PRO CW CONTEST (PCC) 2023                                                                          
                                                               22th edition                                      
                                         RULES SUMMARY
                                  start : 2023 December 2,  12:00 UTC 
                                           end: 2023 December 3,  11:59:59 UTC
                                       bands: 80/40/20/15/10m
                                      modes: CW
                                categories: M,
                                                   MO,
                                                   SO-HP,
                                                   SO-LP,
                                                   SO-SB : SO10, SO15, SO20, SO40, SO80
                                                   CL
                                                   SWL
              reports nonmembers: RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
                     report members: RST + serial number starting with 001 + /M (members of any CW-club) (E.g. 599 001/M)                         
                                             scoring: 1p for QSO with own DXCC
                                                            2p for QSO with another DXCC
                                                            2p bonus for a non-member in the case of a QSO with a member CW club
                                                            6p bonus for QSO between two members  CW club                                             
                                       multipliers: different prefix on each band, except all prefix from own DXCC
                                  logs deadline: Sunday, December 10 at 23:59 UTC at cw@procontestclub.ro
                          preliminary scores: Monday, December 11 up to 10:00 UTC
                            contestations: are accepted only Monday, December 11 until 23:59 UTC
                                  official results: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 up to 10:00 UTC.
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                                             Organized by PRO-CW-CONTEST-CLUB, Romania
    1. Object:
        Contact and exchange QSO information with as many stations as possible.
        With the  same station, only one QSO is allowed per band.
 
     2. Contest Period:
         First full weekend in December, Starts Saturday 12:00 UTC, ends Sunday 11:59 UTC. (24 hours)

     3. Mode: CW          

     4. Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m ( 3.510 -3.560, 7.010 -7.060, 14.010 -14.060, 21,010-21,060, 28.010 -28.060 ).
          - it is allowed to transmit only one signal at any given time;
    
      5. Contest call: "TEST PCC" or "CQ PCC"
   
      6. Entry Categories:        
          M = members of any special CW club, multiband, a single TX, any authorized power for this mode 
          It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 + /M  (E.g. 599 001/M).
          If you submit the control in the form above must participate in category M (Members).
          Competitors registered in category M can participate only in this category, and in the Cabrillo log the name of the CW club will be specified
          which includes the membership number (not clubs of other ways of working) and in the log will be entered e.g. CLUB: PCCC # 55
        - The members of the CW clubs are not obliged to participate in the M category, but in this case they will no longer send the
           abbreviation /M and will follow the rules imposed on the category they have chosen.
        - If you are not a member of a CW club but you want to participate in category M, before the start of the competition you must
          to become a member of a telegraphy club. If you do not resolve, send me an email asking you to become a member of the PCCC.                 
          This club was founded with one purpose, to facilitate your participation if you wish in the M category of the PCC.   
        - Please do the same if you sent for example the control 599 001/M but in the head of the Cabrillo log you did not specify a club
          CW of which you are a member, in order to be included in the MEMBERS category ranking (M). If you do not proceed in this way
          your log will be included in the Check Log (CL) category.  
     
          MO  = All club stations, regardless of the number of operators and teams, only multiband, a single TX,
           any authorized power for this mode.     
           It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
           Clubs  may participate only in the MO category. With a club callsign you can not participate in SO categories.
           MO station must remain the same band at least 10 minutes when they make the contact on that band (RUNNING station).   

           SO-HP = Single Operator, All bands, Single TX, High Power, any authorized power for this mode. 
            It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
            Competitors who have made at least 120 valid QSOs can also opt for the second category, this being SO-SB provided that in this
            make at least 60 valid QSOs, . If, as a result of the arbitration, it is found that these two conditions have not been met, the respective
            competitor will be included in the ranking only to SO-HP category.                

            SO-LP = Single Operator, All bands, Single TX, Low Power, ( up to 100 W ).   
            It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
            Competitors who have made at least 120 valid QSOs can also opt for the second category, this being SO-SB provided that in this
            make at least 60 valid QSOs, or in the SO-LP or SO-HP categories if it has a total of at least 120 valid QSOs.
            If, as a result of the arbitration, it is found that these two conditions have not been met, the respective competitor will be included
            in the ranking only to SO-LP category.           

