Originally the BWC Members' Activity Contest, this event has been re-named in honour of Tony M3OTT, who passed away in 2009.

It is an activity contest for BWC Members and has been devised to encourage our Members to try their hands at contesting. It's a friendly event, covering the 160m, 6m, 4m, 2m and 70cm bands, with a power limit of 10W, so that all Licensees can compete on an equal footing. The event comprises two one-week sessions, in March and November, and the scores are accumulated between the two.
Bonus points are scored for contacts with other BWC Members, and with our two Club Stations (G0BWC and G1ONE) which will be active throughout both weeks.

2010 Dates and Rules

First week: Sunday 28th Feb to Saturday 6th Mar 2010 inclusive
this includes the RSGB contest sessions on 4m on 28-Feb, 2m on 2-Mar and 2m/70cm on 6-Mar

Second week: Sunday 7th Nov to Saturday 13th Nov 2010 inclusive
this includes the RSGB contest sessions on 70cm on 9-Nov and 160m on 13-Nov

Each of the contest sessions run from 00.01 Sunday to 23.59 on the following Saturday.

Rules

(updated on 3-Feb-2010)

Only SSB, CW, FM or AM modes may be used on the 160m, 6m, 4m, 2m, and 70cm bands.
10 Watts PEP maximum transmitter output is permitted.
No repeater, satellite contacts or digital modes (apart from hand-sent CW) are allowed.
Each valid contest exchange must include:

• Date, time and frequency band of contact
• Readability (1..5)
• Signal strength (1...9)
• Location (postal district or IARU locator, or Club name during 160m Club Calls Contest)
• Operator name where possible (not mandatory during RSGB contest sessions)

for example...
"G0BWC from G7ROM- you are 59 in Bolton BL1 and my name is Andy"
"DK7ZB from M0ICK/P – you are 55023 in IO83RO"

Scoring

• UK contacts 5 points
• Outside UK 10 points
• Bonus points 10 points per band for each BWC Member worked
• Bonus points 100 points per band for working Club Stations G0BWC or G1ONE

Entries

Only BWC Members may enter.
Entries may combine operation from the Main Station with portable or mobile.

Make sure that your log records all details carefully: don't forget any callsign suffix used (/P, /A, /M)
Also record the time and date of each contact.
You can download a logsheet for the event from here, but we much prefer entries in electronic format, as this speeds up the adjudication and reduces errors. See below for an example of how to submit your entry by email.

All logs must be submitted no later than 22-Mar and 29-Nov.

The Adjudicator’s decision is final, and interim results after the first session will be announced in April, with the overall winner will receiving their trophy at the AGM in January 2011.

All you need to do is enter your log as text in an email message (or as an attachment).
The required fields must be separated by semi-colons, and be in the correct order:
Date;Time;Station;Band;RS_sent;RS_received;Op_name;Locator;Points;Bonuses
Then email your entry to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Here is an example of submitting an entry by email:

Note that if you didn’t get all the operator names during the RSGB contest sessions, this field should be left blank (;;).
Where no bonus points are claimed, just put a zero in the last field.
Make sure that you’ve stated your callsign and the Section you’re entering in the message.

Please email your entries to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

2010 results

2009 results

Fixed section

Portable section