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A week after four teams tested out plans for next year's World Radiosport Team Championships in Russia, twenty two-man teams will give it another go in this weekend's 18th Russian Radiosport Team Championship.
"Two-op teams with R33AA-R33FZ call signs will be competing in the fields near the city of Demodedovo," says WRTC organizer Harry Booklan RA3AUU.
"The same flat rural area fields will be used for WRTC-2010 competition," Booklan said of the area about 30-50 km south of Moscow.
Booklan though says hams around the world are invited to join in.
"Participants can make QSOs among themselves and the rest of the world, so everybody is invited to the party," he added.
Like WRTC 2010, "Every team will be accompanied by an official contest referee, who will monitor all actions, power output & the audio signals," Booklan said.
One way the Russians will deal with log checks is to record the entire contest for each team.
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:
"So, immediately following IARU HFC 2009, 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," said Booklan.
In a sense, the setup is somewhat like Field Day, which is what will be used next year for the WRTC, with the competitors not far from each other in their setups.
"Organizers will supply teams with food, identical tents, tables, chairs, 220 V gas generator and gasoline, power indicators, 10m-high steel sectioned tower and a triband antenna," said Booklan
"Teams are required to bring their own 100 W (limited) transceivers, computers and peripherals, 40m-band IV dipole, antenna switching devices, filters etc. Participants of Russian Radiosport Team Championship are also responsible for base camp set-up, as well as all antenna assembly & tower assembly/raising."
"On average, 1300 QSOs by the top teams are not uncommon during the eight-hour contest," he said, so there's no excuse for not trying to get into the log on July 18.
You will also be able to follow the scores online of the 2009 RRTC at http://ozchr.srr.ru/
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:
A - 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.
I (for Russian stations only) - Russian federal subjects; score is a total of scores of leading two multi operator teams and leading three single operator participants
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 18, 2009.
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.
