::.  RULES DDFM 50 MHz Contest (French Departments Contest) To improve the activity on 6 meters and give a chance to work many French departments, the REF is organizing a 6 meters contest.

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Date/time:

The contest will take place from: 1600 UTC on Saturday 11th June to 1600 UTC on Sunday 12th June, 2005 (24 hours duration)

Mode:

CW / SSB.

Sections:

1 - French stations 2 - Foreign stations

Frequency:

50.200 and up (QSO’s below 50.200 are not valid).

Call:

CQ F5XYZ/71 (Callsign/number of department).

Exchange:

The contest exchange will consist of: Callsign RS(T) Serial number e.g. 001, 002 etc. Locator (only 4 characters) e.g. 599001 JN26.

Scoring:

One point is scored per contact. Multiply by: the total number of French locators + French departments worked. Score = contacts points × (locators + departments); e.g. 10 QSO × (10 locators + 10 departments) = 200 points.

Other rules:

The contest is open to all users of 50 MHz. All licence conditions must be observed. During the contest it is prohibited to solicit contacts by using packet or cluster.

Entries:

Logs can be in any text format as long as all multipliers and duplicate entries are clearly marked. A check list of each locator squares and department worked must be included with your entry. The following declaration must also be included with your entry: "All rules governing amateur radio in my country have been respected, and I agree that the contest manager’s decision is final". Entry must be postmarked no later than 10th july 2005 and sent to the contest manager: Mailing address: Patrick Vermote, F6IIT 175 Chemin des Meuniers F-86130 DISSAY FRANCE or via e-mail to: E-mail: ddfm50@ref-union.org If you want to get the list and the map of the French Departments, send an E-Mail to: fe8op@wanadoo.fr

Date of info: 14 March, 2005	Source: Georges, F8OP - REF 6 meters manager

French Departments

-------------------------- Nr Department --- --------------------- 01 Ain 02 Aisne 03 Allier 04 Alpes de Hte Provence 05 Hautes Alpes 06 Alpes Maritimes 07 Ardeche 08 Ardennes 09 Ariege 10 Aube 11 Aude 12 Aveyron 13 Bouches du Rhone 14 Calvados 15 Cantal 16 Charente 17 Charente Maritime 18 Cher 19 Correze 20a Corse du Sud 20b Haute Corse 21 Cote d'or 22 Cotes d'Armor 23 Creuse 24 Dordogne 25 Doubs 26 Drome 27 Eure 28 Eure et Loire 29 Finistere 30 Gard 31 Haute Garonne 32 Gers 33 Gironde 34 Herault 35 Ille et Vilaine 36 Indre 37 Indre et Loire 38 Isere 39 Jura 40 Landes 41 Loir et Cher 42 Loire 43 Haute Loire 44 Loire Atlantique 45 Loiret 46 Lot 47 Lot et Garonne 48 Lozere 49 Maine et Loire 50 Manche 51 Marne 52 Haute Marne 53 Mayenne 54 Meurthe et Moselle 55 Meuse 56 Morbihan 57 Moselle 58 Nievre 59 Nord 60 Oise 61 Orne 62 Pas de Calais 63 Puy de Dome 64 Pyrenees Atlantiques 65 Hautes Pyrenees 66 Pyrenees Orientales 67 Bas Rhin 68 Haut Rhin 69 Rhone 70 Haute Saone 71 Saone et Loire 72 Sarthe 73 Savoie 74 Haute Savoie 75 Paris 76 Seine Maritime 77 Seine et Marne 78 Yvelines 79 Deux Sevres 80 Somme 81 Tarn 82 Tarn et Garonne 83 Var 84 Vaucluse 85 Vendee 86 Vienne 87 Haute Vienne 88 Vosges 89 Yonne 90 Territoire de Belfort 91 Essonne 92 Haut de Seine 93 Seine Saint Denis 94 Val de Marne 95 Val d'Oise --------------------------