This
contest is dedicated to the memory of the TOPS CW CLUB
members, qrv or sk.
(TOPS
CW CLUB , founded in 1946)
Objectives: To contact in CW as many ham radio stations.
To promote the CW communication skills and talent.
The possibility to obtain the awards of
PRO-CW-Club.
1. Organizer: PRO-CW-CLUB, ROMANIA.
2.
Date and Contest Period:
The first full weekend of
December, between Saturday 16:00:00 UTC to Sunday 15:59:59 UTC For 2012: December 1-2. (
7th edition)
3. Mode, Bands and Call:
- only CW, 80, 40, 20,
15, 10m.
- any band can be used at any
time;
- please not using DX band
segments;
- cross band contacts are not
permitted;
- it is allowed to transmit only
one signal at any given time;
- use DX spotting networks is
permitted;
Contest call is "CQ TAC"
or "TEST
TAC". 4. Entry Categories:A, B, C, D80, D40, D20,
D15, D10, E, F, G.
A -Single
Operator
Multiband, Low Power, no more than100
W.
B
- Single
Operator Multiband, High Power, over 100 W.
C - Single Operator Multiband, QRP,
max. 10 W out power. D80 - Single Operator 80m band, any power.
D40 - Single Operator 40m band, any
power.
D20 - Single Operator 20m band, any
power.
D15 - Single Operator 15m band, any power.
D10 - Single Operator 10m band, any
power.
E
- Multi-Operator,
single TX, multiband only, any power, (all club stations and team entry).
F
-
PRO-CW-Club and TOPS
members, multiband only, including members using QRP. G - SWL
New: A competitor may participate in
max. two categories.(Only competitors in categories A,B and D) (For example: A and D80, BandD20, D40 and D15, D10and CHECKLOG for other QSOs , so.)
In
this case send two
Cabrillo logs, competitors can use a continuous serial number
for the whole
contest
or they can use for each band separate qso numbers starting with
001.
For GRAND TROPHY gather points from the log with
the highest score and if
the two logs are
from categoryD, the scores
are added together . Clubs and team only in the Ecategory
,QRP only in the C category and PRO-CW and TOPS
members may participate only in the category F.
5.Contest Exchange: Non members send RST+ serial numbers beginning with 001. E.g. 599 001
Members TOPSand PRO-CW-CLUB, send RST+
serial number + club
abbreviation.
E.g. 599
001TOPS or 599
001PRO
Do
not
send your number member of the club (E.g. 599 001TOPS695 or 599 001695 ).
6. Scoring:
QSO
Points:
QSO
with own DXCC country: 1
point;
QSO with
another DXCC country: 2points;
QSOwith TOPS and PRO-CW members:
2 points extra-bonus;
QSO between TOPS and/or
PRO-CW-Clubmembers, (F
category):6 points extra-bonus.
Category G (SWL) for a valid QSO is given 3 points and 1 point for each
incomplete.
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 by the sum of multipliers on all bands. The station which has shown the maximal result in
his category becomes the winner For G(SWL) category no multiplier,
only points. Log G category may contain up to 5 times a call in a
band.
7. Awards:
The GRAND TROPHY: is granted
every year to the station which has the highest score cumulated
over the last
consecutive 5 years. A trophy is given for
categories A, B, C, D, E and
one for
category
F. Plates
or
cups:- The competitor who has earned the highest score in any
of categories A, B, C, D,
E. - The first class in every category that
has at least 50 participants, - For first place category F.
Medals: - Top three/category (A,B,C,D,E,F)
if they have QSO's with minimum 3 DXCCentities. (A QSO is
considered valid only if it has been verified in the received logs
and has no mistakes.)
Certificate:
- The 3 highscorers in each
category,
- First place
in each DXCC entity, regardless
of category as follows:
European participants for 25 and more valid QSO's, Non-European participants
for 10 and
more valid QSO's.
- All competitors, including the G category (SWL),
will receive a certificate via email in PDF file .(except
CHECK LOGs)
Special prize: First entrant in A, B, and C category,
certified as a member ofPRO-CW-CLUB,
sponsored by YO6EX. 8. Logs
Instructions:Only electronic logsas
plain ASCII-files, Cabrillo format preferred. All 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 computerizedanalysis.
The Cabrillo log should
be attached as a file, with your callsign in the “Subject:” line of
the email. Your output file should be
named by your callsign, i.e. YP0CW_F.cbr
or YP0CW_F.log For two categories entries participants
filenames used must be: yourcall_category.log or .cbr.
i.e: YR0A_B.cbr and YR0A_D80.cbr.
In the e-mail of your
log, please send the file(s) as attachement.
In
line CATEGORY-BAND of
Cabrillo log, use ONLY the name of categories specified in rules: A, B, C, D80, D40,
D20, D15, D10, E, F, G (not otherwise).The
log must be sent only as an attachment, not as
text or other content within the e-mail message. Do
not zip the log file and contain log or logs a single competitor in
each mail submission.Check logs are very
much
appreciated, they are used for cross
checking of all entries.Do
not forget: the entrant’s name and the mail address
(for receiving prizes).
Remarks: Contact is valid, if a time
difference in both logs does not exceed 3 minutes.
Participants
will receive an e-mail confirmation in maximum 72 hours after
the log has been received.
During this time, logs are
checked and the shape is corrected. If you'll follow the above
instructions verdict issued receipt
log will be faster.
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 do not delete dupes.
10.Arbitration
QSOs are being not counted and excluded
from the report in case of:
- if 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 (BadCallsign,
Receive error, Partner error); - if the
time of QSOdiffers for more than 3
minutes (QSO is removed from both operators).
Disqualification:
- For
cheating, imaginary loging and clear repetitive and and
intentional violation of the contest rules.
Contestsoftware
that supports the TAC:
- TAC-LOG by
YO9HSW .
-UCX-LOG
by
DL7UCX .
If you use
another program of the contest do not forget to enter in the
Cabrillo file, abbreviations PRO and TOPS,
otherwise you lose points.
11. Submission:
Entries for this competition must be emailed by 23:59:59 UTC, December 31.
12.
Results:The provisional results will be published on our site
<www.procwclub.yo6ex.ro>and <http://www.yo2rr.ro>
in
the first day of next year and final results on January 3.
Every participant who sends his electronic log will receive personal
UBN-list, containing his errors and errors of worked stations.