AGCW-DL Happy New Year Contest I. OBJECTIVE: We welcome the new year with a short CW Contest. All radio amateurs and SWLs are cordially invited. II. DATES: 1 January from 0900 to 1200 UTC. III. BANDS: 80m (3510-3560kHz), 40m (7010-7040 kHz), 20m (14000-14060kHz). Do not exceed these limits in violation of the IARU-R1 contest free segments. IV. CATEGORIES (single op only) Category 1: More than 150W Output (300W Input) Category 2: Up to 150W Output (300W Input) Category 3: Up to 5W Output (10W Input) Category 4: SWL V. OPERATION: CW/A1A (A1A means machine decoding is not allowed). 1. CALL: CQ AGCW TEST 2. EXCHANGE: RST report plus a serial number starting at 001 and incrementing by one for each contact. Members of AGCW must also give their membership number. Example: 599 067/2583 VI. SCORING: 1. QSO POINTS: Each complete QSO counts one point. Each station may be worked once per band. SWL logs must contain both call signs and at least one exchange. SWLs may log up to 5 QSO of any specific station. 2. MULTIPLIERS: AGCW members per band 3. TOTAL SCORE: Sum of QSO points multiplied with the total number of multipliers. VII. LOG SUBMISSION: HNYC-Website: http://contest.agcw.de/hnyc LOGS: upload to web site in format Cabrillo V.3 CBR Mandatory file names: HNYC2022-YOURCALL.cbr, e.g. HNYC2022-K1EL.cbr Any entrant has to declare that s/he read and understood the rules of the activity and agrees to be bound by them. Software: Any software compatible with Cabrillo V.3, e.g. http://www.qslonline.de/hk/eigen/kontest.htm#hamhappynewyear MANAGER: Thomas Rudolph, DK3DUA (hnyc@agcw.de) DEADLINE: Uploaded/arrived at the manager (SWL-Logs only) before 14 January 2020 23.00 UTC.