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UBA DX Contest - Rules

Submitted by ON9TT on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 18:00

UBA DX Contest 2023

The UBA has the honour to announce that this contest will be challenged under the Patronage of the EC Commission, responsible for Communication, Information and Culture.
The 36th EUROPEAN UNION TROPHY will be awarded to the highest scoring Single Operator High Power and the Single Operator Low Power EU member station from both the CW and SSB competition.

With regard to participation in activities of a competitive nature (contests, ARDF competitions, obtaining awards, etc.), the UBA Governing Body has decided that the UBA will axe the measures taken by various IARU sister associations and regular sports organisations. This means that, until further notice, radio amateurs from the Russian Federation and Belarus will be excluded from participation.
The IARU stipulates that politics and radio amateurism should not be out of sync. The UBA's decision to exclude Russians and Belarusians from competitive activities organised by it is rooted in the fact that we judged that the issue is a moral one and not political.
QSOs with the Russian Federation and Belarus therefore count for 0 QSO points and 0 points for multipliers.

1 - Purpose

To contact as many Belgian and other amateurs as possible and to provide a way to work the Belgian awards.

2 - Periods

SSB - January 28 - January 29, 2023 (starts every year on the last Saturday of January).
CW - February 25 - February 26, 2023 (starts every year on the last Saturday of February).
From 13:00 UTC on Saturday to 13:00 UTC on Sunday.

3 - Categories

Stations with QTH in Belgium

  • AH - Single Operator 6 hours High Power All Bands. (HAREC),
  • AL - Single Operator 6 hours Low Power All Bands. (HAREC and ON2),
  • BH - Single Operator 12 hours High Power All Bands (HAREC),
  • BL - Single Operator 12 hours Low Power All Bands (HAREC and ON2),
  • CH - Single Operator 24 hours High Power All Bands (HAREC),
  • CL - Single Operator 24 hours Low Power All Bands (HAREC and ON2),
  • D - Multi Operator All Bands,
  • E - Single Operator QRP All Bands. (Maximum 18 hours of operation) (HAREC, ON2, ON3),
  • BASE - Single Operator Basic License 24 hours (Restricted to ON3 stations operated by a holder of a Basic License),
  • F - SWL (ONL) All Bands (Rules under item 12).
     
Stations with QTH outside Belgium

  • A10HP - Single Operator 10 meter High Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A10LP - Single Operator 10 meter Low Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A15HP - Single Operator 15 meter High Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A15LP - Single Operator 15 meter Low Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A20HP - Single Operator 20 meter High Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A20LP - Single Operator 20 meter Low Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A40HP - Single Operator 40 meter High Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A40LP - Single Operator 40 meter Low Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A80HP - Single Operator 80 meter High Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • A80LP - Single Operator 80 meter Low Power (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • CHP - Single Operator High Power All Bands (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • CLP - Single Operator Low Power All Bands (24 hours of operation allowed),
  • D - Multi Operator All Bands,
  • E - Single Operator QRP All Bands (Maximum 18 hours of operation),
  • F - SWL All Bands (Rules under item 12).

Remarks:
  • Stations wishing to participate in a single band category, but who also made some QSO's on other bands are required to send in all their QSO's in a single logfile. Make sure that the Cabrillo header reflects the correct single band category.
  • Stations in category D are limited by the "10 minute" rule. A run station must stay at least 10 minutes on a band before changing bands. The starting time will be determined by the first QSO made on that particular band. The use of a multiplier-station however is allowed, but only to work multipliers on a different band.
  • High Power more than 100 Watts output.
  • Low Power maximum 100 Watts output.
  • QRP SSB maximum 10 Watts output, CW maximum 5 Watts output.

4 - Bands

Bands to be used: 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. The IARU band plan and the IARU Contest prefered frequencies.  WARNING: Failure to comply with the bandplan may result in disqualification

5 - Contest call and exchange

CW "TEST UBA" - SSB "CQ UBA".
Exchange:
  • Stations on Belgian territory: RS(T) + serial number starting with 001 + the abbreviation of the UBA section (e.g. 59001 ACC). The section is an integral part of the report and must be mentioned in the log. Stations which are not members of the UBA use XXX. National UBA stations (ON4UBA, ON4DIG and ON4YLC) use UBA as their section.
  • DX stations: RS(T) + serial number starting from 001.

6 - Scoring

Stations with QTH in Belgium
  • A QSO with a Belgian station 1 point,
  • A QSO with a station in one of the DXCC countries of the European Union at the time of the contest 2 points.
  • All other QSO's 3 points.

