QUARTERLY BULLETIN Nr. 1/2010
2 April 2010
Editor: Ivan Ivanov, LZ1PJ
P.O.Box 15, BG-1324 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel: +359 2 8270040, Cell: +359 888 889493
e-mail: lz1pj@bfra.org , lz1pj@qsl.net
ICQ UIN: 33-573-805, Skype ID: lz1pj-johny
Contents:
1. Editorial
2. Contest rules and results
3. Contest and event calendar
4. HST
5. New EUCW members
6. Important information
1.1
Dear friends,
I take the chance to express my cordial greetings with the coming Easter, and wish you success and happyness.
God bless you, God bless CW !
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2.1 FISTS/EUCW QRS Party:
/TNX Robert, M0BPT/
Hello all
Dont forget the FISTS/EUCW QRS Party April 2010.
Here are the dates/times and rules;
EUCW QRS PARTY 2010
GENERAL:
FISTS CWClub invites all radio amateurs to take part in the annual EUCW/FISTS QRS Party over five days, Monday-Friday, in April each year. This is not a contest . Just enjoy plenty of slow Morse activity for a period of five days. The dates selected are intended to avoid weekend contest activity. Work any station, including members of EUCW clubs (see below), but send only in QRS. Standard QSO's with non-participating stations can be included in logs.
DATES/TIMES
Monday 26th April 2010, 0001 UTC, to Friday 30th April 2010, 2359 UTC.
MODE
CW only
POWER
A - More than 10w input or 5w output power
B - QRP (10w input or 5w output, or less)
C - Short wave listeners.
CALL CQ QRS. Stations may be worked once per day, per band.
FREQUENCIES
Recommended areas of activity, +/- 10 kHz of the FISTS calling frequencies, including WARC bands (see below), but contacts can be made on any frequency. Non-QRP stations should avoid calling CQ on the popular QRP frequencies (see below).
KEYS/SPEEDS
Use any type of key or keyer. No keyboard sending or pre-programmed messages from computers or keyers, but pre-programmed CQ calls or CQ loops are permitted. Maximum speed 14 words per minute (70cpm). The speed of a QSO should be at the speed of the slower station.
CONTACTS
Normal friendly QSO's, no special requirements. QSO's with any station count. Work any station in any country, including stations not taking part in the QRS Party but try to persuade them to work QRS.
LOGS
Logs should show Date, Time, Call sign, Name, QTH and EUCW Club/Number (if appropriate) of the stations worked/heard, and may include up to three votes for "Most Readable Morse Heard" (one vote per station).
FEEDBACK
This is not a contest, but logs and feedback will be welcomed in the following classes: A - More than 10w input or 5w output power B - QRP (10w input or 5w output, or less) C - Short wave listeners.
AWARDS
A) A certificate will be awarded to the three participants working/hearing the most stations in each class.
B) Certificates of Merit will be awarded to the three operators receiving most votes for the "Most Readable Morse Heard", provided the operators nominated have also submitted a log. If the operators receiving the most votes have not submitted a log the certificates of merit will be awarded to the qualifying operators with the next highest number of votes. In the event of a tie in first, second or third places, multiple certificates will be awarded, marked "Shared Award".
C) A "NEWCOMERS AWARD" Will be issued to the person who submits a log and uses the QRS PARTY WEEK for their 1st "On Air" QSO. This must be verified by an EUCW Member.
SEND LOGS TO:
FISTS/EUCW QRS Party Organizer: Robert Walker M0BPT, 87A Whitehall Road, West Bromwich, B70 0HG. England. EMAIL m0bpt(at)yahoo.co.uk To be received by surface mail or e-mail not later than 31st May 2010.
GENERAL INFORMATION
FISTS calling frequencies : Recommended area of activity +/- 10 kHz 2m 144.058 MHz 6m Use any authorized CW frequency 10m 28.058 MHz 12m 24.918 MHz 15m 21.058 MHz 17m 18.085 MHz 20m 14.058 MHz 30m 10.118/10.128 MHz 40m 7.028 MHz 80m 3.558 MHz 160m 1.818 MHz QRP CW Calling Frequencies to be avoided by non-QRP stations. 1843; 3560; 7030; 10116; 14060; 18096; 21060; 24906; 28060 kHz.
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3.1 Contest calendar April-May-June 2010
Some CW contests that might be of interest to our members.
