Cieľom European HF Championship je, aby európski amatéri kontaktovali čo najviac ďalších európskych amatérov a súťažili o titul „Majster Európy HF“. Počítajú sa iba kontakty from EU to EU, taking into account the list of CQWW countries.
The date of the race is every year on the first Saturday of August, from 12:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC (August 7, 2021). It is competed in bands 160 – 10m (out WARC) in a single category, single operator all bands.
| category | Cabrillo category |
| CW/SSB – High Power | SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH MIXED |
| CW/SSB – Low Power | SINGLE-OP ALL LOW MIXED |
| CW only – High Power | SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW |
| CW only – Low Power | SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CW |
| SSB only – High Power | SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH SSB |
| SSB only – Low Power | SINGLE-OP ALL LOW SSB |
High Power category: the total output power of the transmitter must not exceed 1500 W
Low Power category: the total output power of the transmitter must not exceed 100 W
The exchanged code is composed of RS(T) + binary number. That is the year of the first issue of the operator's amateur radio license, regardless of whether he uses that brand or another.
Multipliers are different two-digit numbers, meaning the last two digits of the year of the operator's first ever official amateur radio license. The multiplier is calculated only once per band, regardless of mode.
Each valid contact completed counts one (1) point regardless of mod. The same station can be processed once for each band and mode. The final score is the sum of the points QSO from all bands multiplied by the sum of multipliers from all bands.
a) In single-mode categories (CW only, SSB only) it is possible to perform a maximum of ten (10) band changes at any hour (00 to 59 minutes)
b) In the mix mode categories (CW/SSB) it is possible to perform a maximum of ten (10) bands and modes in any one-hour hour (00 to 59 minutes. For example, five (5) bands plus five (5) mode changes, where the band plus the mode change counts as one (1) change.
c) Change of band or mode after the 10th change of band / mode will be penalized QSO points and a multi-connection deduction for those QSOs at a particular hour.
All sent diaries in Cabrillo format must be uploaded from the Log Submission page no later than 48 hours after the competition (Monday 23.59 UTC).