HF CW International
1-st LZ Open "On The Beach" Contest Party 2010
SPONSORED BY: LZ OPEN CONTEST CLUB
R U L E S

PLACE:
REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA - Black Sea Coast - Obzor, Hotel Riu Helios Bay. MAP
We have the pleasure to invite Radio Amateurs from all over the world together with their families, friends and sponsors to join us in our first attempt to organise an event which is intended to be "more Party than a Contest". However an HF CW field Contest will take place. We have chosen the Obzor resort as location. Located on Obzor's beachfront, the Hotel Riu Helios Bay is surrounded by lush gardens overlooking Bulgaria's wonderful Black Sea.

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Program of the Event:


21 May, Friday - Arrival, accommodation, official opening, discutions ;

22 May, Saturday - Technical Conference, discutions, testing the equipment, free time;

23 May, Sunday - Competition First Half - 2 hours (from 10:00 to 12:00 LZT), discutions at the bar ;

24 May, Monday - Competition Second Half - 2 hours (from 10:00 to 12:00 LZT), meeting at the bars ;

25 May, Tuesday  - Day off, Official awarding , banquet

26 May, Wednesday  - End of the Contest's part and begining of the Holiday's part.

27 May, Thursday - Free time, discutions arround the pool

28 May, Friday - Free time, according to the Hotel's laisure program

29 May, Saturday - Free time, voleyball on the beach, variate

30 May, Sunday - Free time, 

31 May, Monday - Departure, 



EQUIPMENT: Every competitor will use his own transceiver, battery and laptop with logging  software. Special 50 ohms impedance dummy antennas will be provided by the organiser. The maximum allowed output power is 5W and will be controlled. All the competitors will be placed on the perimeter of an imaginary circle "right on the beach". 


BAND AND MODE: 3.5 MHz, CW



PARTICIPANTS: Amateur Radio Operators (Please bring your license)



CALL SIGNS: Everyone will use his own Call Sign followed by slash /LZ1

The LZ Stations will also add /LZ1 to their Call Signs. Exapmle: LZ1PJ/LZ1 will be used during the contest. All the participant must use ONLY Complete Call Signs otherwise they will be disqualified. 



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


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:
Only One Category : Single operator QRP (5W output)



AWARDS: Certificates to the first 3 stations . Sponsors for additional awards are welcomed.



E_LOGS: Cabrillo format or Plain text.


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    026 017

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



DEADLINE: 2 hours after the contest.



OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.lzopen.com Please contact Krasimir Latinov LZ1GL at LZ1GL@yahoo.com
and Skype LZ1GL_krasimir for more details



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 contest





This is an example of LZ2JR's imaginary log.



  
  

    NR
    Band
    Time
    Call
    Send
    Received
    Points

  

    1
    3.5
    00:49
    UA2FL/LZ1
    001 000
    020 005
    1

  

    2
    3.5
    00:50
    YO5DAS/LZ1
    002 020
    014 036
    1

  

    3
    3.5
    00:50
    G3LET/LZ1
    003 014
    088 113
    1

  

    4
    3.5
    00:51
    LY1CM/LZ1
    004 088
    025 052
    1

  

    5
    3.5
    00:52
    G3LET/LZ1
    005 025
    090 063
    0 - not kept the 30 minutes minimum time!

  

    6
    3.5
    00:52
    UA2FL/LZ1
    006 090
    023 076
    0 - not kept the 30 minutes minimum time!

  

    7
    3.5
    00:53
    RK3XWO/LZ1
    007 023
    031 120
    1

  

    8
    3.5
    00:53
    TA1AN/LZ1
    008 031
    052 021
    1

  

    9
    3.5
    00:54
    SM6BSK/LZ1
    009 052
    141 054
    1

  

    ---
    ---
    ---
    ---
    ---
    ---

  

    65
    3.5
    01:24
    SM6BSK/LZ1
    065 018
    192 097
    1 - repetition of QSO is OK after 29 min

  

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