Dates and links are as published at SK3BG contest pages.
Check original sources for accuracy.
LZ Open 40 m Sprint Contest (LZOCC)
03-Apr-2010 Saturday 0400 - 0800
http://www.lzopen.com/lzocc40/indexF.htm
QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party (ARCI)
03/04-Apr-2010 Saturday 1200 - Sunday 2359
http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/8347/118/
Hungarian Straight Key Contest
11-Apr-2010 Sunday 1500 - 1700
http://www.ha8kux.com/verseny_2008/Hungarian%20Straight%20Key%20Contest%202008.pdf
EA-QRP CW Contest (1)
17-Apr-2010 Saturday 1700 - 2000
EA-QRP CW Contest (2)
17-Apr-2010 Saturday 2000 - 2300
EA-QRP CW Contest (3)
18-Apr-2010 Sunday 0700 - 1100
EA-QRP CW Contest (4)
18-Apr-2010 Sunday 1100 - 1300
http://www.eaqrp.com/concurso/test_eaqrp_cw-en.htm
EUCW/FISTS QRS Party
26/30-Apr-2010 Monday 0000 - Friday 2359
http://www.agcw.org/eucw/euqrs.html
AGCW QRP/QRP Party
01-May-2010 Saturday 1300 - 1900
http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-QRP-Party
AGCW Activity Week
05/09-May-2010 Wednesday 0000 - Sunday 2400
http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:Activity_Week
EUCW Fraternizing CW QSO Party (1)
08-May-2010 Saturday 1000 - 1200
EUCW Fraternizing CW QSO Party (2)
09-May-2010 Sunday 1800 - 2000
http://www.agcw.org/eucw/eucwp.html
FISTS Spring Sprint
08-May-2010 Saturday 1700 - 2100
http://www.fists.org/sprints.html
GACW WWSA CW DX Contest
12/13-Jun-2010 - 15.00 UTC saturday till 15.00 UTC sunday
http://gacw.no-ip.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=114
SCAG Straight Key Day (SKD)
26-Jun-2010 Saturday 0800 - 2200
http://www.scag.se/prov/skdruleeng.htm
MARCONI Memorial Contest HF
26/27-Jun-2010 Saturday 1400 - Sunday 1400
http://www.arifano.it/Contest_Marconi.htm#Go%20to%20Rules%20(English)
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4.1 7-th IARU Region 1 High Speed telegraphy Championship
/www.hst2010.eu/
Bulletin No 1
(10th January 2010)
7th IARU Region 1 High Speed Telegraphy Championship
5-9th October 2010
Skierniewice, Poland
Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) is pleased to invite all the High Speed Telegraphy teams,
individual competitors and visitors/guests from all over the world to the 7th IARU Region 1
HST Championship. It will take place in Skierniewice, central Poland, from 5th till 9th October
2010.
Venue:
The Championship will be held in Skierniewice, situated in central Poland, 80km south west from
Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Skierniewice is a relatively small town (area of 32 square kilometers
and 50 000 inhabitants), but it is an important railway node. It is a good start point for tours to
Mazovia region.
Contact data:
Mailing address:
Liga Obrony Kraju
Osrodek Szkolenia w Skierniewicach
ul. Nowobielanska 26 a
96-100 Skierniewice
Poland
E-mail: hst_2010@wp.pl
Websites: www.hst2010.eu, www.hst2010.pl
Arrival:
By car or bus: teams or participants travelling with their own cars or buses may use a route planner
to find the address 96-100 Skierniewice, ul. Pomologiczna 10, which is the main location of the
championship events. A recommended route planner is www.viamichelin.com. Skierniewice are easy
to be reached from the main north-south and east-west speedways (2, 7, 8).
By train: participants travelling by train should reach Warszawa Centralna station and take a train -
usually heading to Łódź or travelling through Łódź - and leave in Skierniewice. It costs 5-10 EUR,
depending which train - suburb or a fast one - they choose. The actual schedule can be found at
www.rozklad.pkp.pl. Fast trains depart from Warszawa Centralna station, the suburb trains from
Warszawa Srodmiescie station, which can be accessed by 5 minutes walk from Warszawa Centralna.
By plane: Warsaw has airport with two terminals. There are city buses connecting the airport directly
with the Warszawa Centralna railway station. One way ticket costs 0.60 EUR. It is recommended to
use a cheap city bus and reach the station after 20-30 minutes drive, depending on the traffic.
