HamSphere 4.0 Contest Calendar
NameLatin America & Carribean 24 hour
DescriptionHola amigos ! Welcome to our first HamSphere 4.0 Latin America and Caribbeans contest. You can work with everyone for distances points, but our Latin American and Caribbean friends will give you 10 extra points for each valid QSO and multipliers for their countries. Beam you antennas to South America and Caribbeans.

Categories:
Group A: Asia
Group B: Europe
Group C: North America
Group D: Africa and Oceania
Group E: Latin America and Caribbeans

1st places in every groups will receive 30 HS credits
2nd places in every groups will receive 20 HS credits
3rd places in every groups will receive 10 HS credits
ModeSSB
Bands60, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 11, 10 m
Rules NOTE: a frequency limit will be imposed on all bands (to allow non-contest stations room to operate during the contest).

All contest contacts MUST be above 35kHz from the bottom of each band (example: 7.035 and up, 14.235 and up, 21.335 and up). Any contest contact made below the 35kHz contest band edge will not count.


You can work all stations (inside and outside Latin America and Caribbeans areas) and you will receive points for distance between you and operator. You will receive 1 point for multiplier for each new worked Latin American and Caribbean country and territory one time during all event. You will receive 10 extra points for each valid QSO with Latin American and Caribbean operator. Repeated QSOs with the same operator are valid on every new band. Do not forget about 15 minutes rule. 15 minutes must have passed before you can contact the same op on a different band.
Score CalculationFinal result = (Total distances points + Total extra points)*(Total number of worked Latin AMerican and Caribbean countries and territories +1)
Max Power100 Watts
ExchangeRS+Serial number of QSO
QSO Points1 point per QSO (0-500km)
2 points per QSO (500km-2500km)
3 points per QSO (2500km-5000km)
4 points per QSO (5000km-10000km)
5 points per QSO (10000km-)

10 extra points for each valid QSO with Latin American and Caribbean operator
Extra infoMultipliers are each new worked country and territory from Latin America and Caribbean areas. List of countries and territories with their ISO2 valid for multipliers and 10 extra points is showed bellow:

ANGUILLA AI
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AG
ARGENTINA AR
ARUBA AW
BAHAMAS BS
BARBADOS BB
BELIZE BZ
BERMUDA BM
BOLIVIA BO
BONAIRE 1E
BRAZIL BR
CAYMAN ISLANDS KY
CHILE CL
COLOMBIA CO
COSTA RICA CR
CUBA CU
CURACAO CW
DOMINICA DM
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DO
EASTER ISLAND 2E
ECUADOR EC
EL SALVADOR SV
FRENCH GUIANA GF
GRENADA GD
GUADELOUPE GP
GUATEMALA GT
GUYANA GY
HAITI HT
HONDURAS HN
JAMAICA JM
MARTINIQUE MQ
MEXICO MX
MONTSERRAT MS
NICARAGUA NI
PANAMA PA
PARAGUAY PY
PERU PE
PUERTO RICO PR
SAINT BARTHELEMY BL
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS KN
SAINT LUCIA LC
SAINT MAARTEN SX
SAINT MARTIN MF
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES VC
SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA 3S
SURINAME SR
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TT
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TC
URUGUAY UY
VENEZUELA VE
VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) VG
VIRGIN ISLANDS (US) VI
Start date UTC2020-04-11 07:00
End date UTC2020-04-12 07:00
Log deadline UTC2020-04-14 00:00
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