Old New Year Contest

The SRR ("Union of Russian Radioamateurs") invites radioamateurs
worldwide to participate in the OLD NEW YEAR CONTEST.

The unusual combination "Old New Year" is a part of Russia's history.
Until February 14, 1918, in Russia we used a calendar which has a
13 days difference with the modern one. When the country moved to the
modern calendar, many people continued to celebrate the New Year using
"old style date". The tradition still exists and we usually celebrate
both New Year om January 1st and Old New Year on January 13th.
In this year we had in CIS countries ONY Contest and we invite everyone
to join us in 1999. This contest will also celebrate 74 (!) years of
amateur radio in Russia.

Date	From 05.00 UTC till 10.00 UTC on January 8th, 2000
Bands	20, 40 and 80 meters
Mode	CW and SSB
Exchange	RS(T) and 2 or 3 figures which are the sum of operator age and on-air experience. On-air experience counts from the very first QSO. Club stations use some of average age of all operators and the age of this club station.
Contest Entries	SOAB, SOAB (amateur radio experience 50 years and over), SOAB (sum of age + amateur radio experience 100 years and over), MOST.
Duplicate contacts	Permitted on different band and on the same band if other mode is used.
Points	Each QSO gives points according to the contest exchange received. For example, you received 5856 and got 56 points. There is no multiplier in this contest.
Final Score	The final score is the sum of contest points.
Logs	Not later than January 31, the log must be sent to SSR Box 59 105122 Moscow Russia Or via E-mail to: [email protected]