New radioamateur regulations issued in Russia and are in effect
since September, 15, 1996.
The most sufficient changes are the following (from my point of view).
1. Age limitations:
4th and 3rd classes ('novices')- 8 years old (instead of 14 and 16),
2nd class ('intermediate')- 14 instead of 16.
2. License is valid during 5 years.
3. Band plan changes:
160m band SSB-window is reduced from 1860-1930 to 1840-1930;
80m band is expanded from 3600-3650 to
3700 (3rd and 2nd classes) and 3800 (1st class).
4. Russian band plan per license classes (briefly):
3rd class 2nd class 1st class
1.8 MHz CW SSB CW SSB CW SSB
3.5 MHz CW CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG
7.0 MHz CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG
10 MHz CW DIG
14 MHz CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG
18 MHz CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG
21 MHz CW CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG
24 MHz CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG
28 MHz CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG
UHF, VHF CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG CW SSB DIG
Notes:
* for 4th class only 160m (SSB & CW) and UHF (SSB, CW & DIG) are allowed.
* 'DIG' assumes RTTY, AMTOR, PACTOR, CLOVER, ASCII, PACKET RADIO.
* TX output power for 4-2 classes 5W @160m;
/no changes/ for 4-1 classes 5W @UHF&VHF.
for 3rd class 10W @HF;
for 2nd class 50w @HF;
for 1st class 10W @160m, 200W @HF;
for 4-1 classes 5W @UHF&VHF.
* SSTV and FAX are allowed for 2-1 classes @20m.
* 6m band is not allowed.
See you in CW contests,
73 de RW3FO, Dmitri
Moscow, Russia
bagno@inm.ras.ru
>From pcortese@mbox.vol.it (I2UIY) Wed Sep 25 22:34:39 1996
From: pcortese@mbox.vol.it (I2UIY) (I2UIY)
Subject: European Sprint Contest - Rules
EU SPRINT 1996 - Rules
The EU Sprint Committee hereby invites you to participate in the two
Autumn European Sprint Contests held in 1996.
Entrants: any licensed station operating from Europe or outside
Europe may enter the Sprint.
Object: EU stns work everybody, DX stns work only EU
Categories: Single Operator ONLY. Only ONE signal may be aired at one
time.
Dates:
EU SPRINT Autumn:
SSB: first Saturday in October - 5 October 1996 - managed by
I2UIY
CW: second Saturday in October - 12 October 1996 - managed by
OK2FD
Time: from 15:00z until 18:59z.
Bands: 20, 40 and 80 meters only. Pilot frequencies are: SSB:
14.250, 7.050, 3.730. CW: 14.040, 7.025, 3.550
Exchange: all of the following data MUST BE PART OF THE EXCHANGE:
- your callsign,
- the other station's callsign,
- your serial number starting from 001 (RST not required),
- your name or nickname.
Please note that BOTH callsigns MUST be repeated by BOTH
stations.
A valid exchange is: "OK2FD de I2UIY 118 Paolo" while "OK2FD 118
Paolo" is NOT a valid exchange.
Special QSY Rule: if any station initiates a call (by sending CQ,
QRZ?, etc.), he is permitted to work ONLY one station on the same
frequency. He must thereafter move AT LEAST 2 (two) kHz before he may
call another station or before he may solicit again (CQ, QRZ?,
etc.) other calls.
Valid contacts: valid contacts are QSOs correctly logged and
confirmed. Each operator may use ONE and ONLY one name during the
Sprint. If the exchange is copied incorrectly, that operator will
receive zero (0) points. In case of miscopied callsigns, both
stations will receive zero (0) points for that QSO. The Committee
reserves the right to apply penalties in particular cases of
violation of the rules or spirit of the contest.
Scoring: each valid QSO counts one point. The final score is the
total number of QSOs.
Awards: there are NO awards or prizes since these contests have been
created to test the individual skills only. Results will be forwarded
as soon as possible to Leagues, magazines and bulletins.
Logs: a single chronological log is required. PLEASE SEND US YOUR LOG
ON A FLOPPY DISK. Use any of the available software or send a plain
ASCII file. A separate summary sheet is required too. Logs must be
sent NO later than 15 days after the contest to the appropriate
address:
- Autumn SSB Sprint: Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, P. O. Box 14, 27043 Broni
(PV), Italy.
- Autumn CW Sprint: Karel Karmasin, OK2FD, Gen. Svobody 636, 674 01
Trebic, Czech Republic.
DL2NBU has written a program specially designed for the newly created
European Sprint Contest. The program is similar to CT, allows sending
CW via LPT/COM, generates .RES files etc. The software is available
at:
ftp.uni-erlangen.de:/pc-freeware/hamradio/logbuch/contest/sprint16.zip
Logs for ANY of the four events may also be sent by Internet Mail to
"eusprint@dl6rai.muc.de". The receipt of your electronic log will be
confirmed. If you don't receive a confirmation within two days, try
again or use the postal system.
