LZ HF FIELD DAY KARLOVO 2025
1. Organizer: Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs, Milara Contest Club LZ1KFM/LZ5R and Bolkan Contest Group
2. Date: 05/07 . 09 . 2025
3. Location: Karlovo, Bulgaria
4. Accomodation: Hotel “Sterev”
3. All licensed radio amateurs have the right to participate in the contest. Foreign participants do not pay for accommodation; the cost is covered by the BFRA.
The applications for rooms are accepted at the following mail: lz1nk@yahoo.com
1. The GALA dinner on 06.09 is paid by the competitor, the price being 50 BGN per person.
2. For competitors and accompanying people, who do not wish to use the offered hotel – they can use other hotels or flats in the city of Karlovo and the region, but they have to pay the accomodation.
3. The starting tax for competitors, members of BFRA and international competitors is 20 BGN per person.
4. The starting tax for Bulgarian competitors not members of BFRA is 25 BGN per person.
5. If a generator is requested the price for members of BFRA and international competitors is 25 BGN per person.
6. If a generator is requested the price for non-membering competitors of BFRA is 30 BGN per person.
7. Competitors who wish to recieve a generator must send a mail or call 15 days before the competition.
8. Competitor registration and draft to recieve a competitor number and envelope will be held at 9am on September 6th 2025. The starting tax will be collected at the moment of registering in the hotel. The competitor number identifies the person holding it in the competiton and his location. The envelope contains information about the special callsign with which the competitor will compete. The right to compete have all radio amateurs having the required licence.
9. The arrival on-site is done 1 hour before the start of the competition. Every competitor is required to arrive by his means, walking or driving, to take his place and to setup his equipment. The places are marked beforehand with numbered poles and also on the map of the region (including GPS coordinates).
10. The start and end of the competition is decided by the organizers.The duration of the contest is 4 hours. Each competitor participates with his own transceiver with an output power up to 100 watts and power supply (battery or generator). Competitors with transceivers with output power above 100 watts must be limited to 100 watts output power. Antennas are provided with a certain length of transmitter and coaxial cable. It is forbidden to change the configuration and addition of radials or other cables. This year, the use of the Internet is allowed. A skimmer will be installed on the field and can be used by all participants.
11. All competitors must use reducers of RF power and antennas supplied by the company ACOM Ltd., which will be distributed among the competitors before the beginning of the contest.
12. Report: Exchange consists of a six-digit control number – RST followed by a serial number. The contest time is divided into 15-minute rounds. A contact with the same station can be repeated once in each round, regardless of the time since the previous contact. Example: if a contact with station X is made at 12:14, the next contact can be at 12:15 and it will be counted.
13. Mode and Band: Work is allowed only on 3.5mhz /from 3.510mhz to 3.600mhz/ of telegraphing in compliance with the rules of IARU 1 region.
14. Referees shall monitor during the contest the observation of the contest rules by the competitors and have the right to terminate the participation of a competitor in case of non-compliance with the contest rules or if his equipment creates interference.
15. Competition categories:
a) One operator without assitance. The organizer can announce additional categories based on the number of participants /if there are more than two competitors from one city/members of the same club/ and there are over five pairs/team ranking.
b) Based on countries – the top 3 results from the competitors of the country will be taken.
16. Logs in electronic format Cabrillo must be delivered to referees or flash not later than 16:30 local time.
17. The results and awards will be announced during the dinner after the competition day.
18. The awards are announced from the organizers and BFRA before every competition