„OLD NEW YEAR“ contest vychádza z ruskej tradície sláviť každý rok dva dni „Nového roka“ – jeden podľa Gregoriánskeho kalendára a druhý podľa Juliánskeho kalendára. Táto tradícia začala v roku 1918, keď sa Rusko prešlo z juliánskeho kalendára na gregoriánsky (dnes používaný vo väčšine krajín sveta).
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The date
the second Saturday in January from 5 to 9 UTC, in 2021 that is January 9
Bands
10 to 80 meters, without WARC
Fashions
CW and SSB
Participants
radio amateurs from all over the world
Categories
Single operator – CW HIGH, Single operator – CW LOW, Single operator – SSB HIGH, Single operator – SSB LOW, Single operator – MIXED HIGH, Single operator – MIXED LOW, Single operator – on bands more than 50 years HIGH, Single operator – on bands more than 50 years LOW, Single operator – sum of operator age and activity on bands more than 100 years HIGH, Single operator – sum of operator age and activity on bands more than 100 years LOW, Multi operator HIGH, Multi operator LOW, SWL. LOW POWER is 100W or less. Participation is only as all-band.
SSB operators mostly use Russian during this competition, but the CW part is truly international.
Valid connection
all connections are counted, including own ground. QSO with the same station are allowed in different bands and for MIXED categories also in the same band but in a different mode.
Code exchanged
RS (T) and two or three digits showing the sum of the operator's age and the number of years on the bands. Multi-op stations broadcast the "average age of the team" (the sum of the ages of the operators divided by the number of operators) plus the number of years the station has been in existence.
Points
each connection with the exchanged code earns points. No multiplier is used in this competition. The final score is the sum of points for all bands.
Diaries
They are sent via the web interface http://ua9qcq.com/en/submit_log.php?lang=en alebo emailom na contest@radio.ru vo formáte Cabrillo until January 24, 2021