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Popov Memorial Contest

 2025

 

Memorial competitions for the prizes of the Radio magazine, dedicated to the memory of Alexander Popov, are held on Saturday, the third full weekend of March (the closest to Alexander Popov’s birthday). Since 2024, the Russian Contest Club has joined the organization of the competition.
Radio amateurs from all over the world are invited to participate in the Popov Memorial Contest.

1. Contest dates, bands and modes

In 2025 will be held on March 15 from 05:00 till 08:59 UTC.
Bands — 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. No Contest QSOs on WARC bands.
Modes: CW and SSB

2. Entry categories

  • Single Op High Power CW;
  • Single Op Low Power CW (no more 100 W);
  • Single Op High Power SSB;
  • Single Op Low Power SSB (no more 100 W);
  • Single Op High Power Mixed;
  • Single Op Low Power Mixed (no more 100 W);
  • Multi Op High Power Mixed;
  • Multi Op Low Power Mixed (no more 100 W);
  • Multi Op High Power SSB *;
  • Multi Op Low Power SSB* (no more 100 W);
  • Single Op SWL;
  • Museum (radio stations located in museums related to Alexander Popov’s activities).

There is only all band for all participants in these contest.
Additional results are summarized for all subgroups, except for SWLs and radio stations from museums, whose operators are under 19 years old. To do this, when uploading the log, these stations specify the value JUNIOR in the CATEGORY-OVERLAY line of the log header.

* — Multi-Op SSB subgroups only for radio stations whose operators are under 19 years old.

3. General rules

— The use of publicly available potting assistance (DX clusters and others) is allowed for all entries.
— When SSB is running, self-spotting is allowed (publishing information about yourself on available DX clusters) no more than once every 10 minutes.
— Change bands and modes without restrictions.
— Same station may be worked once per band and per mode (for MIXED entry).

4. Exchanges

The exchanges consist of RS(T) and two (or three) digits — the operator’s amateur radio experience. The length of service is determined by the number of full years that have passed since the first QSO conducted by a personal call sign or on a club radio station. Interruptions in amateur radio activity do not affect the length of service for the control number. The teams of Multi-Op radio stations transmit the average amateur radio experience of the team’s operators (the sum of the experience of all team operators divided by the number of operators).

Radio stations located in museums related to Alexander Popov’s activities will transmit in exchanges not the average age of the operators, but the number of years since the birth of Alexander Popov.

5. QSO Points, Multipliers and Final score

Each QSO scores points as received in contest exchange. Final score is a sum of points for all bands.
All QSOs are counted according to the principle of everything with everyone.
Same station may be worked once per band each mode.

6. Log Submission

Logs are accepted in CABRILLO file format only.

Web upload is the prefer method of log submission. Web upload of logs is available at: https://ua9qcq.com/hf-logs.php. If you have problems uploading the log, you can send it by e-mail: contest@radio.ru

There are very few paper logs coming in. The editorial board of the Radio magazine will continue to receive them, but in order not to delay the judging of the competition, only those that arrive at the editorial office by the beginning of the judging (about three weeks after the end of receiving electronic reports) will be counted. Therefore, please send paper logs IMMEDIATELY after the end of the contest to the address: Editorial office of the Radio magazine, per. Protopopovsky 25B, Moscow, 129090, Russia.

Logs must be submitted to the contest sponsors within 14 days after the end of the contest.

Receipt of the log will be confirmed on the «Uploaded Logs» page on ua9qcq.com Website (https://ua9qcq.com/uploaded_logs_list.php)
Logs submitted after the deadline may be listed in the results, but are not eligible for awards.

7. Awards

Awards from Radio magazine:
— a commemorative plaque will be awarded to a Multi-Op station that has shown the best result, regardless of the power and mode used.;
— commemorative medals will be awarded to Single-Op stations who showed the best result in the CW, SSB and Mixed subgroups, regardless of power;
— Radio magazine’s contest diplomas will be awarded to stations that are among the top three in all subgroups.
Plaques and medals are awarded if there were at least ten participants in the group who entered the competition.

Awards from the Mintsifry of the Russia and The State Radio Frequency Center:
— plaques will be awarded to foreign Single-Op stations and Multi-Op that have shown the best results regardless of the power and modes. If the candidate for the plaque is awarded with a pladue from Radio magazine, the award will be given to the station that showed the second result.

Awards from the Russian Contest Club:
Stations that take the first places in all subgroups, including junior subgroups, are awarded with commemorative pennants from the Russian Contest Club. If the applicant for the pennant is awarded with a plaque from the Radio magazine or from the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation and The State Radio Frequency Center, the pennant will be awarded to the station that showed the second result.

All participants of the competition will be able to download an electronic certificate on the website https://ua9qcq.com after the contest results are published.

8. Judging

The Popov Memorial Contest Committee is responsible for checking and adjudicating the contest entries which is done electronically. Participants are requested to follow the rules and best amateur radio practices. Violation of the rules of the contest or unsportsmanlike conduct may lead to disciplinary action by the Committee in its sole discretion.

The Popov Memorial Contest Committee invites all the radio amateurs from Russia and foreign countries to take part in Popov Memorial Contest — 2025.

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