Dear VUSHF Friends,
You are kindly invited to take part in the traditional Estonian Open Field Day contest at
the beginning of August.

The contest has four different periods as follows:
I period, 432MHz 16:00-21:59 UTC on Friday, 1st of Aug.
II period, 1296MHz 04:00-09:59 UTC on Saturday, 2nd of Aug.
III period, 144MHz 16:00-21:59 UTC on Saturday, 2nd of Aug.
IV period*, 50MHz & microwaves** at the same time - 5:00-8:59 UTC on Sunday, 3rd of Aug.
* IV period is not counted in the official Field Day result, but separate awards are issued
 to the winners on 6m and microwaves.

** microwaves incl 2.3, 5.7, 10 and 24GHz
Modes:
CW,SSB,FM,AM. Frequencies according to IARU Reg.1 Band Plan
Categories:
A - Single operator single band (SOSB - any one of the three main bands chosen)
B - Single operator multi band (SOMB - i.e. 144, 432 and 1296 MHz)
C - Multi operator multi band (MOMB - i.e. 144, 432 and 1296 MHz)
D - Open class, multi band (if no QSOs with Estonia)
Each period has its own QSO numbering (starting from 001) in the contest, duplicate QSO-s 
are allowed (in periods I, II and III) with a particular station after 120 minutes from the
 previous QSO (e.g. Logger software by SM0LCB has this feature built in). Each new locator
 square is awarded with bonus points - 500, 1000 and 1500 respectively on 144, 432 and 1296MHz.
 Each km of distance of a QSO on 2m is worth 1 point, on 70cm 2 points and on 23cm 3 points.

Logs should be sent before Sept 1st to the contest e-mail address esfd@erau.ee
For more detailed information about the rules of the FD, but also the results of the previous
 years please look at the ERAU home page:
http://www.erau.ee/modules.php?op=modload&name=Info&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=97
Looking forward to working many of our good friends in the upcoming contest - from our side we
try to activate most of the available WWL squares of Estonia.

With 73s,
Mart, ES2NJ
ERAU VHF Manager