ALPE - ADRIA UHF/SHF CONTEST RULES

1.DATE IN TIME:

Sunday in the third full weekend in June every year;
07.00 - 17.00 UTC

2.BANDS AND MODES:

UHF/SHF bands (432 MHz and all others bands above)
CW, PHONE (A1A, J3E, F3E)

3.CONTEST SECTIONS:

Section A - only 432 MHz
Section B - only 1,2 GHz
Section C - 2,3 GHz and 5,6 GHz
Section D - 10 GHz and higher frequencies
No subdivision will be beetwen single and multi operators and fixed and portable stations in any sections. One station may take part to more sections and the prizes are accumulated.

4.MULTIPLIERS:

432 MHz - 1km = 1 point
1,2 GHz - 1km = 1 point
2,3 GHz - 1km = 1 point
5,6 GHz - 1km = 5 points
10 GHz - 1km = 1 point
24 GHz and above - 1km = 20 points

5.ENTRIES AND LOGS:

All the entries from Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia must be send the logs (including summary sheets) to their own national contest manager or association. Participants from other countries have to send logs for year 1997 to ARI UDINE!

OEVSV LANDESVERBAND KARNTEN
POSTFACH 59
A-9232 ROSEGG
AUSTRIA

ARI UDINE
P.O. BOX 23
33100 UDINE
ITALY

ZVEZA RADIOAMATERJEV SLOVENIJE - ZRS
P.O. BOX 180
1001 LJUBLJANA
SLOVENIJA

HRVATSKI RADIOAMATERSKI SAVEZ - HRS
P.O BOX 564
10001 ZAGREB
HRVATSKA

All the entries from other countries must send logs (including summary sheets) to ARI (to organizer of the contest for year 1997). All logs must be send within 15 (fifteen) days from the contest date in order to qualify. The postmark date must be anterior to the 15 day after the contest day. The log form must be as those of the IARU REGION I. standard log (if possibile calculate with calculator or computer. PC AT/XT ASCII logs (EDI format) on standard disks will be appriciated).

E-mail address for electronical logs: vhfctest@hamradio.si

PR: S57C@S50BOX.SVN.EU

6. JUDGING OF ENTRIES:

Any error in the QSO-data determines the canceling of that QSO. If there are unmarked double QSOs which number is greater than 3% of the totall number, the log will be disqualfy. Also if the total of QRB declared is greater than 3% of true, the log will be disqualfy.

7. PRIZES

The organizer of the contest (1993 - I, 1994 - S5, 1995 - OE,1996 - 9A, 1997 - I, 1998 - ZRS, 1999- 0E, 2000 - 9A ...) will award a prize to the first three entries of every section of the contest.

NOTE: For any other information that is not in this rules, see the IARU REGION I. VHF/UHF/SHF contest rules.

AA Committee
ZRS VHF MANAGER
BRANKO Zemljak - S57C