All participating stations worldwide may work any country during the contest period, but QSOs with radio amateurs from Africa is encouraged as reflected in the higher points being awarded in the scoring mechanism. African DXCC entities are defined as those valid per the ARRL DXCC AF listing published at the time of the contest.
2. Date
From 12: 00 UTC on Saturday 14 March to 12: 00 UTC on Sunday 15 March 2015). Both single and multi-operator stations may operate for the entire 24 hour 24-hour period. There are no mandated breaks in operating time required.
3. Bands
160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, in accordance with your country and specific licensing requirements governing the portion(s) of these bands that you may use. No contest QSOs are allowed on 12, 17, 30 or 60 metres.
4. Modes
CW, RTTY and SSB. Contestants may elect to enter a single mode category (where offered – see “Entry Categories” below) or take part as a mixed-mode entrant. Mixed-mode entrants may work the same station once on each mode per band (see “Entry Categories” for more details).
5. Log Submissions and Deadlines
No
paper en tries will be accepted for contest or checking purposes.
Entries must be submitted in Cabrillo format only, and be received no
later than 15 days after the contest – 30 March 2015 . Entries must be
sent to contest@sarl.org.za
6 . Awards
Posted certificates will be awarded, printed and sent to: -- The highest scoring entrant in each category for the contest
- The highest scoring entrant in each category per continent
- The highest scoring entrant overall (any category) per ITU zone
- The overall top Rookie score each year per continent
Electronic certificates will be awarded and emailed to:
The first and second place entrants in each category from each entity entered
7 . Results
Results will be posted on the South African Radio League website at www.sarl.org.za two months after the entry deadline.8 . Entry Categories
For all categories, the use of spotting nets and skimmers are permitted. For all categories, there are no restrictions on the number of band or mode changes made in any given period during the contest. Contestants may only submit their log in one of the 18 categories available.
- Single Operator Single Transmitter
- Single band
- Phone only, high, low and QRP power levels
- CW only, high low and QRP power levels
- RTTY only, high low and QRP power levels
- Mixed mode, high low and QRP power level
- All band
- Phone only, high, low and QRP power levels
- CW only, high low and QRP power levels
- RTTY only, high low and QRP power levels
- Mixed mode, high low and QRP power levels
One
person performs all operating and logging functions and without
exception, only one transmitted signal is allowed at any given time.
Mixed mode entrants may work a stat ion once per mode per band.
- Single Operator Two Radio
- Single mode all band, low power
- Single mode all band, high power
- Mixed mode all band, high power
- Mixed mode all band, low power
- Multi Operator Single Transmitter
- Single band
- Mixed mode high power
- Mixed mode low power
- All band
- Mixed mode high power
- Mixed mode low power
- Multi Operator Multi Transmitter
- Mixed mode all band, high power
- Mixed mode all band, low power
In all categories, cross-mode, cross band and repeater contacts is not
allowed.
9. Categories Eligible for Rookie Awards
The rookie awards in the AMA contest aim to reward individual rather than team efforts, that efforts, which show flexibility and skill in operating procedure for recently licenses amateurs. They are available for the categories of 1.1.4 and 1.2.4. You are e ligible to mark your log submission as a rookie entry if you were licensed for the first time on, or less than two years prior to, the contest date. If you enter one of the rookie categories, you may not enter a different category in the same contest. It i s not mandatory to enter as a rookie if you qualify as such, you may also elect to enter any of the non-rookie categories.
10. Contest Exchange
The
exchange is your RS(T) (not checked during the log checking process),
followed by an incremental serial nu mber commencing at “001”. Changing
modes or bands does not necessitate different serial number ranges, i.e.
the serial number simply progresses from “001” upwards sequentially as
you log QSOs in any category, for single or multi-op efforts. A complete
exchange, consisting of an RS(T) and serial number, must be logged for
each QSO.
1 1 . Power Levels
For
the purposes of this contest, all entrants must adhere to the power
levels (expressed as Peak Envelope Power, or PEP) as set out below when
determining their entry category. Additionally, all entrants must adhere
to their specific licensing requirements regarding permitted power and
other regulations, which take precedent over the contest-define d power
levels when operating in the contest.- QRP is defined as 5 watts PEP or less as measured at the antenna port at the transmitter, or power amplifier (if used).
- Low
power is defined as more than 5 watts PEP but not more than 100 watts
PEP measured at the antenna port either at the transmitter, or power
amplifier (if used).
- High
power is defined as more than 100 watts PEP but not more than 1 500
watts PEP measured at the antenna port either at the transmitter, or
power amplifier (if used).
Points
All QSOs with African entities are awarded with 10 points, points; all other QSOs are awarded 1 point.
Band multiplier
The band multiplier is determined on a band-by-band basis.
The band multiplier increments by one for every AF-DXCC entity worked, for each of the three operating modes: CW, SSB and RTTY.
Band score
Band score is simply the band points multiplied by the band multiplier. Band score = (band points) X (band multiplier)
Total score Total score is simply the sum of all the band scores. Total score = 10 m band score + 15 m band score + 20 m band score + 40 m band score + 80 m band score + 160 m band score
12. AF Entity Definition
- For
the purposes of this contest, Africa entities are considered as per the
standard ARRL DXCC AF list as published at the time/year of the contest
currently taking place.
- Ship-based
and aeronautical stations only count 1 point when worked and do not
count as multipliers regardless of them being in international or
territorial waters during the contest period.
13. Cabrillo Information
QSO : Required information fields and format.--------info sent------- -------info rcvd--------
QSO: freq mo date time call rst exch call rst exch t
QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn ****** ************* nnn ****** n
QSO: 28080 RY 2014-09-12 0531 ZS6A 59 001 W1AW/5 59 073 0
Note for Column 81 (transmitter number): For the MULTI-TWO category, the last column in the log indicates which transmitter made the QSO. It must be a 0 or a 1. This column is not required for other categories.
14. General
- Conditions
of Entry: Each entrant agrees to be bound by the provisions set out in
this document. The decisions of the South African Radio League Contest
Committee are final and binding.
- The use of self-spotting on packet via any means is inconsistent with the spirit and intent of this contest.
- The
use of non-amateur radio means of communications (e.g. telephone or
internet) for soliciting a contact during the contest period is
inconsistent with the spirit and intent of this contest.
- Where contest-preferred segments are incorporated into regional band plans, entrants must observe them.
- Penalties
and disqualifications: participants breaching the provisions as set out
in this document may be subject to a points deductio n as decided by
the contest committee, or in serious cases disqualification.
- Duplicate QSOs will not attract any penalties, but will also not count for additional points.
- All transmitters and receivers must be located within a 500-metre diameter circle, ex cluding antennas.
- The use of remote receiving or transmitting installations outside of your own entity is prohibited.
Good DX, IK1XPK Claudio
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