2007-01-25
Rules
LY VHF ACTIVITY CONTEST (LYAC) OPEN CLASS RULES
PARTICIPANTS
All amateurs in LY and other countries are invited!
DATES
- 144 MHz, 1-st Tuesday, every month
- 432 MHz, 2-nd Tuesday, every month
- 1,3 GHz, 3-rd Tuesday, every month
- 2,4 GHz and up, 4-th Tuesday, every month.
TIME
18:00 – 21:59 UTC from November till March,
17:00 – 20:59 UTC from April till October.
CONTACTS
All operation in accordance with IARU region 1 bandplans. Any QSO counts for points, but to qualify, a contact with at least one LY-station is required. Contacts via active repeaters and EME do not count.
MODES
CW, SSB, FM
CATEGORIES
Each band tuesday is a separate contest. All participants compete in one category, independent of number of operators involved.
EXCHANGE
RS(T) and 6-character WW Locatotor, i.e. 599 KO15NV.
POINTS
144 MHz, 432 MHz and 1,3 GHz:
1 km = 1 point + 500 bonus points for each new WW Locator. (KO14, KO25, JO94, JP70 …..)
2,4 GHz and up:
1 km = 1 point * band multiplier + 500 bonus points for each new WW Locator.
Band multipliers:
- 2,4 GHz * 2
- 5,7 GHz * 4
- 10 GHz * 5
- 24 GHz * 6
0 km QSO with own WW LOC (i.e. KO14XX>KO14XX) counts 1 point.
LOG
Acceptable Log format is only Reg1Test (EDI). Please send Logs no later than 14 days after the event to 
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Log must contain: date, time UTC, call, sent RS(T), received RS(T) and Loc. Summary sheet must contain: call, name, e-mail and own WW LOC. Please name the report as “call dash band dash month dot edi”, eg. LY0XX-144-01.edi.
RESULTS
Monthly results are published on this Web Site, and can be subscribe via RSS. Yearly result will be calculated from only 9 best monthly results. Awards will be issued to all foreign participants.
