EARTTY Contest Rules

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Announced Operations

Call Category Prov. Comments
2E0BLN SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
2E0OBO SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Hasta pronto amigo’s/amiga’s…..Bob
4M1W SINGLE-OP 10M – DX
7X2GK SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX 73 de 7X2GK
9A5D SINGLE-OP 40M – DX
AO75CA MULTI-MULTI ALL – EA S
AO75URE MULTI-MULTI ALL – EA HQ Multi for everyone
CM8JFL SINGLE-OP 10M – DX
CO7HH SINGLE-OP ALL YOUTH – DX
DL3SYA SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
DO2MOG SINGLE-OP 10M – DX Love this contest
EA1BJE SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA GU
EA1DME SINGLE-OP 20M – EA LO
EA1DP SINGLE-OP 20M – EA BI Hola saludos, un año mas ,animo y suerte
EA1EWY SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA O 73 y DX
EA1O SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA SG
EA2BSJ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA VI Pruebas
EA2EQX SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – EA BI para probar
EA2ESU SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA NA Suerte a todos.
EA3CY SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA T Suerte en el concurso !.
EA3EE SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA B 73
EA3GCT SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA B
EA3IAZ SINGLE-OP 40M – EA GI Lo seguiremos intentando e intentaremos aprender
EA3W SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA B JN01XL 73 from Catalonia ||*||
EA4FME MULTI-MULTI ALL – EA MA Suerte para todos nos oimos
EA4HOT SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA CR
EA4HPY SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA M
EA4IF SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA TO Estare con TO como otros años Good luck to you all
EA4Z SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA M BUEN CONCURSO PARA TODOS, 73.
EA5FHC SINGLE-OP 40M – EA V Que doña propa nos asista.
EA5FSJ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA A Buen concurso.
EA5GOR SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA A Suerte a tod@s
EA5HKZ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA A Mucha suerte a tod@s.
EA5IYN SINGLE-OP 40M – EA V
EA5JN SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA MU GOOD TEST FROM MURCIA MU 73 DME-30008
EA5LZ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA V
EA5PI SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA V Nos escuchamos !!
EA6/DL2TM SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – EA IB I stay over this weekend at EA6. Using bad antenna
EA7GE SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA CO Suerte y buena propa
EA7HS SINGLE-OP ALL YOUTH – EA CO Suerte a tod@s.
EA7IEZ SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA MA Suerte a todos los participantes
EA7KNT SINGLE-OP 20M – EA SE Buena Suerte
EA8DED SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA TF SO2R
EA8TH SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA TF Buena suerte a todo el mundo!
EA8ZS SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA GC sUERTE A TODOS LOS QUE PARTICIPAN
EB1DMQ SINGLE-OP 40M – EA O
EC6DX SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA IB
EE1D MULTI-MULTI ALL – EA SO suerte
EE2A SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – EA VI Espero que afineis vuestra recepción.
EF7O SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA CO Suerte para todos desde CO
F1TRE SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX 73 from Philippe !
F4FDR SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
F4IVC SINGLE-OP 15M – DX 73 all, GL
F4PAN SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX 73 from f4pan
F6ITD SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
G0JSP SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX 73 de Phil
G1J?CC SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
G1JCC SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
G1N SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
G4HVC SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
G7D SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
GM0AZC SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
HA5GF SINGLE-OP 15M – DX Gl &
HI6M SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Disfruta nuestro Turismo en Punta Cana
HK3W SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Grid FJ34aw
I3PXN SINGLE-OP 40M – DX
I5YMR SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Buen concurso a todos, un numerito es bueno……
IK4LHE SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
IK8IOO SINGLE-OP 10M – DX Ci sentiamo on air…buon test a tutti
IU5ICR SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
IW1PNJ SINGLE-OP 40M – DX
IW8PQ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Very nice contest…
IZ1PKV SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
JN1THL SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
KC9TZO SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
L71D SINGLE-OP 15M – DX SPECIAL CALLSIGN DE LU7DUE
LB8IB SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
LZ2HT SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
N0SMX SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX QRV from the state of Florida
OA4DOS SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Desde Lima – Perú
OM1HMI SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
OM5TX SINGLE-OP 40M – DX
ON2VHF SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX FT-991, 12w, antenna balcony, see you on band, 73
OZ11A SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX Hope to be QRV. Best 73 to all from OZ11A
PA2JCB SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
PU3VON SINGLE-OP 10M – DX Boa sorte a todos os amigos…
PY2PLL SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – DX See U in the constest! 72!
PY5AMF SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX GOOD LUCK IN THE CONTEST, 73.
R4FCJ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX ¡Les deseo a todos buena suerte en el Concurso 73!
RZ9A SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
SE4E SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
SV8/HB9FIH SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Island Lesvos Greece – Buenas
TA3TGC SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
VJ3O SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
W1INC SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA NA
WB2COY SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
YC4RWH SINGLE-OP 15M – DX CU guys EARTTY 73
YO2IS SINGLE-OP 15M – DX HOLA, glad to run the EARTTY again…gracias !
YO2LPI SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Good vibes to all!
YO3VU SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
YO9BCM SINGLE-OP 20M – DX

