::.  RULES DL-DX RTTY Contest Sponsored and organized by DL-DX RTTY Contest Group (DRCG)

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1) Object:

Contact and exchange QSO information with as many stations as possible. Any station may work any other station once per band.

2) Contest Period:

First full weekend in July, starts Saturday 11:00 UTC, ends 10:59 UTC Sunday (24 hours). July 2, 2005 (Saturday) from 1100 UTC until 1059 UTC July 3, 2005 (Sunday)

3) Modes:

RTTY - in addition PSK31 and/or PSK63 may also be used.

4) Bands:

All amateur bands 3.5 - 30 MHz (excluding 10, 18 and 24 MHz).

5) Categories:

(A) Single Operator, multiband - One person performs all operating and logging functions. (B) As 5(A), but the maximum total operating time is six (6) hours. Off-times (breaks) must be greater than 60 minutes. (C) As 5(A), but only dipole or groundplane antennas are permitted. (D) As 5(C), but the maximum total operating time is six (6) hours. Off-times (breaks) must be greater than 60 minutes. (E) Multi Operator, Multiband - More than one person operates, checks for duplicates, keeps the log, etc. Club competition: For a club to be listed, the following conditions must be met: At least three different entries from members of the club must be submitted. All members wishing to be included in the club score must indicate the club name in their log. Single and Multi operator entrants are allowed to have only one signal in the air at any time. The use of spotting nets (operating arrangements involving assistance through DX-alerting nets, etc.) is permitted in all categories. In categories B and D (6h) only the first 6 hours will be rated. However, participants may operate more than 6 hours.

6) Exchange:

RST + QSO number, starting with 001.

7) QSO Points:

QSO with own country: 5 points QSO with other countries in own continent: 10 points QSO with other continents: 15 points QSO with DL-Station by stations in Europe: 3 additional points QSO with DL-Station by stations outside Europe: 5 additional points Same station can be worked once on each band.

8) Multiplier:

Each DXCC country on each band, including first contact with Australia, Canada, Japan and USA. Additionally, each call area in VK, VE, JA and W will count as one multiplier on each band (W1, WA4, JA2, VK4). NOTE: Stations operating from call areas other than their call ID, must use ’/x’ for their actual call area. i.e. K5DJ/1

9) Logs:

Cabrillo logs are required. Stations unable to generate a Cabrillo log may send their log as plain text file. Such logs must be in chronological sequence, not sorted by band. All logs must show date and time in UTC, band or frequency, call of station worked, RST and exchange sent, RST and exchange received. Header must show call, category, address and club-competition (if given). The files must be named after the participants callsign, for example XX0YY.LOG, XX0YY.ALL and XX0YY.SUM. Logs without category and operating time greater than 6 hours will be classified as category A! Logs without category and operating time less than 6 hours will be classified as category B. All stations must submit an electronic log by email, with the subject giving call and category, i.e. "xx0xx A". Logs will be classified as checklogs if more than 15 % of the claimed QSOs have to be removed as a result of logchecking.

10) Deadline:

Logs must be received by 10 August, same year to qualify. Email logs to: E-mail: logs@drcg.de

11) Awards:

Certificates for the first top ten stations in each category. The judges decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. By submitting their logs contesters agree to be bound by these rules.

12) Miscellaneous:

The international beacon frequency 14.100 MHz +/- 500 Hz must be kept clear of contest transmissions.

