Objectives: To contact in CW as many ham
radio stations.
To
promote the CW communication
skills and talent.
To give the possibility to
obtain the awards of PRO-CW-
Participants: any
licensed radioamateur station or SWL.
1. Organizer: PRO-CW-CLUB,
ROMANIA.
2. Date and
time: The first
full weekend of December, between Saturday 16:00 UTC
to Sunday 15:59 UTC
In 2014: December
6-7 . ( 9th edition)
3. Frequencies, Mode and Call:
Frequencies:
3,5 - 28 MHz (no
WARC bands). The recommendations for IARU Region 1
Mode: CW
- any band can be used at any time;
- please do not use DX band segments;
- it is allowed to transmit only one signal at any
given time;
- the use of DX spotting networks is permitted;
Contest call is "CQ
TAC" or "TEST TAC".
4. Entry
Categories:
SOAB-HP = Single Operator, All band, Single TX, High Power, (
exceeding 100 W ).
SOAB-LP = Single Operator, All band, Single TX,
Low Power, ( up to 100 W ).
SOAB-QRP = Single
Operator, All band, Single TX, QRP, ( max.
5W out power and Callsign/QRP ).
SOSB
= Single Operator Single Band (SO10M,
15M, 20M, 40M, 80M any authorized power).
MOAB
= All
club stations and team, (regardless of the number of
operators) single TX,
All band only, any authorized power.
SOAB-M = PRO-CW-
SOAB-SWL = Short Wave Listeners
New: For
the accuracy of the contest, the participants in the category
SOAB QRP will use max 5w
out and will send the call sign/QRP.
If the referee of the contest appreciates
that the
power of the station /QRP exceeds 5w out or if we receive observations
during the contest (sending call sign QRP and the
band he is working on) from the part of a participating
station , and after
checking we will estimate they are real, the
station QRP will be disqualified from the contest.
All
AB category entrants must clearly
indicate the category power in the Cabrillo log. If no power
is mentioned in the log
the competitors will be automatically moved
to High Power category.
Competitors
in
categories SOAB-HP, SOAB-LP and SOSB may participate in two categories (three with
CHECK-LOG).
In this case, one of the categories must be SOSB.
(For example: SOAB-LP and SO80M, SOAB-HP
and SO20M, SO40M and SO15M, and for other QSOs CHECKLOG)
They will be send two Cabrillo
logs (or three with CHECKLOG).
For TROPHY and GRAND TROPHY we take in
consideration the log with the highest score and if the two logs
are from the
categories SOSB, the scores are added together.
members may participate only in the category SOAB-M.
5. Contest Exchange:
Non members should
send RST report plus serial number, starting beginning with 001 forthe first contact. E.g. 599 001
Members TOPS and PRO-CW-CLUB, send RST + serial number + club abbreviation.E.g. 599 001TOPS or 599 001PRO .
In the Cabrillo log appear: 599 001TOPS or 599 001PRO.
Please make sure that you don't separate number
from the abbreviation PRO or TOPS, and you don't use any
characters between..
6. Scoring:
QSO Points:
QSO with own DXCC country: 1 point;
QSO with
another DXCC country: 2 points;
QSO with
TOPS and PRO-CW members: 2 points extra-bonus;
QSO between TOPS and/or PRO-CW-
Category SWL for a valid QSO is given 3 points
and 1 point for
each incomplete QSO.
Multiplier:
Each different prefix worked will count one (1) multiplier on each band.
The final
score is the result of the total QSO points on all bands
multiplied with the sum of multipliers on all bands.
The station which has shown the maximal results in
his category becomes the winner.
For SWL category no
multiplier, only points. Log SWL category may contain up to 5 times a call in
a band.
7. Awards:
The Grand Trophy: (Trophies, cups or large plaques) is granted every year to the station which has the
highest score
cumulated over in the last
10 years consecutive, thus:
-
to the first classified to the SOAB-M category,
- to the first classified to the
- to the first classified in the others
categories (SOAB-HP, SOAB-LP, SOAB-QRP and SOSB).
It will be awarded for the first time in 2015, at
the 10th edition.
(Ranking for SO category contains only the
first 25 finishers after each edition of the competition).
The Trophy: (Trophies, cups or medium plaques): is granted every
year to the station which has the highest score
cumulated over
the last 5 years consecutive,
thus:
- to the first
classified to the SOAB-M category,
- to the first classified to the
- to the first classified in the others
categories (SOAB-HP, SOAB-LP, SOAB-QRP and SOSB).
Small Plaques will
be awarded to:
- the competitor who got the highest score in any of the categories SOAB-HP, SOAB-LP, SOAB-QRP, SOSB and
- the competitors ranked in
each of the categories above, if there are at least 75 competitors ranked at the
categories SOAB-HP and SOAB-LP if there are at
least 50 competitors ranked in each of the
categories SOSB,
if there are at
least 25 competitors
ranked in each of the categories
- the first
competitor ranked at the SOAB-M category regardless of the number of contestants ranked.
