10^th EUROPEAN CASTLES DAY (ECD)

 

Goal :  

To promote European Ham friendship, and permit a better knowledge of the Heritage in of our countries. To perrmit also the enhancing of each of our Castles Award programs.

 

Date and Times : Each 3rd Sunday of May.  For 2011, on May 15^st - 06h00 to 16h00 UTC.

 

Modes: SSB and CW.

 

Bands:  HF : 80 to 10m, (except WARC bands),  

Only one band or mode in a same time, no multi/multi for European Castles Day

 

Castles Awards rules:

The Belgian, German, Spanish, Italians, Portuguese , Swiss ,Scots, Welsh, Irish and English Hams are involved in the ECD following their National award program rules , but are invited to submit a log to French  ECD manager, if they have done QSO’s.

 

Classes :

 

A- Op operating from a Castle area.

B- Op resident in a Castle or in a Castle area (less than 500 meters)

C- Other op’s and  SWL.

 

Exchange :

Op class A and B: RS(T) +  Castle Reference.

French Operator :  RS(T) + Department number (no serial )

Foreign operator : RS(T) + Serial number starting at 001.

 

Points per QSO :

80 – 40m = 1 point

20m = 3 points

15m = 4 points

10m = 5 points

 

Multipliers :

10 per Castle.

1 per French Department.

1 per DXCC entity.

Total scoring = points QSO x (Multipliers Castles + Multipliers French Departments + Multipliers DXCC entity)

 

Log :

Send your log up to June 2011 30th to F6FNA

 

QSO on the log :

Time UTC, Callsign, band, complete exchanges sent and received, points and new multipliers.

A recapitulative sheet show the Name, Surname, Call sign; complete postal address, the class, Number of QSO and the multiplier list per band and mode.

Notes:

-          The Castle QSO’ed both on CW and SSB, count 2 multipliers per band.

-          France is a multiplier

- 30 minutes time between SSB and CW qso with a same sation.

-          Individuals can contact other French or foreign individuals operators.

 

Rewards:

Cups for the HF class from Castles, using portable stations.

Cup for Castle resident Ham.

Cups for the other ops .

Cup for SWL.

 

The rewards will be given if there will be at least 5 logs submitted in the considered class.

 

Checker:                                                        

F6FNA, Lehembre J.Pierre                                   

8, rue de Verdun                                                  

77270 Villeparisis                                                 

France                                                                  

email f6fna@club-internet.fr

                                                                             

               

The summary sheet (mandatory) and the logs can be sent par e-mail to the checker .
 

A software developed by Jean-Louis, F1AGW (sorry only in French Language but understandable) AGW_Chateaux is downloadable at :   http://f1agw.free.fr