Hereby
are the rules of a very special contest which will be held on
Sunday, November 17, 2024 . It is organised
this year for the 40h time.
This contest is a very famous one in
Holland
, and organised by the Frisian section A-14 of the
VERON.
The
contest is called: “Frisian 11-cities contest”.
Background:
Friesland
( Frŷslan) is one of the 12 provinces and is
situated in the northern part of
Holland
. Firstly famous for its
200 kilometers
skating marathon along its 11 cities. The
marathon is organised when the canals and rivers in the province are
totally frozen over. As you can imagine that this event will only take
place so every now and then. This most world-famous 200 tour was held for
the first time in
1909. In
1963,
the 12th edition, the temperature dropped to an extremely low
level of minus 29 degrees. It was 22 years before the next marathon was
held in 1985. The last one was
organised in 1997. Not even the Frisian inhabitants were excited....... no,
the entire country was outraged.
In summertime each year, another famous Frisian event takes place. The
well-known sailing events, the “Skûtjes-sailing” are organised. Skûtjes
are very old merchant-ships, from the late 19th and early 20th
century and they sail in competition
on several lakes in the province. This event has been held for decades.
Thousands of people from all over
Holland
and abroad watch these
events on television and the internet.
THE CONTEST
Will be held on
SUNDAY November 17, 2024 from 10.00 – 13.00 UTC on 80 and
2 meters
. Mode SSB and FM.
Frequencies:
80 meters
and
2 meters
Sections:- 2 m stations outside Region R-14 and 2 m stations
inside Region R-14
-
80 m stations outside Region R-14 and 80 m stations inside Region R-14
Exchange: Call, Report
+ Regionnumber and QTH.
Points: Stations own region : 1 pts
.
Stations outside own region:
5 pts
.
Foreign stations
: 2 punten.
Each station
can be worked once on a band. No QSO’s via repeaters.
Multiplier: Each Frisian city and the so-called “klunplace”.
(11+1)
11
Cities: Leeuwarden, Sneek, IJlst, Sloten, Staveren, Hindelopen,
Workum,
Bolsward, Harlingen, Franeker en Dokkum.
Extra
city (the Klûn-QTH):
Bartlehiem. (to Klûn
is a Frisian word for walking on skates on the
banks of the river or near bridges when the water is not frozen up enough)
Score: Total amount of points multiplied with the multipliers.
(each city/klûnplace) counts once as a multiplier, so maximum number of
multipliers is 12)
Logs: Each band on a separate
log-sheet with:
Time, Call, Received report with regionnumber, QTH and points.
Signed logs for each band with a summary-sheet with the total score.
Logs must be sent before
December 1,
2024
, to
Friese Elfsteden Contest,
Buorren 91, 9081 AP Lekkum.
Holland
or by mail to:
pa2ip@veron.nl
Results will be published on www.pi4lwd.nl using this button:
AWARD
Not in cooperation with the
organisation of the Frisian 11-Cities Contest, but separately, an award
can be obtained by every amateur radio station in the world.
Amateurradio-stations can
easily obtain this award by working Frisian amateurs during the contest.
Rules:
Amateurs outside of Europa
|
-
3 QSO's
|
Amateurs
inside of Europa - except
Germany
,
Belgium
and
Great
Britain
|
-
5 QSO's
|
Amateurs in
Germany
,
Belgium
and
Great Britain
|
-
7 QSO's
|
Amateurs in The Netherlands,
except those situated in the
province
of
Friesland
|
-
10 QSO's
|
Amateurs in the
province
of
Friesland
|
-
15 QSO's
|
This award, the most
beautiful and flag-ship of the Frisian awards, is printed on 1st
class paper and shows the originally Frisian “Skutsje” , a merchant
ship from the late 19th and early 20th century.
Send your log along with 10 euro to the award manager, Certificate Manager,
mail to: pi4lwd@amsat.org
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