AMATEUR RADIO
INTERNATIONAL HF CW CONTEST
LZ OPEN CONTEST 2009
SPONSORED BY: LZ OPEN CONTEST CLUB
| RESULTS 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 | RULES LZ Open Contest LZOpen40m LZOpen80m |
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DATE AND TIME: Annually, Every 3rd Saturday of January, from 00.00 to 06.00 UTC (6 hours total time). For 2009 - January, 17, Saturday BANDS AND MODE: 3.5 and 7 MHz, CW PARTICIPANTS: Amateur Radio Operators World-Wide EXCHANGE: Six figures: the serial Nr of the QSO and the serial Nr of the last corespondent's QSO. No RST required. See the example bellow First QSO exchange: 001 000 QSO with the same station is allowed after 30 minutes (Any station can be worked once every 30 minutes - on the 30-th minute or after it) . For example : QSO at 00:02 next QSO is OK at 00:32 or later. No time limit to change the bands. POINTS: Each valid QSO counts 1 point regardless of country or continent (Everyone works everyone ) No preferance for working DX or LZ stations, no multipliers. This is an example of LZ1FW's imaginary log.
The QSO will not bring points to both correspondents if the difference in the times fixed is more than 3 minutes, or there is a mistake in one of the callsigns or in the serial numbers.
FINAL SCORE: The sum of the QSO points.
The QSO will not bring points to the correspondent who has not kept the 30 minutes minimum time for connecting the same station again. CATEGORIES: Bulgarian stations: Multi operators, Single operator and QRP (5W). Foreign stations by continents: Multi operators, Single operator and QRP (5W) The ORP participants must clearly mark their output power in the logs (5 wats maximum)! AWARDS:Certificates to the first 3 stations and to the country leaders in each category. E_LOGS (prefered): Plain text and Cabrillo format prefered, all formats accepted. Send as attached file to LZ1GL@yahoo.com If you like the contest you can join the LZ Open Contest Club (LZOCC). Just note in your log that you wish to become a member. The Membership is free of charge and it is open for everyone who loves CW contesting. PAPER LOGS Mailing Address: P.O.BOX 830, SOFIA 1000, BULGARIA. DEADLINE: 30 days after the contest. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.lzopen.com LOGGING SOFTWARE that SUPPORTS LZ Open Contest: web site: SD by EI5DI - Free Windows Contest Logger - nice software that handles LZ Open type Contests Super Duper V13.37 released - 13th February 2008 In the LZ Open, it’s OK to work "dupes" if they’re more than 30 minutes old. The Check Partial window now ignores any older QSOs. If, having typed two or more prefix characters, the window is clear, you know the call will not be a dupe. Previously, you had to type the full call for the purpose of dupe checking. A new window displays a countdown of the time until stations previously worked can be worked again. Any call you hear that’s not already in this window cannot be a dupe - unless you’ve logged more than 40 QSOs in the last half hour. It also serves as a reminder to chase calls as their remaining time drops to zero. download UA1AAF LZcwc - Free excellent program written by Boris, UA1AAF, to handle LZOpen type contests web site N1MM Version 7.12.25 - Now supports LZopen Contests ( thanks PA1M for coding ) web site: Gen Log by W3KM - Freeware program designed to do contest logging download: Logcfg.dat for TR Log Post by N6TR also : DXKEEPER , YO9HG/logare , AATest , MixW , Logix and many others..
The contest checking starts right after the contest. Every new log is automaticaly checked with the logs already received and the result is displayed online. You can see all the errors and compare the logs (cross-check).
The final results will be published 1 month after the deadline ABOUT THE CONTEST: We organize this international contest, using the rules and our rich experiance from the domestic Bulgarian competitions. No unusefull information sent or received, no multipliers, no mistakes. 100% check of all the contacts. In this contest the exchange of the call signs does not mean that the contact is over. You still have to send and receive 6 figures WITH NO MISTAKE !!! High tempo non stop. The correspondents never end. You are allowed to work the same station up to 16 times durring the contest period. Our system of creating the control numbers is unique and has been used in all the domestic Bulgarian competitions since 1975. We are glad to see that it is well accepted outside Bulgaria. We wish you good luck in the LZ OPEN CONTEST 2009!! |
| RESULTS 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 | RULES LZ Open Contest LZOpen40m LZOpen80m |
Contest Calendar |
