Hina-Matsuri, or Doll Festival, is a famous traditional girls’ festival
on March 3, in Japan, to celebrate the birth of a girl and to wish her
future happiness. A set of dolls in ancient costumes are displayed
in a girl’s house.

The 21st JLRS 3.3 Hina Contest

1. ORGANIZER: Japan Ladies Radio Society (JLRS)
2. OBJECTIVE: For YL stations to promote active contacts and interaction withas many other stations as possible
3. DATE:

Starts at 15:00UTC on March 2, 2024
Ends at 15:00UTC March 3, 2024

4. ELIGIBILITY: All licensed male and female operators in the world
Contacts with club stations, special stations and experience stations are valid,
but only individual stations are allowed to submit their logs.
5. FREQUENCIES: 1.9MHz – 1200MHz (Except WARC bands)
Operations on 1.9MHz and up to 430MHz have to be within the contest
frequency bands designated by JARL (See page 4).
6. MODES: Phone and CW onlyChanging modes is permitted on the same band.
However, only one contact with the same station is effective on eachband.
7. CATEGORIES:YL Category for YL Stations Multi-band
OM Category for OM Stations Multi-band

18. CALL:For Phone, call “CQ Hina Contest”
For CW, call “CQ HINA TEST” for OM
call “CQ HINAY TEST” for YL*Please note that YL stations do not have to add “/YL”
at the end of their callsigns.
9. CONTEST EXCHANGE:YL: RS(T) + YL (e.g. YL = 59YL or 599YL)
OM: RS(T) (e.g. OM = 59 or 599)
OM – OM contacts for this contest are also valid.
10. PROHIBITIONS: Contacts on cross mode, cross band, and via repeater
Operation by guest operators
11. MULTIPLIER: Prefixes*JD1 from Ogasawara(AS) and JD1 from Minami-torishima(OC) will becounted as separate multipliers when its location is noted in the log.
12. POINTS:
Contact with a YL station counts 10 points.
Contact with an OM station counts 1 point.
13. TOTAL SCORE:
The final score is the result of the total QSO points on each band
multiplied by the sum of total multipliers on each band.
14. LOG INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Contacts with 1 or more YL stations must be included in the contest log forboth YL Category and OM Category.
The log without it will be categorized as checklog.
2) Write your e-mail address for inquiries.

2Paper log:
Use JARL format or Letter size summary sheet.
Use a separate log sheet for each band, and write prefixes as multipliers.
(e.g. JA1)
Electronic log:
Use JARL SUMMARYSHEET VERSION=1.0 for JA stations.
Use Cabrillo format for DX stations.
15. PRIZES:
Certificates and extra prizes are awarded to the 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-placewinners in each category.
☆Special surprise winners will also be selected.
16. LOG SUBMISSION:
Send your contest log and summary sheet by postal mail to:
Sayuko Takeda, 3753-4 Funaki-kou, Niihama City, Ehime Pref., 792-0856,
JAPAN.
Submission by e-mail is also accepted. Send them to: ja5cfm (at) jarl.com.
17. INQUIRY: Send e-mail to: ja5cfm (at) jarl.com.
18. DEADLINE: Log and summary sheet must be received by March 20, 2024.
19. RESULTS:
Results will be announced on JLRS website in May 2024.
The result table will be mailed if asked with a SASE.

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JARL-designated Contest Frequencies

Frequency

CWPhone1.9MHz1.801 - 1.820MHz(AM/SSB) 1.850 - 1.875MHz

3.5MHz3.510 - 3.530MHz(AM/SSB) 3.535 - 3.570MHz

7MHz

7.010 - 7.040MHz(AM/SSB) 7.060 - 7.140MHz

14MHz

14.050 - 14.080MHz(AM/SSB) 14.250 - 14.300MHz

21MHz

21.050 - 21.080MHz(AM/SSB) 21.350 - 21.450MHz

28MHz

28.050 - 28.080MHz(AM/SSB) 28.600 - 28.850MHz(FM) 29.200 - 29.300MHz

50MHz(AM/SSB) 50.350 - 51.000MHz
50.050 - 50.090MHz(FM) 51.000 - 52.000MHz4