Taking a taxi may be expensive. Then take a train to Skierniewice.
Accommodation and board:
The accomodation will be provided by two hotels: Polonia and Start. Both hotels have two bedded
rooms with bathrooms, fulfilling IARU requirements. Please visit the websites of the hotels, to see
the interiors and facilities:
http://www.hotelpolonia-skierniewice.com.pl/
http://www.hotel-start.pl/
Full board will be provided at the championship venue.
Visa requirement:
Poland is a member of European Union and Schengen regulations are also valid. Participants from
the countries that need visa and will apply to participate in the championship, will be informed about
this fact after receiving their letter of intent by the organizers.
General schedule of the Championship:
5th October, Tuesday – arrival, official opening;
6th October, Wednesday – competition, awarding;
7th October, Thursday – competition, awarding;
8th October, Friday – trip to Warsaw, awarding, closing ceremony and banquet;
9th October, Saturday – departure.
Entry fee and terms of payment:
There are two options of application: as a competitor or as a guest. The price covers
accommodation, full board, tour, banquet and entry fee. The guest does not take part in the
competition, so does not have to pay the entry fee. The costs are following:
· Competitors: 250 EUR
· Guests: 160 EUR
In case of any special wishes, like single occupancy of the room, the participant should send the
request to the organizers as soon as possible. The organizers will do their best to fulfill the request.
The participant will be informed about the accommodation status and possible additional cost related
to it before the competition.
Important notes:
· Please find enclosed a letter of intent. The document should be filled and sent back, to reach
the organizers latest on 10th April 2010.
· The next bulletins will be sent to the societies that have responded to the invitation, to the
person mentioned as the contact person in the letter of intent. All the information will be
available on www.hst2010.eu and www.hst2010.pl also.
We hope to see you in Skierniewice!
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4.2 HST Europe's Cup 2010
/TNX Gabi YO8WW/
INTERNATIONAL HST CHAMPIONSHIP
“EUROPE’S CUP 2010”
04-09.August 2010, Suceava , Romania
OFFICIAL INVITATION
Dear friends,
Federatia Romana de Radioamatorism (FRR) is pleased to invite you/your team to the International HST Championship „Europe’s Cup 2010”.
The competition is a perfect oportunity for all competitors to check their abilities before the major competition in 2010, the IARU R1 HST Championshiop that will take in Skierniewice, Poland in october next year.
The “Europe’s Cup” will take place on 04-09 august 2010 in building of Universitatea "Ştefan cel Mare" Suceava str. Universitatii nr.13, 720229 Suceava.
The participants should arrive on 04 august 2010 to Suceava str. Universitatii nr.13.
Program of the „Europe’s Cup 2010” is as follows:
04 august – arrival, accommodation, official opening;
05 august - Competition, awarding:
06 august - Competition, awarding:
07 august – Competition, awarding
08 august – Excursion, awarding, closing ceremony and banquet;
09 august – Departure
According to IARU Region 1 Rules for HST „Europe’s Cup 2010” up to 2 (two) competitors in each of the following categories are entitled to participate:
A – Youngster Females – age 16 or younger;
B – Youngster Males – age 16 or younger;
C – Junior Females – age 21 or younger;
D – Junior Males – age 21 or younger;
E – Females – regardless of age;
F – Males – regardless of age;
G – Senior Females – age 40 or older;
H – Senior Males – age 40 or older;
I – Senior Males – age 50 or older;
Each team should have 1(one) team leader ( trainer ).
The participation fee will be 100 euro (per participant), and will include accomodation, free day excursion and closing banquet.
The participants who need visa to enter Romania are asked to send their personal data and all the necesary details, via email yo8ww@yahoo.com.
For more information please contact :
Gabi Paisa YO8WW via email yo8ww@yahoo.com. or tel. +40740611624.
With best regards Organizing committee
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4.3 HST 7-th Cup of Nations
/TNX Andrei EU7KI/
7th INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN HIGH SPEED TELEGRAPHY “CUP OF NATIONS”.
JULY 4-8 2010, MOGILEV, BELARUS
REGULATIONS
Belarussian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosports, Mogilev Municipal Executive Committee, DOSAAF of the Republic of Belarus are glad to invite national teams or individuals of radio amateur societies to take part in the 7th International Tournament in HST “Cup of Nations”.
