On Saturday, November 14, the new year of the race begins OM Activity contest. The competition is organized by the Slovak Association of Radio Amateurs and is only open to individuals. Club stations can be served by only one operator, who will indicate his brand in the report. Connections are established only with OM and OK stations.
Deadline: every second Saturday of the month from 06.00 to 06.59 local time by CW operation and from 07.00 to 07.59 local time by SSB operation
Frequencies: 3520-3560 kHz and 3700-3770 kHz
Categories:
1. QRO CW+SSB
2. QRO CW
3. QRO SSB
4. QRP CW+SSB
5. QRP CW
6. QRP SSB
In the QRO category there is a max. power 100 W, in the QRP category is max. power 5 W.
Contest code: RS(T) + serial number QSO from 001. Connections are numbered regardless of stages.
Scoring: 1 QSO = 1 point
For connecting to the same station on both modes, 1 additional point is added for the second connection, that is, for CW and SSB QSO with the same station, there are 3 points.
Multipliers: different last letters of opposing stations' marks once per race plus the last letter of own mark if not included for connection with another station. The maximum number of multipliers is 26.
Result: sum of points x sum of multipliers
Messages: The report of each race is sent no later than the first Friday after the race, either in electronic form (txt file) to the e-mail address omac@pobox.sk, or to the packet address: OM6MW@OM0PBC. Reports on correspondence cards are sent to the address: Mojmír Jagoš, OM6MW, Gaštanová 18, 01001 Žilina. Since April, it is also possible to send a report via the web interface on the website kv.szr.sk.
The report must include:
– call sign
– month and year
– category
– number of CW QSOs, number of SSB QSOs
– number of CW points, number of SSB points
– number of additional points
– number of multipliers
– missing multipliers
– the result
- affidavit: I declare on my honor that I have complied with the competition and licensing conditions. I consider the evaluator's decision to be final.
– handwritten signature of the operator, when sending by e-mail or packet, only the name and call sign of the operator
Evaluation: Each race will be evaluated separately. The list of results will be published on the website kv.szr.sk. Participating stations can receive the result list after submission SAX.
Year-round evaluation: The year-long evaluation will be for the race cycle from November to October of the following year, while the nine best monthly results will be included in the evaluation.
Disqualification: The station will not be evaluated in individual races if it violates the competition or licensing conditions, if it sends its report incomplete or after the deadline. It is decided by the date of sending the report, the date on the postmark, or the entry in the BBS.
Note: The evaluator has the right to request a copy of the station log from certain races. If the station does not send a copy within 7 days of the request, it will not be included in the annual ranking.