CQIR - Ireland Calling Contest Rules
Revision 25th July 2007
In 2007 the Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) celebrates
the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1932. As part of the
jubilee celebrations the Society is organising an International
Radio Contest, "CQIR - Ireland Calling".
CQIR is a once-off event, with a difference - overseas entrants
with 75 or more QSOs have the opportunity to win a trip to
Ireland.
In these rules, references to Ireland mean the island of
Ireland and its offshore islands.
1 Object:
1.1 CQIR celebrates the IRTS Jubilee and the "Irish" amateur-
radio community worldwide. It's where the Irish, at home
and abroad, work the World - and where those of Irish
descent identify themselves by including their ancestral
county in the exchange, for example: County Cork, County
Antrim etc.
1.2 This is an "everyone works everyone" event on the five
contest bands from 10 to 80 metres.
2 Date and Contest Period:
2.1 From 12:00 UTC Saturday 29th September 2007 to 12:00 UTC
Sunday 30th September 2007. Note: The contest finishes
(is over) at 12:00:00 on the Sunday.
3 Entry Categories:
3.1 Irish
Single-Op All-Band CW
Single-Op All-Band SSB
Single-Op All-Band Mixed (CW/SSB)
3.2 World
Single-Op All-Band CW
Single-Op All-Band SSB
Single-Op All-Band Mixed (CW/SSB)
3.3 Entrants are "Irish" if:
- they operate from Ireland, or
- they were born in Ireland, or have a direct ancestral
link to Ireland - with no time limit. Anyone whose
partner/spouse qualifies under this section can be
Irish too.
3.4 All other entrants are "World" entrants.
4 Contest Exchange:
4.1 Irish entrants (EI/GI) send a serial and their county
code (the county in which the station is located).
County codes are listed in Section 11.
4.2 Irish entrants outside Ireland, known as "Overseas Irish",
do not send a serial, but identify themselves by sending
a 4-digit year and a county code.
4.2.1 The year indicates the most recent year they, their
partner/spouse or their direct ancestor as relevant,
left Ireland to live overseas - for example 1849, 1978,
2002. This year should be the same for all QSOs.
4.2.2 The county code indicates the most recent Irish county
resided in by themselves, their partner/spouse, or
their direct ancestor. The county code should be the
same for all QSOs.
4.3 Other, non-Irish, entrants send a serial, but no county
code.
4.4 Serials must be a minimum of 3 digits, with leading zeros
as appropriate, starting at 001, and increasing
sequentially for each QSO logged.
5 Scoring:
5.1 CW QSOs - 3 points.
SSB QSOs - 2 points.
5.1.1 Points are doubled for QSOs with "Irish stations",
those giving a county code in accordance with these
Rules.
5.2 The same station may be worked once per band/mode
combination.
5.3 Multipliers are each different Irish county code, on each
band and and on each mode. The maximum is 32 per band
for single-mode entrants, and 64 per band for mixed-mode
entries.
5.4 Invalid QSOs, not in conformance with these Rules, score
zero points, do not qualify as multipliers, and do not
count towards Prize Draw entry.
5.5 QSOs logged with incorrect Serial/Year or County score
zero points, do not qualify as multipliers, and do not
count towards Prize Draw entry.
5.6 Penalties:
5.6.1 Each QSO logged with a "busted" or "not-in-log"
callsign may, at the discretion of IRTS, incur a
penalty of up to three times the expected QSO score,
may not qualify as a multiplier, and may cause a
deduction of up to three QSOs in the count towards
Prize Draw entry.
5.6.2 There is no penalty for dupes - they should not be
removed from your log.
6 Awards:
6.1 For each and every 75 valid QSOs logged, entrants will
qualify for one entry to the CQIR prize draw. Two
prizes will be awarded, one for entrants operating from
outside Ireland, and the other for entrants operating
in Ireland.
i) For entrants operating from outside Ireland:
Air travel to Ireland for the entrant and one other
person - with accommodation for one week in Kinnitty
Castle, Co. Offaly. http://www.kinnittycastle.com.
ii) For entrants operating from Ireland:
A weekend in New York City for the entrant and one
other person.
6.2 Prizes are not transferable, and can not be exchanged
for cash or other goods. Prize winners must consent to
being interviewed and photographed.
6.3 Prize winners must bear full personal liability for any
delay, injury or incident incurred while away from home.
As such, acceptable evidence of comprehensive travel
insurance must be provided to IRTS before travel begins.
Likewise, prize winners must make their own arrangements
for acquiring any necessary passports and/or tourist visas.
Do I need a Visa to come to Ireland?.
6.4 Time Limit: IRTS will use its best endeavours to
facilitate prize-winners' preferences with regards to
timing. Nevertheless, a prize-winner who, for any
reason, does not avail of the prize within 11 months of
the contest will forfeit the prize.
6.5 Each entrant with 75 or more valid QSOs logged will
receive a participation certificate.
7 Conditions of Entry:
7.1 This is a single-operator event for human operators.
7.2 The operator must not avail of operating, logging or
external assistance during the contest period.
External assistance is "information from any source,
other than that already known or possessed by the
the operator at the starting time of the contest, sought
or acted upon with the intent or potential to increase
the operator's score".
