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BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014

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Few participants. That was the main point teams race. Among SWLers theare were no after our annual event. It has droped from suprise to see Vladimir R3A-847 with the best more than 600 to 420 and we still have no result. There were only CW mode used by real answers why. DX stations, and here we see our well known Anyway, let us congratulate the winners Markas 4Z4KX at the top. of the 49th Baltic Contest and express great After long debates the Contest Committee thanks to those who joined us in the contest. has decided to keep existing rules of the con- After some time we have LY call sign on the test at least in 2014. There were lots of inter- top of Baltic SO MIX entry. Darius LY3BN has esting and constructive ideas. Many thanks taken away the victory from Tommas ES5Q to YL and ES guys for showing huge activity finishing with same result, but less mistakes. in this debate. However, we have decided to Arvydas LY2F hasn‘t left any chances in CW concentrate in promoting the contest, web mode and Karlis YL2CI was No 1 in SSB. An- page and other things we could do without drius LY7Z and cluster has won the medal changing the rules. Lets look how it will go. among teams and Kestutis LYR-346 was the Big thanks to everybody who took their only participant in SWL entry. time to participate and all the sponsors of Roman UW2M was the best among Eu- special trophies. We hope to be back on track ropeans in MIX entry, Max RA1AL with very with increasing activity and reach the levels small reserve won in CW. Alexander UA1AQA we had several years ago. has showed best skills in SSB. And SP2YWL CU in our 50th anniversary Baltic Contest company will get their medal for winning in soon!

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1 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 The WINNERS of Baltic Contest 2013 The winners in Baltic countries Entry Winner A /MIX/ Darius Senikas LY3BN B /CW/ Arvydas Rimėnas LY2F C /SSB/ Karlis Janusevskis YL2CI D /Multi Op/ Andrius Ignotas LY7Z E /SWL/ Kęstutis Dailyda LYR-346

The winners in European countries The winners in DX countries Entry Winner Entry Winner A /MIX/ Roman Tkachenko UW2M B /CW/ Mark Stern 4Z4KX B /CW/ Max Shumanov RA1AL C /SSB/ Aleksandr Pribora UA1AQA Sekcja Krótkofalowców MKS D /Multi Op/ “Galeon” SP2YWL E /SWL/ Vladimir Ignatov R3A-847 The WINNERS of Special Trophies

Trophy Winner Donor Europe EW8DX Yuri A.Buslov S. Franckevičius LY4AA Baltic countries LP (less LY9A Gediminas Lučinskas Estonian Amateur Radio Union than 100W output) Non Baltic countries LP R1AT Igor Ivanov Latvian Radio Amateur League (less than 100W output) North America VE9HF Rick Williams M. Jukna LY4L Biržai RC, R. Šaltauskas LY1Z Europe CW EW8EW Vlad Shtin Memorial Estonia ES5Q Toomas Soomets R.Baltušis LY6A Latvia YL2SM Viesturs Jakovlevs LY7A contest team YL SI3A Liv Ulla Norrmen M.Stern 4Z4KX, LY2NL Memorial Youth (until 16 years) YL1XN Kristers Misa J. Urbonas LY4T Lithuania CW LY2MM Albinas Štaraitis G. Lučinskas LY3BA Oldtimer BC (more than LY9Y Jurgis Ignotas KTU RC, A.Macas LY2OO Memorial 60 years) Baltic countries QRP (less SM6FUD Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society than 5W output) Bengt O. Christensen Best in Scandinavia ES2TI Sven Olander T. Vahk ES5TV SWL SP4-208 Jozef Burdyn V. Morkūnas LY3BY Russia CW RW3XM Oleg Lashchuk V. Ščiučka LY2KZ

