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 15th - 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.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: |
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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:
| Jean-Pierre Lehembre F6FNA, |
| 8, rue de Verdun, |
| F-77270, Villeparisis, France |
| e-mail: 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