1. TIME and PLACE of EVENT:
July 4-8, 2010, Mogilev, Belarus. Secondary School #43, located at – 5a, ul.Rogachevskaya.
Contacts: +375222482021, +375297455474
2. ORGANIZATION AND TERMS OF PARTICIPATION:
All participants from abroad will be met and accommodated at the hotel “SIGNAL”, located at the address – 2, ul Kutepova (or “KHIMVOLOKNO” hotel at pr.Shmidta-32).
Participating fee will be 100 EURO per person to cover full accommodation (July 4-8) and full board (July 5-7, ham fest, entertaining program included).
All expenses for accommodation and board of International Referees will be covered by the Hosts of the Tournament.
3. CATEGORIES :
Any national team may consist of not more than 12 person (no more than 2 competitors in every of the following categories):
M – Males (no limit of age),
F – Females (no limit of age),
M18 – Junior Males Under 18 (1992 year of birth and younger),
F18 – Junior Females Under 18 (1992 year of birth and younger),
M40+ - Senior Males Over 40 (1970 year of birth or older),
F40+ - Senior Females Over 40 (1970 year of birth or older).
In case if there are 5 and more competitors of 13 and younger additional subcategory YM(F) 13 will be added.
Individual participation is accepted without limits.
4. RULES :
The competition will be held in the following FOUR tests:
HIGH SPEED CALLSIGNS RECEPTION (RUFZXP software);
PILE UP RECEPTION (MORSERUNNER software);
RECEPTION (letters, figures, mixed marks reception);
TRANSMISSION (letters, figures, mixed marks transmission).
4.1 High Speed Callsigns Reception.
This test is taken on IBM compatible computers in the presence of two Jury Members. Each competitor has 12 minutes to stay in the test room. After the end of this period the attempt will be aborted, and contestant will get the score he achieved up to his moment. The keyboard must be fit to the US standard (QWERTY). It is NOT allowed to use own headphones and keyboard. The computer should be set by referees.
Competitors will go one after another accordingly to the draw.
During every round a competitor makes two attempts to receive 50 call signs generated by the program and the better attempt shall be taken as the competitor entry. Competitors will compete under their own names or call signs. Contestants have the right to prepare for the first attempt, i.e. to make all possible settings and a test run. Time for these preparations is limited up to two minutes starting with entering the door. Before he/she starts with first attempt he/she should sign the document that everything is working properly. Between first and second attempt a maximum break of one minute is allowed. If the referee states that preparation-/break-time is over, contestant must start attempt immediately. The competitor has the right to choose the starting speed before he/she begins the test. The competitor with the best results in the Call sign receiving Test is awarded a score of 100 points. Other competitors are scored proportionately as in the following example. It is RECOMMENDED that during Amateur Radio Call sign receiving Test the work of competitors to be monitored outside so that the audience could follow the event.
So, the best of TWO attempts will be scored for the final result of the competitor.
4.2 Pile Up Reception.
This test is taken on IBM compatible computers in the presence of two Jury Members. Each competitor has 25 minutes to stay in the test room. After the end of this period the attempt will be stopped, and contestant will get the score he achieved up to his moment. The keyboard must be fit to the US standard (QWERTY). It is NOT allowed to use own headphones and keyboard.
Competitors will go by pairs one pair after another accordingly to the draw having TWO attempts of the TEST.
Competitors will compete under their own names or call signs. Contestants have the right to prepare for his/her attempt, i.e. to make all possible settings and a test run. Time for these preparations is limited up to two minutes starting with entering the room. Before he/she starts the attempt he/she should sign the document that everything is working properly. If the referee states that preparation-/break-time is over, contestant must start attempt immediately. Competitors make as many contacts as possible in a period of 10 minutes. The competitor with the highest number of MR points is awarded of 100 points and the other entrants are scored proportionately lower. It is RECCOMMENDED that during pile up test the work of competitors to be monitored outside so that the audience could follow the event.
So, the best of TWO attempts will be scored for the final result of the competitor.
4.3 Reception and Transmission.
This tests will be run accordingly to the Rules for IARU HST Championships (see and download at www.iaru.org).
CLASSIFICATION AND AWARDS :
In ALL SIX categories competitors will be awarded separately for 4 tests (Callsigns Reception, Pile Up Reception, Reception and Transmission). The winner of every test will be announced as an INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION OF THE CUP OF NATIONS.
