--------------------------------------------------------- Text-only page Edited by SM3CER - sm3cer(at)contesting.com - 10 May 2006 SM3CER Contest Service - http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ --------------------------------------------------------- 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(at)dqso.net 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 Χ 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: club(at)dqso.net with your callsign in the message subject. -------------------- ooo -------------------- Date of info: May 10, 2006 - Source: Digital QSO Club Web Site - Digital Pentathlon rules - http://dqso.net/digipen/digipen-en.htm - -------------------- ooo -------------------- MORE INFO: Digital QSO Club Web Site: http://dqso.net/ -------------------- ooo -------------------- Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to: Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER sm3cer(at)contesting.com ------------------------------------------------- URL: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/text/digipen.txt Copyright © 2005-2006 Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER This page was created March 30, 2005 Most recent revision May 10, 2006 -------------------------------------------------