The IARU Region 1 ATV Contest will go ahead on the weekend of ¹²⁄₁₃ June 2021. However, due to the COVID-19 crisis not all participants will be able to reach their portable sites, and some may feel that they are at a disadvantage in only being able to operate from home due to National restrictions.

To address these concerns, as for last year, the contest will be run with 2 sections:

• Section 1 will be for participants operating from their registered home QTH. No change of operating location will be permitted during the contest for entries in this Section.
• Section 2 will be for participants operating away from their registered home QTH at any time during the contest. So, even if you operate from home on one day and a portable location on the second day, if you want to add the scores under the rover rule, you must enter Section 2

Apart from these changes, the rules are as stated in the IARU-R1 VHF Handbook V9.01. An extract can be found here.

Please use the normal entry spreadsheet https://​wiki​.batc​.org​.uk/​F​i​l​e​:​A​T​V​-​c​o​n​t​e​s​t​-​l​o​g​-​c​a​l​l​s​i​g​n​-​2​0​2​1​0​6​1​2​.​xls and remember to select the correct Section on the Summary page. Entries should be submitted to National Coordinators or atv@​iaru-​r1.​org before Monday 28 June.

Dave, G8GKQ, IARU Region 1 ATV Contest Coordinator.