RSGB IOTA Contest | |||||||||||||||||||
In
line with “Stay at Home” guidance, to minimise the impact of Covid-19,
the IOTA Contest in 2020 is exclusively for Single Operators using
their home stations; Single Operator Fixed “Island” or “World” Stations are eligible to enter RSGB will not be awarding trophies in 2020 but downloadable certificates will be available to winners The RSGB IOTA Contest is the most popular contest in the RSGB HF Contests calendar, attracting entries from around the world. IOTA refers to the RSGB "Islands on the Air" awards. A newcomers' guide to the system of IOTA references and further information on the IOTA Contest can be found at the IOTA Contest Information page and on the IOTA Contest FAQ page. A beginners' guide to operating in the contest is here. If you have any questions about these rules, please email hf.query@rsgbcc.org Changes for 2020: (i) The sending of RS(T) in every QSO is mandatory (ii) The contest in 2020 is exclusively for Single Operators using their home stations (iii) RSGB are not awarding trophies for the 2020 IOTA Contest |
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1. Objective | To promote contacts between stations in IOTA island groups and the rest of the world | ||||||||||||||||||
2. Date & Time |
25th - 26th July 2020 12:00 - 11:59:59 UTC |
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3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz CW and/or SSB |
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The contest is open to all single operator stations world-wide Stations operating from a qualifying island are "Island Stations". They must make sure beforehand that the QTH from which they are operating is a valid island for IOTA purposes. This can be checked and Island References can be obtained here. Stations not operating from a qualifying island are "World Stations" Special Contest Callsigns or Club Callsigns may be used Operation must be from a single Station location where all transmitters, receivers, and antennas are located within a circle of a radius no greater than 500m Remote receivers outside the Station location are not permitted | |||||||||||||||||||
4.1 CATEGORY - LOCATION: (i) "Island Station - Fixed", a station operating from a qualifying IOTA island, explained in Rule 4(a) (ii) "Island Station - DXpedition", may not enter the contest in 2020 (iii) A "World Station" is any station which is not an Island Station4.2 CATEGORY - OPERATORS: (i) Single Operator Unassisted (ii) Single Operator Assisted The Category Overlay - NEWCOMER is available to Single Operator entrants, where the operator was first licensed less than 3 years before the date of the contest In Single Operator categories, only one signal may be transmitted at any one time (iii) Island Multi-1 stations may not enter the contest in 2020 (iv) Island Multi-2 stations may not enter the contest in 2020 4.3 CATEGORY - MODE: CW 4.4 CATEGORY - OPERATING TIME:
24 hours 4.5 CATEGORY - POWER: High Power -- maximum licensed power, but no more than 1500W output | |||||||||||||||||||
World Stations: send RS(T) and serial number starting from 1, for example: 599 254 Island Stations: send RS(T) and serial number starting from 1, plus their IOTA Reference, for example: 59 378 EU115 If you are not sent a serial number, log a zero Mixed-Mode entrants may contact stations on both CW and SSB on each band. Do not use separate numbering systems for CW and SSB. Island stations should announce their IOTA Reference during CQ calls so that other stations can check for Dupes before replying |
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Island Stations contacting:
World Stations contacting: Multiplier. The multiplier is the total of different IOTA references contacted on each band on CW, plus the total of different IOTA references contacted on each band on SSB The Total Score is the total of QSO points on all bands added together, multiplied by the total of multipliers on all bands added together |
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7. Log Submission and Adjudication |
Submit in Cabrillo format
here within 5 days of the end of the contest. View the correct
Cabrillo format for this contest If the robot finds format errors, it will reject the log and ask for resubmission of a corrected logfile Second and subsequent log uploads may be subject to analysis of any changes that have been made If you have difficulties preparing or uploading your Cabrillo logfile, please contact the contest adjudicator to ask for assistance, before the submission deadlineAdjudicated results will be online and will include online logfiles for all entrants Errors will incur penalties as outlined in the RSGB HF Adjudication Principles. This penalty will be the loss of an additional 5 QSO points. The use of CAT Control to log the correct frequency and mode is highly recommended - you will lose QSO points for frequency and mode errors |
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RSGB will not be awarding trophies in 2020 but downloadable certificates will be available to winners Winners of awards will be indicated in the results tables complete with downloadable certificates |
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By entering any RSGB HF Contest you declare that:
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Mike G3VYI |
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Updated 25th April 2020 |