The UBA Section MCL - Mechelen invites all radio amateurs to participate in the 36th edition of the ON Contest.

1 - Contestperiods

6 meters Phone/CW 25/09/2016 from 07:00 UTC to 10:00 UTC.
80 meters SSB 2/10/2016 from 06:00 UTC to 10:00 UTC.
80 meters CW 9/10/2016 from 06:00 UTC to 09:00 UTC.
2 meters Phone/CW 16/10/2016 from 06:00 UTC to 10:00 UTC.

2 - Categories

a ON stations.
a2 ON stations QRP.
b ONL (Belgium SWL's member of the UBA).
c UBA sections.
d Foreign stations.
e Foreign SWL.

Remarks:
QRP: Participants in this category will state clearly "QRP" in the heading of their log and state they didn't used more power the 5W in CW or 10W in SSB.

UBA-sections: In each contest part only those sections are counted from which at least 5 logs (ON + ONL) (80m CW 3 logs) with each at least 25 valid QSO's. The points of the 3 best logs are added together to produce the result of the sections. To determinate the final result for the sections, the totals obtained by the sections are dived by a factor equal to the average of the first 3 ON station of that contestpart/10000.

For foreign stations, only QSOs with Belgian stations are valid.

3 - Bands

Use the IARU contest preferred bandsegments:
80m CW: 3510 to 3560 KHz.
80m SSB: 3600 to 3650 and from 3700 to 3775 KHz.

4 - Contest call and exchange

CQ ON Contest
Stations in Belgium: RS(T) + QSO-number from 001 + UBA Section (stations not member of the UBA will give XXX)
Stations outside Belgium: RS(T) + QSO-number from 001
Only stations operating from inside Belgium can give a UBA section as multiplier.

5 - Points

3 points for each QSO. For ONL/SWL 3 points for every ON station heard.

6 - Multipliers

1 multiplier for each UBA Section (XXX is also a multiplier).

7 - Final Result

The number of QSO points multiplied with the number of multipliers.