The Radio Amateur
Society of Thailand (RAST) invites all radio amateurs
world-wide
to participate in the SEANET 2000 Contest. This contest is
associated
with the 28th Annual SEANET Convention in Thailand on the
17,18,19th
November 2000, in the spirit of amateur radio world-wide friendship.
The format
of the contest has been revised this year in accordance with the
wishes of
the delegates attending the 1999 SEANET Convention in Brunei. The
objective
is to streamline and modernise the contest and to attract more
entrants.
The revised contest will therefore be a single 24 hour contest
incorporating
CW/Voice/ and digital modes.
1. PURPOSE
OF CONTEST: To promote two-way amateur radio communication within
the SEANET
Region and between the SEANET region and the rest of the world
using various
modes.
2. CONTEST
TIMES & DATES:
Start 1200
GMT 19th August 2000, Finish 1200 GMT 20th August 2000 (24 hours)
3. BANDS/FREQUENCIES:
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metres (No WARC
bands)
Frequencies
should be used as appropriate to the mode and station licence.
4: MODES:
4.1.TELEGRAPHY (CW)
4.2.VOICE (SSB or FM)
4.3.DIGITAL( RTTY, AMTOR, PACTOR -I /II, CLOVER, PSK31 etc.)
5. ENTRY CLASSIFICATIONS:
5.1 : SEANET stations
5.1.1. Single-band - Single operator - mixed mode
5.1.2. multi-band - Single operator - mixed mode
5.1.3. multi-band - multi operator - mixed mode
5.1.4 Single-band - Single operator - single mode (i.e. CW, Voice
or Digital)
5.1.5 multi-band -single operator - single mode
5.2 WORLD-WIDE Stations (outside SEANET Region)
5.2.1. Single-band - Single operator - mixed mode
5.2.2. multi-band - Single operator - mixed mode
5.2.3. multi-band - multi operator - mixed mode
5.2.4. Single-band - Single operator - single mode (i.e. CW, Voice
or Digital)
5.2.5 multi-band -single operator - single mode
6. POWER INPUT:
As stipulated in the regulations governing the licence of the
operators.
7. REPORTING:
RST/RS report plus serial numbers starting with 001 and
increased
by one for each successive contact.
8. SCORING
RULES:
SEANET stations
may contact World-Wide AND SEANET stations, AND stations
within own
country. World-Wide stations may ONLY contact SEANET stations..
For the purpose
of the contest "SEANET" stations are defined as those
operating
from the following ITU zones.
ITU Zone
41 - 4S7,8Q7,A5,AP,S2,VQ9,VU,VU(Laccadive)
42 - 9N,B/BY
43 - B/BY
44 - BV,B/BY,HL,P5,VR2,XX9
45 - JA,JD1(Ogasawara)
49 - 3W/XV,E2/HS,XU,XW,XY/XZ,VU(Andaman),
50 - 1S/9M0(Spratly),DU
51 - H4,P29,YB
54 - 4W,9M2,9M6/9M8,9V1,V8,VK9C,VK9X,YB
55 - VK,VK9W
56 - 3D2,FK,VK9M,YJ
58 - VK
59 - VK
60 - VK0(Maacquarie
Is)VK0M,VKOL,VK9N,ZL,ZL7,ZL8,ZL9
64 - T8,KC6,KH0,KH2,
65 - C2,KH9,T2,T30,T33,V6,V7
90 - JD1(Minami
Torishima)
The DXCC Entity
list for multiplier scoring purposes is:
1S/9M0(Spratly),3D2,3W/XV,4W,4S7,8Q7,9M2,9M6/9M8,
9N,9V1,A5,AP,B/BY,BV,C2,DU/DT/4F,FK,H4,HL,HS/E2,
JA,JD1(Minami
Torishima),JD1,KC6,KH0,KH2,KH9,P5,
P29,S2,T2,T30,T33,T8,V6,V7,V8,VK,VK0L,VK0M,VK9C,
VK9M,VK9N,VK9W,VK9X,VQ9,VR2,VU,VU(Andaman),
VU(Laccadive),VU,XU,XW,XX,XY/XZ,YB/YC,YJ,ZL,ZL7,
ZL8,ZL9,
9. SCORING:
For contacts
between WORLD-WIDE and SEANET Stations = 10 points.
For contacts
between SEANET stations in DIFFERENT SEANET countries/entities
= 10 points.
For contacts
between SEANET stations in the SAME country/entity = 5 points.
Each DXCC Country/Entity
worked counts as a multiplier, but only counts once
regardless
of band or mode. A multiplier can be claimed for working your own
country, but
QSO points cannot be claimed except for contacts between
stations within
a SEANET country/entity. Note - for mixed-mode entries QSO
points can
be claimed with the same station on each of the three modes, and
for multi-band
entries - QSO points can be claimed for QSOs with the same
station on
different bands.
Note that only
one contact per mode is allowed on each band with the same
station. E.g.
