Black Sea Cup International

BSCC (Black Sea Contest Club)

International HF Cup of Black Sea is carried out by BSCC (Black Sea Contest Club).
The aim of the competition is to make as many contacts with hams around the world as possible, especially with the radio stations from Black Sea region countries, members of BSCC, BSCC Headquarters’ station, radio clubs and the headquarters of the national amateur radio organizations - members of the IARU (HQ-stations).
From : 02 February 2013 y. 12:00 UTC
To: 03 February 2013 y. 11:59 UTC

Eligibility: All licensed amateur radio operators worldwide
Objective: To promote Black Sea HAM radio spirit by contacting as many HAMs as possible all over the World using all HF bands (excluding WARC)
Date and Contest Period: The first full weekend of February, beginning 1200 UTC Saturday and ending 1200 UTC Sunday (February 02-03, 2013)
.:: ENTRY CATEGORIES ::.

The general separate classes of Entries:
· Black Sea Countries (see Appendix 1)
· HQ stations (national organizations - IARU members and HQ of clubs)
· Worldwide
· Black Sea Contest Club members

1. Single Operator categories:
- SSB HP (exceeding 100 W);
- CW HP (exceeding 100 W);
- Mixed mode HP (exceeding 100 W);
- SSB LP (up to 100 W);
- CW LP (up to 100 W);
- Mixed mode LP (up to 100 W);
- Mixed mode SB 160m (any power);
- Mixed mode SB 80m (any power);
- Mixed mode SB 40m (any power);
- Mixed mode SB 20m (any power);
- Mixed mode SB 15m (any power);
- Mixed mode SB 10m (any power);
- Mixed mode QRP (up to 5 W). Use YourCall/QRP for this entry. This category will be created in case if there will be more than 10 contester-logs submitted. Otherwise all participants will be put into Mixed mode LP.
All duties (operation and logging) must be performed by a single person.. There are no restrictions for choosing software for logging. Usage of packet and cluster is allowed. It’s mandatory to follow Terms and Limitations of participant’s national Amateur radio license. Only one transmitting signal is allowed at any given time.

2. Multi Operators, one transmitter, mixed mode (MS)
Station must remain on same band/mode for at least 10 minutes before change to another one. Only one signal is allowed at any given time. All contesters must follow the amateur radio regulations of their country at all times. Violation of this rule will lead to re-classification of the station as CheckLog category.

3. HQ-stations.
There are two types of HQ-stations in this Contest:
· HQ-Stations of national organizations
· HQ-Stations of Clubs
HQ-stations must have only one transmitted signal per band/mode (160 CW, 160 Phone, 80 CW, 80 Phone, etc) at any time. All stations involved in HQ operation must be located in the same ITU zone. Only one HQ station signal is allowed at any given time. All contesters must follow the amateur radio regulations of their country at all times.

4. SWL.
SWL contesters may use all HF bands (excluding WARC). This Category will be created if there are more than 10 SWL-contester-logs submitted.
.:: CONTEST-NUMBERS ::.

HQ-stations send RS (T) and abbreviation of the radio club, for example - 59 (9) UCC for Ukrainian Contest Club, 59 (9) AGB for Activity Group of Belarus or the abbreviation of its national organization – IARU member, for example - 59 (9) UARL the Headquarters of the Ukrainian Amateur Radio League, 59 (9) BSCC – for BSCC Headquarters. Participants from Black Sea Region countries transmit RS (T) and number of ITU zone. BSCC members transmit RS (T), BS (Black Sea) and membership number, for example: 59 (9)BS17 for a BSCC member with membership number 17.
Other participants send RS (T) and number of their ITU zone. For each valid QSO report must include control numbers in full.
With any participants only one QSO can be made on each band and each mode. Only contacts made in proper band segments/modes are valid. On each band Phone QSO made in phone band segment and CW QSO made in CW band segment are valid.. Cross-mode, cross-band QSO, as well as communication through the repeaters are not valid. Participants must comply with regional frequency plan and stay in recommended for contests band segments.
Use of non-amateur radio means of communication (for example: telephone or Internet) to facilitate the QSO is contrary to the spirit and rules of the Contest.
Recommended Contest call - "CQ Black Sea Cup" in phone or "CQ BS" in CW.
.:: POINTS ::.

