The Annual School Club EU – Day on May 5th every year

Introduction
The annual School Club EU – Day activity on May 5th is supposed to bring contacts with and among school amateur radio club and training stations and school girls and boys with own callsigns as well as contacts with every other station from all over Europe (WAE list).  The activity is a great way to get young operators on the air from their school shacks using their training call signs (or the school club's call sign for irrelevant messages only – according to national law). Very often a new operator will be intimidated by the fear of not knowing what to say to the stranger on the other side of the radio. The exchange of information helps to overcome this fear in a low pressure contest format, it should not be made a "5-9-contest", though. Operators are encouraged to take more time to chat beyond the exchange of the necessary details. A certificate of participation will be issued for stations that send an excerpt from the log of the day. There is also the chance of winning one of the fantastic prizes issued by AATiS.

 

Terms and conditions
 

  1. Date: Thursday, 05. May 2022 from 08:00 to 18:00 UTC,  during this period, select only 4 continuous hours of operating time, from which 60 continuous minutes can be freely selected for evaluation.
     
  2. Classes:
    (A) only HF
    (B) only VHF/ UHF/ SHF
    seperate valuation for - pupils (elementary school, college…)
    - university students
    - other operators
     
  3. Goal: So much contacts as possible with EU-stations, especially school clubstations, training stations, newcomers. Every station counts one time in Phone (SSB, FM…), CW and Digimode (RTTY, PSK31)
     
  4. Frequencies: class (A): 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
    80m: SSB center 3770 kHz +/- PSK31: 3582 kHz
    40m: SSB center 7170 kHz +/- PSK31: 7042 kHz
    20m: SSB center 14270 kHz +/- PSK31: 14072 kHz

    class (B): 2m, 70cm, operation via repeaters is allowed (please note CALLs of the repeaters)

    NEW: QO-100 Skeds at the 23. Europatag
    On the initiative of DL0IKT, we invite the school stations with the AMSAT/AATiS QO100 starter package and all interested hamradio operators to radio contacts via QO-100 on the Europe Day of Amateur Radio School Stations. Three times (09:00, 12:00 and 15:00 UTC) in the SSB range at 10489.700 MHz are proposed,  at which DF0AIS will also be QRV. In addition, any skeds can be made separately.
    School stations should also indicate the name of the school. Every QSO with an amateur radio school station and with DF0AIS between 08:00 and 18:00 UTC will be counted with 1000 points in the Europe Day account.
     

  5. Exchange: CALL, RS/T/Q, WW-locator, operators first name (e.g. DK0KTL – JO60BV – Karl)
     
  6. Score:
    Calculation of the distance for each QSO with EU stations within the contiguous 60-minute period of your own choice and the addition of these distances.
    Multiplier:
    class (A): number of EU-countries (WAE-list) within 4 hours operation time
    class (B): number of EU-countries (WAE-list) + number of gridsquares (e.g. JO43) within 4 hours operation time
    NEW: New: The evaluator adds 500 points for each confirmed school station after the log evaluation, and 1000 points for contacts over QO-100.
     
  7. Logs: Using logging software is useful.
    For calculating distances we recommend HAMEUTAG from ARCOMM
    Download for free: http://www.qslonline.de/hk/eigen/kontest.htm#hameutag

    Necessary dates in the head of the log:
    - name(s) and age(s) oft he OPs
    - paricipation class (A) or (B)
    - name of the school (college, university,…)
    - WW-Locator
    - postal address

    Log entries: UTC, CALL, RST/Q, band, mode, WW-Locator + OP-name, distance (QRB)
    Important! The log should include all contacts in the choosed 4 hours period.
    Mark the 60-minute period, i.e. the entire log should also be transmitted, if necessary additionally.

    Send the log at the latest 2 weeks after the „EUROPATAG“ (20. May 2022) preferred via eMail to: dk0ktl [at] aatis.de

    Please add photos from the OPs (*.jpg) Some of these will be shown on the certificates
    Paper Logs go to:
    AATiS e.V.
    c/o Peter Eichler,
    Birkenweg 13,
    07639 Tautenhain
    Germany

    Certificates for all participants (teams/operators) send by eMail as PDF. For laminated A4 paper certificates please send SASE with sufficient postage. (5 US$)

    From all valid logs there will be a raffle from electronic DIY-kits made by AATiS !!

 

*** PSK31 BONUS SWL task ***

There will be transmitted a special „SWL-task“ in PSK31 mode

At 08:00, 10:00,UTC on 7,040 MHz

11:00, 13:00, 14:00  UTC on 14,070 MHz

14:00, 17:00, 18:00 on 3,580 MHz

Ten offers from the media range of the AATiS will be raffled among the submitters of the right solution. Send your solution to: dk0ktl [at] aatis.de

Page last modified: 15 Jan 2022