Bangalore Amateur Radio Club

The Organising Committee of Hamfest India 2009 conducted a HF Phone & CW Contest Commemorating the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Bangalore Amateur Radio Club (VU2ARC: 1959 - 2009)

"BARC Golden Jubilee HF CONTEST"

Phone Contest:
Start Date & Time: 23.05.09, 0600 Hrs.
End Date & Time: 24.05.09, 1800 Hrs.

CW Contest:
Start Date & Time: 30.05.09, 0600 Hrs.
End Date & Time: 31.05.09, 1800 Hrs.

ALL BANDS: 3.5, 7, 14, 21, 28 MHz.

The contest was open to and among VU Hams only. Contacts with Dx hams by VU hams were invalid.

General Guidlines - Exchange Serial numbers:
Every QSO with Non-Bangalore Hams gives you 1 point. QSO with Bangalore Hams gives you 5 points.
Only Bangalore Hams give the last three digits of their PIN code instead of serial number. Example: VU2... living in 560025 gives 5925 or 59925 for SSB or CW respectively. No duplicate QSO with the same PIN code area of Bangalore.
Only one QSO is permitted in all the bands put together.
Example: If you work VU2XYZ on 7 Mhz, you cannot work him on any other band again.
Final Score is the sum of QSO points put together.

The contest Judges were OM Ramesh V (VU3VRL), Member Organising Committee, HFI-2009 and OM Varadan (VU3ITI).

BARC Golden Jubilee HF Contest Results
Phone Contest

VU3SIO-Sanil Deep, 1st Place
VU3WIB-Dalayan, 2nd Place
VU2YE–Ramesh, 3rd Place
VU2UR–Arasu, 4th Place
VU2JQX-Anil Kumar, 5th place
Special Prize for SWL Participant: (VU2003SWL)
Siddhalingesh Basawanal
CW Contest

VU2JQX-Anil Kumar, 1st Place
VU2JOS-Jose, 2nd Place
VU2PAL – Pal, 3rd Place
VU2GUR – Guru, 4th Place
VU2UR – Arasu, 5th Place

All the participants who have sent their logs will be given "Participation Certificate". The Contest Winners will be awarded Mementos during the HFI-2009 on 7 - 8 November 2009.