3. Mode: CW
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.
Free Contest software that the PRO CW Contest
supports:
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.