LilacSat-1 (LO-90) Commemorative Competition (LOCC)

Contest Period: March 16, 2019 UTC 00:00 to LilacSat-1 re-entry

Competition Categories:
Amateur Radio Telemetry Group
Amateur Radio Communication Group

Competition Goals:

Amateur Radio Telemetry Group:
Receive and upload as many telemetry packets as possible within a specified time.

Amateur Radio Communication Group:
Make as many bidirectional QSO as possible and as many grid locator as possible within a specified time.

Scoring strategy:

Amateur Radio Telemetry Group:

For each successfully uploaded telemetry packet (The score would be count at HIT server), counts 1 point

Amateur Radio Communication Group:

Exchange information: callsigns and grid locator

For each bidirectional QSO, counts 1 point. (Dupe QSO with same callsign is not counted as the number of successful QSO)

For each different number of grids, counts 1 multiplier.

Final results:

Amateur Radio Telemetry Group: final score = basic point

Amateur Radio Communication Group: final score = basic point * multiplier

Awards:

All telemetry data uploader and participants could get a LilacSat-1 QSL card.

China: top 3 certificates issued.
World: Top 10 certificates issued.

For the ham who receive the last downlink signal in the world and successfully uploaded it to the server, they will receive a special gift.

Honor stickers:

For all those portable stations or receivers set up and operated in the field for this contest, a ” Field ” sticker is affixed to the certificate, and the applicant is required to attach the operating photo as evidence.

Log submissions:

Amateur Radio Telemetry Group:

After the satellite re-entry, we will advertise the telemetry package list received from March 16, 2019 UTC 00:00 to LilacSat-1 re-entry.

The participants should send an e-mail with your callsign and the address to locc@lilacsat.online. (no later than April 30, 2019 UTC 00:00)

Amateur Radio Communication Group:

After the satellite re-entry, the participants should send an e-mail with the communication log and the address to locc@lilacsat.online. (no later than April 30, 2019 UTC 00:00)

The log is in Cabrillo or Excel XLS format and needs to contain UTC time, send and receive exchange information.

For Field/Portable radio stations and receivers, the photo must be sent together.

WEI Mingchuan
Research Center of Satellite Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology

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