Exception: Information obtained by the operator in the
normal course of listening and logging on the band(s)
and mode(s) corresponding to the entry class is not
deemed to be external assistance.
7.3 The operator must not volunteer or supply information
that might represent external assistance to other
entrants. In particular, any use of any spotting
network is prohibited.
7.4 Cross-band and/or cross-mode QSOs are not permitted. QSOs
must take place in the recommended IARU band segments for
contest operation.
7.5 The operator must not transmit on any other band or mode
within 10 minutes of the first QSO logged on a specific
band/mode combination. For example, if the first such QSO
is logged at 21:02, no QSO is permitted on any other band
or mode before 21:13. QSOs in breach of this rule will
score zero points, will not qualify as multipliers, and
will not count toward Prize Draw entry.
7.6 The operator must not use more power than generally
permitted by his/her licence class, regardless of any
individual variation(s) or exemption(s) that may have
been granted.
7.7 Only one transmitted signal is permitted at any time.
7.8 The operator and the station (all equipment and antennas)
must be located within a circle of 500 metres diameter.
7.9 The microphone or key(er), transmitter, amplifier (if
any) and antennas must be connected by wire at all times.
7.10 QSOs must be logged in real-time.
The operator must not use recording equipment to assist
with logging or to verify logged QSOs. In this context,
"equipment" includes hardware and/or software, even if
such equipment is an integral component of the station.
7.11 QSOs must not be solicited during the contest other than
by calling other entrants directly on-air, by calling CQ
on-air, or by the on-air arrangement of skeds with other
entrants. Bands or modes or technologies which are not
permitted in this event or which do not correspond to
the entry class are not considered to be "on-air".
7.12 All entries become the property of IRTS.
7.13 Entrants agree to be bound by the provisions and intent
of these rules. In any dispute, the decision(s) of IRTS
alone shall be final.
8 Submission:
8.1 Logs must be emailed, as attached uncompressed files, to
cqir-logs@irts.ie by 31st October 2007. They must be named
YOURCALL.LOG where YOURCALL is the entrant's call used
during the contest.
8.2 All QSO records in your logs must conform to the Cabrillo
specifications in Section 10 of these Rules - based on
the specifications for the RSGB IOTA Contest at
http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/qso-template.html.
If your logging software does not support this format,
you must prepare your log with software that does, or
must reformat your log accordingly.
Logs that do not conform will not be accepted and will
not qualify for any award.
8.3 Paper logs will not be accepted and will not qualify for
any award.
9 Logging Software:
9.1 Free software for this event is available from
http://www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe. SD runs on any
Windows PC. When SD starts, enter a new contest/file
name (suggest CQIR07) and select the "CQIR" template.
9.2 As and when other contest loggers announce support for
CQIR, they will be listed here.
10 Cabrillo Specifications:
Note: - Although there is no requirement in CQIR to exchange
signal reports on-air, they must be included in your Cabrillo
log.
10.1 EI/GI Entrant - sends Serial & County:
-----------info sent--------- ----------info rcvd----------
QSO: freq mo date time call rst nr ex2 call rst nr ex2
QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn nnnn aaa ************* nnn nnnn aaa
QSO: 21222 PH 2007-09-29 1302 GI3PDN 59 001 ANT EI7CC 59 031 DUB
QSO: 21022 CW 2007-09-29 1759 GI3PDN 599 204 ANT HA1AG 599 302 ---
QSO: 7012 CW 2007-09-30 0911 GI3PDN 599 1316 ANT W3LPL 599 1922 COR
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10.2 Overseas Irish Entrant - sends Year and County:
-----------info sent--------- ----------info rcvd----------
QSO: freq mo date time call rst nr ex2 call rst nr ex2
QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn nnnn aaa ************* nnn nnnn aaa
QSO: 21222 PH 2007-09-29 1359 W3LPL 59 1922 COR EI7CC 59 031 DUB
QSO: 21022 CW 2007-09-30 0359 W3LPL 599 1922 COR HA1AG 599 848 ---
QSO: 7012 CW 2007-09-30 0359 W3LPL 599 1922 COR G4BUO 599 1986 MAY
00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778888888888
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10.3 World Entrant - sends Serial only:
-----------info sent--------- ----------info rcvd----------
QSO: freq mo date time call rst nr ex2 call rst nr ex2
QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn nnnn aaa ************* nnn nnnn aaa
QSO: 21222 PH 2007-09-29 1759 HA1AG 59 302 --- GI3PDN 59 001 ANT
QSO: 21022 CW 2007-09-30 0359 HA1AG 599 848 --- W3LPL 599 1922 COR
QSO: 7012 CW 2007-09-30 0806 HA1AG 599 1026 --- UA0QL 599 117 ---
00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778888888888
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11 Ireland - County Codes:
ANT Antrim ARM Armagh CAR Carlow CAV Cavan
CLA Clare COR Cork DER Derry/Londonderry DON Donegal
DOW Down DUB Dublin FER Fermanagh GAL Galway
KER Kerry KLD Kildare KLK Kilkenny LAO Laois
LEI Leitrim LIM Limerick LON Longford LOU Louth
MAY Mayo MEA Meath MON Monaghan OFF Offaly
ROS Roscommon SLI Sligo TIP Tipperary TYR Tyrone
WAT Waterford WES Westmeath WEX Wexford WIC Wicklow