Thanks in advance for your participation de: G4BUO, I2UIY, OK2FD and
the B.C.C. Sprint Committee.
[ ] Paolo Cortese, I2UIY / IQ2A / N7PMC / OK8AFL
[ ] P. O. Box 14 - 27043 Broni (PV) Italy
[ ] Phone 0039-385-53203
[ ] A.R.I. HF Contest Manager
[ ] Email: PCORTESE@MBOX.VOL.IT
>From woffutt@davinci.netaxis.com (wallace offutt) Wed Sep 25 23:25:28 1996
From: woffutt@davinci.netaxis.com (wallace offutt) (wallace offutt)
Subject: The Callsign Contest
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960925181824.7490A-100000@davinci.netaxis.com>
On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Troy Majors wrote:
stuff snipped
> Only one problem, do we have room for any more contests on
> the calander?
Troy,
There are *at least* 258 days each year when there are no contests.
(Sunday - Thursday x 52 - two Sunday evenings for SS = 258.) Who says
that contests have to be on weekends?
There never have been, are not, and probably never will be enough CW
contests in my life. :-(
Hal K8HVT (not K8SVT) (And not K8HVT much longer?)
>From AD1C@tiac.net (Jim Reisert AD1C) Wed Sep 25 23:30:15 1996
From: AD1C@tiac.net (Jim Reisert AD1C) (Jim Reisert AD1C)
Subject: It only happens to other people.
Message-ID: <199609252236.SAA27113@mailserver2.tiac.net>
On Tue, 24 Sep 1996 19:37:28 -0600, Mike Coolidge wrote:
>That is because N7ML is in zone 4 not zone 3, same zone as me. Funny move
>all the way from Illinois to Montana and Im still in the same zone!
While I can't help the fact that ITU and CQ zones don't nicely follow
call-area boundaries, or that the ARRL and CQ sometimes lose logs, or
score them incorrectly, I can make life a little easier on the people who
work you.
If you are not in the CQ or ITU zone that CT thinks you should be in,
please send me your contest callsign (i.e. I need to know if you sign
/portable or not) and your actual CQ and/or ITU zone, so I can add you to
CT's country file. This is especially if you are receiving a new callsign
whose call area is not in the same CQ/ITU zone as your QTH.
This will at least allow the lazy to log your zone properly, and will help
when you are spotted on packet.
73 - Jim AD1C
--
Jim Reisert <AD1C@tiac.net> http://www.tiac.net/users/ad1c/
>From Tim_Coad@smtp.svl.trw.com (Tim Coad) Wed Sep 25 23:37:09 1996
From: Tim_Coad@smtp.svl.trw.com (Tim Coad) (Tim Coad)
Subject: Another way to make top ten
Message-ID: <n1368456386.86646@smtp.svl.trw.com>
Another way to make top ten and sleep......
Besides moving to the east coast you could:
Just enter your Single Op unassisted score as Single-Op Assisted.
OK, OK we dont want to start that thread again, but Im as tired of reading
about vanity callsigns as I was about hearing OJ news, (And now the news media
is trying to start that up again!) so I am anxious for some contest related
material to be posted. So I'LL offer up some other contest topics for
consideration:
1. Do we need mandatory drug testing of contest ops?
2. Are those East Coast big guns really running 3rd and 4th tier euros' or are
they just reading calls from the callbook?
3. Does running QRO in contests really make you more likely to have female
offspring?
4.a How many of you out there also have had hallucinations after 40 hours of
no sleep? 4.b and what were they?
5. What do you think about a new contest that is held ONLY on 14.230?
6. Was the Russian woodpecker really a YCCC device to keep west coast hams
from running JA's on 40?
OK well there, 6 topics I came up with in 6 minutes......any more?
CU all in the next test!
Tim - NU6S
>From w2up@voicenet.com (Barry Kutner) Thu Sep 26 00:32:04 1996
From: w2up@voicenet.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Subject: Re K3ZO: making top ten SOAB
Message-ID: <199609252332.TAA23360@mail.voicenet.com>
On 25 Sep 96, Bill Fisher KM9P <km9p@contesting.com> wrote:
> I still maintain that if someone not blessed with a W1, W2, W3, or W4 QTH
> expects to make the top ten USA, they better not be too sleep happy. 1.5
> to 3 hours the 2nd night is generally the equation used by me and I am
> generally playing catch up like Ugly will be doing. I'll bet W9RE and
> N2IC aren't sleeping the first night.
>
Oh no. I hope we don't start this thread again. As I've said to N2IC
in the past, I would be happy to trade European runs for being an
hour away from the world's best skiing! (No, I don't think the
Poconos will be making a bid for the winter olympics :.) )
--
Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@voicenet.com
Newtown, PA FRC alternate: barry@w2up.wells.com
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