::.  RULES Digital Pentathlon Digital Pentathlon - 2006 Pentathlon is sponsored by Digital QSO Club (D-QSO-C). Search membership information on http://dqso.net/ e-mail: club@dqso.net

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Participants:

Any licensed amateur radio operators are invited to take part in the 2-nd Digital Pentathlon competition.

Date and time:

Digital Pentathlon contains 5 stages of a mode. The PSK mode will run from 1800 UTC to 2200 UTC on June 2, 2006 The MFSK mode will run from 1800 UTC to 2200 UTC on June 9, 2006 The OLIVIA mode will run from 1800 UTC to 2200 UTC on June 16, 2006 The HELL mode will run from 1800 UTC to 2200 UTC on June 23, 2006 The THROB mode will run from 1800 UTC to 2200 UTC on June 30, 2006

Bands:

Operation is limited to special digital QSO parts of the next amateur bands: 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz. PSK 3585-3590, 7036-7039, 14073-14075, 21073-21075, 28080-28090 MFSK, HELL, THROB 3590-3595, 7036-7039, 14075-14077, 21075-21077, 28085-28095 OLIVIA 3585-3595, 7036-7039, 14104-14107 and 14110-14112, 21110-21120, 28110-28120 Each station may be worked only once per band during an each stage of a mode. Setup for Olivia: 500 Hz / 16 tones. (Tune exactly to a left or right half of a channel).

Entry classes:

There are two entry classes: QRO - over 5 watts output power QRP – no more 5 watts output power 50 watts is limit of. maximal output power.

Exchange:

Call "CQ DP" or "CQ DigiPen" Both station much exchange during QSO the next information: Serial number of QSO and 6-digit WW locator. (Example: 001-KO85NN, 023-JP54DC etc.).

Multipliers:

Each 4-digit WW locator (KO85, JO43 etc.) counts as 1 multiplier on each band.

Scoring:

Each QSO counts 1 point. Final score is total QSO points times multipliers.

Certificates:

Winner’s awards will be sent to the first, second and third place stagewinners, entry class and total 5 modes winner. All awards will be sent by e-mail as jpeg file with the resolution suitable for good quality printing in 15 × 20 cm size.

Logs:

All logs have to be sent before July 30, 2006. All logs must contain the following information to be considered for entry: Your name, callsign, ww-locator, entry class, e-mail address, your claimed score, list of claimed multipliers. We will accept only electronic logs in standard Cabrillo format. E-logs are sent to: E-mail: club@dqso.net with your callsign in the message subject.

Date of info: May 10, 2006	Source: Digital QSO Club Web Site - Digital Pentathlon rules