Please note these are two separate events.

The general rules apply to this contest

Dates: 1st event: 14/15 February 2009.  2nd event: 21/22 November 2009.

Time: 2100 - 0100UTC.

Frequency: 1810 - 1870kHz.

Mode: CW.

Exchange: RST + serial number & district code.

1. Sections: Single-operator entries.
(a) UK
(b) Overseas including EI.

2. Scoring:
Section (a) 3 points per contact plus a bonus of five points for the first contact with each UK District worked and the first contact with each Country outside the UK worked.
Section (b) 3 points per contact plus a bonus of five points for the first contact with each UK District worked. Overseas stations may only work UK stations.

A list of UK Districts is available here

3. E-mail logs: should go to: 1st160.logs@rsgbhfcc.orgfor the first event and 2nd160.logs@rsgbhfcc.orgfor the second event.

Example of 1.8MHz contest log

Further information regarding the Cabrillo Format

4. Awards:
1st event: The Somerset Trophy to the leading UK station.
2nd event: The Victor Desmond Trophy to the leading UK station.

 Results - 1st 1.8MHz Contest 2008
Section.B Overseas.
Posn.   Callsign        QSOs    Bonus   Points
1       EI5DI*  80      48      480
2       S57DX*  64      43      407
3       LY3BA*  54      37      347
4       OK1FKD* 49      34      317
5       DK3UZ*  48      32      307
6       DL2OM   55      38      295
=7      F6DDR   50      32      291
=7      LY2IC   48      31      291
9       DL5CL   45      32      289
10      RN1ON*  44      29      277
11      PA0MIR* 41      30      273
12      EI7CC   43      29      271
13      DL1VDL  36      28      254
14      OK2BMU* 39      27      252
15      SM6X    42      30      249
16      DL5SVB  39      26      239
17      RK3ER   44      26      235
18      OK1ARO* 30      24      210
19      YO5AJR  34      24      208
=20     UA1CE   34      22      204
=20     SP5ATO  34      21      204
22      SP6IEQ  30      25      199
23      RA3XA   32      22      198
24      PA0FAW  32      22      195
25      EI7GY   30      21      192
26      RK3XWO  31      23      189
27      ON4ALY  29      19      162
28      LA3ZA*  22      19      161
29      OK2FB   25      21      156
30      EA1WX   21      18      153
31      S51DX*  17      16      131
=32     DJ3GE   20      15      127
=32     UA4FCO  21      16      127
34      DL2AXM  18      14      121
35      YL2II   22      17      116
36      RW3AI*  15      14      115
37      OK1KZ*  18      12      114
38      N2CU    14      13      91
39      F5TVL   23      19      82
40      9H1XT*  10      10      80
41      RN1CC   11      9       70
42      UY5ZZ   10      8       67
43      RN1NW*  9       8       67
44      S53DIJ* 8       7       59
45      YO4KCC  10      6       52
46      S59EIJ* 7       6       51
47      US1IV*  6       6       48
=48     RN3TT   8       8       40
=48     S59T*   5       5       40
50      LY4T*   6       4       38
=51     RV3MR*  4       4       32
=51     UA9OC*  4       4       32
=53     PA0FEI* 2       2       16
=53     RK6AQM  2       2       16
=53     UZ5UA*  2       2       16
=56     PA0RBA  2       2       8
=56     DL5SWB* 1       1       8