commonwealth Contest (formerly known as the British Empire Radio Union - BERU) is one of the longest-running contests in the HF contesting world. It promotes contacts between stations in the UK&CD, Commonwealth and Mandated Territories. Click here for background information. If you have any queries about these rules, please email hf.query@rsgbcc.org Changes for 2017 :'HQ' stations active from as many as possible of the 7 different UK&CD DXCC Entities - as additional Bonuses Reduced log submission time
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1. Objective | To achieve a good score by working as many stations and bonuses as possible. | |
2. Date & Time | 11th - 12th March 2017 1000 - 1000 UTC |
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3. Frequencies and Power |
CW only
80m to 10m On 80m, DX contacts may be made below 3510kHz and on 20m, no operation above 14060kHz Only one signal may be transmitted at any one time. | |
4. Entrants and Sections |
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5. Exchange |
RST + Serial Number starting at
1 HQ stations additionally send 'HQ' which must be logged. If you are not sent a serial number, log a zero. |
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6. Scoring |
5 points per QSO plus a bonus of 20 points for each of the first three contacts with a Commonwealth Call Area on each band. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Commonwealth Contest Team competition scoring : The team score is the sum of individual adjudicated scores, with all stations located in the southern hemisphere or on the equator having their final score multiplied by a Latitude Factor. This Latitude Factor will be recalculated each year based on published scores. For each hemisphere, the highest-scoring team total for each of the last three years will be used to give an overall total and the factor will be calculated as the ratio of the northern to the southern grand totals rounded down to the nearest two decimal places. | |
7. Log submission and Adjudication |
Submit in Cabrillo format here
within 5 days following the end of the contest.
If the robot finds format errors, it will reject the log and ask for resubmission of a corrected logfile. Adjudicated results will be online and will include online logfiles for all entrants. Errors will incur penalties as outlined in the RSGB HF Adjudication Principles This penalty will be the loss of 5 additional QSO points. The use of CAT control to log the correct frequency is highly recommended - you will lose QSO points for frequency errors. | |
8. Results and Awards |
A comprehensive Awards webpage will be online in due course. Single-operator entrants in the Open, Restricted and QRP Sections will have their scores entered automatically into the HF Championship. | |
9. Supplementary Rules |
(a) Any infringement considered to be outside the spirit of the contest may result in an entry being reclassified as a Checklog or disqualified. (b) Self-spotting or asking to be spotted is not permitted. (c) Call signs logged must be the same as those exchanged over the air by the entrants during the QSO. Correction of logged call signs and exchanges after the contest, by use of any database, recordings, email or other methods, is not allowed. (d) All requests for contacts, responses to calls, and copying of call signs and contest exchanges must be accomplished during the contest period using the mode and frequencies of the contest. (e) You must send your callsign at least every 3rd QSO and no less often than once a minute. (f) Proof of contact e.g. an MP3 audio recording, may be used as part of the adjudication process. | |
10. Declaration |
By entering any RSGB HF Contest you declare that : (a) Your station was operated strictly in accordance with the rules and spirit of the contest, within the conditions of your licence, and that the power output from your transmitter was no greater than that permitted in the section of the contest that you are entering. (b) You agree that decisions of the RSGB HF Contest Committee will be final in cases of dispute. (c) By submitting a log entry, entrants give the RSGB permission to score, amend, publish, republish, print, and otherwise distribute that entry by any means. |