Rules

West Coast Regional Radio Team Championship

1200Z, July 12 to 1200Z, July 13, 2008

Sponsored by the Southern California Contest Club (SCCC)

The SCCC invites all amateurs in the 6th and 7th call areas to compete in the WRTC-style competition to take place concurrently with the 2008 IARU HF Championship. Rules are patterned after the official WRTC rules. Teams of two may operate from any station in the region whose capabilities do not exceed the maximum criteria set forth in the rules.

While this contest will not be used by the WRTC committee to select WRTC contestants, it is the perfect opportunity for contesters to enjoy the WRTC experience without having to qualify to be on a team. WRTC contenders may want to try out their equipment and strategies in preparation for the main event in Moscow in 2010.

Contestants must follow all rules of the IARU HF Championship that apply to a multi-single mixed-mode, high power entry with the following special exceptions and conditions:

1. No more than two operators total.
2. No more than two radios allowed. Either may transmit, but only one transmitted signal is allowed at a time. Subreceivers may not be used.
3. The station must be located in the W6 or W7 call areas. In the spirit of the WRTC, locations on hilltops or other places that would clearly give the contestant an unfair advantage over a location in a fairly flat, quiet suburban area are not eligible. Contestants may operate from any station that meets these criteria, be it their own or someone else's. SCCC will not assign stations to entrants.
4. Antennas used during the contest are limited to one tribander, one single-element 40m, one single-element 80m and one single-element 160m antenna, all no more than 60 feet high.
5. The use of Packet or telnet spotting networks is not allowed
6. The use of super check partial or similar callsign databases is not allowed. However, the check partial feature may be used to check only calls already in the log.
7. The IARU contest has a 10-minute band change rule, while the WRTC does not. This is because such a rule would be too great a hardship on a true team competition. Therefore, we will also not have a band or mode change limitation. Unfortunately, this precludes entrant's scores from counting in the IARU contest.

Scoring
The 2010 WRTC committee has announced that WRTC scoring and IARU scoring will not be the same. However, we will use exactly the same scoring as the IARU contest as was done in WRTC 2006 in Brazil. This will allow you to use your normal contest logging program without any modifications.

Pre-Registration Required
Contestants must register at least two weeks in advance by e-mail to K6AM. Include both operators' calls, along with the call, licensee name, and address of the station you will be operating.

Special Callsigns
We will request a special 1x1 callsign for each contestant. If our request is approved, you will be notified of your call just before the contest begins.

Log Submissions
E-mail logs in Cabrillo format to k6am[at]arrl[dot]net within 24 hours after the end of the contest. Do not send them to the ARRL. Results will be announced immediately based on claimed scores and posted on the SCCC web site.

We will submit your log to the ARRL as an entry in the IARU HF Championship. Because of the difference in band change rules, ARRL will classify your entry as a checklog, but we should still receive a log checking report (LCR). We will use the LCRs to determine the final scores for the top three places. These scores will be reduced by the penalties in the LCR except for the band change violations. If the ARRL does not issue LCRs for checklogs, then claimed scores will be used.

Awards
A plaque will be awarded to the first place winner. Second and third place winners will receive a certificate. Awards will be presented at the 2009 Visalia International DX Convention.