In order to make contest scores comparable, for the conversion from degrees to kilometres a factor of 111.2 should be used when calculating distances with the aid of the spherical geometry equation (Noordwijkerhout, 1987).

The entries must be set out on log sheets fulfilling the requirements given under rule 12. Multi-operator stations shall be clearly marked as such. A copy of the logs must be sent in papery copy and magnetic copy (diskette 1,44MB) or by E-mail to the national VHF Manager or the national Contest Committee postmarked not later than the second Monday following the contest weekend (18-06-2001). Late entries will not be accepted. The submission of the logs implies that the entrant accepts the contest rules.

Sending the electronic sheet the format you must be in .STD;you see Fastlog , Taclog etc.

Is required that the National Managers of the Region 1 does the control of the own participants and sends then by Mail or by Packet or by E-mail the final classifications of the own Country to the Manager Organizer ( A.R.I. I4CIL ) with the log on diskette.

The judging of the entries shall be the responsibility of the organising society, whose decision shall be final. Entrants deliberately contravening any of these rules or flagrantly disregarding the IARU Region 1 bandplans shall be disqualified ). Minor errors may result in loss of points. Errors in the callsigns and code numbers will be penalized by deducting for both stations the following percentage of the score claimed for the pertaining contact :

The claimed contact will be disqualified for an obviously wrongly stated Locator or a time error of more than 10 minutes.

The logsheets for use in the IARU Region 1 contest shall have an upright format not smaller than A4 and shall show the following columns in the order named :

A standard cover sheet, containing the essential information required to judge the contest entry and with separate space for the comments of the national Contest Manager should be used.

A sample contest cover sheet is shown in section IIIb, Appendix 1.

The log should show the signature of the first operator certifying the correctness of the log submitted.

Logsheets prepared by the national societies and satisfying the above minimum requirements may be used.

REMARKS

The following note is for the information of the participating societies. They may include them at their discretion in the rules published nationally.

Rule 9: The number of log copies to be submitted is left to the discretion of the national society, which may e.g. want a second copy for the judging of a simultaneously held national contest.