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 29 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. (The seconds are not important!) 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. We need the following information in the TEXT LOGS: Nr. Band Mode Time Call Sent Received 1 3.5 CW 07:36 RW6FO 013 031 037 051 2 3.5 CW 07:37 YO3APJ 014 037 026 055 3 3.5 CW 07:38 ON3ND 015 026 026 017PAPER 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: LZOPEN ONLINE CONTEST LOGGER No softwere instalation required - all you need is an Internet access. Just login and try it now.  WE RECOMMEND SD by EI5DI - SD is free, and runs on Windows and Linux/Wine. Select the "LZ Open" template. After the contest, use SDCHECK (included with SD) to create your Cabrillo log. SD V14.11, released October 2008, is the only contest logger to fully support all aspects of the LZ Open. It shows individual countdown timers for calls that have been logged within the previous 30 minutes, and it highlights calls that have become available to work within the previous 10 minutes. You don't even need to type the call - the statistics is in front of your eyes : just watch and act ! Use SD in the LZOpen - you will not be disappointed.
UA1AAF LZcwc - Free excellent program written by Boris, UA1AAF, to handle LZOpen type contests N1MM - Free Contest Logger The Cabrillo logs must not contain the RST - we don't need it. The exchange should be split in the middle by space The Cabrillo QSO line should look like QSO: 7000 CW 2008-01-19 0424 LZ1DNY 001 000 F9OQ 001 000 QSO: 7000 CW 2008-01-19 0425 LZ1DNY 002 001 UA4PN 012 008 QSO: 7000 CW 2008-01-19 0436 LZ1DNY 003 012 RW9LL 006 008
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 |
