Contest Rules 2008

PARTICIPANTS	EDR hereby invites all licensed radio amateurs in Aaland, Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to the annual EDR Nordic July Contest.
DATE & TIME	Saturday 4. July 2009, 1400 UTC, to Sunday 5. July 2009, 1400 UTC.
SECTIONS	A) 50 MHz Single operator B) 50 MHz Multi operator and club stations C) 144 MHz Single operator D) 144 MHz Multi operator and club stations E) 432 MHz Single operator F) 432 MHz Multi operator and club stations G) Microwave single operator H) Microwave multi operator and club stations J) Field Day All Band - multioperator and club stations
FIELD DAY SITE (Section J only)	Station assembly Radio equipment, antennas, masts, generators etc. may be transported to the field day site 24 hours before the start of the contest and assembly can start immidiately. Installations The station including antennas and power supply must under no circumstances be operated from or supported by buildings or other fixed structures. All equipment except antennas shall be within a 500 meter radius. The station must be operated from the same locator throughout the contest. Equipment Only one station must operate on each band. Electrical power should be from local generators, batteries, solar panels etc. The equipment must under no circumstances be connected to the mains supply.
CONTACTS	Each contacted station counts only ones even if it is /A, /P etc. Duplicates must not be deleted from the log, but shall be listed as a normal QSO with zero (0) points. In case points are claimed for a duplicate QSO, ten times the claimed points will be deducted. No contacts via active repeaters or EME are allowed. All operation in accordance with IARU Region 1 bandplans.
EXCHANGE	RS(T) + QSO number, starting with 001 for the first contact on each band, increasing by one for each contact + locator.
POINTS	50 MHz, 144 MHz and 432 MHz 1 point/km + 500 bonus points per WWL. Microwave 1 point/km * band multiplier + 500 bonus points per WWL, regardless of band. Band multipliers: 1,3 GHz * 1 2,3 GHz * 2 3,4 GHz * 3 5,7 GHz * 4 10 GHz * 5 24 GHz * 6 etc. For each section the log is calculated separately. Final score for section A to H is the sum of all QSO points + the sum of locator bonuses. In the Field Day All Band section, J, the band score on 432 MHz is multiplied by 2 and the band scores on the microwave bands are multiplied by 3. Total score: band score 50 MHz + band score 144 MHz + band score 432 MHz x 2 + microwave band score x 3. The participants calculate their points themselves and include them with the log on a summary sheet.
AWARDS	The three best in each section will receive EDR's contest award. And the best from each country will receive the EDR contest award.
MANAGER	Logs must be submitted electronically to the contest manager, only REG1TEST format is accepted, not later than two weeks after the contest at the EDR Field Day Manager: Kjeld Bülow Thomsen, OZ1FF Uglevej 4 DK-6853 Vejers Strand DENMARK E-mail:
COMMENTS	See also "EDR Basic Contest Rules".