These conditions apply from January 1, 2007 for the Easter race (hereinafter referred to as the "main race") and the children's Easter race (hereinafter referred to as the "children's race"), which is announced by Rádioklub Tanvald.
The race is always held every Easter Sunday: the main race from 08:00 to 14:00 UTC, followed by the children's race from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC. In 2007 it falls on April 8. Connections with non-competing stations are also valid, but they are obliged to sell the entire competition code, including the sequence number.
Competition categories:
- 144 MHz SO / MO
- 432 MHz SO / MO
- 1.3 GHz SO / MO
- 2.3 GHz SO / MO
- 3.4 GHz SO / MO
- 5.7 GHz SO / MO
- 10 GHz SO / MO
- 24 GHz SO / MO
- 47 GHz SO / MO
- 76 GHz SO / MO
SO (Single Op) – a station manned by an individual without any outside help during the race.
MO (Multi Op) – other stations with multiple operators.
Types of operation: CW and phone according to permits, following the recommendations of Region I IARU for bands.
All equipment must be on an area of no more than 500 m, the station must not be changed during the race. DX cluster and similar sources are allowed. Each station can transmit only one signal on one band (except PR). The performance of the output stage must be in accordance with the permit; for children's race max. 10 W. Connections EME, cross-band and via ground or space transmitters are not counted.
Scoring: 1 point for every kilometer of distance between stations, 1 point for a connection in the same WW-locator. Competition code = RS/RST + sequence number + WW-locator, the sequence number always starts with 001. Invalid connections must be marked in the log (RPT, DUPE).
Prices:
- Main plant: Large and small Easter eggs by category, foreign stations, NOVICE.
- Children's race: a small Easter egg for the first three places, only operators under 18 years old.
Sending logs: electronically in EDI format to ok1kkt@mrakota.cz or via the OK1KKT website in the Easter race section.