Dear friends,

On behalf of the Lithuanian Radio Amateur Society (LRMD) we would like to invite you and your fellow radio amateurs
to participate in the annual LY VUSHF Championship which is scheduled to take place, as usually, on the third
Saturday of August.

              GENERAL RULES OF LITHUANIAN VHF/UHF/SHF CONTEST 2013

                           *** LY VUSHF CONTEST ***

DATE: 17th of August, 2013. TIME: 17.00 - 23.00 UTC BANDS: 144 MHz, 432 MHz, 1296 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 5.7 GHz, 10 GHz 73, LY3UE Oleg Sokolov LRMD VHF manager P.S. Results of LY VUSHF contest 2012 you can find here: http://www.lrmd.lt/utb/contest/results/lyvhf2012_en.pdf


CONTACTS: All operation in accordance with IARU Region 1 bandplans. Any
station may be worked, but to classify, QSO with at least 1 LY station is
necessary. Contacts via active repeaters, MS and EME are not valid.

MODES: CW, SSB, FM.

EXCHANGE: Signal report RS(T), serial number of QSO, starting from 001 in
each band, and WWL locator.

SCORING:
1 point/ kilometer on 144 MHz,
2 points/ kilometer on 432 MHz,
4 points/ kilometer on 1296 MHz,
8 points/ kilometer on 2.3 GHz,
16 points/ kilometer on 5.7 GHz,
32 points/ kilometer on 10 GHz.

Final score is the sum of all points in all bands during the contest period.

CLASSES:
1. Single operator. (SO)
2. Multi operators (up to 3). (MO)

AWARDS:
Up to three highest scoring stations in each class of each participating
country will receive the awards.

LOGS:
The logs must be postmarked within two weeks after contest period and sent
with subject „LY VUSHF 2013“ to e-mail : ly2at (at) qrz.lt

It is advised to submit your log in REG1TES (EDI) format.

JUDGING:

The judging of entries is carried out by the LY VUSHF Championship Contest Committee,
whose decision shall be final, participants can ask information about errors.
Contact could be scored as valid if correspondent's log was not received, but callsign
of correspondent is mentioned at least in two different station logs.
The Contest Commitee will not count incomplete or incorrect contest exchange,
contact with missing information or with a delay time more than 10 minutes.
Errors in the callsign and contest exchanges will be penalised by deducting the score,
claimed for the pertaining contact.