Trans-Tasman 2020 Contest

CCARC Contest Hobby VK2AFY 16/07/2020 | 0

2020 sure has been an adventure!

Much similar to last year, We intend on opening up the club rooms for a small number of members who may be interested in participating in the contest.

The contest is held in 3 x 2 hour blocks from 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM this Saturday 18^th July.

The Club rooms will reopen at approximately 5:15PM for a 6:00PM kick off.

All CCARC members are welcome to attend and take part,

We will be operating under the club station VK2AFY and it would be amazing if we can make it onto the leader board for Multi-Operator single station award.

Last year we were in 5^th place.

This is a fantastic opportunity to those who may be new to contesting and have a desire to get their feet wet.

If you are interested in coming along to check it out or sit in as an operator, Please let myself or Jaye VK2FOMG know so we can gather numbers.

Please be mindful that with access limitations, we can only facilitate a maximum of 4 persons within the radio room. And a maximum of 10 persons within the meeting room for socialising.

We would like to operate a 2^nd station on 40/80M, however, we do not have the applicable band-pass filters to filter out the associated harmonics.

Some information on the contest: http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/transtasman/

Trans-Tasman Low-Band Contest Trans Tasman Low Bands Challenge Contest Manager Alan Shannon VK4SN

From 2018 this contest is an official WIA Contest and will count towards the Peter Brown Contest Champion Awards. Contest Introduction Next contest – 18 JUL 2020

The contest has an aim to encourage Low Band activity Trans-Tasman that is between VK and ZL

Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with
SSB, CW and Digital (RTTY OR PSK) Aim Of The Contest Work as many VK and ZL Prefixes and as many different stations on 160 80 and 40M in a short evening contest.. This Years Winners 2020 RESULTS Released …

Certificates and report download available below.
Soapbox comments at https://www.vklogchecker.com/

Single Operator – High Power
1.

Single Operator – Low Power
1.

Single Operator – QRP
1.

Multi-Operator – Single Transmitter
1.

Multi-Operator – Multi Transmitter
1.

The End. See you all next year. Previous Years Winners 2019 RESULTS Released 4 Aug 2019

Certificates and report download available below.
Soapbox comments at https://www.vklogchecker.com/

Single Operator – High Power
1. VK5SFA – 2831
2. VK2PX – 1688
3. VK2QV – 1543
4. VK7BO – 1426
5. VK2TTL – 1168
6. VK3GB – 985
7. VK3KTT – 970
8. VK2ALR – 907
9. VK2XAB – 500
10. VK2PN – 412
11. VK6TV – 184
12. VK6DW – 162

Single Operator – Low Power
1. VK2MT – 3288
2. VK5LJ – 2429
3. VK3LM – 2302
4. VK3GL – 2247
5. VK4ICE – 1594
6. VK2KJJ – 1565
7. VK2XAX – 1545
8. VK4ATH – 1124
9. VK2LEE – 1068
10. VK2QN – 928
11. VK5DT – 866
12. VK7JGD – 776
13. VK2GR – 761
14. VK7ZMS – 758
15. VK2GZ – 578
16. VK3MDH – 420
17. VK5CV – 394
18. VK2AZ – 392
19. VK4HDY – 388
20. VK3TNL – 373
21. VK3BTV – 352
22. ZL3VZ – 339
23. VK5NNN – 336
24. VK3CTM – 254
25. ZL1WL – 232
26. VK5BC – 206
27. ZL2AQL – 201
28. ZL2XC – 198
29. VK6POP – 188
30. VK5IR – 185
31. VK2MTM – 180
32. VK4FILS – 155
33. VK2UVP – 152
34. ZL3DUG – 126
35. VK6LIN – 108
36. VK3DEK – 98
37. VK5DP – 72
38. VK3BWM – 64
39. VK7BEN – 54
40. VK6MIL – 44
41. VK3PZ – 33
42. VK3WMM – 16
43. VK5FBIC – 13
44. ZL2VS – 10
45. VK3NRD – 8

Single Operator – QRP
1. VK2MG – 381
2. VK2IG – 368
3. VK4FOMP – 348
4. VK3YE – 253
5. VK6WX – 61
6. ZL1SAM – 2

Multi-Operator – Single Transmitter
1. VK2GGC – 4046
2. VK2NU – 3228
3. VK2MB – 3103
4. VK5GR – 1831
5. VK2AFY – 1593
6. VK3CMZ – 864
7. VK3III – 175
8. VK3AE – 154

Multi-Operator – Multi Transmitter
1. VK3KJ – 10984
2. VK4QH – 7593
3. VK2AWX – 3222
4. VK4WIS – 2391
5. VK3BNW – 1340
6. VK2AOJ – 571

The End. See you all next year. Contest History The Trans Tasman Low Band evolved from a Multi-Mode series of contests that were conducted over several winters evenings. Upcoming Contest Date & Time The contest is held on the Saturday night of the third full weekend of July. 18 JUL 2020

Start Time is 08:00 UTC and finish time is 14:00 UTC Contest Rules 1. Contest Introduction

This contest is to encourage Low Band Activity in Australia and New Zealand.
The applicable bands are 160, 80 and 40M.

2. Objective

Amateurs in VK and ZL will endeavour to contact other amateurs in VK and ZL.

a. VK and ZL, means any station operating within Australia or New Zealand and their external territories.

b. Points are only awarded for valid contacts between VK and ZL stations.

c. The contest is made up of 3 individual two hour blocks.

d. You are able to work another station once per band and mode in every block.

e. Every different Prefix used by VK or ZL stations is a valid multiplier and credit can be claimed once per band per block.

