NRAU & Baltic

NRAU-BALTIC Contest

Objective:

The objective of this contest is to have a competition between Nordic and Baltic Countries.

(ES, JW, JX, LA, LY, OH, OHØ, OJØ, OX, OY, OZ, SM, TF and YL to contact each other.)

There is also a national competition between nations. (JW/Svalbard and JX/Jan Mayen count for LA/Norway and OHØ/Aland Islands and OJØ/Market Reef for OH/Finland in this contest.)

Dates/Times:

Sunday morning of the 2nd full weekend of January each year.

CW: Sunday 0630-0830 UTC

SSB: Sunday 0900-1100 UTC

Note! The CW and SSB parts are separate contests. Also mixed mode results (CW+SSB) will be listed.

Frequencies:

Only 80 and 40 meter bands.

CW: 3510-3560 and 7010-7040 KHz

SSB: 3600-3650, 3700-3775 and 7050-7200 KHz

Please pay attention to frequency limits, QSO made outside of the limits will give zero points.

Categories:

• A - Single Operator HP
• B - Single Operator LP (Maximum 100 watts output)
• C - Multi Operator (at least 50% of the operators should be 23 years old or younger. Age of each operator must be indicated in the log!)

National competition:

The sum of best ten (10) CW scores and best ten (10) SSB scores in each country will represent each country score. The results of the national competition will also be listed.

Contest call:

CQ NRAU de ----

Message:

RS(T) + serial number starting from 001 + 2 letters showing Amt / Fylke / Län / Province / Region, e.g. 59(9) 001 VN. (See the abbreviation list at end of rules).

Note! Use different serial numbers for CW and SSB, as they are two separate contests. Multi operator stations may use separate numbers per band.  

Points:

Each station can be contacted once per band both on CW and SSB, i.e. two times in each part. Every correct two-way QSO with ES, JW, JX, LA, LY, OH, OHØ, OJØ, OX, OY, OZ, SM, TF and YL gives 2 points.

A QSO with wrong received message gives you only 1 point.

A QSO with a station not submitting a log will not give any points, unless the station is found in at least ten (10) other logs. 

Multiplier:

Each worked Amt / Fylke / Län / Province / Region etc. per band gives one (1) multiplier for each contest. (See the multiplier list below)

A QSO with a station not submitting a log will not give any multiplier, unless the station is found in at least ten (10) other logs.

I.e. the multipliers are counted separately on CW and SSB.

Final score:

Score = (sum of QSO-points) x (sum of multipliers worked on the two bands).

Separate final scores for CW and SSB.

Logs:

Logs must be submitted separately for CW and SSB within 7 days after the contest. Only electronic logs are accepted.

By submitting your log you agree that your log and the corresponding log checking report may be made open to the public. 

Logs for 2013 in Cabrillo format may be uploaded on UA9QCQ site:

http://ua9qcq.com/contests/robot.php

Robot checks the correct format, helps you to identify errors and calculates the claimed score. You can upload your log as many times as you need to get it right. Using the robot makes the job of contest organizers much easier so please use it if you can.

Alternatively you can e-mail your log to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

List of uploaded logs and claimed scores can be viewed on this site:

http://ua9qcq.com/contests/logs_eng.php

Please check your log for typing errors and leave ALL your QSOs in the log including dupes. The log checking software will find the dupes and mark them with zero (0) points.

Use the following examples for naming the CABRILLO log files:

CW: OH2XYZ_CW.log   SSB: OH2XYZ_SSB.log

Awards:

Awards and prizes are issued to the first three (3) places on CW, SSB and MIXED in each category.

Additional or fewer awards may be issued depending on the number of contestants.

Every participating country may give out additional awards and prizes. 

Disqualification:

Violation of Amateur Radio Regulations in the country of the contestant or the rules of this contest, unsportsmanlike conduct and taking credit of unverifiable QSOs or multipliers may lead to disqualification.

The decisions by the Contest Committee are final and definite. The right to make changes in these rules is reserved.

Arrangement of the contest:

The arrangement alternates between SSA, NRRL, EDR, ERAU, LRAL, LRMD and SRAL in that order. 

Logging software:

• GEN LOG by W3KM
• Log4U by SM3CER/SM5NBE
• N1MM Logger
• OH2GI Ham System
• SD Logger by EI5DI
• TLF (Linux by PAØRCT)
• TR Log by N6TR
• Win-Test
• Writelog

Multiplier list for NRAU-Baltic Contest 

EDR EDR - Experimenterende Danske Radioamatorer OZ3ABE Peter Müller Postboks 29 DK-3650 ØLSTYKKE DENMARK

	Estonia

ERAU ERAU - Estonian Radioamateurs' Union ES5TV Tõnno Vähk Merivalja tee 5-W308 11911, TALLINN ESTONIA Phone mobile: +372 56 800 447

	Latvia

LRAL LRAL - Latvijas Radio Amatieru Lîga YL2VW Agris Belasovs P O Box 105 LV-4601 REZEKNE LATVIA Phone mobile: +371 29 366 773

	Lithuania

LRMD LRMD - Lietuvos Radijo Megeju Draugija LY8O Remigijus Vaicius Neuzmirstuoliu str. 5-19 LT-04124 VILNIUS LITHUANIA Phone: +370 698 239 17

	Norway

NRRL NRRL - Norsk Radio Relae Liga LA6FJA Stein Roar Brobakken P.B. 5 NO-2853 REINSVOLL NORWAY Phone mobile: +47 48 22 44 21

	Finland

SRAL SRAL - Suomen Radioamatooriliitto ry OH6RX Jussi-Pekka Sampola Tölbyn niittytie 238 FIN-65460 TÖLBY FINLAND Phone: +358 40 837 1232

	Sweden

SSA SSA - Sveriges Sändareamatörer SM3CER Jan-Eric Rehn Finstavägen 26, 7 tr. SE-863 31 SUNDSBRUK SWEDEN Phone home: +46 60 56 88 73 Phone mobile: +46 70 663 86 25