Easter contest 2026

These conditions apply from April 22, 2013 for the Easter races (hereinafter the main races) and the Easter children's races (hereinafter the children's races), announced by the Radio Club Tanvald.

Preteky sa konajú vždy každú veľkonočnú nedeľu, a to od 8.00 – 14.00 UTC hlavné preteky, na ktoré nadväzujú od 14.00 – 15.00 UTC Easter children's races. In 2026 it falls on April 5.

Connections with non-competitive stations are also valid, but they are required to submit the entire competition code including the serial number.

Competition categories

SO (SINGLE OP) – station operated by an individual without any outside assistance during the contest. Outside assistance during the contest means the operator's own handling of the transmitting and receiving equipment, directing antennas, keeping a log and overview of stations worked, operating equipment for access to the PR network. MO (MULTI OP) – ostatné stanice.

Druhy prevádzky: CW and phone according to licensing conditions, while it is necessary to adhere to the recommendations of Region I. IARU pre rôzne druhy prevádzky vo frekvenčných úsekoch rádioamatérskych pásiem.

All station equipment must be located within an area with a maximum diameter of 500 metrov. Stanovište stanice sa nesmie počas pretekov meniť.

Use of DX Cluster and so on. is not limited.

At any given moment, each station may have only one band jeden signál, pričom signál(y) nevyhnutné pre pripojenie do siete packet radio sa neuvažujú.

More stations may transmit from one location, depending on the agreement between them.

The output power of the transmitter's final stage must comply with the licensing conditions unless otherwise specified by the competition rules. For children's competitions, it applies max. výkon 10 wattov.

Connections EME, cross-band a cez pozemné či kozmické prevádzače sa do pretekov nepočítajú.

Only one valid connection can be counted with each station in the competition on each contest band, during which a complete contest code was exchanged and confirmed by both stations. Repeated connections must be marked in the log (RPT, DUPE, etc.) with a point value of 0.

Súťažný kód consists of RS or RST, poradového čísla spojenia a WW-lokátora. Poradové číslo spojenia musí na každom pásme začínať číslom 001. Úplný kód vrátane poradového čísla spojenia od 001 odovzdávajú aj nesúťažiace stanice, ktoré nechcú byť hodnotené. Tri nuly – 000 – nie sú riadnym poradovým číslom a spojenie bude vyhodnocovateľom označené ako neplatné. Stanice, ktoré nechcú byť hodnotené, nemusia posielať denník!

Bodovanie: For every kilometer of distance covered between both stations, one point is counted. The point value of the connection in the competition log must be stated as a whole number. For a connection in the same WW-locator, 1 point is counted. According to the recommendation of the I. Region of IARU, a coefficient of 111.2 should be used to convert degrees to kilometers, taking into account the curvature of the Earth. The WGS-84 (World Geodetic System 1984) system is used to determine the latitude and longitude of the competition station for locator calculation.

Súťažný denník je možné zaslať vyhodnocovateľovi iba v elektronickej podobe. Elektronický denník musí byť vo formáte EDI (REG1TEST), designated as the standard format for evaluating races within Region I. IARU. Logs in other formats will not be accepted and the station will not be rated in the competition. The log must be submitted separately for each competition band. The log from the competition must be sent to the evaluator's address no later than desiaty deň po skončení pretekov.

The connection is invalid if the station in the log has:

• any error in the received code, i.e., in the call sign, report, connection number or locator,

• if the difference in connection time is greater than 10 minutes compared to the correct UTC time.

For repeated and counted connections, the controlled station will lose ten times the point value of the counted repeated connection.

The station will not be rated in the competition:

• for failing to comply with competition or licensing conditions,

• for more than 10% incorrectly calculated distances,

• za nepravdivé alebo chybné údaje uvedené v súťažnom denníku,

• for unsportsmanlike behavior in the competition.

Prizes:

Main competition:

• Veľké veľkonočné vajce – for a record number of points, understood as the sum from all bands in which the station competed.

• Little Easter Egg:

  • za prvé tri miesta v kategóriách SO a MO, ak bude v danej kategórii hodnotených minimálne 15 staníc,

  • za prvé miesto, ak bude v danej kategórii hodnotených minimálne 5 staníc,

  • for the best foreign station operating outside the territory of OK

  • for the best NOVICE station. It is necessary to enter NOVICE in the electronic log in the [Remarks] field.

Children's race:

• Small Easter egg – za prvé tri miesta v absolútnom poradí, a to po sčítaní bodov zo všetkých pásiem, v ktorých stanica súťažila. V týchto pretekoch budú hodnotení len operátori, ktorí v deň konania pretekov nedovŕšia vek 18 rokov. Je nutné uviesť dátum narodenia operátorov v elektronickom denníku do poľa [Remarks].

The decision of the evaluator is final.

Denníky zasielajte iba cez: Webové rozhranie na adrese http://ok1kkt.cz v sekcii Easter race – Send log. Stanica, ktorá nie je uvedená v predbežnom vyhodnotení na stránkach ok1kkt.cz, nebude v pretekoch hodnotená. V prípade problémov kontaktujte vedúceho operátora na ok1miq@volny.cz.