EU HF Championship

1. Objective	For European amateurs to contact other European amateurs - to determine European HF champion. Only EU to EU contacts count. Calling CQ EU on CW and CQ EUROPE on SSB.
2. Bands	All bands 1,8 through 28 MHz except WARC bands. Avoid using DX portions of the bands.
3. Type of competition	Single operator all band category only in seven classes: I. CW/SSB - high power II. CW/SBB - low power (maximum 100W out) III. CW - high power IV. CW - low power (maximum 100W out) V. SSB - high power VI. SSB - low power (maximum 100W out) VII. SWL Only one transmitted signal is allowed at any time. CW contacts in SSB portion of the bands and SSB contacts in CW portion are not allowed. Only one operator is allowed to perform all of the operating and logging functions and only one call-sign is allowed from a single radio station. Use of DX CLUSTER, spotting nets or any other forms of alerting are not permitted.
4. Exchange	RST report (CW) or RS report (SSB), plus a two digit number, meaning the last two digits of the year of operator's first official amateur license (i.e. 579 82 or 59 82 means that operator received his/her first official amateur license in the year 1982). Note : Operators operating from club stations and guest operators operating from stations owned by other amateurs, must sign a two digit number corresponding to the year of their own first official amateur license.
5. Multiplier	Multipliers are different two-digit numbers, meaning the last two digits of the year of operator's first official amateur license. The multiplier (XX) is counted only once per band regardless of mode.
6. Points	Each completed contact counts one (1) point regardless of mode. The same station may be worked once per band and mode.
7. Scoring	The final score is the total sum of the QSO points from all bands multiplied by the sum of multipliers from all bands.
8. Band and mode changes	In CW and SSB categories maximum 10 band changes per full hour (i.e. 11:00 - 12:00 UTC) are allowed and in CW/SSB category maximum 10 band and mode changes per full hour are allowed (example: 5 band + 5 mode changes, where band together with mode change counts as one change).
9. Awards	European Champions in classes I.-VI. will be awarded with trophies. The Contest Committee will, upon its own judgment, award certain number of certificates in each class/category.
10. National Category	A separate list of national scores (the sum of all scores from one DXCC country), regardless of club affiliation, will be published.
11. SWL	Each correctly logged station (date, time, band, mode, call-sign, multiplier) per band and mode counts one (1) point, with no limitations in band and mode changing. The final SWL score will be calculated according to the paragraph 7. of this rules.
12. Log instruction	a) all logs must be comprised from following data: - time in UTC - band - mode of operation - call-sign - transmitted report - received report - multiplier (only first time worked on each band,regardless of mode) - QSO points for each contact b) Logs must be sorted in chronological order, regardless of band and mode of operation. c) A summary sheet including all relevant data needed to calculate final score,description of radio station, used power output, name and family name, address in block capitals and signed statement of compliance must accompany each log. d) Every competitor who used computer logging or made 200 and more QSOs is obliged to submit log in a computer file. Logs must be in ASCII format. Files shall bear following names: "callsign.TXT" and "callsign.SUM". e) we strongly recommend submission of logs via e-mail!
13. Penalties	For unmarked duplicate QSOs, broken calls, bad exchanges and QSOs which do not appear in corespondents log, QSO points and additional QSO points equivalent to three QSOs will be removed. 10% or more bad contacts or violation of contest rules shall result in dropping participant from the classification.
14. Disqualification	Violation of contest rules, unsportsmanlike conduct or very high percentage of unverifiable QSOs will be deemed sufficient cause for disqualification.
15.	ALL DECISIONS OF THE CONTEST COMMITTEE ARE FINAL.
16. Deadline	All submitted logs must be postmarked no later than August, 31st of that year. Indicate EU HF CHAMPIONSHIP and class/category on the envelope. E-mail submission address: [email protected] Please send paper logs and diskettes to: Slovenia Contest Club Saveljska 50 1113 Ljubljana SLOVENIA