UBA The UBA has the honor to announce that this contest will be challenged under the Patronage of the European Union. The 12th EUROPEAN UNION TROPHY will be awarded to the highest scoring EU member station from both the CW and SSB Class B competition. 1.  PURPOSE To contact as many Belgian and other amateurs as possible and to provide a way to achieve the WABP and the EC Awards in the "UBA Contest". 2.  PERIODS 13:00 UTC Saturday to 13:00 UTC Sunday. SSB :   January 29th    - January 30th, 2000    (starting the last Saturday of January). CW :    February 26th - February 27th,2000      (starting the last Saturday of February). 3.  CLASSES A       =       Single Operator Single Band  (A10, A15, A20, A40, A80). B       =       Single Operator Multi Band (5 bands). C       =       Multi Operator Single Transmitter (5 bands). D       =       QRP 5 Watt output, as class B. E       =       SWL, as class B (Rules under item 10). Remark :        In all categories ONLY ONE transceiver (or receiver) and transmitting signal is allowed at any time during the contest, so NO multiplier station permitted. 4.  BANDS Bands to be used: 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. The IARU band plan as well as the frequencies proposed by the HF Contest committee must be adhered to. At this time, the preferential frequencies are: Telephony :     3.600 - 3.650; 3.700 - 3.775; 7.040 - 7.100; 14.125 - 14.3-00; 21.175 - 21.350 & 28.400 - 28.700 MHz. Telegraphy :    3.510 - 3.560; 7.000 - 7.035; 14.000 - 14.060; 21.000 - 21.0-80 & 28.000 - 28.070 MHz. The band segments 3.500 - 3.510 and 3.775 - 3.800 shall not be used unless for DX contacts (this means no one shall call "CQ Contest" in those segments). 5.  CONTEST CALL AND EXCHANGE SSB "CQ UBA"; CW "TEST UBA". Exchange: RS(T) + serial number starting from 001.  Note that Belgian stations give their province abbreviation which is a mandatory part of the exchange and must be in the log (e.g. 59001/AN). 6.  SCORING Each QSO with  a Belgian station counts 10 points. Each QSO with another EU member station as listed below counts 3 points. QSOs with any other station  outside the EU counts 1 point. 7.  MULTIPLIERS PER BAND All Belgian provinces : AN, BW, HT, LB, LG, NM, LU, OV, VB and WV.  The region of Brussels : BR All Belgian prefixes e.g. ON4, ON5, ON6, ON7, ON8, ON9, OR0, OT8, etc. The following DXCC countries from the European Union : CT, CU, DL, EA, EA6, EI, F, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, I, IS, LX, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OZ, PA, SM, SV, SV5, SV9, SY and TK. Remark : a QSO with a Belgian station can give you 2 multipliers (province and prefix). 8.  FINAL SCORE Total QSO points (from all bands) times the total number of multiplier points (from all bands).                            9.  SPECIAL CONDITIONS The use of the DX-Cluster facilities is permitted.   10. LOGS Each log must include a summary sheet showing the detailed scoring information (QSOs, points and multipliers per band). Use the appropriate designation to mark your entry Class (A10, A15, A20, A40, A80, B, C, D, E). The log summary sheet shall contain the following signed declaration : "I declare that all contest rules and all the rules and regulations for amateur radio operations in my country have been observed and adhered to. I accept the decisions of the Contest Committee". The IARU Region 1 standard format sheets are recommended. Remarks : - Computer logs: Computer logs  on 5" 1/4 or 3" 1/2 diskettes can only be accepted if the file format is ASCII or DBF. One QSO per record is mandatory (ending with CR/LF) for computer processing. The name of the file will be MYCALL.LOG (MYCALL being your own call). We prefer logs generated by EI5DI or ARI contest program as these are specially written for this contest. We recommend the use of the SDU contest software by EI5DI. This software was developed especially for this contest, and is freely available to all participants. It can be down loaded from the Web Site of EI5DI or from the UBA Web Site . The UBA HF manager will send you a copy upon request and after having received a SAE with a formatted disk from you. The computer file to be submitted is the file MYCALL.ALL where MYCALL stands for your own callsign. - A selection of pictures of operators in action will be published with the results, so please send us your picture. Please send your comments with your contest log and send us a picture. All logs must be postmarked not later than 30 days after the contest. Late logs will not be considered for the competition. The logs must be send to :   Carine Ramon - ON7LX UBA HF Manager Bruggesteenweg   77 B-8755  Ruiselede BELGIUM   Logs via E-mail are accepted at . The logs sent by E-mail must meet the specifications as outlined above for computer logs. We will confirm reception of your log by E-mail.   11. SPECIAL SWL RULES Only stations taking part in the Contest may be logged for scoring purposes. Logs should show in columns: Time (UTC), callsign of "Station Heard", complete exchange sent by this station, callsign of station being worked, a RS(T) report on "Station Heard" at SWLs QTH, new multiplier and points claimed. If both sides of a contest contact are heard they may be claimed as separate stations and the callsigns have to appear in the "Station Heard" column. A station may only appear once per band as station heard. In the column "Station Worked" the same station may not be logged more than 10 times per band.   12. AWARDS The stations having sent US $ 5.00 with their log will receive the results by direct mail. THE FASTEST WAY TO RECEIVE THE RESULTS IS TO MENTION YOUR AX25 PACKET BBS OR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR LOG. Awards will be sent to the highest scoring stations from each class in each country and W, VE, PY, ZL, JA and VK call area provided they have logged at least 40 valid contacts. Other participants receive a certificate when 40 valid contacts are logged. The EU TROPHIES go to the EU winners of class B of both the CW and the Phone contest.   13. PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATION Penalties : - Incomplete or incorrect exchanges : the QSO will count for zero points, but no additional penalty will be applied. - Deduction of 10 times QSO value for any unmarked duplicate contact. Disqualification : - For cheating, imaginary logging and clear, repetitive and intentional violation of the contest rules. - For continuous or repetitive violation or total negation of the IARU band plan.       - If the total amount of penalty points amounts to more than 2 %  of the total number of contacts. The decisions of the contest committee are final ------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************** BERGER  Guy   *    Radio amateur call sign: ON7ZV                      Brussels DX Team member                   One of the Contest Committee gang Cyclotron Research Center        Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve Phone:+32/(0)10 47 32 25   Fax:+32/(0)10 45 21 83 E-Mail:   BERGER@cyc.ucl.ac.be  http://www.cyc.ucl.ac.be/CYC/hif/esa.html **************************************************************