HF CW International
LZ OPEN 80m Sprint CONTEST 2010
| RULES | RESULTS | CROSS CHECK |

SPONSORED BY: LZ OPEN CONTEST CLUB
R U L E S

DATE AND TIME: Annually, Every 3rd Saturday of October,
For 2010 - October, 16, Saturday
from 02.00 to 06.00 UTC (only 4 hours total contest time).

BANDS AND MODE: 3.5 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 examle log bellow for first QSO: 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!)

POINTS: The unconfirmed QSOs will not count for 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.
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.
The QSO will not bring points to the correspondent who has not kept the 30 minutes minimum time for connecting the same station again.

FINAL SCORE: The sum of the QSO points.

CATEGORIES BY CONTINENTS: Multi operators, Single operator and QRP (5W output)
The ORP participants must clearly mark their output power in the logs (5 wats maximum)!

AWARDS:Certificates to the first 3 stations in each category.

E_LOGS: Plain text or Cabrillo format. 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  Time   Call       Sent       Received
1   3.5   07:36  RW6FO      013 031    037 051   
2   3.5   07:37  YO3APJ     014 037    026 055   
3   3.5   07:38  ON3ND      015 026    026 017

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    
PAPER LOGS : NO PAPER LOGS ACCEPTED ANYMORE

DEADLINE: 30 days after the contest.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.lzopen.com

LOGGING SOFTWARE that SUPPORTS LZ Open Contest:

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.


download UA1AAF  LZcwc - Free excellent program written by Boris, UA1AAF, to handle LZOpen type contests
web site:   N1MM - Free Contest Logger
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 within 24 hours after the deadline on the 31-th day after the contest

This is an example of LZ2JR's imaginary log.

NR Band Time Call Send Received Points
1 3.5 00:49 UA2FL 001 000 020 005 1
2 3.5 00:50 YO5DAS 002 020 014 036 1
3 3.5 00:50 G3LET 003 014 088 113 1
4 3.5 00:51 LY1CM 004 088 025 052 1
5 3.5 00:52 G3LET 005 025 090 063 0 - not kept the 30 minutes minimum time!
6 3.5 00:52 UA2FL 006 090 023 076 0 - not kept the 30 minutes minimum time!
7 3.5 00:53 RK3XWO 007 023 031 120 1
8 3.5 00:53 TA1AN 008 031 052 021 1
9 3.5 00:54 SM6BSK 009 052 141 054 1
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65 3.5 01:24 SM6BSK 065 018 192 097 1 - repetition of QSO is OK after 30 min
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