ALPE-ADRIA UHF/SHF CONTEST RULES
DATE AND TIME:
Sunday in the third full weekend in June from 07.00 – 14.59 UTC
BAND AND MODES
Band: 432 MHz & up
Modes: CW (A1), SSB (J3E) and FM(F3E) above 1 GHz
SECTIONS
Section A: 70cm (432MHz)
Section B: 23 cm (1,2 GHz)
Section C: 13 cm (2,3GHz)
Section D: 9 cm (3,4 GHz)
Section E: 5cm (5,7 GHz)
Section F: 3 cm (10 GHz)
Section G: 1.2 cm (24 GHz)
Section H: 6 mm (47 GHz)
Section I: 4 mm (76 GHz)
Section J: 3 mm (120 GHz)
Section K: 2 mm (136 GHz)
Section L: 1 mm (248 GHz)
General classification: The number of points each station in the section gets is a percentage related to the section winner’s score (100 points for the winner). General classification is a sum of points earned in each section, excluding 9cm (3,4 GHz). For participation in the general classification, the station must be active in at least two sections.
Remarks: No subdivision will be between single and multi-operators or fixed and portable stations in any section. One station can take part to more sections.
MULTIPLIERS:
MULTIPLIERS: x 1 (1 point/km)
ORGANIZERS
The organizers of the AA contest are Austria (ÖVSV), Croatia (HRS), Italy (ARI) and Slovenia (ZRS) as follows:
2026 – ZRS (S5)
2027 – ÖVSV (OE)
2028 – HRS (9A)
2029 – ARI (I)
ENTRIES OF LOGS
Participants, citizens in one of the four organizer countries, must send their logs to their national contest managers.
Others can send their contest logs to any e-mail addresses listed below, or the log can be uploaded to the 9A VHF/UHF/SHF robot https://www.hamradio.hr/vhfrobot/index.php?Lang=english.
All logs must be in EDI format and must be sent 8 days (second Monday) from the contest date.
National contest managers are obligated to send all received logs to the organizer. The deadtime of sending the logs is:
September 30th for the AA VHF and AA UHF/SHF contests.
The e-mail addresses of organizers are:
AUSTRIA: oe8fnk@oevsv.at
CROATIA: gggrubi@gmail.com
ITALY: alpeadria@ariudine.it
SLOVENIA: vhfctest@hamradio.si
The organizer is obligated to publish the results by the end of the year. Before publishing the results, the organizer is obligated to coordinate them with the national contest managers.
JUDGING OF ENTRIES
For judging of entries, the general rules for IARU REGION 1 VHF/UHF/SHF contests are in force.
PRIZES
The organizer of the AA contest will award a prize to the first 5 entries of each section – international results (place 1-3 plaque and place 4 – 5 certificate) and general classification.
If there are fewer than 10 participants in a section, the organizer will award only the winner a plaque.
Young contester (age under 25) with the best score in Sections UHF/SHF(A) will be awarded. Participation in the Young overlay category must be indicated in EDI log as shown (EDI file designator PClub=YOUNG). For the multi-operator stations that want to participate in this category, it is necessary that all the operators are young contesters (age under 25 years).
AA Contest Committee