EARTTY Contest Rules

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Announced Operations

Call Category Prov. Comments
2E0OBO SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Hasta pronto amigo’s/amiga’s…..Bob
7S5S SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
8R1TM SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Georgetown – Guyana
9W2KEY SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – DX QRP station wanna try to play. CU on the air 73
AB0CD SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
CD3NEB SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
CM8JFL SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX saludos desde Cuba CM8JFL
CT1BSD SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
CT1BXT SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
DJ5FS SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
DK150FFWR SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
DL3SYA SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
DL7AUO SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX Hope to decode you on the bands, 73 Jens
EA1BJE SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA GU
EA1DME SINGLE-OP 20M – EA LO
EA1EWY SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA O 73 y DX
EA2AFV SINGLE-OP 40M – EA BI Mis primeros pasos en rtty.
EA2AUK SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA TE Suerte a todos!!
EA2AZ SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – EA NA Sigo con las pruebas
EA2CC SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA TE Suerte a todos y a disfrutar el finde !!!!
EA3CY SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA T Suerte en el concurso !.
EA4FME SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA M bUENA
EA4GOK SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA M buen concurso y que la propagacion acompañe
EA4URE MULTI-MULTI ALL – EA HQ Multi for everyone
EA4Z SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA M Buen concurso a todos, 73.-
EA5BH SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA A
EA5GOR SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA A Suerte para tod@s
EA5HKZ SINGLE-OP 40M – EA A Suerte a todos
EA5IYN SINGLE-OP 40M – EA V
EA5PI SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA V
EA5QG SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA V NOS ESCUCHAMOS!! 73
EA6/DL2TM SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – EA IB working from hotel with mag loop and KX3
EA6URP MULTI-MULTI ALL – EA IB Con limitación de tiempo pero lo que se pueda..73´
EA7AKE SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA CO ¡¡Aaamos allaáá!!
EA7GE SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA CO Suerte y buena propa
EA7HC SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA MA suerte
EA7JTP SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – EA HU
EA7OR SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA CO Es el primero que hago (en España) a ver que tal.
EA7ZC SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA CO volvemos al ataque haber la propa …. tnx suerte
EA8TH SINGLE-OP 20M – EA TF Buena suerte para todos!
EA8ZS MULTI-MULTI ALL – EA GC suerte a todos,espero que salgan todas las delegac
EB3A SINGLE-OP 80M – EA T SOSB 80 LP (T). Catalonia Contest Club
ED1B MULTI-MULTI ALL – EA O TukuTeam
EE4M SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA M Suerte a todos
EE8E SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA TF Suerte y 73! EE8E [EA8BW]
EF3G SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA B Suerte
EF5Q SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – EA CS
F4LTU SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – DX
F4PAN SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX 73 from f4pan
F5AUI SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX GL
F5GKW SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
F5TFW SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
F6DKZ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX 73 Good luck for contest !
G1GNQ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
G8UBJ SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX VY 73 ALL
GW0A SINGLE-OP 10M – DX
HA2ZB SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX 73 & DX
HA5GF SINGLE-OP 15M – DX GOOD LUCK & VY 73!
HA8L SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – EA HU
HB9HLG SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
I5YMR SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Buen concurso a todos, un numerito es bueno……
IK4ZHH SINGLE-OP 15M – DX I like so much rtty…
IK4ZIF SINGLE-OP 10M – DX
IK8IOO SINGLE-OP 15M – DX Hello ci sentiamo/leggiamo on air, buon test
IV3UHL SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
IW0HLZ SINGLE-OP 10M – DX 73 !!!! da Roberto IW0HLZ
IW1CBG SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX GL to all
IW5EIJ SINGLE-OP 10M – DX IN SPARE TIME, 100W, VERTICAL ANTENNA CU IN TEST
JK1HIY SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX See you in the contest.
KD5ILA SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX WILL BE RUNNING 100W – WIRE LOOP @ 20′ – ARKANSAS
KE8JVX SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX 20-, 15-, & 10-m
KF8I SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX Hope to work you all!
KH6CJJ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
KH7X/W7 SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
KP4VP SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Saludos desde Puerto Rico – Greeting from PR
LC9S SINGLE-OP 20M – DX
LU1EHX SINGLE-OP 10M – DX desde Argentina saludos a tosodo
LU7DLS SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
MM6PMQ SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
N4MMR SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX ¡La mejor de las suertes! Bonne chance, mes amis!
N7VGO SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX Hope to work as many as I can
NR7Z SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX Portable from a POTA location.
OA4DOS SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
OK1GSB SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – DX Testing your patience with QRP signal. CU 73
OK1MZM SINGLE-OP 10M – DX I am new in RTTY mode…I fell in love with it!
OL4D MULTI-MULTI ALL – DX remote station
OM2BK SINGLE-OP 20M – DX Greetings from SLOVAKIA !
OZ11A SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX Hope to be QRV. Best 73 to all from OZ11A
OZ1LFI SINGLE-OP 15M – DX See you in the test, 73
PR7KSA SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX BRASIL
PU3VON SINGLE-OP 10M – DX Ótimo concurso para todos.
PU7OBR SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – DX QRP (tr)uSDX + EFHW. See you all on the air 🙂
PV2K SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX SEE YOU ON THE AIR SO2R OP LETS GO GOOD LUCK TO AL
PY2VM SINGLE-OP 10M – DX see you in my acre. 73
SE4E SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
SO5E SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
UC6N SINGLE-OP 15M – DX
US5CDH SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
VK4SN SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
W0YJT SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX AS PER CONDITIONS
W4SDX SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
WA5LFD SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – DX
YR100IARU SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – DX
ZV2K SINGLE-OP 10M – DX Estoy muy feliz de poder regresar EARTTY Contest
ZV8H SINGLE-OP 10M – DX Op. PT8DX

– Click here to announce your participation in this contest –


Organized by: Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE).

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 5th to 11:59 utc on Sunday 6th April 2025.

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).

– EA4URE 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 21th April 2025 (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: