Čoskoro začína nových dvanásť kôl OM Activity contest-u, preteku, ktorého sa zúčastňujú on radio amateur frequencies of 80m band OM and OK stations CW and SSB. Racing OM Activity contest (hereinafter referred to as "OMAC") is organized by the Slovak Association of Radio Amateurs and is listed only for individuals. Club stations can be served by only one operator, who will state his brand in the log. Races are announced only for OM and OK stations that establish connections only with OM and OK stations. The station's OM and OK broadcasting station must be located on the territory of the Slovak or Czech Republic.
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1. Term
The race has 12 stages, each stage takes place on the second Saturday of the respective month from 06.00 to 06.59 local time by CW operation and from 07.00 to 07.59 local time by SSB operation.
2. Frequencies
It competes in the 80 m band in the following frequency sections:
3520-3560 kHz (CW)
3700-3770 kHz (SSB)
3. Categories
3.1. QRO CW + SSB (transmitter power max. 100 W)
3.2. QRO CW (transmitter power max. 100 W)
3.3. QRO SSB (transmitter power max. 100 W)
3.4. QRP CW + SSB (transmitter power max. 5 W)
3.5. QRP CW (transmitter power max. 5 W)
3.6. QRP SSB (transmitter power max. 5 W)
4. Competition code
A competition code consisting of RS(T) and the serial number of the connection starting from 001 is exchanged. The connections are numbered continuously regardless of stages.
5. Scoring
Each valid connection is evaluated with 1 point. For connecting to the same station on both modes, 1 additional point is added for the second connection, i.e. CW and SSB connection to the same station is evaluated with 3 points.
6. Multipliers
The multipliers are the various last letters of the opposing stations' marks once for the respective OMAC monthly stage plus the last letter of the own mark, if not included for connection with another station.
The maximum number of multipliers is 26.
7. Result
The total result of the competing station is calculated after evaluating all connections according to the formula: sum of points x sum of multipliers. The evaluator will calculate the result based on the submitted competition log.
8. Sending logs
Logs for the respective OMAC stage are sent exclusively via the web interface on the website kv.szr.sk. The diary must be sent within 7 days of the end of the relevant monthly stage (i.e. the following Saturday by 08.00 local time). After this deadline, the sending of logs is automatically deactivated.
The data sent via the web interface must contain:
8.1. Call sign of the competing station
8.2. Designation of the given month stage
8.3. Email address of the competing station
8.4. Category
8.5. Attached complete diary in format Cabrillo
8.6. Affidavit:
I declare on my honor that I have complied with the competition conditions and licensing conditions for amateur stations and the data in the diary is true. I agree to the publication of the sent station log. I consider the evaluator's decision to be final.
Before the log is sent to the evaluator, the web interface displays all connections retrieved from the attached log. The competing station must confirm the correctness and completeness of the loaded connections. By confirming the diary, the competing station expresses its agreement with the read diary and the affidavit.
9. Evaluation
9.1. Každá etapa pretekov bude vyhodnotená osobitne. Výsledky etapy za daný mesiac budú zverejnené na stránke kv.szr.sk v časti OM Activity contest.
9.2. The nine best stage results during the respective year will be included in the OMAC year-round ranking. The year starts with the November stage and ends with the October stage (example: the 2018 year starts with the 11/2017 stage and ends with the 10/2018 stage).
9.3. Only connections confirmed on both sides in the competition diaries and with a correctly accepted competition code (point 4) are recognized. Connections with stations that did not send a log will only be counted if their call sign appeared in at least five contest logs (regardless of CW or SSB operation).
9.4. The final results will be published seven days after the end of the respective stage and will be included in the annual evaluation.
10. Disqualification
The competing station will not be evaluated in the given monthly stage:
10.1. if it violates the OMAC competition conditions or the licensing conditions for amateur stations
10.2. if, as a result of errors in its competition log, other competing stations are damaged, while the number of such errors exceeds 30% of the total number of connections in its log
The log of such a station will be removed from the review for other stations.