HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN CONTEST 1999


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DATE:     Second weekend of April of every year (April 08-09, 2000), from 1800 UTC
          Saturday to 1800 UTC Sunday.   

ORGANISATION: URE (Union de Radioaficionados Espa¤oles).

CONTESTANTS: All licensed radio amateurs throughout the world are invited to participate.

FREQUENCIES: 10-15-20-40-80 meters following the IARU Region 1 recommendations. 

          SSB: 3600-3650, 3700-3800, 7045-7100, 14125-14300, 21151-21450, 28255-29200 kHz. 
          CW:  3500-3560, 7000-7035, 14000-14060, 21000-21080, 21120-21149, 28000-28050
          and 28150-28190 kHz.

MODES: SSB and CW are separate contests and they require separate logs.

CLASSES:  Single operator, multioperator (one signal in the air) and SWL. 

EXCHANGE: RS(T) + serial number starting with 001. The Spanish stations will send 
          RS(T) + province letters. 

POINTS:   One point per QSO. The same station can  be contacted once per band. Only 
          Spanish stations are valid.

MULTIPLIERS: Spanish Provinces in each band (maximum: 5 x 52 = 260).

FINAL SCORE: Total QSO points by total number of multipliers.

AWARDS:   Trophy for the champion in each class. Certificate will be issued for all the 
          contestants with 25 per cent of points of the champion in each class.

LOG:      Use a standard model with a summary sheet showing: name, callsign, address,
          points, multipliers in each band and total. Logs received without summary sheet
          will be considered as control. 

Logs have to be sent to: URE, Contest Manager, PO Box 220, 28080 Madrid, Spain, 
          or by e-mail: ure@ure.es. Logs must be received by May 14, 2000.

SWL:      Each bilateral QSO heard, 1 point. Logs should show in columns: time (UTC),
          station heard, exchange, station worked, exchange, points and multiplier 
          (the first time). 


SPANISH PROVINCES
EA1: AV, BU, C, LE, LO, LU, O, OR, P, PO, S, SA, SG, SO, VA, ZA.
EA2: BI, HU, NA, SS, TE, VI, Z.
EA3: B, GI, L, T.
EA4: BA, CC, CR, CU, GU, M, TO.       
EA5: A, AB, CS, MU, V.
EA6: IB.
EA7: AL, CA, CO, GR, H, J, MA, SE.
EA8: GC, TF.
EA9: CE, ML.





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