============================= ASIA-PACIFIC Sprint Contest (revised January 2024 ============================= updated February 2024) --- Revision - January 2024: - Annual Plaques will no longer be awarded Revision - December 2016: - No more 150W power limit for Asia-Pacific region stations Revisions - February 2016: - A note added to "Entry deadline"(All the logs will be opened to the public) - "Disqualification" criteria added at the bottom --- The Asia-Pacific Sprint Contest Committee would like to announce the latest running of this spectacular radiosporting event - note changes in the rules: Objective: For stations outside the Asia-Pacific region to work as many Asia-Pacific stations as possible within the 2 hour time limit. For stations inside the Asia-Pacific region to work as many stations as possible, anywhere in the world, within the 2 hour time limit. (A complete list of the Asia-Pacific countries is defined below) Awards: 1 For each contest, certificates will be awarded to the top three winners in the Asia-Pacific Region, and the winner of each continent outside the Asia-Pacific region. Winners must have at least 5 QSO's in the log to be eligible for this award. 2 [deleted] Date/Time/Bands/Mode: 8 June 2024 / 1100-1300 UTC / 15m & 20m / SSB Mark your calendar now - future Asia-Pacific Sprints will be held: Fall (15m/20m CW) - 3rd Sunday of October (20 Oct. 2024) 0000-0200 UTC Spring (20m/40m CW) - 2nd Saturday of February ( 8 Feb. 2025) 1100-1300 UTC Summer (15m/20m SSB) - 2nd Saturday of June (14 June 2025) 1100-1300 UTC Suggested frequencies: CW - 15m: 21030-21050, 20m: 14030-14050, 40m: 7015-7040 kHz SSB - 15m: 21350-21380, 20m: 14250-14280 kHz Power limit: Legal limit in each country Entry categories: Single operator, Single radio only - SO2R type of operation is not allowed (use of 2nd transmitter is not allowed). Use of 2nd receiver (separate or built-in) is allowed. Contest exchange: RS/RST + Serial number beginning with 001 Duplicate contacts: Same station may be worked only once on the per band Multipliers: Prefixes per WPX rules (once only - not once per band) QSY rule: CW - called station (usually CQer) QSYs at least 1 kHz after a QSO SSB - called station (usually CQer) QSYs at least 6 kHz after a QSO Final Score: Number of QSOs x Multipliers Asia-Pacific countries for this contest: (coutries from Asia side PacificRim to 180 degrees longitude): 3D2(all), 4W, 1S/9M0, 9M2, 9M6/8, 9V, BV, BV9, BY, BS, C2, DU, FK(all), FW, H4(all), HL, HS, JA, JD1/Ogasawara, JD1/Marcus, KH2, KH9, KH0, P29, T2, T30, T33, T8, UA0(not UA9) , V6, V7, V85, VK1-9(all except VK9X & VK9Y), VR, XU, XV/3W, XX9, YB, YJ, ZL(all except Chatham & Kermadec) Results will be posted to: CQ-CONTEST@contesting.com contest-rules@ne.nal.go.jp https://jsfc.org/apsprint/ CQ Ham Radio Log Instruction: Only electronic logs sent by email are accepted. All entries must contain complete QSO information plus a summary indicating your claimed score. Each QSO information must include band, date, time, callsign, sent nr and received nr. If any of those are not shown in the log, it will be checklog. The operator's callsign and name has to be indicated if the operator is different than of the owner of the station used or if the station used is not owned by an individual. Entries without a summary may be treated as a checklog. (The summary contained in the Cabrillo log satisfies this requirement) Electronic logs in Cabrillo format are strongly recommended. In any case, the log & summary must be in ASCII format (no binary files nor non-English characters, please). The file name of the electronic log must be your callsign. (For example, 9V1YC.CBR for Cabrillo log) The electronic log file must be attached to the email. The subject of the email must contain your callsign. Email: apsprint@jsfc.org Entry deadline: 7 days after end of contest After the deadline, all the submitted logs will be opened to the public together with the raw-score list at: https://jsfc.org/apsprint/ Cabrillo QSO template for AP Sprint --------info sent------- -------info rcvd------ QSO: freq mo date time call rst exch call rst exch QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn ****** ************* nnn ****** QSO: 7019 CW 1999-02-13 1231 9V1YC 599 001 VR2BG 599 002 0000000001111111111222222222233333333334444444444555555555566666666667777777777 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 (exact frequency does not have to be logged if your radio is not connected to your PC ie. 7000 for 40m, 14000 for 20m and 21000 for 15m is OK) Sample log in Cabrillo format -------------------- START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CONTEST: AP-SPRINT CALLSIGN: 9V1YC CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CLAIMED-SCORE: 140 NAME: James ADDRESS: xxx xxx ADDRESS: Singapore SOAPBOX: See you next time. QSO: 7019 CW 1999-02-13 1231 9V1YC 599 001 VR2BG 599 002 QSO: 7019 CW 1999-02-13 1231 9V1YC 599 002 W2VJN 599 001 QSO: 7018 CW 1999-02-13 1232 9V1YC 599 003 JE0UXR 599 002 QSO: 7018 CW 1999-02-13 1232 9V1YC 599 004 JM1NKT 599 003 QSO: 7024 CW 1999-02-13 1235 9V1YC 599 005 JA6UBK 599 005 QSO: 7024 CW 1999-02-13 1235 9V1YC 599 006 JA6ZLI 599 003 QSO: 7023 CW 1999-02-13 1239 9V1YC 599 007 JR1UJX 599 005 QSO: 7023 CW 1999-02-13 1240 9V1YC 599 008 JF2BDK 599 005 QSO: 7019 CW 1999-02-13 1241 9V1YC 599 009 JH5RXS 599 008 END-OF-LOG: Further information on Cabrillo may be obtained from the following web page. http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/ Disqualification: In the event of a violation of the rule, the entrant is subject to disqualification at the discretion of the Asia-Pacific Sprint Committee. Taking credit for excessive unverifiable QSOs or unverifiable multipliers are grounds for possible disqualifications. Disqualified entries will be listed at the end of the published results and are not eligible for an award.