– Click here to announce your participation in this contest –


Organized by: Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE); delegated in EB4Z.

To participate in this contest, the specific bases of the competition must be complied with, as well as the General Regulation of URE Competitions.

Participants: Any radio amateur anywhere in the world with a valid licence.

Dates: From 12:00 utc on Saturday 6th to 11:59 utc on Sunday 7th April 2024.

Mode: RTTY Baudot (Teletype).

Bands: 10, 15, 20, 40 y 80 meters, in the segments recommended by the IARU for this mode.

Categories:

1. Single Operator All band EA, High Power (SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH).

2. Single Operator All band EA Low Power (SINGLE-OP ALL LOW).

3. Single Operator All band EA QRP (SINGLE-OP ALL QRP).

4. Single Operator All band EA YOUTH (SINGLE-OP ALL YOUTH).

5. Single Operator Single Band EA. (SINGLE-OP 10M etc..).

6. Single Operator All band DX High Power (SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH).

7. Single Operator All band DX Low Power (SINGLE-OP ALL LOW).

8. Single Operator All band DX QRP (SINGLE-OP ALL QRP).

9. Single Operator All band DX YOUTH (SINGLE-OP ALL YOUTH).

10. Single Operator Single Band DX. (SINGLE-OP 10M etc).

11. Multi Operator EA, Multiband only (MULTI-MULTI ALL).

12. Multi Operator DX, Multiband only (MULTI-MULTI ALL).

NOTES:
a. High power ( Maximun legal limit in each country), Low power ( max. 100 watts ) and QRP (max. 5 watts).

b. The use of clusters is permitted in all categories. Self spotting, asking others to spot you, undercover spots or any spots from multioperator’s team members , this being disqualifying.

c. In the Single Operator categories, only one transmitted signal on the air is permitted at any time.

d. In the Single Operator single band categories, Qso´s may be made on other bands but the operator can only opt for an award on one band. The callsign must appear in a minimum of 5 lists.

e. In the Multi operator categories, only one transmitted signal per band at any one time is permitted. It should be described in log all operators that took part in the contest.

f. Only one callsign is allowed to be used for the duration of the contest.

g. To participate in the YOUTH category, the age will be a maximum of 25 years old.

Call: “CQ EA TEST”.

Valid Contacts: Contacts may be made with any station anywhere in the world. Stations may be contacted only once per band. Unique QSOs will not be valid for points or for multiplier credit.

A contact will be valid for the purposes of points and multipliers if it appear in at least two different logs.

Cross-band contacts are not permitted.

Exchange: Spanish stations send RSQ and the Province abbreviation. DX stations send RSQ and serial number starting with 001.

Spanish stations are considered to be those stations operating within the Spanish national territory irrespective of the prefix used.

Scoring.-

EA stations:
QSOs between EA stations (including EA, EA6, EA8 y EA9) two (2) points.
QSOs with DX stations , one (1) point.

DX stations:
QSOs between DX stations, one (1) point.
QSOs with EA stations (including EA, EA6, EA8 y EA9), three (3) points.

