RULES 2019 INTERNATIONAL VINTAGE CONTEST HF

 

The Contest is organized by Section ARI of Rimini to be active with the callsign IQ4RN with collaboration of section ARI Pordenone (Manager IV3EHH)

 

OBJECTIVE: 

It's to world-wide competition, everybody can work everybody. 

 

DATE CONTEST:  Sunday 14 April 2019

TIME CONTEST (UTC): From 12.00 to 18.00

Notes: All participants are invited to send your log even if a small number of QSOs

 

BANDS:  7 Mhz and 3.5 Mhz. 

CALL-CONTEST:  CQ VINTAGE

ENTRY CATEGORIES: 

MOP- Multi-operators (All bands or single band) 

SOP- Single Operator All bands 

SOS- Single Operator SSB

SOC- Single Operator CW

SOA - Single Operator AM

SWL - SWL - Single Operator – Mixed

 

SETUP INFO:

(check the setup info (A-B-C-D) on the software section “Info – Setup” on Menù UTILITY”)

A- RTX  Year of  manufacturing  from 1950 to 1959

B- RTX  Year of  manufacturing  from 1960 to 1969

C- RTX  Year of  manufacturing  from 1970 to 1979

D- RTX  Year of  manufacturing  from 1980 to 1982

E- RTX  Home Made 

FOR THE CATEGORIES (A.; B; C; D) IT IS CONSIDERED THE YEAR OF BEGINNING MANUFACTURE OF THE RTX USED IN THE CONTEST, IF THE STATION USES A SEPARATE LINE (RX + TX) IT IS CONSIDERED THE YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSMITTER.

 

MODE :  SSB-CW-AM

 

POWER and RESTRICTIONS:  

As authorized by your license.    

Packet Cluster not admitted.

PC on CW not admitted.

 

CONTEST EXCHANGE: 

Reports RST + WW Locator (examples: 5/9 JN65IV or 599 JN65IV)

SCORING and FINAL SCORE:

1 POINT/QSO calculated by QRB between the two stations :  

EXAMPLE.: QRB  678 Km = 678 Qso-point.

Final Score = The sum of QSO-points from all bands times.

 

STATIONS JOKER IU2CSY

All the participants can connect the station IU2CSY in the band 40/80 and in the ways SSB/CW, for every Qso with the station Joker will be accredited a fixed score of 250 for the qso on phone mode and 500 for qso on CW the acquired ones will go to add him to the final score (es. 1: 1 qso band 40 in cw and 1 qso in band 80 phone tot. 750 point to add him to the final score, es 2: 1 qso on phone and 1 in CW in band 40 and 1 qso CW on band 80 points 1250 to be added to the final score).

 

FINAL SCORE:
The final score is drawn by the sum of the points qso add to possible score for the connection of the station joker.

 

LOG SUBMISSION ADDRESSES and TERMS: via email to contest.log@iv3ehh.it Before april 25th 2019. You have to use the contest vintage software and you must send in cabrillo format.

INFO: ik4gni@aririmini.it  – iv3ehh@tin.it

 

DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE (by IV3EHH official programmer and manager vintage contest)

You can get the rules and program free on web site :

http://www.iv3ehh.it/vintage.htm 

or http://www.contestvintage.beepworld.it

 

CALLSIGN : Only normal callsign or club station no special callsign .

 

PENALTY AND DISQUALIFICATION: 

The decision of Contest Committee it will be definitive and unquestionable.

 

AWARDS:

First for every category parchment participation on the contest.

CSY & SON official distributing on Italy of Yaesu company puts N.1 Rtx Yaesu HF to assign through drawing among the first one classified of every category, the drawing it will be held near the center of Csy & Son with resumption video that will be published then then on their channel YouTube.