            SO-SB  = Single Operator Single Band : SO10, SO15, SO20, SO40, SO80 any authorized power for this mode.       
             It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
             Competitors whose log contains at least 120 valid QSOs can opt for the second category, also an SO-SB provided that in each
             between the two categories to make at least 60 valid QSOs or in the SO-LP or SO-HP categories if it has a total of at least 120 valid QSOs.
             If, as a result of the arbitration, it is found that these two conditions have not been met, the respective competitor will be included in the ranking only to a category.                   
                 
             SWL   = Short Wave Listeners, All bands
             Complete logging of one station only the callsign of the second station count 1 point.
             Complete logging of both sides of  a QSO - 3 points. There is no multiplier.
             The same callsign may be logged once on each band.
             If the SWL log contains the same callsign on a band in more than 3 QSOs, the SWL station will be disqualified.         
 
         7. Contest Exchange:
             Non members should send RST report + serial number, starting with 001 for the first contact. E.g. 599 001
             Members of any CW club, send RST + serial number + /M    ( E.g 599 001/M ).
             In the Cabrillo log please use following syntax : 599 001/M.
  
          8. Scoring:   
              QSO Points: 
              For QSO with own DXCC country: 1 point;
              For QSO with another DXCC country: 2 points;
              For QSO with CW-club members (M category), non-members receive : 2 points extra-bonus;
              For QSO between two CW-Club members (M category), they receive: 6 points extra-bonus.
              SWL category is awarded 3 points for a valid full QSO and 1 point for a QSO incomplete.

              Multiplier:
              Each different prefix worked will count one (1) multiplier on each band,  except all prefixes from own DXCC
              country who do not count as a multiplier. 
              The final score is the result of the total QSO points on all bands multiplied with the sum of multipliers on all bands.
              There is no multiplier for SWL category

               No need to calculate the score.This will done by the referee software.   
 
          9. Prizes
              (For prizes, CLAIM and UBN file, please indicate in the Cabrillo log your complete MAIL and EMAIL address.)   
              All certificates will be put on the PCC contest web site (Results) as PDF files for downloading and printing (Soon).

             Click here for information about all PRO CONTEST CLUB awards for PRO-CW-Contest.

        10. Logs Instructions:
              Only electronic logs, Cabrillo format. Times must be in UTC. 
              Regardless of the number of categories of participation, please send only one Cabrillo log. 
              All sent and received exchanges are to be logged. PCC will be made with total computerized control followed by each QSO
              computerized analysis. All SO category entrants must clearly indicate the category power in the Cabrillo log.  If no power category
              is mentioned in the log and there are QSO's in several bands, the competitors will be automatically moved to SO-HP category.
              EMAIL: The subject line of your email entry must include your callsign and category or categories.
              e.g. Subject: YP0ZZZ (M)  or YO0WWW (SO-HP & SO40).  See example!!!
              The file name of the attached log will only be in the form : YR0XXX.cbr or YO0YYY.log  
              The participants for two categories will send only one log . In the e-mail of your log, please send the file as attachement.
              The log must be sent only as an attachment, not as text or other content within the e-mail message.
              In the header part of the electronic log submission you MUST specify a category of entrance and the EMAIL address and
              the full mail address in order to receive prizes.
              Check logs are very much  appreciated, they are used for cross checking of all entries.Remarks: Contact is valid,
              if a time difference in both logs does not exceed 3 minutes. Please don't forget to set your computer's clock before the Contest!
               Awards, prizes and trophies will be sent to the home address indicated in the Cabrillo log. If the Cabrillo log header
               does not cantain the EMAIL address and full name the competitor will not receive the CLAIM and UBN files.   
               In the case of the competitors from category M, they will indicate in the Cabrillo head the obligatory CLUB (specific to the CW club)
               with membership number without which it cannot be included in the ranking. 
               Logs will be sent to: cw@procontestclub.ro. Please also follow the RECEIVED LOGS page.
                If after 72 hours (but not sooner) you have not received your CLAIM file, please send the log again to cw-contest@yo2rr.ro
                If you send a new log corrected or completed the address for it is corrected_logs@procontestclub.ro
                The deadline for sending logs is Sunday, 7 (seven) days after the end of the contest until 23:59 UTC .
                After this date, please do not send the log because the activity of making the provisional ranking has started.
                and pages for the net, and the introduction of a new log implies the resumption of this activity from the beginning.
          
