ES - Open HF championship  2000 rules

TIME: SATURDAY, 15. APRIL 2000      05.00---08.59   UTC.

BANDS:  80 M  AND  40 M  SIMULTANEOUSLY.

RECOMMENDED  FREQUENCIES:	

		CW:	3530  ---  3560  KHZ 		SSB:     3600  ---  3650  KHZ
			7010  ---  7030  KHZ			7060  ---  7090  KHZ

CLASSES:		A  -  SINGLE  OPERATOR ,   CW  AND  SSB   (MIXED  MODE)
			B  -  SINGLE  OPERATOR ,   SSB  ONLY
			C  -  SINGLE  OPERATOR ,   CW   ONLY
			D  -  SINGLE  OPERATOR ,   QRP (<=10 WATTS),  CW  AND  SSB
			E  -   MULTI  OPERATOR ,   ONLY ONE SIGNAL ON AIR REGARDLESS
									OF BAND
			F  -  SWL
		THE SAME CLASSES ARE FOR STATIONS LOCATED OUTSIDE  OF 
		ESTONIA (INTERNATIONAL SECTION). ESTONIAN  STATIONS CAN WORK
ALL THE STATIONS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST (BOTH, ES 
STATIONS AND NON ES STATIONS ), NON ES STATIONS CAN WORK ONLY ES 
STATIONS.

REPORT:	RS(T)  AND  SERIAL  NUMBER,  STARTING   001
		(SERIAL NUMBER IS CONTINUOUS, NOT SEPARATE PER BAND!) 

NB!		DUPLICATE QSOs (i. e. QSOs WITH SAME STATION) ARE ALLOWED AFTER
		EVERY 60 MINUTES. SO, YOU CAN WORK A CERTAIN STATION TWICE
		WITHIN AN HOUR  ---  ONCE ON 80 M AND ONCE ON 40 M.

QSO  POINTS:	CW   QSO   ---   2   POINTS   AND   SSB   QSO   ---   1   POINT.

MULTIPLIER:	ES  REGION  PREFIX  ( ES1  ---  ES0 )  ON EACH  BAND.  (MAX.  20)

SCORING:	FINAL  SCORE  IS  THE  SUM  OF  QSO  POINTS  COLLECTED  ON  THE  
		2  BANDS  TIMES  TOTAL  MULTIPLIER.

LOGGING:	THE  LOGS  SHOULD  BE  PRESENTED  ON  STANDARD  INTERNATIONAL
		CONTEST  LOG - SHEETS  ACCOMPANIED  BY  A  SUMMARY  SHEET  WITH
		NECESSARY  DATA  ABOUT  THE  PARTICIPANT  (PLEASE  INDICATE  YOUR
		CLASS!). TIME IS IN UTC, ALLOWED TIME ACCURACY  +/--  5  MIN.

DEADLINE:	THE  LOGS  SHOULD  BE  POSTED  BEFORE  JUNE 1, 2000  AND  SENT  TO:

				TOOMAS  SOOMETS, ES5RY
				ES HF CONTEST MANAGER,
				P. O. BOX  177  TARTU
				50002  ESTONIA

NB!  SENDING E-MAIL LOGS IS ENCOURAGED (ASCII FORMAT) – PLEASE SEND THEM TO: ESOPEN@UT.EE

AWARDS:	THE FIRST STATIONS IN CLASSES A, B, C OF INTERNATIONAL SECTION WILL
GET SPECIAL TROPHYS FROM ERAU, OTHER TOP PLACES ARE AWARDED 
WITH DIPLOMAS.