2 3 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 TOPS of each entry Results by Baltic countries Entry, call, CFM points, WKD points Entry, call, CFM points, WKD points Baltic countries European Countries DX Estonia A /MIX/ A /MIX/ B /CW/ A ES5Q 323 338 C ES8TJM 82 89 1. LY3BN 323 334 1. UW2M 1638 1790 1. 4Z4KX 1201 1301 A ES1TU 290 309 C ES4RAO 65 72 2. ES5Q 323 338 2. EW8DX 1469 1558 2. VE9HF 359 482 A ES2EZ 277 297 C ES2IPA 52 56 3. YL2SM 315 332 3. R1AT 1409 1564 3. VE1ZJ 117 218 A ES2NF 154 181 C ES6KW 45 49 4. SP4Z 1375 1401 A ES5QA 147 155 C ES3BQ 15 15 4. LY5R 315 334 5. SM6FUD 1295 1393 5. YL9T 315 335 6. SP9H 1274 1361 A ES2TI 146 165 C ES8AY 6 11 6. LY9Y 314 329 7. EU5M 1273 1293 A ES4OJ 133 167 D ES1O 130 143 7. YL2KO 314 335 8. EU3NA 1171 1214 B ES2MC 179 183 X ES2DW 8. LY4A 309 340 9. UT3SO 1133 1177 B ES4RX 165 185 X ES3BM 9. YL7A 307 329 10. R7MC 1068 1111 B ES5DB 155 162 X ES3RD 10. LY9A 304 323 B /CW/ B ES2JJ 145 167 X ES5EX B ES3RF 131 135 X ES5YG B /CW/ 1. RA1AL 987 1011 2. EW8EW 953 997 B ES2BH 124 140 X ES5JR 1. LY2F 216 223 3. RW3XM 949 961 B ES3CC 122 149 X ES5TRA 2. LY2MM 208 215 4. SP1AEN 924 967 B ES8DH 52 55 X ES6PA 3. LY2J 203 216 5. UA1ANA 898 932 C ES5RW 160 170 4. LY2NK 197 206 6. UX1VT 883 908 C ES1TP/2 130 143 5. LY2BKT 196 205 7. M0UNN 881 958 C ES6RMR 100 101 6. YL0Y 189 199 8. DL1IAO 844 913 9. SP4GL 843 862 7. LY3DA 189 203 10. OZ1IKY 841 901 Latvia 8. LY3QA 188 195 A YL2SM 315 332 A YL2AQ 21 31 C YL2IP 76 89 9. LY3B 180 189 C /SSB/ A YL9T 315 335 B YL0Y 189 199 C YL3GIR 54 58 10. LY2K 180 192 1. UA1AQA 855 886 A YL2KO 314 335 B YL2KF 170 181 C YL2MQ 48 60 C /SSB/ 2. OZ1ADL 840 930 3. IK2YCW 753 783 A YL7A 307 329 B YL3FW 168 179 C YL3AHE 38 44 1. YL2CI 169 183 4. 9A3B 746 796 A YL9W 294 342 B YL2QN 154 166 K YL3FT 2. ES5RW 160 170 5. DF2SD 737 765 A YL2BJ 269 288 B YL2FD 148 170 X YL2BR 3. YL2GB 151 159 6. R3LC 731 745 A YL2PJ 255 265 B YL2TB 107 109 X YL3AX 4. LY4Q 151 170 7. RA1ANY 702 713 A YL2PA 224 244 B YL2CP 41 43 X YL4U 5. LY4OO 150 160 8. SI3A 696 750 A YL5W 222 248 C YL2CI 169 183 X YL8M 6. LY2OU 145 152 9. IK2LFF 636 693 A YL3AD 197 217 C YL2GB 151 159 10. SP4SHD 630 640 7. LY4BR 145 156 A YL2II 173 185 C YL1XN 139 146 8. YL1XN 139 146 A YL2GD 147 159 C YL2GQG 128 142 9. ES1TP/2 130 143 D /MULTI OP/ 1. SP2YWL 1652 1688 A YL2GLU 72 78 C YL3GAO 101 103 10. YL2GQG 128 142 2. SN7X 1443 1623 D /MULTI OP/ 3. EU1WW 1324 1395 Lithuania 1. LY7Z 272 286 A LY3BN 323 334 A LY1N 247 269 B LY2F 216 223 2. LY550W 226 249 A LY5R 315 334 A LY2RJ 245 257 B LY2MM 208 215 3. ES1O 130 143 A LY9Y 314 329 A LY2KM 213 219 B LY2J 203 216 E /SWL/ A LY4A 309 340 A LY2BUU 169 171 B LY2NK 197 206 1. R3A-847 1159 A LY9A 304 323 A LY1SR 168 184 B LY2BKT 196 205 E /SWL/ 2. SP4-208 589 A LY2XW 295 315 A LY2NY 161 171 B LY3DA 189 203 1. LYR-346 91 3. LZ1G42 426 A LY4L 293 308 A LY1CR 160 171 B LY3QA 188 195 A LY2CO 286 291 A LY1CT 141 149 B LY3B 180 189 A LY49BC 271 282 A LY2N 30 30 B LY2K 180 192 Bolded calls are awarded by certificates or trophies A LY5I 248 260 B LY2T 178 183

4 5 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 B LY1M 171 176 C LY2O 127 131 E LYR346 91 K LY2DX Results by European countries B LY2KA 162 174 C LY5Y 123 141 K LY2KZ Entry, call, CFM points, WKD points B LY2AJ 157 167 C LY1RB 104 106 K LY4G ALAND ISLANDS C OK1MJA 479 510 B LY2GV 145 152 C LY2ND 93 95 K LY6A B RW3AI 231 232 B OH0X 361 374 C OK3KW 384 476 C UA1AQA 855 886 B LY4BF 142 151 C LY2BCE 92 105 K LY7M C OK1VHV 320 370 C R3LC 731 745 B LY1EE 140 143 C LY3UT 87 93 X LY2BOS C OK1KZ 250 252 C RA1ANY 702 713 AUSTRIA C OK8EU 193 193 E R3A-847 1159 B LY1CX 116 122 C LY3S 85 92 X LY3RA C OK2BEN 118 118 B LY2TS 114 120 C LY1R 84 84 X LY3ST C OE5XTM/P 405 588 K RN3BO E OK2-9329 350 X RK3EK B LY3BY 108 111 C LY1DA 83 86 X LY3VP X OK1XQ X RN3F B LY5O 100 106 C LY1DK 65 72 X LY3ZM BELGIUM X OK2BDR X RN4HAB X OK2LW B LY3BB 83 89 C LY2HW 63 84 X LY4R B ON5JD 150 250 X RT4W X OK6AB X RT7T B LY3CY 78 78 C LY4LA 60 64 X LY5AA X RV3ATS B LY2DV 70 88 C LY3TW 55 61 X LY5W X RW4WA BELARUS B LY2TA 66 71 C LY3UV 38 40 DENMARK X UA1CKC C LY4Q 151 170 C LY3PDX 36 40 A EW8DX 1469 1558 X UA3QPA A EU5M 1273 1293 A OZ7EA 667 679 X UA4FDL C LY4OO 150 160 C LY2BAG 32 33 A EU3NA 1171 1214 B OZ1IKY 841 901 C LY2OU 145 152 D LY7Z 272 286 B EW8EW 953 997 B OU2V 666 753 B OZ4CG 651 705 C LY4BR 145 156 D LY550W 226 249 B EW7SM 706 749 B EW8OF 342 382 B OV0V 511 627 FINLAND C LY2ER 127 131 E LYR346 91 D EU1WW 1324 1395 C OZ1ADL 840 930 B OH6NPV 236 267 X OZ1GIC C OH3P 467 508 K – check log. X OZ2TF X – Calls of participants determined using computer analysis. C OH1JTL 379 461 X OH5TS BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA ENGLAND X E73RB The number of participants in Baltic Contest B M0UNN 881 958 FRANCE from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania B G4EBK 700 766 C F4GFT 1 1 B G3RSD 538 553 X F5FJ BULGARIA B G0GDU 336 460 X F5IYU 100 B LZ2FM 404 434 B G3RIR 140 200 93 94 X G0UCH Lithuania Estonia Latvia B LZ2TF 233 274 88 X G3OFA 90 E LZ1G42 426 87 86 86 84 X G3UFY GERMANY 82 83 K LZ5R 81 80 A DL1NKS 936 1039 80 76 76 B DL1IAO 844 913 72 B DL3KWF 741 779 69 69 69 CROATIA EUROPEAN RUSSIA 70 66 66 B DL2OM 735 824 64 64 65 66 64 64 A R1AT 1409 1564 62 B 9A/DL4JU 615 693 B DG7EE 728 812 60 59 58 59 A R7MC 1068 1111 60 58 C 9A3B 746 796 B DK3YD 451 461 56 A R7MM 1017 1068 54 54 54 C 9A3NI 564 610 B DL3ZZA 433 480 52 53 A RA3NC 922 980 50 K 9A3XV C DF2SD 737 765 50 A UA6CC 833 862 C DC1JAG 456 486 44 45 4544 45 42 42 A RG5A 761 792 C DL9FB 124 126 41 40 40 B RA1AL 987 1011 40 38 38 37 C DD9WG 92 93 36 35 35 35 35 CZECH REPUBLIC B RW3XM 949 961 34 34 33 33 33 D DL2SAX 368 412 32 31 B UA1ANA 898 932 29 29 A OK2MBP 1043 1117 E DL-P01-17291 330 30 B OK2SAR 767 841 B RV3F 816 833 K DK8NT 24 B OK2NO 751 799 B RO5O 793 818 K DL7USW/P 19 B RK3ER 792 838 20 B OK2EC 654 754 K DM5DX 17 B RV3FW 768 845 13 B OK1FMX 592 604 X DB3DC B OK5TFC 592 635 B RD3FP 660 714 X DC4BWS 10 B OK1HEH 561 603 B UA1CEC 565 587 X DF5BX B OK1FTG 482 533 B RZ3QS 549 620 X DF5ST 0 B OK1FKD 341 352 B RA1TV 446 448 X DF9EA 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 B OK1LO 336 377 B UA3AKI 433 475 B OK1XR 180 290 B UA3QAM 420 441 C OK2KLD 629 640 B RM2U 327 337

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X DF9EY MOLDOVA SERBIA THE NETHERLANDS B UX4FC 805 879 WALES X DG8OAW B ER5AA/P 564 614 B YU1ML 249 300 B PA3AAV 523 556 B UW1WU 800 823 C GW4BLE 573 595 X DJ1RK X YT9M B PA3GQF 262 299 B UR5LF 774 827 X GC4FOC/P X DJ3XD X YU2A B PA2W 169 191 B UT8AS 770 803 X DJ5QV NORTHEN IRELAND C PI4ZI 404 430 B UR7MZ 761 885 X DJ7MH C GI4AAM 147 197 C PF9A 219 229 B UX1CL 696 794 X DL1DQW X PA0CT B UY7LM 574 613 X DL1RNN SLOVAKIA X PA2PCH B UW1U 431 452 X DL2ASB NORWAY C OM7AB 592 604 X PA4HM B US1VM 262 409 X DL2KEB B LA6DW 286 366 X OM5ALC X PA5WK C UR7MN 525 546 X DL5ZBA D LA5G 651 806 X OM7YC X PE0TS C UR4MS 460 470 X DL6KAI X LA3HPA X OM8CA C UT4QV 402 424 X DL7LX X OM8LD C UV5EEO 389 440 X DL9GS UKRAINE E USF-007 337 X DO1HDR POLAND A UW2M 1638 1790 X UY5BA X DO1MGN A SP4Z 1375 1401 A UT3SO 1133 1177 X UR7GO X DO4MTB A SP9H 1274 1361 SLOVENIA A UT1IM 950 1015 X US1GCU X DO8ABS A SN4AAZ/9 61 72 B S51DX 657 724 B UX1VT 883 908 X DO8WA B SP1AEN 924 967 D S59T 55 67 B SP4GL 843 862 X S58N GREECE B SP2FGO 686 706 B SP2RIQ 69 120 X SV1PMR C SP4SHD 630 640 SPAIN C SP7VTQ 605 619 X EA1EXE HUNGARY C SP2ILQ 416 446 X EA1NE C SP8BOZ 396 438 X EA5EN A HA1TI 698 710 C SQ5SUL 126 146 X EC7AMY X HA1A D SP2YWL 1652 1688 X ED1R X HG6V D SN7X 1443 1623 X ED5T X HG7T E SP4-208 589 X SP3PWL SWEDEN IRELAND X SP4JCP X SQ5M A SM6FUD 1295 1393 X EI5KF A SM6FKF 988 1031 A SM4DQE 964 1005 PORTUGAL ITALY B SI5Y 637 668 X CT1AGF B SA1A 624 653 Results by DX countries B IK0EFR 618 733 B SM5CSS 622 633 B IZ5FXD 148 195 B SE6N 564 585 Entry, call, CFM points, WKD points B IZ4AKO 86 137 ROMANIA C SI3A 696 750 ASIATIC RUSSIA CANARY ISLANDS C IK2YCW 753 783 B YO9AGI 722 755 C SM0LIU 165 186 X RT9X X EF8U C IK2LFF 636 693 C YO3CZW 595 596 C IZ5GSF 35 187 X YO4GM X I0ZUT X YO8TTT SWITZERLAND BOLIVIA X I1YDT X HB3YVU X CP4BT ISRAEL X I3VJW X HB9FBL X IK2JUA SCOTLAND B 4Z4KX 1201 1301 BRAZIL X IK8TLZ B GM4UBJ 339 446 X IQ1EE/1 X PY2EL X IV3UHL UNITED STATES X IZ5YFU CANADA X IZ6CLZ B K1BV 107 248 B VE9HF 359 482 X AA3B B VE1ZJ 117 218 X K1DM X VE9AA X K1MC X K4WMS X N3QE

K – check log X - Calls of participants determined using computer analysis 8 9 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 The number of participants in Baltic Contest SOAP BOX by different countries YL2QN not does not make any sense staying awake Homebrew Softrock SDR, PowerSDR during nighttime. Received a comment from UA9 80 WTTS (4xIR510) Steve GW4BLE during the contest: “Make it K Inverted L with 4 elevated resonant radials shorter!”. Good point, Steve. We cannot avoid VE Low height dipole, K9AY discussions anymore. EA8 DL4JU EW7SM 4Z Spontanno poluchilos’ porabotat’ 4 chasa v TNX for CONTEST, UR teste, na nevysoko visjawij dipol’, 73! SV no kak vsegda poluchil ogromnoe SP udovol’stvie. Spasibo organizatoram! EW8DX 73! Yuri DL4JU, ex UQ2GHW, IOTA EU-136 TNX 73! SM S5 DK3YD G0GDU RA Tnx for sending me the nice booklet; stn: TS- RIG es FT1000 wid 100W into W3DZZ @ 8m PY 850S, P_out = 100 W; above ground PA dipole at 17 m; started late at 0037z call CQ, Nice contest = hope CUAGN next year nice pile-ups; OZ see you all again next year GM4UBJ ON Good conditions this year with plenty of sta- OM DK8NT tions about,nice to hear OK Like last year, while primarily operating the station from start to end 73`s Bill GM4UBJ Rey de Espana contest, OH0 I called also UN contest participants and a GW4BLE OH few from the Baltic LIFE IS GOOD! - I am CLEAR OF CANCER, all OE contest. Here’s my checklog in the hope that treatment was a success. LZ my QSOs will be valid I agree with ES5RW, this contest needs to LA Series1 for those who worked me. Thank you all for change. Please start the the additional contacts! contest earlier or make it no more than two YU or three hours long. YO DL1IAO audio from my contest QSOs is available at I IC756Pro3 (INRAD) + IC4KL (700W), DP at www.gw4ble.dxlist.co.uk HB 17m YL2FD HA DL3KWF Thanks organisers for keeping the traditions GW Your statistics of 2012 shows, that 4 hours of Baltic Contest! GM are enough. In a fair contest have everybody Thanks All of You for QSO and Lets meet next GI QSOs with everybody, but the relation of year! G points ten to one are to much. No multipliers is very well. YL3FW F Tnx & 73! EU ES2JJ ER Trcvr-IC735 Ant-Delta loop Power-80Watts YL3GAO EI TRX=TS-870, ANT=Inverted-V, 15m agl ES5RW EA Sorry, but I have to repeat my last year’s com- LYR346 E7 ments. Boaring, very boaring. Made more GREAT SIGNALS AND ANNOYING COMPANY DL than half of the Q’s during the first hour, as OF Culex pipiens CT usual. We NEED to CHANGE something to in- CP crease the number of available Q’s: start the OH0X contest 2 hours earlier, limit the contest time Heavy QRN. Requested info: Age 35, Power 9A to 4 hours or to split the contest into 2 peri- 1.5kW ods of duration of 2 hours each. Making only 0 10 20 30 40 50 ONE single QSO during the last hour does