Stations with QTH outside Belgium
  • A QSO with a Belgian station 10 points,
  • A QSO with a station in one of the DXCC countries of the European Union at the time of the contest 3 points.
  • All other QSO's 1 point.
An additional bonus will be given depending on the percentage of QSO s with Belgium on your total valid QSO's. Example: 50 QSO's with Belgium (500 QSO points) on a total of 320 QSO's means 15.6 % of QSO's with Belgium and will give you (15,6 % of 500 Belgian QSO points) an extra of 78 QSO points on your total QSO points. This calculation will be done after the log checking.

7 - Multipliers 

Stations with QTH in Belgium
All DXCC countries once on each band.

Stations with QTH outside Belgium
Once on each band.
  • All UBA sections. XXX used by non-UBA members does NOT count as a multiplier.
  • All Belgian prefixes such as ON(x), OOn, OPn, OQn, ORn, OSn, OTn (x1-9)(n 0-9)
  • The DXCC countries of the European Union at the time of the contest: 5B, 9A, 9H, CT, CT3, CU, DL, EA, EA6, EA8, EI, ES, F, FG, FM, FR, FY, HA, I, IS, LX, LY, LZ, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, OZ, PA, S5, SM, SP, SV, SV5, SV9, SV/A, TK, YL and YO.
Remark: A QSO with a Belgian station can give you 2 multipliers (UBA section and prefix). Multipliers count once on each band.

8 - Final Score

Total QSO points (from all bands) times the total number of multiplier points (from all bands).

9 - Special Conditions

The use of DX-Cluster facilities is permitted. It is recommended that you use the DX-Cluster system in a decent way. This means to point out DX stations, new multipliers and propagation in challenging bands. It is not recommended to spot your favourite ON or other stations with the purpose of generating advantages for these stations. This kind of "friendly spotting" will only result in a bad reputation for yourself and for the spotted station.
Remote stations need to combine RX and TX facilities in one station. Remote listening facilities are not allowed more than 500m away from the transmitting site

10 - Logs

Number of logs: Only 1 log per station will be accepted.
We will only accept CABRILLO logs. Rename your logfile to MYCALL.CBR or MYCALL.LOG where "MYCALL" is your call sign. (Example ON7SS.LOG).
Make sure you send in the right Cabrillo format. Cabrillo instructions can be found on the UBA website.
YOUR LOG:

  • Should be sent as a normal attachment to the e-mail.
  • Send as an uncompressed file.
  • Do NOT send more than one attachment.
  • In the "subject" line of your e-mail message, please include your contest callsign.
  • Please take a moment to check your log via a text editor before sending it, to avoid potential problems.
  • More tips for editing your log can be found here.
More info concerning the contest can be found here.
Paper logs: No paper logs are accepted anymore! A Cabrillo webapplication is available on the website of WA7BNM.
Cabrillo header must include:
  • Your call sign.
  • Your name, first name and complete address.
  • The category in which you took part. Logs where the category is not clear will be placed in the highest category, which is MULTIOPERATOR. (If needed edit your log with a text editor. DO NOT USE MICROSOFT WORD).
  • For the Multi op station, the complete list of the operators.
Incomplete logs will be used as "Check logs".

A selection of pictures (.jpg or .png) of operators in action will be published with the results, so please send us your picture in a separate mail to the contest [at] uba [dot] be (contestmanager)!
Remark: if you run in problems with your log, you can contact the contest [at] uba [dot] be (subject: UBA%20Contest%20-%20Problem%20with%20my%20log) (contestmanager) and we will try to help you.

Contestsoftware that supports the UBA Contest.
N1MM Logger (freeware).
SD from EI5DI (freeware)
UCXLog from DL7UCX (freeware)
DXLog (freeware)
GenLog from W3KM (freeware)
QARtest from IK3QAR (freeware)

11 - Deadline and Address

All logs must be sent not later than 14 days after the contest.
February 12, 2023 23:59 UTC for SSB.
March 12, 2023 23:59 UTC for CW.
Late logs will not be considered for the contest and will be treated as checklog.

Send your contest logs via E-mail as an attached file to the following address:

ubassb [at] uba [dot] be (subject: UBASSB%20-%20) (ubassb[at]uba[dot]be) for SSB and mention in the subject line "UBASSB - YOURCALL".
ubacw [at] uba [dot] be (subject: UBACW%20-%20) (ubacw[at]uba[dot]be) for CW and mention in the subject line "UBACW - YOURCALL".

Send your log as an attached file and not in the body of the email. Also do not zip your file. All logs must meet the specifications as outlined above. Take care that all your information is in your log. Do not put extra information in the body of your mail.
Do not resend your log unless you have made changes to it. WE DO NOT HAVE A ROBOT;  Sending the confirmation of receipt is done manually. It can take up to 72 hours to be send. If you have not yet received an email, please check your spam folder first. Or go to the page of received logs.
For other info concerning the contest you can send a mail to the contest [at] uba [dot] be (contestmanager).

