1. Eligible entrants
   All licensed radio amateurs in Region 1 can take part in the contest. Multiple operator entries will be accepted but only one callsign must be used during the contest. The contestants must operate within the letter and spirit of the contest and at no greater power then permitted in the ordinary licenses of their country. Stations operating under special high power licenses do so "out of contest" and cannot be placed in the contest proper.
   
   
2. Contest sections
   The contest will comprise the following sections:
   a) Station operated by single operator, with no assistance during the contest, using privately owned equipment and antennas and operating from any location.
   b) All other entrants.
   No more than one transmitter may be used at any one time.
   A participating station must operate from the same location throughout the event.
   
   
3. Contest date
   The contest will start on the first Saturday of September (01 September 2001)
   
   
4. Contest term
   Contest will start at 14:00 hours UTC on the Saturday and will end at 14:00 hours UTC on the Sunday.
   
   
5. Contacts
   Each station can be worked only once, whether it is fixed, portable or mobile. If a station is worked again during the same contest only one QSO will count for points, but any duplicate contacts should be logged without claim for points and clearly marked as duplicates. Contacts made via active repeaters do not count for points. Any phone contact made with stations transmitting in the Telegraphy sub-band shall not count for points.
   
   
6. Transmitting modes
   Contacts may be made in A1A, A3A, A3E of F3E (C3E).
   
   
7. Contest exchanges
   Code numbers exchanged during each contact must consist of the RS or RST report, followed by a serial number starting from 001 (first contact) and increasing by one of each successive contact. This data must immediately followed by the complete Locator of the sending station (examples; 59003 JN66RU or 599169 JN63GV).
   
   
8. Scoring
   Points will be scored on the basis of one point per Kilometre, i.e. the calculated distance in Km will be truncated to an integer value and 1 km will be added. The final claimed score must be shown on the top part of the first sheet.
   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.
   
   
9. Entries
   Entries must be registered in the log sheets fulfilling the requirements given under rule 12. Multioperator stations shall be clearly marked as such. A copy of the logs must be sent to the national VHF Manager or to the national Contest Committee postmarked not later than the second Monday following the contest weekend. Late entries will not be accepted. The submission of the logs implies that the entrant accepts all contest rules.
   
   
10. Entries check
    Final response of the entries shall be under the liability of the organising society, whose decision shall be definite. Entrants deliberately contravening any of these rules or flagrantly disregarding the IARU Region 1 bandplans shall be disqualified.
    The claimed contact will be disqualified for an obviously wrongly stated Locator or a time error exceeding 10 minutes.
    Claiming points for a duplicate contact (not marked as dupe) will be deleted by deducting ten times the number of points claimed for that duplicate contact from the score.
    Any error in the information logged by a station will result in the loss by the receiving station of all points of that contact.
    The contest entrants will be not marked for the failure of non-entrants to comply with the rules.
    
    
11. Awards
    The winner in each section will receive a certificate.
    
    
12. Log sheets
    A log sheet for use in the IARU Region 1 contest shall have an upright format not smaller than A4 and shall show the following columns in order named:
    
    -date
    -time in UTC
    -callsign of the station worked
    -report sent
    -report received
    -locator received
    - points claimed
    
    A standard cover sheet, containing the essential information required to check the contest entry and with separate space for the remarks of the national Contest Manager should be used.
    The cover sheet should show the signature of the first operator certifying the correctness of the log submitted.
    Paper log sheets prepared by the national societies and satisfying the above minimum requirements may be used.

1. Eligible entrants
   All licensed radio amateurs in Region 1 can take part in the contest. Multiple operator entries will be accepted but only one callsign must be used during the contest. The contestants must operate within the letter and spirit of the contest and at no greater power then permitted in the ordinary licenses of their country. Stations operating under special high power licenses do so "out of contest" and cannot be placed in the contest proper.
   
   
2. Contest sections
   From 432 MHz up to 10 GHz inclusive there will be two sections, as defined under point 2 of the rules of the September contest, and two sections for the combined group of amateur bands above 10 GHz, the so-called millimetre group.
   No more than one transmitter may be in use at any one time.
   A Participating station must operate from the same location through the event.
   
   
3. Contest date
   The contest will start on the first Saturday of October (06. October 2001)
   
   
4. Contest term
   As for the September contest
   
   
5. Contacts
   As for the September contest with the following modification:
   a station can only be worked once on each band
   
   
6. Transmitting modes
   As for the September contest with the following addition:
   F2A may be used above 1 GHz
   
   
7. Contest exchanges
   As for the September contest with the following addition:
   Serial numbering of contacts start from 001 for the first contact on each band, increasing by one for each consecutive contact on that band
   
   
8. Scoring
   For the amateurs bands till 10 GHz inclusive, points will be scored on the basis of one point per Kilometre, i.e. the calculated distance in km will be truncated to an integer value and 1 km will be added. 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. For the combined higher bands the score will be the sum of the points scored on each of the bands, using the following multiplication factors for the number of kilometres scored on each band:
   24 GHz1x120 GHz5x
   47 GHz2x145 GHz6x
   75/80 GHz 3x245 GHz10x
   
