Participants

All licensed radio amateurs, with 50 MHz privileges is invited to participate in "The 50 MHz Open" cumulative contest.
 

Date & time

Fourth Tuesday, every month - 19:00-23:00 CET/MET incl. summertime offset. (Never at December 24 th. or 25 th.)

Section

LP. The 50 MHz Open - Low power < 10 w.
MP. The 50 MHz Open - Medium power < 100 w.
HP. The 50 MHz Open - High power > 100 w.
Single and multi operators participate in same sections.
 

Contacts

Each contacted station counts only ones even if it is /A, /P etc.
Duplicates must not be deleted from the log, but shall be listed as a normal QSO with zero (0) points. In case points are claimed for a duplicate QSO, ten times the claimed points will be deducted.
All operation in accordance with IARU Region 1 bandplan. No contacts via active repeaters or EME are allowed.
 

Exhange

RS(T) and Locator, e.g. 59 JO02QC. No QSO no. is required !
 

Points

1 point/km + 500 bonus points per Wold Wide Locator. e.g. JO02
 

Score

In the annual result, only the nine best contests are evaluated.
 

Results

The monthly and cumulated annual result, can be wieved at
http://www.qsl.net/oz6om/the50mhzopen/The50MHzRes2009.htm
 

Awards

The first three stations in each section, and the best station in each country (national winner), will receive a Contest Award.
 

Manager

Logs must be received no later than a week after the contest. Logs received later than deadline will be used as check logs.

Logs may be submitted electronically to the contest manager,
oz6om @ uksmg.net
Please in the subject line; 50MHz Open, class either LP, MP or HP & Your callsign.

O. Bjørn Madsen, OZ6OM
Storkeløkken 45
DK-5270 Odense N
Denmark