· QSOs with your ITU-zone (including HQ-stations) – 1 point
· QSOs with other ITU-zones within your continent – 3 points.
· QSOs with ITU-zones outside your continent – 5 points.
· QSO with Black Sea Region Countries and Members of BSCC – 10 points
.:: MULTIPLIERS (the summary of) ::.

· ITU-zones,
· HQ-stations,
· Black Sea area countries,
· BSCC-members
On each band (no difference which mode)
Exception: HQ-stations, BSCC-members cannot be additionally used for ITU zone Multiplier.
.:: SUMMERY SHEET ::.
Total score of the Contest: the total number of QSO points multiplied by the total number of multipliers worked.
.:: TROPHY ::.

The Trophies will be awarded to the absolute Winners in each Entry and HQ. A certificate will be awarded to the high scoring entry in each category in each DXCC country.
Additional awards may be made at the discretion of each country’s IARU member society, amateur radio clubs and private persons.

List of major awards (plaques)

«Worldwide»

SSB HP (exceeding 100 W)

CW HP (exceeding 100 W)

Mixed mode HP (exceeding 100 W)

SSB LP (up to 100 W)

CW LP (up to 100 W)

Mixed mode LP (up to 100 W)

Mixed mode QRP (up to 5 W)

Multi Operators, one transmitter, mixed mode (MS)

«Black Sea Countries»

SSB HP (exceeding 100 W)

CW HP (exceeding 100 W)

Mixed mode HP (exceeding 100 W)

SSB LP (up to 100 W)

CW LP (up to 100 W)

Mixed mode LP (up to 100 W)

Mixed mode QRP (up to 5 W)

Multi Operators, one transmitter, mixed mode (MS)

«Black Sea Contest Club members»

SSB HP (exceeding 100 W)

CW HP (exceeding 100 W)

Mixed mode HP (exceeding 100 W)

SSB LP (up to 100 W)

CW LP (up to 100 W)

Mixed mode LP (up to 100 W)

Mixed mode QRP (up to 5 W)

Multi Operators, one transmitter, mixed mode (MS)

4.«HQ stations» national organizations - IARU members and HQ of clubs
.:: LOGS ::.

The Logs must be postmarked or emailed no later than 30 days after the end of the contest. The Paper-logs submitted after 12 days after the end of the contest will not be classified in official results. Electronic logs must be in Cabrillo file format and submitted as e-mail Appendix or on 3.5” diskette. Electronic files must use the participant’s callsign as the file name. Email entries must include the callsign used during the contest in the SUBJECT line of the email.
Paper-logs must be in chronological order (please no separation by band or mode) and contain of band, mode, date, time-UTC, callsign, numbers-send and number-receive, multipliers and points for each QSO. Multipliers should be marked in the paper log only the first time they worked on each band. Paper logs with more than 500 QSO’s must include dupes-sheets (an alpha-numeric list of all callsigns worked, broken down by band and mode.) All paper entries must include an official summary sheet or reasonable facsimile thereof with complete contest information