   
9. Entries
   As for September contest
   
   
10. Entries check
    As for September contest
    
    
11. Awards
    
    Section winners
    Certificates will be issued by the organising Society to the winners in the two sections, on each band
    
    Overall winners
    For each section an overall winner of the IARU Region 1 UHF/Microwaves contest will be declared. For this category the scores of the entrants on the following bands will be combined, using an adaptive multiplier:
    432 MHz 5,7 GHz
    1,3 GHz 10 GHz
    2,4 GHz millimetre group.
    The multipliers to be used for the determination of the overall scores in each sector are found as follows: the multiplier is equal to the ratio between the highest number of points scored by any participating station on the 432 MHz band and the highest number of points scored by any participating station on the band which the multiplier is being determined.
    For the millimetre group the score, as determined to rule 8 are used for determination of this group’s multiplier.
    The entrants scoring highest in each section will be awarded the IARU REGION 1 CERTIFICATE as for September contest

1. Eligible entrants
   All listeners within the Region 1 may take part. Licensed amateurs are not eligible to enter.
   
2. Contest sections
   a)There will be one section, 144 MHz, in the September VHF contest.
   b)There will be a section for each UHF/Microwaves band in the October contest
   
3. Contest date and term
   Date and term are those of the official IARU Region 1 contests of September and October
   
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5. Logging of contacts
   Any station may be logged once on each band. CQ or test calls will not count for points and should not be logged.
   
6. Log sheet
   The log sheet must show the following columns:
   
   -date
   -time in UTC of start of the QSO logged
   -callsign of the station heard
   -report, serial number and Locator given by station heard
   -callsign of station contacted by station heard (1)
   -report and serial number given by listener station heard
   -claimed score
   
   (1) The callsign of the station contacted by the station heard may only logged five times in the entire contest or, if there are more then 100 QSOs heard, not more than once for every 20 logged contacts.
   
7. Scoring
   The scoring will be on the basis of one point per kilometre (distance to the station heard), i.e. the calculated distance in km will be truncated to an integer value and 1 km will be added.
   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.
   
8. Entries
   A log sheet accompanied by a cover sheet must be sent to the national VHF Manager or Contest Committee.
   
9. Deadline date
   Entries must be postmarked not later than the second Monday following the contest weekend. Late entries will not be accepted.
   
10. Entries check
    Final response of the entries shall be under the liability of the organising society, whose decision shall be definite. Entrants deliberately contravening any of these rules shall be disqualified.
    Errors in callsign or serial number or Locator will result in loss of all points for that report.
    Claiming points for a duplicate contact (not marked as dupe) will be deleted by deducting ten times the number of points claimed for that duplicate contact from the score.
    
11. Award
    The winner in each section will receive a certificate.
    

1. Log sheets and cover sheets prepared by the national societies satifying the minimum requirements.
   As shown in the contest rules, may be used. To achieve a uniform shape of all necessary data for preparing the international results, an extra cover sheet should be filled in by the national Contest Manager and attached to each log.
   
   01 144 MHz Single 09 3,6 GHz Single
   02 144 MHz Multi 10 3,6 GHz Multi
   03 432 MHz Single 11 5,6 GHz Single
   04 432 MHz Multi 12 5,6 GHz Multi
   05 1,3 GHz Single13 10 GHz Single
   06 1,3 GHz Multi 14 10 GHz Multi
   07 2,4 GHz Single 15 Millimetre group Single
   08 2,4 GHz Multi 16 Millimetre group Multi
   
   The additional cover sheet is printed on the final page. More of these cover sheets can be made photocopies.
   
2. The Contest Manager in each country should check a sufficient amount of logs to establish the first three stations in each section by :

• checking all national contacts completely and applying the necessary penalties as given in the rules
• checking all distances of claimed contacts with foreign stations by measuring or computing and marking corrections where necessary. The resulting total score will also be checked.

3. The logs should be sorted into DXCC countries and sections, and within the sections sorted by callsigns alphabetically.
   A listing of national results should be accompanied, showing all entrants with:

• place number
• callsign
• Locator
• "C" or "P" for club call or private call
• "M" or "S" for multi operator or single operator
• number of valid QSO’s
• claimed total score

3. The logs and the listings should be sent to the A.R.I. Contest Manager postmarked not later than:

• November 14^th, 2001 for the IARU Region 1 VHF Contest
• December 19^th, 2001 for the IARU UHF/Microwaves Contest

5. In the seldom cases, where the national societies do not collect and check the logs, the participants can send the logs directly to the above-mentioned address or via E-mail to:
   
   Iwtreri@tin.it
   
6. A.R.I. will check the contest logs and will distribute the international results listing to all VHF Manager and VHF Contest Manager of IARU Region 1.

ariravenna@racine.ra.it