Multipliers: The Multipliers, on each band, are the same for both EA and DX stations and are as follows:
– The EADX-100 entities.

– The spanish provinces (52).

– AO75URE will be a multiplier for all stations.This station will send “HQ” as exchange

– The call areas of USA, Canada, Japan, and Australia (for example, VE3, VE6, W5, JA1, etc,)
NOTES:
1) The Multipliers count once per band.

2) The first contact made with W, VK, VE, and JA, is a double multiplier, since it counts both as EADX entity and also call area.

3) The first contact made with EA, EA6, EA8, and EA9, is a double multiplier, since it counts both as an EADX entity and also a province.

Final score: The sum of the points obtained, multiplied by the sum of all the multipliers obtained on all bands.

Prizes: 

– Trophy or Plaque for all category winners.

– Paper Certificates for all second and third places in each category

– Paper Certificates for first places in USA, VE, JA, and VK.

– Downloadable pdf Certificates for all operators in winning Multioperator stations.

– Downloadable pdf Certificates for all stations who make a mínimum of 50 valid qsos in monoband or 100 valid qsos in multiband.

– For trophies of paper Certificates, there is a mínimum number of QSO required, being 150 in multiband or 50 in Single band, and that there were at least 5 entries in the multiband category or 3 entries in the monoband category in question.

– Participation certificate to all contesters that will be download after the end and correction of the contest from the web.

Logs: All logs must be submitted electronically in cabrillo format.

Log sending instructions: The log-file is to be submitted in Cabrillo-format via https://concursos.ure.es/en/logs/

The receipt of the log will be automatically confirmed by an email with a message of possible errors in the log. You will receive your UBN-file by email.

Submitted logs will form part of the GDURE (URE logbook, used for automatic award validation purposes).

Problems with submitting your log on the web page? Please contact HF Contest Committee hf@ure.es

Logs must be received by 22th April 2024 (15 days). Any logs submitted after that date will not be valid. Any logs submitted after that date will be used as a checklog.

Your comments and anecdotes will be wellcome.

General information:

Submitting an entry to this contest implies full acceptance of the rules, and the following decisions taken by the organising committee, accepted and authorised by URE:

All logs submitted can be made fully public (Radioaficionados magazine and URE website), in order to be checked and to verify contacts between participants.

Photos of participation in the contest which are submitted can be used for publication in the Radioaficionados magazine and the URE website.

Results are made public in the Radioaficionados magazine and on the URE website, diplomas being available for downloading on the website.

If deemed necessary, information may be requested to other organisations outside URE, with the aim of pursuing unsportsmanlike conduct.

When any unsportsmanlike conduct is detected, the organising committee will take the most appropriate action in each case.

Questions relating to contest rules and other matters can by sent by email to the contest manager at eb4z@ure.es

SPANISH PROVINCE:
EA1: AV, BU, C, LE, LO, LU, O, OU, P, PO, S, SA, SG, SO, VA, ZA
EA2: BI, HU, NA, SS, TE, VI, Z
EA3: B, GI, L, T
EA4: BA, CC, CR, CU, GU, M, TO
EA5: A, AB, CS, MU, V
EA6: IB
EA7: AL, CA, CO, GR, H, J, MA, SE
EA8: GC, TF
EA9: CE, ML

NOTE: This contest is part of the Annual HF Championship organized by URE.

Example of a Cabrillo:

START-OF-LOG: 2.0
ARRL-SECTION: DX
CALLSIGN: EA0XXX
CLUB: EACC CONTEST CLUB
CONTEST: EARTTY
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
CLAIMED-SCORE:
OPERATORS: EA0XXX
NAME: JUAN JUAN
ADDRESS: SAN JUAN 37
ADDRESS: JUAN, 05000
ADDRESS: SPAIN
CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.4798.0
QSO: 14072 RY 2015-03-15 0840 EA0XXX           599 MU    WX0XXX        599 128
QSO:   7043 RY 2015-03-15 1227 EA0XXX           599 MU    EA1XXX         599 C
END-OF-LOG: