It is contest time again!

Bulgarian federation of radioamateurs (BFRA) invites HAM radio enthusiasts all over the world, to participate in LZDX contest on 22/23 Nov 2008.

The official LZDXC website is at http://lzdx.bfra.org

 

 

LZ DX Contest


 

Organised by:

Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs

Date and Period:
The weekend before the last full weekend of November from 12:00 UTC on Saturday till 12:00 UTC on Sunday (November 22/23, 2008). (i.e. during the weekend before CQWW CW contest weekend)

Band and Mode:
80; 40; 20; 15 ; 10 m ; CW and SSB
It is necessary to observe IARU band plan.
Same station may be worked once on CW and once on SSB on each band. After changing the mode the entrant should stay on this mode for at least 10 min. Band changes are allowed without restrictions. During the band change the entrant must also observe the 10min rule for mode! ( example - if one was on 20m SSB for 5 min and change to 15m band he/she must continue to operate on SSB for another 5 min before changing the mode to CW 15m )
Only one signal can be transmitted at any given time.

Categories:
A - Single Operator/Multi Bands/Mixed
B - Single Operator/Multi Bands/CW
C - Single Operator/Multi Bands/SSB
D - Single Operator/Single Band/Mixed
E - Multi Operators/Multi Bands/Single Transmitter/Mixed
F - Single Operator/Multi Bands/Mixed/QRP (max.10W)
G - SWL
Low power (max 100 W output) entrants will be marked with (*) sign in final results.
Bulgarian stations are listed separately from foreign entrants.

Exchange:
For non LZ Stns: RS(T) + ITU zone
For LZ Stations: RS(T) + 2 letters district abbreviation

Points:
10 points for each QSO with LZ station
3 points for each QSO with other continent
1 point for each QSO with the same continent (own country included)

SWL Points:
3 points for two call signs and two numbers
1 point for two call signs and one number

Multiplier:
The sum of ITU zones + LZ districts on each band regardless of the mode

Final score:
The sum of QSO points multiplied by final multiplier

Paper LOGs:
Separate logs for each band + summary sheet are required.
Please, send your log to: BFRA, P.O.Box 830, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Electronic LOGs:
Please, send your e-log (preferably in CABRILLO format) to E-mail:
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Deadline:
30 days after the contest (post seal being decisive)

Awards:

Top three scores in each category will be awarded a diploma.

 

This year (2008) following additional awards will be given:

 

Cat. A SOAB MIX WORLD
PLAQUE donated by LZ3FN Christo Ignatov


 

Cat. B SOAB CW WORLD

PLAQUE in memoriam of LZ2RF
donated by LZ2KSB


 

Cat.C SOAB SSB WORLD
PLAQUE donated by LZ3CB Todor Ivanov

 

Cat.E MOST MIX WORLD
PLAQUE donated by LZ3CB Todor Ivanov


 

Cat.F SOAB QRP MIX WORLD
PLAQUE donated by LZ1JZ Tony Stefanov

 

Cat.G SWL WORLD
PLAQUE donated by LZ3SM Svetly Gerashev

Cat.D 15 WORLD
PLAQUE donated by LZ2JR Boris Sapundzhiev


 

Cat. D 40 WORLD

PLAQUE donated by LZ4TX Todor Diamandiev

 

Cat.F SOAB QRP MIX BULGARIA
PLAQUE donated by LZ1ZF Georgi Vodenicharov


 

Special PLAQUE

OVER ALL SCORE

NORTH AMERICA

Donated by LZ3CB


 

Special PLAQUE

OVER ALL SCORE

ASIA(exept in case,if this score is first in cat. A,B,C,E or F)

Donated by LZ3SM


 

Special PLAQUE

OVER ALL SCORE

EUROPE (exept in case,if this score is first in cat. A,B,C,E or F)

Donated by LZ3FN


Remarks:
The total number of LZ districts is 28.
Here are the abbreviations of all 28 districts :
BU,BL,DO,GA,HA,KA,KD,LV,MN,PA,PD,PK,PL,RS,RZ,SF,SL,SM,SN,SO,SS,SZ,TA,VD,VN,VT,VR,YA


 

 

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