OM SSB race 2024

The OM SSB race takes place on the third Saturday in September, 21.9.2024, from 04:00 do 06:00 UTC (06:00 – 08:00 local time) in two one-hour stages. In each stage, it is possible to establish one valid connection with the same station on each band. Connections are made with stations from OM and OK, while the OK SSB race is also running at the same time, and therefore the connections with the participants of this competition are also valid.

Bands

The race takes place in bands 80m a 160m in these segments:

SSB: 1840–1950 kHz, 3700–3770 kHz

Categories

– both bands, performance according to permit conditions

– both bands, power to 100 W

– listeners

Competition code

A code consisting ofRS, serial number of the connection and the district emblem, i atenuator a kusok drotu59 001 BAC. It is necessary to follow the exact form of the code when broadcasting and writing to the log, otherwise, the connection will be evaluated as faulty.

Scoring

Each established connection is evaluated by one point. The connection is invalid, if the station has any error in the log in the received tag or in the received code.

Multipliers

Multipliers are districts, they are calculated for each band and for each stage separately (one district can be counted as a maximum of 4 multipliers – 1. stage 80 m, 2. stage 80 m, 1. stage 160 m, 2. stage 160 m). The district itself does not count as a multiplier. Multipliers are also districts of OK stations.

The result

The total result is calculated by multiplying the sum of the connection points by the total number of multipliers.

Diaries

Logs are being sentlen in the formatCabrillo. Logs must be sent no later than 14 days after the race via the web interface on the page kv.szr.sk, section OM SSB races. If the station does not send a log for evaluation (at least for control), the connection to this station will only be counted if, that it appears in at least five dailies.

Spring: http://kv.szr.sk