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Even after making some serious efforts in the 2008 IARU HF Championships, Russian operators will be back at it this weekend, as 21 different two-man teams will use a Field Day style event to prep for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships.
The "everyone works everyone" format also gives operators around the world a chance to work a fast eight hour contest as well.
The teams will be set up close together as portable stations, using an agricultural area not far outside of Moscow. The rules the teams will use are similar to the WRTC, which will be run in conjunction with the 2010 IARU Contest.
The teams are:
"The rules of RRTC are very similar to IARU ones," says 2010 WRTC Organizer Harry Booklan RA3AUU.
"We have special modules for WriteLog, TR and UA1AAF contesting software to run the contest but we also wish more contest software people get their software adopted."
Booklan, who will be a referee for the event, also tells radio-sport.net that "there will be special series of call signs used for this event like R33AA - R33FZ !!! So, look for these ones."
As for the RRTC rules, they specify that an audio recording must be made by the various Russian teams, to help with log checking.
"After the competition ends, email logs will accepted from around the world during a four hour period immediately following the end of the contest. After that, computer checking of the logs will commence, and the final results will be ready the following morning," said the rules announcement.
But most importantly, the contest is being used this year to get an idea of how much work lies ahead for the 2010 WRTC.
"So, immediately following IARU HFC 2008, one will have a good chance to check propagation conditions, estimate signal levels of 100W / small tri-bander stations from the heart of Russia, and get some advance preparation for WRTC-2010."
2. Everybody can work everybody.
3. Modes: CW and SSB.
4. Bands: 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz.
5. Band and (or) mode can be changed at any time. Only one signal is allowed at a time.
6. Exchange: Outside participants sends RS (RST) and ITU zone number. Russian Radio Team Championship competitors sends RS (RST) and three-character combination, e.g. 599 XYZ.
7. Station with the same call-sign may be worked on different bands/modes, to include both modes per band.
8. Scoring Point System: QSO with RRTC station (special call-sign series R1Ax-R0Zx) - one point. QSO with outside participant from the same ITU zone - one point. QSO with outside participant from different ITU zone on the same continent - three points. QSO with outside participant from different ITU zone on different continent - five points.
9. Multipliers: ITU zone and new three-character combination received from an RRTC team - one point for the multiplier on each band (regardless of mode). RRTC station gives no ITU zone multiplier.
10. The score is the product of total points and total multipliers.
11. Entry categories:
? - Single operator, mixed (CW and SSB), high power
B - Single operator, mixed (CW and SSB), low power (100 W and less)
C - Single operator, SSB, high power
D - Single operator, SSB, low power (100 W and less)
E - Single operator, CW, high power
F - Single operator, CW, low power (100 W and less)
G - Multi operator team (2 or 3 operators), mixed (CW and SSB)
H (for Russian stations only) - SRR divisions; division score is
a total of scores of all participants representing this division.
12. Awards:
Special trophies, certificates and medals will be awarded to the
world's top scoring stations in both the A and G categories.
Certificates and medals will be awarded to the world's 2nd and
3rd stations in both the A and G categories. Certificates will be
awarded to the world's top three stations in the B-F categories.
Achievement commemorative pennants will be awarded to those
participants making at least 250 QSOs and submitting email logs
to ochr(at)srr.ru. Logs must be submitted no later than 19:00
UTC, July 19th, 2008.
13. Logs: Any contest logging software can be used which supports IARU HF World Championship. Only email logs are accepted, Cabrillo log format shall be used according to IARU HF Championship requirements. File name should be "mycall.cbr" where "mycall" is your callsign. Please send the file as an attachment to ochr(at)srr.ru.
