For some years now, the UBA has been participating in the IARU HF Championship, whereby it is attempted to give UBA sections the opportunity to activate a frequency band (slot) in CW or SSB (with one or more stations). Since the contest will be contested on 160 to 10m, 12 stations with the call OPØHQ must be activated.
Each national division affiliated to IARU can participate in this contest with a call with the HQ suffix, which stands for Head Quarter. Currently the 12 slots are allocated to the following UBA sections.
| BANDSLOT | LOCATION | SYSOP | CREW / SECTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 160 M CW | HCC TIELT-WINGE @ OR6T | ON4AMX | HCC/CRD OQ4U ON4BEN ON7ZB ON4EM ON7YZ ON7GB ... |
| 160 M SSB | HCC WESTMEERBEEK @ ON6OO | ON6OO | HCC ON6OO |
| 80 M CW | TRA RUISELEDE @ ON7TK/ON7LX | ON5OO | TRA /PHI/OSB ON7TK ON7LX ON5OO ON5RA ON5AR ... |
| 80 M SSB | NOK MOL @ ON7TQ | ON6KX | NOK ON6KX ON1DX ON3CQ ON3UN ON6GJO ON7BWT ... |
| 40 M CW | ACC ANTWERPEN @ OP4K | OP4K | ACC/LIR OP4K ON4DS ON5JC |
| 40 M SSB | HCC TIELT-WINGE @ OR6T | ON4AMX | HCC/CRD OQ4U ON4BEN ON7ZB ON5GB ON4EM ON7YZ ON7GB ... |
| 20 M CW | NNV HERNE @ ON5ZO | ON5ZO | NNV ON5ZO |
| 20 M SSB | NOL MAASEIK - NEEROETEREN @ ON7WM | ON6CC | NOL ON6CC ON6NL ON6DJ ON7WM ... |
| 15 M CW | WHC (1) VOEREN @ OT6M | ON9CC | WHC ON9CC PA5MW ... |
| 15 M SSB | LIR FORT LIER @ON7LR | ON4AFW | LIR ON1BN ON4AFW ON6FBR ON7TA ON8WR |
| 10 M CW | HCC TIELT-WINGE @ OR6T | ON4AMX | HCC/CRD OQ4U ON4BEN ON7ZB ON4EM ON7YZ ON7GB ... |
| 10 M SSB | TRA RUISELEDE @ ON7TK/ON7LX | ON5OO | TRA /PHI/OSB ON7TK ON7LX ON5OO ON5RA ON5AR ... |
(1) WHC = White Horse Contesters
Building on the great result of 2019, it is tried to do this to some extent with the same group to keep everyone on board, although this is not so obvious and consideration should be given to spreading the event out more, including more sections in the future. So it was a question of asking and planning early enough in 2020. It is obvious that UBA tries to be as competitive as possible and therefore will be active with experienced contesters flanked by youngsters from a well-developed station with suitable antennas and an output stage up to a maximum of 1500 W. With almost 10,000 QSOs (good for 9,530,523 points) made in 2019, UBA with OPØHQ finished 16th last year, well ahead of larger countries such as the USA and the Netherlands.
The contest will take place during the weekend of 11 and 12 July 2020, from 12:00 UTC to 11:59 UTC, so for 24 hours. In order to compete with big countries like France, Germany, Spain etc. where some of them organize a national sprint contest at the same time, UBA asks our Belgian OM and YL's to make as many connections as possible with OP0HQ especially on the lower bands 40/80 and 160 in both modes. Please follow the announcements on the DXClusters.