CABRILLO (For example):
START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CREATED-BY: TR4W v.4.191
CALLSIGN: UA0SW
CONTEST: Black Sea Cup International
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 15M HP MIXED
OPERATORS: UA0SW
LOCATION: OO06TE
NAME: Alex Ilyin
ADDRESS: Bratsk city
ADDRESS: Gagarina 95-143, 665724 Russia
ADDRESS: Irkutsk region
EMAIL: 2bratsk@mail.ru
SOAPBOX: RIG: FT-2000; ANTENNA: RQ-45
QSO: 21011 CW 2010-02-07 0529 UA0SW 599 32 JA2CUS 599 45
QSO: 21017 CW 2010-02-07 0533 UA0SW 599 32 UA4CCG 599 29
QSO: 21019 CW 2010-02-07 0535 UA0SW 599 32 UA0FGJ 599 34
QSO: 21020 CW 2010-02-07 0536 UA0SW 599 32 UA9CGL 599 BS349
QSO: 21014 CW 2010-02-07 0538 UA0SW 599 32 UN9GD 599 31
QSO: 21016 CW 2010-02-07 0539 UA0SW 599 32 UT7MA 599 29
QSO: 21014 CW 2010-02-07 0541 UA0SW 599 32 RX9AM 599 30
QSO: 21019 CW 2010-02-07 0543 UA0SW 599 32 RV9LM 599 BS387
QSO: 21013 CW 2010-02-07 0553 UA0SW 599 32 RM9RZ 599 30
QSO: 21015 CW 2010-02-07 0553 UA0SW 599 32 RG9A 599 30
QSO: 21020 CW 2010-02-07 0558 UA0SW 599 32 RV9AZ 599 BS123
QSO: 21020 CW 2010-02-07 0559 UA0SW 599 32 RA3EG 599 29
QSO: 21014 CW 2010-02-07 0652 UA0SW 599 32 UX2X 599 BS156
QSO: 21199 PH 2010-02-07 0709 UA0SW 59 32 RK3QWM 59 AC
END-OF-LOG:

.:: ADDRESS for LOGS ::.

Paper logs and entries on diskette must be mailed to:
Box 4, KERCH 98319, UKRAINE

Entries sent as attachment to email must be sent to:
E-mail: bs_cup[at]ukr[dot]net

You can follow any responses use the mail form to send the log:
E-mail *:
Subject:
Call *:
Name *:
Post adreress *:
Region categories *:
Operator categories *:
Message text:
Attach the log:
Security code *:


.:: DATELINE for LOGS ::.
30 days after the Contest (postmarked or emailed no later than 30 days after the end of the contest)
.:: APPENDIX 1 ::.

List of Black Sea Countries and BSCC-prefixes
(the list includes countries owing Black Sea rivers)
Austria, OE
Albania, ZA
Belarus, EU
Bulgaria, LZ
Bosnia and Herzegovina, E7
Hungary, HA
Germany, DL
Georgia, 4L
Italy, I
Macedonia, Z3
Moldova, ER
Poland, SP
Russia (European part), RA
Romania, YO
Slovakia, OM
Slovenia, S5
Turkey, TA
Ukraine, UR
Croatia, 9A
Montenegro, 4O
Czech, OK
Switzerland, HB
Serbia, YU
.:: DISQUALIFICATION ::.

The contester who does not obeys Contest rules and/or Rules and Reglementation of your country can be disqualified by Contest Committee during 90 days after the Contest
.:: SOFTWARE FOR WORK CONTEST ::.
.:: Configuration files ::.

N1MM Logger - official site
(Download N1MM Base Install: N1MM-FullInstaller.exe)

TR4W by Dmitriy Gulyaev, UA4WLI. - official site

Select Language ID`s and download TR4W
(tr4w_setup_version_language_id.zip)

CZE


Czech

ESP


Spanish

MNG


Mongolian

POL


Polish

RUS


Russian

SER


Serbian
- English

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tr4w_setup_4_187_esp.zip


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tr4w_setup_4_187_mng.zip


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tr4w_setup_4_187_pol.zip


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tr4w_setup_4_187_rus.zip


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tr4w_setup_4_187_ser.zip


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tr4w_setup_4_187.zip


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Initial Exchange files for Black Sea Cup International (2.14 кб) by UR7QM


5Mcontest by UT7MA - official site
(Download 5Mcontest: http://5mcontest.qrz.ru/5MContest_FULL_Setup.exe)

AATest v1.81 - official site
A special edition of AALog, optimized for the use in a lot of different contests. Platform: Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP
(Download AATest: here)

SD by EI5DI - official site
SD sets the standard for fast, simple logging and editing in the major international contests and in dozens of others worldwide. It is intended for single-op unassisted entries, on both SSB and CW. It runs on Windows, from Windows 95 to Windows 7, on Linux/Wine, and on Apple Mac with either Bootcamp or Parallels - using a character-based user interface.

