REP – Rede dos Emissores Portugueses, sponsors ‘PORTUGAL DAY CONTEST’ each year on the second weekend of June, being part of IARU Contest Calendar. All radio amateurs of the world are welcome to participate!
Date:
June 8 and 9, 2024
Time:
12:00 UTC to 11:59 UTC
Bands:
10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meter bands, fully respecting licensing rules of each country. Observance of established band plans is strongly encouraged.
Mode:
SSB, CW or Mixed
Category:
Single Operator all bands
Multi Single all bands.
Multi Multi all bands, 1 transceiver per band.* note 1
Note 1: Due to the worldwide situation of the coronavirus, the contest committee decided to consider, for this edition, the Multi Multi category as a distributed Multi-Transmitter category.
Stations operating in this category can have a maximum of five signals transmitted, one per band at any time, from stations in different locations.
All equipment, including remotely controlled equipment, must be located in the same DXCC entity. The five bands can be activated simultaneously.
For all stations wishing to participate in this contest as a multi-operator, we recommend this mode.
Exchange:
DX Stations send RST followed by one sequential number beginning 001.
Portuguese Stations (including Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira Islands) send RST followed by letters
identifying their respective District (or County if Azores and Madeira Islands) – check list bellow.
QSO Points:
Contact between DX and Portuguese Stations are worth 10 points (DX/CT scores 10 points and CT/DX scores 1 point)
Contact between DX stations in the same Continent and Country are worth 1 point
Contact between DX stations from different Continents are worth 2 points
Contact between Portuguese Stations are worth 5 points
Scoring examples - CT side and DX side - Click Here!
Multipliers:
Each District (Portugal)
Each County (Azores and Madeira Islands)
Each DXCC entity
Scoring examples - CT side and DX side - Click Here!
Multiplier Points:
Each Contact with Portuguese District (or County if Azores/Madeira) are worth 5 points
Each contact with a different DXCC entity are worth 1 point
Each multiplier is counted only once by Band regardless of the Mode.
Scoring examples - CT side and DX side - Click Here!
Final Score:
Total contact points from all bands multiplied by the total Multiplier points.
Scoring examples - CT side and DX side - Click Here!
Trophies:
Plaque for the best World Score, with a minimum of 200 QSOs.
Plaque for the best CT Score, with a minimum of 125 QSOs.
Certificate for the best score in each DXCC country, if the total submitted score is higher or equal to 20% of the Worlds' best Score in each category.
Participation Certificate for all stations with 50 or more QSOs (Certificates will be available to download from the official Portugal Day Contest web page).
Prizes are not cumulative.
Logs:
Logs should be organized following Cabrillo file format.
Deadline
All entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than June 30th of the same year to:
e-mail to rep-concursos@rep.pt
The Cabrillo log should be attached as a file, with your callsign in the "Subject:" line of the e-mail.
Prefixes:
Portugal - CQ0 CQ7 CR5 CR6 CR7 CS1 CS2 CS5 CS7 CT1 CT2 CT4 CT5 CT6 CT7
Açores - CQ8 CU1 CU2 CU3 CU4 CU5 CU6 CU7 CU8 CU9 CR1 CR2 CR8 CS4 CS8 CT8
Madeira - CQ2 CQ3 CQ9 CR3 CR9 CS3 CS9 CT3 CT9
Observations:
Failure to fill out the header correctly may result in your entry being reclassified as a checklog.
PORTUGAL DAY CONTEST MULTIPLIERS
| Portugal (Distritos) |  |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aveiro | AV | ||
| Beja | BJ | ||
| Braga | BR | ||
| Bragança | BG | ||
| Castelo Branco | CB | ||
| Coimbra | CO | ||
| Évora | EV | ||
| Faro | FR | ||
| Guarda | GD | ||
| Leiria | LR | ||
| Lisboa | LX | ||
| Portalegre | PG | ||
| Porto | PT | ||
| Santarem | SR | ||
| Setubal | ST | ||
| Viana do Castelo | VC | ||
| Vila Real | VR | ||
| Viseu | VS | ||
| Madeira Island (Concelhos) |  |
|---|---|
| Calheta | CAL |
| Camara de Lobos | CMB |
| Funchal | FU |
| Machico | MC |
| Ponta do Sol | PS |
| Porto Moniz | PM |
| Porto Santo | PTS |
| Ribeira Brava | RB |
| Santa Cruz | SCM |
| Santana | STM |
| São Vicente | SV |
| Azores Island (Concelhos) |  |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Angra do Heroismo | AH | ||
| Calheta | CA | ||
| Sta. Cruz da Graciosa | SCG | ||
| Velas | VL | ||
| Vila Praia da Vitória | PV | ||
| Corvo | CV | ||
| Horta | HT | ||
| Lajes das Flores | LJF | ||
| Lajes do Pico | LJP | ||
| Madalena | MD | ||
| Sta. Cruz Das Flores | SCF | ||
| São Roque do Pico | SRP | ||
| Lagoa | LG | ||
| Nordeste | ND | ||
| Ponta Delgada | PD | ||
| Povoação | PO | ||
| Ribeira Grande | RG | ||
| Vila France do Campo | FC | ||
| Vila do Porto | VP | ||