- the first
three competitors
ranked in any category if there are
at least
100 competitors ranked
in the category.
- Top three/category
(if you have not paid the plaques) if they have valid
QSO's with minimum 3 DXCC entities.(Not for SWL)
Certificate:
- The top three in each category,
- The first classified in each DXCC entity for
each category,
- The top three in each category for
entities outside Europe,
- All XYL and YL participating in the contest for 50 and more
valid QSO's,
- All members of the PRO-CW-CLUB and TOPS for 100
and more valid QSO's,
- Others competitors, including the SOAB-SWL category, will receive awards in electronic
type ( PDF or JPG file ).
Exceptions are those who send
CHECKLOG's (CL).
(Plaques and medals will be shipped to the snail
address present on the Cabrillo. Diplomas will be
printable PDF files sent by email.)
(Please indicate in the Cabrillo log
your complet MAIL and EMAIL address.)
- First
entrant in SOAB-HP, SOAB-LP, SOAB-QRP and SOAB-M categories
(only for TOPS members), certified
as a member of PRO-CW-CLUB
(if the competitors wish), sponsored by YO6EX. Starting
with the next year, the new members will participate only
in the category SOAB-M.
8. Logs
Instructions: Only electronic logs, ASCII-files,
Cabrillo format preferred. Times must be in UTC.
Paper
logs are not accepted. Those
who sent paper logs will be included in the list
NO LOG.
All sent and received
exchanges are to be logged. TAC will
be made with total computerized control followed by
each
QSO computerized analysis.
EMAIL: The subject line of your e-mail
entry must include your callsign and category.
e.g. Subject: YP0CW
SOAB-M or YO0AAA
SOAB-HP & SO40M
(& CL) if there are more
categories.
Your output file should be
named by your callsign.log, i.e. YP0CW.cbr or YO0AAA.log
The participants for
two categories will send the filenames: your call-1.cbr
& call-2.cbr.
i.e: YO0AAA-1.cbr & YO0AAA-2.cbr & YO0AAA-CL.(if there is
checklog ).In the e-mail of your
log, please send the
file(s) as attachement.The log must
be sent only as
an attachment, not as text or other content within the
e-mail message.
In the header part of the
electronic log submission you MUST specify a
category of entrance and the EMAIL address and
the full mail address in order to receive TAC results,
trophies, awards and certificates.
Check logs are very
much appreciated, they are used for cross
checking of all entries.Remarks:
Contact is valid,
if a time difference in both logs
does not exceed 3 minutes. Please
don't forget to correct your computer's clock before
the Contest!
Awards, prizes and trophies will be sent
to home address indicated in the Cabrillo log.
LOG SUBMISSION: Logs
must be submitted in Cabrillo format by e-mail to: contest@procwclub.ro
A confirmation will be sent to each
entrant. If you do not receive a confirmation in 3 days,
send your log again.
9. Dupes
Dupes are contacts made with
the same station on the same band. If the first contact
between stations is valid, dupes
have 0 points value. If the first
contact is not valid, second (dupe) contact is
accepted. Dupe contacts are not penalized,
so DUPES should not be marked or deleted.
10. Arbitration
QSOs
are not counted and excluded from the report in case of:
- if the referee does not
receive a Log report from a correspondent; (NoLog)
-
if QSO is not confirmed by the Log report of the
correspondent; (NotInLog)
- if there are miscounts in exchange numbers
and callsigns, QSO is removed from both operators
(Bad callsign, receive error,
partner error );
- if the time of QSO
differs for more than 3 minutes (QSO is removed from both
operators).
-if QSO bands or modesin entrant's log and
other station's log differ.
Claimed score is not important.
Free Contest software that
the TAC supports:
- TAC-LOG by YO9HSW
After
installing the programm and before contest start
actualize following files: Procw.ini and Tops.ini.
- N1MM (User
Defined
Contests)
Read
carefully the install and use instructions.Before
contest start please actualize following files:
Call_Histori_Pro_Tops.txt and Tac_Bonus.txt . These files can be found on the PRO_CW_
- UCX-LOG
- Post-contest: LM
If you use another contest program
do not forget to enter in the Cabrillo file, the name of
the contest (TAC) and the
abbreviations PRO and TOPS,
otherwise you lose points.
11.Submission: Entries for
this competition must be emailed by
23:59 UTC, December 18.
12. Results: The
results will be published on the site http://www.procwclub.ro on 20
December at 10:00 UTC.
Prizes will be
sent in January to the MAIL address and
EMAIL specified in the Cabrillo log.
Every participant who sends his
electronic log will receive personal UBN-list,
containing his errors and errors of worked
stations.
All about this contest at: http://www.procwclub.ro