These conditions are valid from January 1, 2007 for Easter race (hereinafter referred to as the main race) and Children's Easter race (hereinafter referred to as the children's race), which declares Tanvald Radio Club.
The race is always held on Easter Sunday, and that from 08:00 to 14:00 UTC the main race to which it follows Children's Easter race from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC.
Connections with non-competing stations are also valid, but they must transmit the entire competition code, including the sequence number.
You will read in the article
Competition categories:
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | 144 MHz SO |
| 2 | 144 MHz MO |
| 3 | 432 MHz SO |
| 4 | 432 MHz MO |
| 5 | 1.3 GHz SO |
| 6 | 1.3 GHz MO |
| 7 | 2.3 GHz SO |
| 8 | 2.3 GHz MO |
| 9 | 3.4 GHz SO |
| 10 | 3.4 GHz MO |
| 11 | 5.7 GHz SO |
| 12 | 5.7 GHz MO |
| 13 | 10 GHz SO |
| 14 | 10 GHz MO |
| 15 | 24 GHz SO |
| 16 | 24 GHz MO |
| 17 | 47 GHz SO |
| 18 | 47 GHz MO |
| 19 | 76 GHz SO |
| 20 | 76 GHz MO |
SO (Single Operator) – a station served by one operator without any outside help during the race.
Foreign assistance during the race is understood as the actual operation of the transmitting and receiving equipment, the routing of the antennas, the keeping of a diary and overview of the stations that were worked with, the operation of the device for accessing the packet radio network.
MO (Multi Operator) – other stations.
Types of operation:
CW and phone according to the permit conditions, while it is necessary to follow the recommendations IARU Reg. 1 for various types of operation in individual parts of radio amateur bands.
All station equipment must be placed on a surface with a maximum diameter 500 meters.
The position of the station may not change during the race.
Using DX Clusteru and similar services is not limited.
At any given time, each station on one band may only have one signal. The signals needed to connect to the packet radio network are not taken into account.
More than one station may broadcast from one station, it depends on the agreement between them.
The output of the final stage of the transmitter must be in accordance with the permit conditions, unless otherwise specified in the rules of the race.
For children's race applies maximum power 10 watts.
Connections EME, cross-band and through terrestrial or satellite transmitters are not counted in the race.
Each station can only be counted on each competition band one valid connection, during which the complete competition code was transmitted and confirmed by both stations. Repeated connections must be marked in the diary (RPT, DUPE, etc.) with a point value 0.
Contest code:
It consists of RS or RST, serial number of the connection a WW-locator.
The sequence number must start with a number on each band 001.
The complete code, including the sequence number of the connection from 001, is also transmitted by non-competing stations that do not want to be evaluated.
Three zeros 000 are not a valid sequence number - such a connection will be marked as invalid.
Stations that do not want to be rated do not have to send a log.
Scoring:
It counts for every kilometer of bridged distance between the two stations 1 point.
The log connection point value must be given as an integer.
It counts for the connection in the same WW-locator 1 point.
According to the recommendation of IARU Reg. 1 is used coefficient 111.2 to convert degrees to kilometers, taking into account the curvature of the Earth.
The system is used to determine the latitude and longitude of the habitat for calculating the locator WGS-84 (World Geodetic System 1984).
Competition diary:
The diary can be sent to the evaluator only in electronic form.
It must be in the format EDI (REG1TEST) – the standard format for evaluating races within IARU Reg. 1.
The diary in another format will not be accepted and the station will not be evaluated.
The diary must be separate for each competition zone.
It must be sent no later than the tenth day after the end of the race.
Invalid connections:
The connection is invalid if the station has in the log:
- any error in the received code (brand, report, serial number or locator),
- difference in connection time greater than 10 minutes against the correct UTC time.
For repeated and counted connections to the controlled station subtracts ten times the point value of the given connection.
The station will not be evaluated if:
- does not comply with the competition or permit conditions,
- has more than 10% of incorrectly calculated distances,
- enter false or erroneous data in the diary,
- commits unsportsmanlike conduct during the race.
Prices
Main race:
- Big Easter Egg – for a record number of points (sum of all bands on which the station competed).
- Little easter egg
- for first three places in the SO and MO categories, if at least 15 stations are evaluated in the category,
- for first place, if at least 5 stations are evaluated in the category,
- For the best foreign station working outside the territory of OK,
- For the best station NOVICE (required to indicate "NOVICE" in the [Remarks] field of the electronic diary).
Race of children:
- Little easter egg – for first three places in absolute order, after adding up the points from all the bands on which the station competed.
Only operators who, on the day of the race, will be evaluated in this race they are under 18 years of age.
It is necessary to state date of birth of the operators to the [Remarks] field in the electronic journal.
The evaluator's decision is final.
Send the journals to:
📧 info@ok1kkt.cz
or through the web http://ok1kkt.cz in the section Easter race.