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DARC World Wide Millenium QSO Party
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The German Amateur Radio Club (DARC) is organizing the contest
described below to celebrate the turn of the millennium.


Date:

  22.01.2000 00:00 UTC to 23.01.2000 24:00 UTC
  (Saturday to Sunday)


Stations to be worked:
  All stations, each station once on each band in each mode.


Bands:
  1.8 / 3.5 / 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 / 144 / 430 MHz complying with the
  stipulations of the IARU band plan and avoiding band segments that
  are not to be used in contests.


Classes:

  - A = Single Op/Phone
  - B = Single Op/CW
  - C = Single Op/Mixed
  - D = Multi-Op
  - E = Special-Event-Stations

  Note: Special-event stations are those that are being operated
        to celebrate the turn of the millennium under an appropriate
        call sign.


Modes:
  Phone, CW, Mixed.


Exchange:
  RS(T) + ITU-zone.

  Special-Event-Stations give RS(T) + "2000".


QSO points:

  - 1 point per QSO with "normal" stations.
  - 5 points per QSO with "2000" stations (special-event-stations).
  - 10 points per QSO with "D*2000" stations (special-event-stations
    in DL).


Final total:
  Total number of QSO points.


Logs:
  Date, UTC, band, mode, call sign, exchange.


Awards:
  The 10 best-placed stations in each class will receive a "DL2000"
  DARC MILLENIUM AWARD free of charge as long as they fulfil the
  respective terms and conditions.

  The rules of the DARC-Millennium-Award "DL2000" apply in other
  respects.


Disqualification:
  Unsporting behavior - failure to comply with the rules.


Closing date:
  30 days after the end of the contest (date of postmark).


Logs should be send to:
  The Contest Manager (at the address below) - or via eMail to:

    DL2000(at)gmx.net
    ("DL two thousand...")


Contest Manager:

    Horst G. Poelitz, DF7ZH
    P O Box 1213
    D-68537 HEDDESHEIM
    GERMANY


Contest Secretary:
    Martin Schmiedel, DL1IAQ


More info at:

  DARC Web Site: http://www.darc.de/


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(Date of info: January 22, 2000)
  - Source: DARC Web Site - http://www.darc.de/
  - Original rules updated: January 20, 2000.


Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to:
  Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER
  sm3cer(at)contesting.com

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