Budúci víkend, 25 July from 12.00 UTC to 26 July 12.00 UTC takes place IOTA Contest 2009. Súťažia IOTA stanice a všetky ostatné stanice. Súťaží sa v pásmach 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m a 10m pričom stanice musia dodržať odporúčania IARU pre contestovú prevádzku (nesmie sa vysielať v segmentoch 3500-3510, 3560 – 3600, 3650 – 3700, 14060 – 14125 a 14300 – 14350kHz).
IOTA contest je vyhlásený v týchto kategóriách:
Destination:
- Iceland (island) – stations working from the IOTA islands with an assigned IOTA ref. number
- World - other stations
Operator:
- Single Operator
- Single-Operator Assisted (allowed DX cluster, remote RX stanice a pod)
- Multi-Operator (iba 24hod MIX). Operátori môžu používat max.2 stanice, druhá stanica môže robiť len násobiče, nesmie volat výzvu alebo QRZ. Povolený DX cluster a internet
Time:
- 24 hours
- 12 hours – operation does not have to last 12 hours continuously, but breaks must last at least 60 minutes)
Mode:
- CW
- SSB
- MIX
Performance:
- High power - maximum 1500W out
- Low power - maximum 100W out
- QRP – maximum 5W out
Competition code
RS(T) + connection sequence number from 001 + (IOTA station) IOTA number
The serial number is sold continuously regardless of mode. One CW and one SSB connection can be established with one station on one band.
Scoring
- QSO with a non-IOTA station – 3 points
- QSO with an IOTA station – 15 points. The exception is the Iceland-Iceland connection of stations working from the island with the same ref. number, in which case 3 points are counted.
Multipliers
IOTA islands made on CW + IOTA islands made on SSB
The score
The sum of points for connections from all bands times the total sum of multipliers
Logos
Electronic diaries by e-mail or on CD (e-mail is preferred) until August 16, 2009. The recommended format is Cabrillo, ale vyhodnocovateľ akceptuje aj iné formáty logu. Logy posielajte na IOTA.logs@rsgbcc.org