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OK1FKD SP4-208 RIG Elecraft K2 5W, ant LW 42m vy 73,gl! Baltic Contest in numbers OK1FMX UA3AKI Year Participants from ES YL LY Participants from Overall Number of TS850SAT + 300W,ANT G5RV. 73! ES, YL & LY non Baltic countries countries OK1LO UA6CC 1991 118 32 34 52 89 207 21 RIG: FT-817ND; 5W; DIPOLE TNX 73 1992 86 17 19 50 139 225 27 1993 117 24 29 64 124 241 26 OK1VHV UY7LM TRX: DX77E + ATU: EDX-2 + Ant: VS1AA/2 (cca ic-718 80w,TNX 73! 1994 123 13 29 81 121 244 27 20 m) 1995 149 41 36 72 168 317 33 USF-007 1996 172 59 44 69 185 357 34 OK2-9329 Antenna Delta 40m, Rig RX-HomeMade .In 1997 185 58 45 62 220 405 35 GOOD CONTEST WITH MANY STATIONS AND this year I work in QRQ CW HI. SEE YOU AGAIN the test as SWL (E) Condx is not goodat this 1998 165 59 42 64 265 430 43 year At 23Z I’m have some blackout about 30 1999 179 53 38 88 291 470 38 OK2NO min and make break for me in the test. So tnx 2000 182 45 44 93 291 473 39 FT 950 - 100W, LOOP 83m good test and cu next year, 73! 2001 178 54 40 84 308 486 41 OM7AB UW1U 2002 178 56 35 87 231 408 42 TCVR FT100D 90W.INVEE Dipole Ant. TRCVR Flex-3000 100W, Ant: OCF Dipole 2003 179 58 35 86 306 485 43 R3LC UX1CL 2004 205 69 42 94 443 648 49 RIG IC-7000, ANT Dipol, PWR 100W STARTED TNX 73! 2005 193 65 45 83 394 583 48 95 MIN, THEN 1KW 2006 176 66 34 76 354 530 45 LY4A R7MM Po visos dienos darbu prie antenu pazaidziau 2007 157 60 33 64 402 559 47 TNX 73 ir baltic conteste truputi. 2008 163 62 35 66 399 562 49 Diapazonas visas barskejo nuo iskrovu bet 2009 168 54 38 76 468 636 47 RN3BO pakenciamai nei galima buvo 73 ! tiketis. Kadangi dirbau tik su vienu drotgaliu 2010 168 64 31 69 442 610 46 tai kazka rimciau nelabai imanoma 2011 177 54 37 86 379 556 42 RO5O padaryti buvo. Iš tolimesniu patys ant CQ 2012 139 40 33 66 317 456 39 TNX 73 pasisauke K1DM,K1BV,VE9HF,VE1ZJ,4Z4KX 2013 148 35 33 80 266 414 44 sauke ir PY2EL ar koks ten jo call bet qso RW3AI padaryti nepavyko kaip ir su dar kokiais 2-3 Icom 7800 pwr 100 watts, Ant LW USA stotimis. Visiems dekui uz QSO... SI3A Thanks. It is very fun to run this contest ES2MC The number of participants in Baltic Contest again. I hope to meet you next year. 73 es 88 I guess that ERAU Board and HF Commit- The number of participants in Baltic Contest de SM3LIV/Liv Ulla. YL-operator. tee are ready to discuss the future of the 700 636 Baltic countries (LY; YL; ES) 648 610 587 559 562 556 BC, that obviously needs changes. The „just 600 Europe & DX SI5Y 80m night-time contest“ has clearly lost its 530 All participants 470 473 486 485 456 Nice activity after ESC on TV atractiveness and activity seems to be on the 500 430 decline. Would be interesting to hear sug- 405 408 414 400 357 468 443 SM5CSS gestions from the participants of different 317 442 402 399 394 Elecraft K3 pwr=100W countries – how would they see the potential 300 244 379 207 225 241 354 317

change of the event? 308 306 200 291 291 266 73 265 230 220 205 193 185 185

SP1AEN 182 179 179 178 178 177 100 176 172 168 168 168 165 163 157 149 148 139 139 118 117 124 123 121 Tks for nice plaque for 2012 BC. 89 86 Nice contest. Starded many gd cw-op 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

