ON Rules 2003

Belgian Participants

The section Mechelen invites all amateurs to participate in the ON-contest 2003.

Remarks: There's also a 6m category, and the multiplier ON4UB (UBA) is no longer valid.

Data

28 September 2003 6m Phone / CW
5 October 2003 80m SSB
12 October 2003 80m CW
19 October 2003 2m Phone / CW

Each time from 8 till 12 local time (between 6 and 10 UTC).

Contest call

CQ ON Contest.

Report

For all categories : RS(T) + QSO-number + abbreviation of the UBA member section.

Example 59001 MCL.

IARU contest frequencies are recommended:

CW : 3510 - 3560 Khz
SSB : 3600 - 3650 and 3700 - 3775 KHz

Points

For all categories:

3 points for each QSO
3 points for each heard ON station (SWLs)

Multipliers

Each new UBA section is a valid multiplier

Remark: ON stations which are no UBA member will give XXX (which is also a valid multiplier).

Final score

Total QSO points multiplied by total number of multipliers.

Classes

For each of the 3 contest categories, 5 classes are available:

ON stations
ONL
UBA sections

For each class, only sections which provided a log for minimum 5 participants (3 participants for 80m CW) with each at least 25 valid QSOs, or 25 heard stations. The points of the 3 best results will be summed together to make up the section ranking. The final ranking of the sections is calculated by dividing the section totals by a factor which is determined by the average of the points of the first 3 ON stations in the related contest category / 10000.

Foreign stations
Foreign SWLs

Remarks:

On 80m CW, a special class is available for QRP ON stations. Participants should clearly state "QRP" on their log header, and add a declaration that they operated with a maximum power of 5 Watt.
On 2m, a special class is available for QRP stations. Participants should clearly state "QRP" on their log header, and add a declaration that they operated with a maximum power of 10 Watt.
Due to the short duration of the contest, both single- and multioperator stations are allowed. Both will be listed in the same class.

Throphies

Each winning ON station will receive a paper. In each contest class, a sign (plaque) is available for the winning station.

The winning sections will receive a paper. A trophy is also available for the winner (total of points) of all categories.

Logs

A log should contain following information:

Time of QSO (UTC)
Call
RST-S
RST-R
Points
Multiplier

A log (SWLs) should contain following information:

Time of QSO (UTC)
Call
RST-S
RST-R (at SWL)
Call (remote)
Points
Multiplier

Additional remarks:

Duplicate QSOs should be removed
Specify your address
Specify your UBA section (logs without won't count for the section ranking)
Invalid sections will not count as multiplier
Specify that you acted according the contest rules.
SWLs can only list a maximum of 10 QSOs for the same station. (same on VHF)
SWLs should not list the other stations call (VHF only).

Penalties and disqualification

A penalty of 5 times the number of QSO points is given for each non-removed duplicate QSO.

Logs with more than 3% non-removed duplicate QSOs will be disqualified.

Contact

Logs should be mailed within 3 weeks after the related contest to ON5WL.

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