3. Contest Date & Time

a. The contest is held on the Saturday night of the third full weekend of July.
b. Start Time is 08:00 UTC and finish time is 14:00 UTC

4. Categories
(All band, All Mode)

A. Single Operator – High Power
B. Single Operator – Low Power (100 watts)
C. Single Operator – QRP*
E. Multi-Operator – Single Transmitter
F. Multi-Operator – Multi Transmitter

* QRP stations are limited to 5 Watts average (CW/RTTY/PSK) or PEP (SSB) at the transmitter output.

5. Permitted Bands and modes

a. Bands: 160M 80M 40M
…SSB Voice transmission should be within:
…1843-1875, 3535-3570 and 3600-3700, 7080-7300KHz
…otherwise disqualification or score reduction may result.

b. Modes: SSB, CW and Digital (Digital includes PSK or RTTY only)

NB. PSK and RTTY are the only allowed digital modes and are combined, not counted separately.

6. Multi-operator Stations

A. Multi-operator single transmitter stations
a. are only allowed one transmitted signal on air at any time.
i. If you are using three transceivers to scan the bands, simultaneous transmission will reclassify you as Multi

Transmitter(Category F.) – your responsibility to stop multiple transmitters operating.

B. Multi-operator Multi Transmitter stations
a. Are only allowed maximum one transmitted signal per band,
b. Simultaneous transmissions on different bands are permitted.
c. Multi-operator stations are mixed mode only.

7. Contacts

a.. Suggested Call: “CQ TT”, “CQ Contest”, or “CQ Test”
b. Exchange:
A valid exchange consists of RS(T) followed by a three figure serial number starting at 001 for each band or 001 for all bands.
c. No cross band contacts are allowed.
d. exchange of contact information via satellites, telephones, repeaters, Echolink, IRLP, or the internet is not in the spirit of the contest and is banned.
e. (Operation of SSB Voice stations in the digital section (3570 to 3600) is not in the spirit of the contest and will be disqualified. – rule currently under review)

8. Scoring

a. All contacts are worth one point
b. Add the number of contacts made in the two hour block and multiply by the different prefixes worked on each band in that two hour block.
c. NB external territories count as one prefix – eg VK0 counts as VK0 and not the separate DXCC same as for VK9 e.g. 160 80 40 total contacts 50 X 35 prefixes (total of each band added) = 1750 points.

d. Final Score is the addition of the scores from the three two hour blocks starting at 08:00; 10:00 & 12:00 UTC

(Each category will have High Scores for SSB, CW and Digital awards.
Any station in Single or Multi Op may win the Single Mode awards – BUT Multi ops will not be eligible for single op categories.
NOTE: The Mode scores are purely on the highest score and may be from a partial log. You do not enter SSB only – rather the log is determined as having the highest SSB score.)

9. Logs

Logs are due in within one week of closure of the contest. Submit logs via https://www.vklogchecker.com/
Logs MUST be in Cabrillo 3 format – this is the submission file produced by VKCL and N1MM Loggers.

http://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/
https://n1mm.hamdocs.com

* The User Defined Contest (UDC)for N1MM is available for download from: vk4sn.com/downloads/VKTTRTTY.zip

10. JUDGING:

The Contest Committee is responsible for checking and adjudicating the contest entries.
Entrants are expected to follow the rules and best amateur radio practices. Violation of the rules of the contest or unsportsmanlike conduct may lead to disciplinary action by the Committee.

Unsportsmanlike Conduct:
Examples of unsportsmanlike conduct include, but are not limited to:
* Arranging or confirming any contacts during or after the contest by use of ANY non-amateur radio means such as telephones, Internet, instant messaging, chat rooms, VoIP, email, social media or web sites.
* Transmissions by the entrant on frequencies outside of license limitations.
* Changing times in the log to meet band change or off time rules.
* Taking credit for excessive unverifiable QSOs or unverifiable multipliers.
* Signals with excessive bandwidth (e.g., splatter, clicks) or harmonics on other bands.
* Running stations not identifying in a timely manner (i.e., 1 minute).
* Use of Tag along operation where a restricted number of stations are contacted.

11. Disciplinary Actions: In the event of a violation, the entrant is subject to disqualification at the discretion of the Committee.

Disqualified entries will be listed at the end of the published results and are not eligible for an award.
Notification of Committee actions will be sent by email to the address provided with the log submission. The entrant has five days to appeal the decision to the Contest Director. After that time the decision is final.
The Committee reserves the right to change the category of any entry based on its examination of the log or other information. Contest Scoring All contacts are worth one point – Add the number of contacts made in the two hour block and multiply by the different prefixes worked on each band in that two hour block.

Final Score is the addition of the scores from the three two hour blocks starting at 08:00; 10:00 & 12:00 UTC Submitting Your Log LOGS ARE DUE WITHIN 7 DAYS OF CONTEST COMPLETION.

After completion of the contest you need to:

1. Upload Your Cabrillo Ver 3 log to the log checking website at
https://www.vklogchecker.com/

2. Putting EMAIL: followed by your email address in the Cabrillo header will get you an automated reply.

or failing that…

3. Email your log with ONLY your callsign in the subject to ttlogs@wia.org.au where an acknowledgement may take 48 hours. Contest Results see above Contest Award Download certificates below. Logging Software VKCL
N1MM

Both Cater for the Trans Tasman Contest

Logs MUST be in Cabrillo format – this is the submission file produced by VKCL and N1MM

http://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/

https://n1mm.hamdocs.com/
(* The User Defined Contest (UDC)for N1MM is available for download from: vk4sn.com/downloads/VKTTRTTY.zip)

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