HamSphere 4.0 Contest Calendar
NameHamSphere 4.0 British contest 2017
DescriptionBeam your antennas to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey), gather as many big grids from UK as possible.
ModeSSB
Bands160, 80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 m
RulesYou need to work as many big grids (for example IO85, IO73 etc) of operators who are working from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey) as possible for multipliers.

You can work all operators from all over the world for distance points.

Operators from UK will give you extra 10 points for every QSO.

Winners:
Group A:Europe
Group B: Asia
Group C: North America and South America
Group D: Africa and Oceania

Prizes:
1st places in every groups will receive 30 HS credits
2nd places in every groups will receive 20 HS credits
3rd places in every groups will receive 10 HS credits

Repeated QSOs with the same operator are valid on every new band.

Do not forget about 15 minutes rule. 15 minutes must have passed before you can contact the same op on a different band.
Score CalculationFinal result = (Total distance points + Total extra points) x (Total numbers of worked big grids +1)

+1 is for cases if operator did not work any UK big grid.
Max Power100 Watts
ExchangeRS + Sequence number (starting from 001)
QSO Points1 point per QSO (0-500km)
2 points per QSO (500km-2500km)
3 points per QSO (2500km-5000km)
4 points per QSO (5000km-10000km)
5 points per QSO (10000km-...)

10 extra points for every valid QSO with UK operators (including England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey)
Extra infoMultipliers:
Multipliers are every worked new big grids from the list below ONLY ONE TIME DURING ALL CONTEST ! For example if you worked with UK operator from IO85, it will bring you distance points, 10 extra points for QSO and 1 point for multiplier. If you worked with UK operator from IO85 on other bands, it will bring you only distance points and 10 extra points for QSO.

List of countries and territories which big grids are valid for multipliers and extra points for QSO (with ISOs):

United Kingdom GB
Guernsey GG
Isle of Man IM
Jersey JE

List of UK big grids:

IP90
IO89 IO99
IO68 IO78 IO88
IO67 IO77 IO87 IO97
IO66 IO76 IO86
IO65 IO75 IO85 IO95
IO54 IO64 IO74 IO84 IO94
IO73 IO83 IO93 JO03
IO72 IO82 IO92 JO02
IO71 IO81 IO91 JO01
IO70 IO80 IO90 JO00
IN69 IN79 IN89
Start date UTC2017-08-05 00:00
End date UTC2017-08-05 23:59
Log deadline UTC2017-08-07 23:59
ManagerUR5FAI
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