          11.Dupes:       
               Dupes are contacts made with the same station on the same band. If the first contact between stations is valid, dupes
               have zero points value. If the first contact is not valid, second  (dupe) contact is accepted. Dupe contacts are not penalized,
               so DUPES should not be marked or deleted.
 
               Sample of Cabrillo imaginary log for CW-Club members (M category):

                  START-OF-LOG: 2.0
               ARRL-SECTION: DX
               CALLSIGN: YO2KHK
               CLUB: PCCC #2
               CONTEST: PCC
               CATEGORY: M
               CLAIMED-SCORE:
               OPERATORS:
               NAME:  First & Last Name
               ADDRESS:  Street and number
               ADDRESS:  City / Town
               ADDRESS:  Zip-code
               ADDRESS:  Country
               EMAIL: .....@............
               CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger V.......

               QSO:   7031 CW 2022-12-03 1605 YO2KHK         599  001/M       DL0ZZZ                   599  002/M       
               QSO: 28023 CW 2022-12-03 1616 YO2KHK         599  002/M       PA0XXX/QRP         599  008
               END-OF-LOG

               Sample of Cabrillo imaginary log for Non-members category:    

               START-OF-LOG: 2.0
               ARRL-SECTION: DX
               CALLSIGN: LZ0YYY/QRP
               CLUB: 
               CONTEST: PCC
               CATEGORY: SO-LP , (SO-HP, SO-SB, MO, CL)
               OPERATORS:
               NAME:  First & Last Name
               ADDRESS:  Street and number
               ADDRESS:  City / Town
               ADDRESS:  Zip-code
               ADDRESS:  Country
               EMAIL: ...@.......
               CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ V...

               QSO:   3512 CW 2022-12-03 1623 LZ0YYY         599  001          YO2KHK          599  023/M   
               QSO: 14024 CW 2022-12-03 1625 LZ0YYY         599  002          HG0ZZZ            599  021
               END-OF-LOG   

               Free Contest software that the PRO CW Contest supports: 
               N1MM Loger+ (using the PRO-CW-Contest module in USER DEFINED CONTESTS) 
   
               TR4W  and DXLog                                                                
              You can use any contest program for CW mode, but do not forget to enter in the Cabrillo file, the name of the contest (PCC)
               and the abbreviations /M when it's the case, otherwise you lose points.  It is not necessary to declare the score.

              12. Arbitration:
              If a competitor opts for a category to which the rules do not allow, the referee has the right to change the category according
              to the regulation.
              QSOs are not counted and ara excluded from the UBN report in case of: 
            - if the log is missing from the correspondent the message is NoLog except for the indicatives that exist in at least 10 logs received from at least 3 different countries,
            - if the QSO is not confirmed in the correspondent's log or the difference between the log times exceeds 3 minutes the message is NotInLog,
            - if there are errors in the callsign or the serial number changed, the link will be canceled and the message is BadCallsign or ReceiveError,
              if the Band or  Mode differ from the correspondent's log, the QSO will be canceled,
            - if the competitors from the MO category do not respect the 10 minutes on a dand,
            - competitors who obtain 0 (zero) points are included in the Check Log (CL) category.

             13. Disqualification:
            For cheating, imaginary loging and clear repetitive and intentional violation of the contest rules,
            If the SWL log contains the same callsign on a band in more than 3 QSOs, the SWL station will be disqualified.
    
             14.The Result of the contest:
             The Provisional results appears on the site http://www.procontestclub.ro , on the morning of Monday, the 8th day after the contest.
             Appeals regarding the provisional ranking are accepted only on Monday, on the day of its posting on the site until 23:59 UTC.
              Every competitor who send the electronic log and entered their own EMAIL address will receive personal UBN-list, containing the mistakes
             of the competitors and the list of stations from which we have not received log.
             The final results will be published on the site, on the second Wednesday after the contest and decisions of the referee are final.
               All prizes will be send once in two to three monts after the contest at the addresses specified in the Cabrillo log.
            (Prizes destined for RUSSIA or UKRAINE will be shipped when the situation allows. In the last edition, some returned and others were lost).
           15. Contest manager, referee and sponsor is YO2RR..                                                                                                                    
                     Last update:12-Dec-2022 at 12:54 UTC