At the same time ALL competitors will compete and be classified in overall categories as well to determine overall champions (by the sum of all tests).
Male and Female teams will be classified separately, so the TWO teams will be announced TEAM CHAMPION (Male and Female where the result of the best representative of every category will be scored for a team).
OVERALL TEAM CHAMPION will be classified by the result of 6 competitors (the best result from every category).
All competitors and team members (including coach) gaining 1-3 places will be awarded with medals (“Gold”, “Silver”, “Bronze” appropriately) and certificates. The rest of teams and participants will be awarded with memorable certificates.
Special prizes may be handed to the winners in case of sponsorship.
We are looking forward in getting your soonest reply and confirmation about your participation!!!
Come to our land and you will never regret! At these dates we have NATIONAL HOLIDAYS in Belarus, so there must be a lot of fun.
Inform us about your wish to come as soon as possible (better before May 15, 2010, so that we could arrange all paper work as regards obtaining visas for you).
Our email andrew_eu7ki@hotmail.com
Yours, sincerely
Andrei Bindasov, EU7KI
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5.1 New EUCW member club - Marconiclub - Italy
/TNX IK1ZVK Amedeo, Marconiclub award manager/
In our previous bulletin was published the request of Marconiclub to join EUCW.
Since there were no objections received, I am very happy to announce that Marconiclub is already a full EUCW member.
Below is a brief article sent by Amedeo.
Marconi Club History and presentation.
In 1987 when the festivities ended with the winners of international competition "Loan Electra," some of the greatest admirers of CW
attending the event, proposed the creation of a club which aims to welcome all those who truly love and believe in the wonderful art of
telegraphy.
To be entered it would not necessarily have to be among the first on the list of DXers or be the fastest in the transmission or possess
more QSL, but use the radio telegraphy in connections with passion and disseminate and pass on the love for this taught to communicate by
way of the great master.
So it was that the then President of the Chamber of Loano ARI, the late Free Meriggi I1YXN, driven especially by the famous agent Baldur
DJ6SI, laid the foundations of our Club
The idea, accompanied by the 'offer of the Presidency of the newborn Club, was presented to the Marchesa Maria Cristina Marconi, then
patron of the awards ceremony in loan Electra, who enthusiastically welcomed the initiative by accepting the assignment.
The Marquise also gave us the gift of an original photo of Guglielmo Marconi unpublished taken on board his Electra summer of 1936, which
was then inserted into the picture diploma.
And so, after completing the regulation and print the diplomas,
8 May 1988 to the presence of his wife and daughter of the illustrious scientist, officially began the Marconi Club.
by I1WNB Mauro
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http://www.ariloano.it/marconiclub/index.htm
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5.2 Application for membership - Essex CW Amateur Radio Club
/TNX Steve – G4ZUL/
Hi Ivan,
Re: EUCW Membership
We are considering joining your association - EUCW, our new club is called
Essex CW Amateur Radio Club, this was formed late last year, and we already have
108 members to date.
Please take a look at our website: http://www.essexcw.org.uk
We look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks and Regards,
73,
Steve – G4ZUL
Chairman, ECWARC
Comment by LZ1PJ : Dear ECMs, please consider this application. I am proud this is second membership application for this year. In case there are no objections, new member will be announced in the next bulletin.
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6.1 EUCW Chairman service
By the time of preparation of this bulletin I have not received any comments nor any proposals for a new chairman.
I guess this means my term of servive is prolonged by another three years.
Thank you for your confidence.
Sincerely yours, Ivan
6.2 EUCW website
Der ECMs, please check your club's listing on EUCW website. I face all the time problems with bouncing email addresses, and broken website links. Send me updated info, where necessary. There are also some clubs with a club's forwarding email address, distributing messages to already non-existant recipients. Please update this too. All provided info will be forwarded to EUCW webmaster to make necessary updates.
6.3 Bulletin and reflector information
Making this bulletin could be easy.....or hard. Writing an information bulletin, and not a love story novel, I have to include uptodate information about club activities, for the benefit of all of us. It is a very hard task without your support. Any relevant information will be appreciated, such as contest rules and results, award information, special activities etc. Sending a contest or event reminder to the EUCW reflector is also a great benefit. Let's do it. Long live CW.
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73, Ivan LZ1PJ
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