12 13 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 The 50th BALTIC CONTEST 2014 QSO rates of MIX mode leaders General rules The Lithuanian Radio Sports Federation has the honor to invite radio amateurs all over the world to enter 48th Baltic Contest 2012. 1. Aim of the BC: to promote radio sport in the Baltic countries and to expand relations between amateurs 120 110 LY3BN of the Baltic and the world. 108 95 97 ES5Q 2. The object of BC: to establish as many contacts as possible with amateur stations world wide. 100 100 3. Period: from 2100z May 17, 2014 till 0200z May 18, 2014. 103 YL2SM 83 4. Sections: A – single operator, CW/SSB 80 B – single operator, CW 63 C – single operator, SSB 60 D – single operator, 2 hours, CW/SSB 65 42 E – multi operator, single TX 40 F – SWL 36 28 4.1. Any use of DX spotting networks (Skimmer, DX cluster, sked pages and etc.) for section A, 20 24 26 20 B, C, D is not permitted. 4.2. Only one transmitted signal is allowed at any time. 0 4.3. Only one period of two hours with biggest QSO number counts for section D competition, all contacts made outside this period will be automatically used for check. 1st hour 2nd hour 3rd hour 4th hour 5th hour 5. Frequencies: CW (3510-3600) kHz, SSB (3600-3650 and 3700-3750) kHz. 6. Contest call: CW – TEST BC, SSB – CQ Baltic Contest 7. Exchange: RS(T) and serial number starting from 001. Each station may be worked once in SSB and once in CW. 8. Scoring: for participants in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania each QSO with Europe counts 1 point and QSO with another continent counts 2 points. For participants in Europe each QSO with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania counts QSO rates of CW mode leaders 10 points, each QSO with another participants counts 1 point. For participants outside Europe each QSO with ES, YL, LY counts 20 points, each QSO with another participants counts 1 point. SWL report must contain both call signs and at least one of the control numbers. 120 9. Final score: sum of QSO points. When the number of points is equal, the criteria for priority are: for better 109 LY2F percentage of QSO confirmation; for more DX QSO. 100 101 10. Awards: certificates will be awarded to the leading stations of each section for every country (DXCC) in LY2MM accordance with the number of participants. Winners in A, B, C, D, E, F sections in the Baltic countries (ES, LY, 80 YL), in the Europe and outside Europe will receive originally designed medals. Special trophies: (trophy / donnor) 60 56 Europe S.Franckevičius LY4AA Baltic countries LP (less than 100W output) Estonian Amateur Radio Union 55 Non Baltic countries LP (less than 100W output) Latvian Radio Amateur League 40 28 30 19 North America M.Jukna LY4L 20 16 Europe CW Biržai RC, R.Šaltauskas LY1Z Memorial Estonia R.Baltušis LY6A 16 11 0 Latvia LY7A contest team YL M.Stern 4Z4KX, LY2NL Memorial 1st hour 2nd hour 3rd hour 4th hour 5th hour Youth (until 16 years) J.Urbonas LY4T Lithuania CW G.Lučinskas LY9A Oldtimer BC (more than 60 years) Kaunas University of Tehnology R.C., A.Macas LY2OO Memorial QSO rates of SSB mode leaders Baltic countries QRP (less than 5W output) Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society SWL V.Morkūnas LY3BY 100 Scandinavian countries Tonno Vahk ES5TV 92 Russia CW V. Ščiučka LY2KZ 90 YL2CI A station winning a medal (the entry winner) will not be considered for the special trophy. That trophy 80 91 ES5RW will be given to the second station if the number of entries justifies the medals. 70 11. Logs: Deadline 2014.07.01. Paper logs should be mailed to LRSF, P.O.Box 210, LT-44003 Kaunas, Lithuania. 60 Electronic logs should be sent to [email protected]. 50 46 The log MUST show the following information: call sign of participant, name, age, entry, power, and QSO in 40 47 37 chrological order. Each contact has to have correct time in GMT, frequency (or band), call, report with serial 30 number sent, and report with serial number received. A log without all required information may be reclas- sified to checklog. 20 21 7 Log submision address: E-mail: [email protected], Post office: P.O.Box 210, LT-44003 Kaunas, LITHUANIA. 10 1 4 12. Disqualification: If any participant violates contest rules, referees committee can disqualify that paticipant. 0 6 13.Referee committee: Referee committee decision is final and indisputable. 1st hour 2nd hour 3rd hour 4th hour 5th hour Future improvements: Any idea for contest improvement is welcome. Ideas should sent to [email protected] with topic “Ideas for BC” We hope that the participants will enjoy the contest. Welcome to BC-2014. 73! http://www.lrsf.lt/bcontest/

14 15 BALTIC CONTEST. RESULTS 2013 / RULES 2014 Welcome to Lithuanian Cup 2014

Gintas LY4R and Romas LY1SR.

3rd, 1st and 2nd places. Arvydas LY2DX and Bronius LY5O

Lithuanian Cup 2013 main photo.