Contest Online Scoreboard here

12 - Special SWL Rules

Only stations taking part in the Contest may be logged for scoring purposes. Logs should show in columns: Time (UTC), call sign of "Station Heard", complete exchange sent by this station, call sign of station being worked and a RS(T) report on "Station Heard" at SWLs QTH. If both sides of a contest contact are heard they may be claimed as separate stations and the call signs have to appear in the "Station Heard" column. A station may only appear once per band as station heard. In the column "Station Worked" the same station may not be logged more than 10 times per band.
Please use the freeware program SWL_dqr_Log from SP7DQR. This program can be downloaded from http://sp7dqr.pl/en/contests.php.

13 - Contest certificates

Belgian winners receive a trophy if a relevant number of QSOs is made.
Certificates will be made downloadable from the UBA Website.  However, given current circumstances, participants from the Russian Federation and from Belarus will not be able to claim a contest certificate.
The European Union Trophies goes to the European Union operator in the Single Operator class (A, C or E) high power and low power depending on who scores the most points of both the CW and the SSB Contest.

14 - Penalties and Disqualification

Penalties:
  • QSO’s with incomplete or incorrect exchanges will count for zero points, but no additional penalty will be applied.
  • QSO's that are not in the log of the other station will count for zero points, but no additional penalty will be applied.
Disqualification:
  • For cheating, imaginary logging and clear, repetitive and intentional violation of the contest rules.
  • For continuous or repetitive violation or total negation of the IARU band plan.

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15 - Only aplies for UBA Sections


16 - By submitting your log for the UBA Contest you agree that:


  • You have read and understood the regulations and agree to be bound by them,
  • You have operated your station according to the radio regulations valid in your country for your licence,
  • All actions and decisions of the Contest Committee are official and final.

UBA Sections

AAA Antwerpse Actieve Amateurs   HAC Hasselt   OST Oostende
ACC Antwerpse Contest Club   HCC Haaglandse Contest Club   PHI Section radio de Philippeville
ALT Radioamateurs Aalter   HOB Heist-op-den-Berg   RAF Radio Club Ardenne-Famenne
ARA Actieve Radio Amateurs   HRT Herentals   RAM Radio-Amateurs Mouscronnois
ARC Amateur Radio Club of Brussels   IPR Ieper   RAT Radio Amateur Team
AST Aalst   KSD Koksijde   RBO Eupen
ATH Radio Club de Ath   KTK Kortrijk   RCA Radio Club des Ardennes
ATO Tienen   LGE Liège   RCN Radio Club Noord
BDX Brussels DX team   LIR Lierse Radioamateurs   REM Radioamateurs Erpe-Mere
BLW Brussel West   LLV La LouVière   RST Sint-Truiden
BRC Bell Radio Club   LUS LUxembourg Sud   RSX Ronse
BSE Brabant Sud-Est   LVN Leuven   SNW Sint-Niklaas
BTS BrabanT Sud   MCL Mechelen   THN THuiN
BXE BruXelles Est   MLB Midden Limburg   TLS Tussen Leie en Schelde
CDZ Ciney Beauraing Rochefort   MNS MoNS   TRA Torhoutse Radio Amateurs
CLR CharLeRoi   MTT Mol-Turnhout   TRC Trudo Radioamateurs Club
CPN Charleroi Pays Noir   MWV Midden West-Vlaanderen   TWS Together We're Strong
CRD Club Radioamateur de Durnal   NBT Noord Brabant   UBA UBA National Clubstations
DNZ Deinze   NLB Noord Limburg   VHF Antwerpen VHF
DRC Dendermonde   NMR NaMuR   WLD Waasland
DST Diest   NNV Ninove   WRA Wortegemse Radioamateurs
EKO Meetjeslandse Radioamateurs   NOK Noorderkempen   WRC West-vlaamse Radio Club
ERA Eeklose Radioamateurs   NOL Noord-Oost Limburg   WTN Radio Club Wetteren
GBN Geraardsbergen   ODE Oudenaarde   WTO WaTerlOo
GBX GemBlouX   ONZ Oosthoek   XXX Not Member UBA - no multiplier
GDV Gang De Verviers   ORA Opwijkse Radio Amateurs   ZLB Zuid Limburg
GNT Gent   OSA Antwerpen   ZLZ Zelzate
GTM Grensloze TransMissie   OSB Brugge   ZTM Zottegem

Rules in Polish