(Download SD: http://www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe)

SP7DQR SWL Contest Software (SWL_DQR_Log) - official site
SP7DQR, Marek Niedzielski, created a program specialized for use by SWL's in contesting. The program offers the possibilty to change the settings of the input parameters. Due to that feature the program can be used in at least 90% of the international contests having a SWL section. Latest version: 1.2.0 , now with dupe check.

(Download SWL_DQR_Log: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/load/0-0-0-72-20)

MixW - official site
StatsBSCI.zip for MixW TNX UT2UZ
(Download MixW: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/load/0-0-0-45-20)


http://www.bscc.in/index/rules_black_sea_cup_international_eng/0-21

 

Dear friends, fans of radio, hunters diplomas radiosportsmeny and all the people who support the HAM-spirit! BSCC (Black Sea Contest Club) invites you to participate in the «Black Sea Cup International» 2013, to which there are very few times. Each of you will find your interest in participating in our contest! Hunters for diplomas - Diploma «W-BSCC-M». DX-swap will be an additional opportunity to work with ineresuyuschimi countries and territories. Contesters - tempo and interesting competition with worthy prizes. Radio Club popularize their activities, putting their headquarters to participate, as well as a chance to win the trophy for his club (this year, two of them - for all HQ and Ukraine separately).
Start a contest: 02 February 2013 12:00 UTC
Completion: February 3, 2013 at 11:59 UTC
Rules «Black Sea Cup International» (English)
Position «Black Sea Cup International» (Russian)
Databases for BSCI Contest 2013 by SP5KP:
Win Test - http://pga-zawody.eham.pl/downloads.php?cat_id=31
N1MM - http://pga-zawody.eham.pl/downloads.php?cat_id=32
TR4W - http://pga-zawody.eham.pl/downloads.php?cat_id=35
Write Log - http://pga-zawody.eham.pl/downloads.php?cat_id=33
It's a competition every year is gaining rapidly in popularity among amateurs of the world. Each year, sponsors are preparing wonderful awards for all categories.
To date, the list of sponsors and prizes BSCI 2013 is as follows:

«Worldwide»


Donor

SSB HP (exceeding 100 W)


UU4JMG

CW HP (exceeding 100 W)
UU2JZ

Mixed mode HP (exceeding 100 W)


UT5UGR

SSB LP (up to 100 W)
UT5EO

CW LP (up to 100 W)
US2IR

Mixed mode LP (up to 100 W)
UT2UB

Mixed mode QRP (up to 5 W)
UR5LO

Mixed Mode (MS)
UR7GO

Mixed Mode (SO) 160M
UX0LL

Mixed Mode (SO) 80M
UY5AA

Mixed Mode (SO) 40M


Mixed Mode (SO) 20M
UU0JM

Mixed Mode (SO) 15M


Mixed Mode (SO) 10M


«Black Sea Countries»


Donor

SSB HP (exceeding 100 W)
UT0EO

CW HP (exceeding 100 W)
UU5WW

Mixed mode HP (exceeding 100 W)


UY6IM

SSB LP (up to 100 W)
UX7FC & UX7FD

CW LP (up to 100 W)
US2IR

Mixed mode LP (up to 100 W)
UY7C

Mixed mode QRP (up to 5 W)
UU4JMG

Mixed Mode (MS)


UT5EL & BLRCI

Mixed Mode (SO) 160M
UU7J

Mixed Mode (SO) 80M
UR5FEO

Mixed Mode (SO) 40M
UU4JMG

Mixed Mode (SO) 20M
UU6JJ

Mixed Mode (SO) 15M


Mixed Mode (SO) 10M


«Black Sea Contest Club members»


Donor

SSB HP (exceeding 100 W)


US4LS

CW HP (exceeding 100 W)
UU5WW

Mixed mode HP (exceeding 100 W)


