SNP RACE – OM6SA Memorial, 76th anniversary of SNP

The race is held annually in honor of the anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising and in memory of Alexander Korda OM6SA, who founded this race, organized and evaluated it for 17 years. Connections between OM and OK stations are established. The race is advertised for individuals, club stations can only be served by one operator. The organizer of the race is the radio club OM3KFV Vrútky.

Race conditions

• Date : Third Sunday in August, i.e. August 16, 2020
• Stages: Two hourly stages, the first from 04.00 to 04.59 UTC and the second from 05.00 to 05.59 UTC
• Operation: CW, SSB
• Band: 3520-3560 KHz CW and 3700-3770 kHz SSB
• Categories:
  There are 6 categories in the race: A1- QRO,CW A2- QRO, SSB A3- QRO, MIX
  B1- QRP,CW B2- QRP, SSB B3- QRP, MIX

  QRO power is according to the permit conditions, QRP maximum 10W power input or
  5W power. Listeners (category P) can also participate under normal conditions.

• 

  Competition code:
  In the first stage: RST (RS), number QSO from 001, postal code QTH and the initials of the operator's first and last name.
  e.g. 579 001 03861 JM (Jožko Motyčka from Vrútok)

  In the second stage: RST (RS), QSO number (which continues from the first stage), district code and the last two digits of the operator's year
  e.g. 559 037 MAR 43 (Martin district, operator year 1943). Female operators can give the code "00" instead of the year code.

  Stations working /p in field conditions give the zip code of the nearest village or settlement.

• Scoring: 5 points for QSOs with OM, OK, Slovaks and Czechs abroad.
• Multipliers: Each new zip code and each new district emblem
• Result: The sum of QSO points from both stages is multiplied by the sum of the multipliers from both stages.
  In categories A3 and B3, 2 connections can be established with the same station in each stage,
  one on CW and one on SSB. However, the time difference between such QSOs must be at least
  5 minutes. Each such connection is worth 5 points. However, multipliers are counted only once in
  at every stage, regardless of the broadcasting method (CW, SSB)

• 

  Diaries: Send on prescribed forms within 30 days after the race to the address: Rádioklub OM3KFV,
  P.O. Box no. 3, 038 61 VRÚTKY or by e-mail: om3kfv@zoznam.sk
  You can download a sample diary and front page from the website:
  http://www.om3kfv.szm.com/pretek_snp.html or http://www.kv.szr.sk
  (you will make the evaluator's work easier). Constantly repeating own broadcast codes is enough in
  to enter the diary only once in the first line on each page. You can also send by computer
  created diaries and cover pages must contain all the prescribed ones
  data including the number of new ZIP code multipliers and the number of new district multipliers.

• Evaluation: In the magazine Rádioamatér/ Rádiožurnál and at: http://www.kv.szr.sk, http://www.CQ.sk/
• Diplomas: All race participants who send a competition diary for evaluation.

Unless otherwise stated, the general conditions for KV races apply.

District signs of OM stations: BAA BAB BAC BAD BAE BAN BAR BBY BRE BST BYT CAD DET DKU DST GAL GEL HLO HUM ILA KEA KEB KEC KED KEO KEZ KNM KOM KRU LEV LMI LUC LVC MAL MAR MED MIC MYJ NAM NIT NMV NZA PAR PBY PEZ PIE POL POP PRE
PRI PUC REV ROZ RSO RUZ SAB SAL SEA SEN SKA SLU SNI SNV SAT WRI SVI TNC TOP TRE TRN TTE TVR VKR VTR ZAR ZIH ZIL ZMO ZVO (79 districts)

District characters OK1: APA – APJ BBE BBN BKD BKH BKO BMB BME BNY BPB BPV BPZ BRA CBU CCK CJH CPE CPI CPR CST CTA DCH DDO DKL DKV DPJ DPM DPS DRO DSO DTA ECH ECL EDE EJA ELI ELO ELT EMO ETE EUL FCR FHB FHK FJI FNA FPA FRK FSE FSV FTR FUO

District characters OK2: GBL GBM GBR GBV GHO GJI GKR GPR GTR GUH GVY GZL GZN GZS HBR HFM HKA HNJ HOL HOP HOS HPR HSU HVS

Victor, OM6CV
23.7.2020