Date of info: 3 June, 2005 Original rules release: 27 April, 2005	Source: DL-DX RTTY Contest Group - DRCG Web Site

Cabrillo QSO Template:

--------info sent------- -------info rcvd-------- QSO: freq mo date time call rst exch call rst exch QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ************* nnn ****** ************* nnn ****** QSO: 21085 RY 2003-06-05 1211 DL4RCK 599 009 YB0QN 599 001 0000000001111111111222222222233333333334444444444555555555566666666667777777777 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 freq: Integer frequency in kHz;   [ ex. 28081, 14089 ] if freq not known then 28000, 21000, 14000, 7000, 3500 mo: RY date: UTC date in yyyy-mm-dd form   [ ex. 2003-07-05 ] time: UTC time in nnnn form   [ ex. 1148 ] call: callsign rst: RST exch: contest exchange (serial number)   [ ex. 1, 01, 001, 0001 or 00001 ]

Cabrillo-Log-Example:

START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CONTEST: DL-DX-RTTY CALLSIGN: DL4RCK CATEGORY: A LOW RTTY CLAIMED-SCORE: 12345 OPERATORS: DL4RCK NAME: Walter Dallmeier ADDRESS: Odenwaldstrasse 4 ADDRESS: 93173 Wenzenbach ADDRESS: Germany EMAIL-ADDRESS: myemail@myprovider.com SOAPBOX: This is a DL-DX RTTY Contest Cabrillo log format example. QSO: 3582 RY 2002-08-17 0222 DL4RCK 599 001 DL3PS 599 043 QSO: 3584 RY 2002-08-17 0225 DL4RCK 599 002 DJ3IW 599 055 QSO: 3592 RY 2002-08-17 0228 DL4RCK 599 003 UT5NM 599 051 QSO: 7034 RY 2002-08-17 0251 DL4RCK 599 004 UT0H 599 102 QSO: 7036 RY 2002-08-17 0256 DL4RCK 599 005 CN8KD 599 125 QSO: 14086 RY 2002-08-17 0322 DL4RCK 599 006 LT0H 599 074 QSO: 14089 RY 2002-08-17 0322 DL4RCK 599 007 4Z5CP 599 099 QSO: 21080 RY 2002-08-17 0613 DL4RCK 599 008 RI4M 599 252 QSO: 21080 RY 2002-08-17 0616 DL4RCK 599 009 RK4FF 599 239 QSO: 21080 RY 2002-08-17 0623 DL4RCK 599 010 JY9NX 599 058 QSO: 28081 RY 2002-08-17 0730 DL4RCK 599 011 VK6GOM 599 082 QSO: 28080 RY 2002-08-17 0731 DL4RCK 599 012 OH7N 599 266 QSO: 28089 RY 2002-08-17 0733 DL4RCK 599 013 RI4M 599 308 END-OF-LOG:

Additional information and FAQ:

For Cabrillo files please use the following options: CATEGORY: A HIGH RTTY CATEGORY: B HIGH RTTY CATEGORY: C LOW RTTY CATEGORY: D LOW RTTY CATEGORY: E LOW RTTY (the "HIGH", "LOW" and "RTTY" are optional and not required) Other Definitions: QSO-Points for QSO between: JA <-> JA = 5 JA <-> BV = 10 JA <-> W = 15 W <-> VE = 10 W <-> W = 5 JA -> DL = 15 + 5 = 20 DL -> JA = 15 OK -> DL = 10 + 3 = 13 DL -> OK = 10 DL <-> DL = 5 + 3 = 8 FAQ’s: Q: You mentioned that each DXCC country on each band, including first contact with Australia, Canada, Japan and USA and that additionally, each call area in VK, VE, JA and W will count as one multiplier on each band (W1, WA4, JA2, VK4). Am I correct if I understand that, in case of first contact with JA is JA1xxx, 2 multiplier points for JA and JA1 are acquired? A: Yes, that’s right. Q: In Japan, 7J1 to 7JØ are allocated to JA1 to JAØ, but 7K1 to 7N4 are allocated to JA1. Some contest sponsors rule out that (a) multiplier counting method should be equal to the call sign allocation scheme, but some other contest sponsor rule out for the benefit of contesting software structure that (b) 7L4 should be considered JA4 for multiplier counting. Which kind of multiplier counting rule do you apply especially in case of Japan? A: (a) is the right one (means call area)