SARL Hamnet 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest

1.   Aim

This SSB Contest is open to all Radio Amateurs in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho, Marion Island and South African Antarctica. Only contacts with these areas will count.

2.   Date and Time

First Sunday of March from 12:00 to 14:00 UTC [14:00 to 16:00 CAT]. [7 March 2010]

3.   Frequencies

It is a phone contest in the band segments 7.060 to 7.100 MHz.

4.   Categories

a. Single operator stationary mobile

b. Single operator portable

c. Multi-operator portable

d. Single operator base station

5.   Antennas

Antennas are limited to antennas with less than unity gain relative to a dipole. Stationary Mobile stations shall use antennas that rely solely on their vehicles for support and shall not exceed a height of 5 metres above ground. Portable station antennas may not be erected and installed before the day of the contest and no permanent man-made structure may be used to either house equipment or for antenna supports.

6.   Power

Stationary Mobile and Portable stations shall operate from the same site for the duration of the contest and all power used shall comply with the requirements for Field Stations in the general rules.

7.   Exchange

Signal report followed by a three-figure number as follows:

Category a:  Starting with 201 for the first contact

Category b:  Starting with 401 for the first contact

Category c:  Starting with 601 for the first contact

Category d:  Starting with 801 for the first contact

Non-participants start with 001 for the first contact

8.   Scoring

Scoring consists of points accumulated from all contacts, multiplied by a multiplier.

Contact with a station in:

Category a, b and c in own area                   3 points

Category a, b and c in another area              4 points

Category d or non-participant in own area      1 point

Category d or non-participant in another area 2 points

Areas are as defined in the following list:

Area 1:  ZS1

Area 2:  ZS2

Area 3:  ZS3

Area 4:  ZS4

Area 5:  ZS5

Area 6:  ZS6

Area 7 (eastern group):  3DA, 7P, C9, Z2, ZS8

Area 8 (western group):  A2, V5, ZS7

The multiplier consists of the number of call areas worked, multiplied by a power multiplier. The power multiplier is 2 for an output power of over 50 W PEP, and 3 for an output power of less than 50 W PEP.

9.   Awards

Certificates will be presented to the highest scoring station in each category, provided that there are at least three entries in that category.

10.           Sponsor

Hamnet Eastern Cape, Al Akers, ZS2U, 53 Clarence Street, Westering, Port Elizabeth, 6025. E-mail: contest_Xpears.ham-radio-op.net. Closing date for log submission: 22 March 2010