A "Voice" mode contact can only be made once per band with the
same station.
SSB or FM can be used for the contact, but points cannot be
claimed for
an SSB and an FM contact with the same station. Similarly on
digital, any
digital mode can be used to make a digital mode contact with
the same station,
but points cannot be claimed for more than one digital
mode with
the same station.
Scores should
be calculated as follows:
For single-band
entries: multiply total QSO points x total multipliers. E.g..
10 QSOs x
10 points = 100 QSO points x 2 mults = 200 Points.
For multi-band
entries: Add QSO points for all bands then add the unique
multipliers.
multiply total QSO points by total multipliers.
(multipliers
count like the WPX Contest i.e.. once only, and not once per
band, and
not once per mode)
A sample log
is shown to illustrate how multi-band scores are claimed:
Duplicate
contacts and comments are included to clarify rules.
For World-Wide
Station - multi-band, multi-mode (Example DL1AA):
Date Time Mode
Band Call-sign Out In Points
Mult (Comments)
1300 Voice 20m 9V1UV 59001 59001
10 1 SSB
1302 V 15m 9V1UV
59002 59003 10 0
SSB
1304 V 15m JA1AB
59003 59001 10 1
SSB
1305 V 15m JQ1TPJ 59004
59001 10 0
SSB
1307 CW 15m JS7OBJ 599006 599001
10 0
1308 CW 15m 9V1UV 599007
599007 10 0
1309 CW 15m DL1ZAV 599008 599008
0 1 own country mult
1310 CW 15m DL8UI -
- 0 0
duplicate mult
1320 V 10m VK2BJ
59009 59027 10 1
FM
1321 V 10m VK2BJ
- - 0
0 SSB - mode dupe
1320 Digi 20m JA1UT 599010 599030 10
0 AMTOR
1322 D 20m JA1UT
- - 0
0 RTTY-mode dupe
1333 D 20m 9V1UV
599011 599015 10 0
RTTY
1340 CW 20m 9V1UV 599012
599016 10 0
For SEANET
Station - multi-band, multi-mode (Example 9M6MU)
Date Time Mode
Band Call-Sign Out In Points
Mult (Comments)
1300 CW 10m W6AA 599001
599001 10 1
1301 CW 10m W7OM 599002
599001 10 0 Mult dupe
1303 CW 10m JR0CGJ 599003 599002 10
1
1303 V 10m JR0CGJ 599004 599003
10 0 FM
1304 D 10m JR0CGJ 599005 599004
10 0 RTTY
1306 V 10m JR0CGJ 599006 599005
0 0 SSB-V mode dupe
1307 D 15m JR0CGJ 599007 599006
10 0 PactorII
1308 D 15m 9M6ST 599008
599001 5 1 Own-country
mult
1310 V 15m 9M6BZ 599009
599002 5 0 mult-dupe,pts
only
1311 V 10m 9M2ZA 59010
59001 10 1
1312 CW 10m 9M2ZA 599011 599003
10 0 mult-dupe,pts only
10. RESTRICTIONS:
Contacts on cross modes or cross bands will not
count.Operators
are not allowed to transmit two or more signals at the same
time on the
same band. Entries which contain errors or unmarked duplicates
are liable
to a reduction of points. Any entrant who uses methods contrary
to the spirit
of the contest may be subject to disqualification. The
decision of
the SEANET contest organisers shall be final.
All stations
may use Internet or Packet Cluster "Spotting".
Multi-band,
multi-operator stations must not use more than one
transmitter/transceiver
at the same time for contacts, except that a second
receiver/transceiver
may be used for "spotting" only. The "spotting" station
must not transmit
or make any kind of contact.
11. ENTRIES,
LOGS AND SUMMARY SHEETS:
All entries
should be in the form of written or computerised logs and
summary sheets
showing claimed scores band by band plus the total score
claimed must
be signed by the person responsible for the entry. Entries made
on computer
diskettes or by Email should use ASCII(text) format. Information
required is:
Date, Time
(GMT/UTC), Band, Mode(CW/V/D), Report sent (RS([T]),Serial #
sent, Report
Received (RS[T}), Serial # Received, claimed QSO points,
claimed multipliers.
Multipliers should be listed. Entries can be Emailed to
<[email protected]>
Entries should
be received not later than 31st October 2000. Results will be
announced
at the SEANET 2000 Convention, Montien Hotel, in Pattaya,
Thailand 18th
November 2000, and will be published on the SEANET Web Site
<www.seanet2000.com>:
and the RAST Web Site: <www.qsl.net/rast>, If you
require a
result slip, please enclose 3 irc's together with your entry. The
winners of
each category will be awarded a trophy, and runners up a certificate.
Please post
your entry logs to the address below:
SEANET CONTEST
2000
Ray Gerrard
HS0/G3NOM
PO Box 1300
Bangkok
10112
Thailand
Or Email to
[email protected]
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