UT5EL & BLRCI

SSB LP (up to 100 W)
UT5EO

CW LP (up to 100 W)
US2IR

Mixed mode LP (up to 100 W)
UT5EO

Mixed mode QRP (up to 5 W)


UU0JM

Mixed Mode (MS)
UZ5DX

Mixed Mode (SO) 160M
UU7J

Mixed Mode (SO) 80M
UT5UGR

Mixed Mode (SO) 40M
UU5AF

Mixed Mode (SO) 20M


Mixed Mode (SO) 15M


Mixed Mode (SO) 10M


HQ Ukraine - UT5EL & BLRCI
HQ World - UR5EAW
"Will to Win" - US2IR
E contest-awards - UZ1RR
"For the best results among the Ukrainian stations at 28 Mhz" - Award from the domestic manufacturer of antennas Anatoly UY5HF - 4 el. Yagi at 28.

Prize from the domestic manufacturer of antennas Anatoly UY5HF - 4 el. Yagi at 28

"For the best results among the Ukrainian stations (SO) in the age category of 18" - Award from domestic producers QSL cards UX1HW 1000 special printing full color QSL cards.

"For the third result of Ukrainian stations (MO)" - Prize from UV5EOZ 1000 special printing full color QSL cards.
"For the best results among the Ukrainian stations, members of the BSCC (Black Sea Contest Club) in the category Mixed mode HP (exceeding 100 W)" - spetsalno prize Sergei Kuvshinova, 4L6QC - Collectible 3-liter pack of wine brand "Saperavi" (Georgia).

Spetsalno prize Sergei Kuvshinova, 4L6QC - Collectible 3-liter pack of wine brands Saperavi (Georgia)
"The best team in the BSCI HQ 2013" - special prize for the best result UT7UT of HQ stations (Ukraine and World).
Scoring: The maximum number of confirmed QSOs, repeats at various different Bands and Modes.
The prize: a flag with the logo of the club of the winning team and the callsign (example: http://ut7ut.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EM44U_URFF095.jpg)
"Rosiyskoy collective Station (MO), show the 9-th result of collectives of Russia, offset (UA1-UA0)" - a special prize from Gennady RL3KQ transceiver SW-2010RD included: power cord, PTT, USB cord to a computer (CAT, PTT , CW), CD ROM with manuals, diagrams and drivers.
special award from Gennady RL3KQ transceiver SW-2010RD


Thank you guys!
The remaining awards are waiting for their sponsors!
Sign in the history of radio, club and individual contest sponsorm one of the nominations! - Traditionally, the name applied to sponsor plketku nomination. Sponsored nominations from previous years can follow any responses always seen on the official website «Black Sea Cup International» section TROPHIES DONORs
About sponsorship please uu0jm@bk.ru
Black Sea Contest Club will primnogo grateful for broadcast this message to all your quadrupeds U.S. radio mass media sources!
See you in the contest!

 

5Mcontest by UT7MA - official site
(Download 5Mcontest: http://5mcontest.qrz.ru/5MContest_FULL_Setup.exe)

AATest v1.81 - official site
A special edition of AALog, optimized for the use in a lot of different contests. Platform: Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP
(Download AATest: here)

SD by EI5DI - official site
SD sets the standard for fast, simple logging and editing in the major international contests and in dozens of others worldwide. It is intended for single-op unassisted entries, on both SSB and CW. It runs on Windows, from Windows 95 to Windows 7, on Linux/Wine, and on Apple Mac with either Bootcamp or Parallels - using a character-based user interface.

(Download SD: http://www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe)

SP7DQR SWL Contest Software (SWL_DQR_Log) - official site
SP7DQR, Marek Niedzielski, created a program specialized for use by SWL's in contesting. The program offers the possibilty to change the settings of the input parameters. Due to that feature the program can be used in at least 90% of the international contests having a SWL section. Latest version: 1.2.0 , now with dupe check.

(Download SWL_DQR_Log: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/load/0-0-0-72-20)

MixW - official site
StatsBSCI.zip for MixW TNX UT2UZ
(Download MixW: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/load/0-0-0-45-20)