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Mexico International RTTY Contest
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Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores, A. C. (F.M.R.E.)

NEW RULES
Mexico International RTTY Contest 2004


 1. Object:
    Contact and exchange QSO information with as many stations as
    possible. Any station may work any other station.

    The call will be CQ XE TEST or CQ MEXICO TEST.


 2. Contest period:

      Second weekend of February.

      Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, February 7,
      and ends 1759 UTC Sunday, February 8, 2004


 3. Mode:
    Baudot RTTY only.


 4. Bands:
    All amateur bands, 3.5 to 28 MHz. (except 10, 18 & 24 Mhz).


 5. Entry categories:

      • a) Single Operator Single Radio
      • b) Single Operator Two Radio

    Both categories "All Band" only. High power permitted.


 6. Exchange:

    • Mexico: Signal report and State.

    • DX: Signal report and serial number, starting with 001.


 7. Scoring:
    (A) QSO Points:
        Count two (2) points for each completed QSO
        in the same country.
        Count three (3) points for each completed QSO
        in different country.
        Count four (4) points with any XE station.

    (B) Multiplier:
        Count only once, each Mexico state and Distrito Federal
        (32 entities) and each DXCC country in each band worked.
        Mexico do not count as DXCC country.


 8. Reporting:

    • (A) Entries must be postmarked no later than 30 days after the
      end of the contest (March 1st, 2004). No late entries can be
      accepted. Use FMRE RTTY International Contest forms. Look for
      forms Internet FMRE address: www.fmre.org.mx.
      Link: Concursos/Contests.

    • (B) An official summary sheet or reasonable facsimile with a
      signed contest participation disclaimer is required with all
      entries.

    • Logs must indicate date, time in UTC, band, calls and complete
      exchanges (sent and received), multipliers and QSO points.
      Multipliers should be marked clearly in the log the first time
      they are worked.

      Send entries to:

        Jose Levy, XE1J
        Dirección de Concursos FMRE
        Clavel 333
        COLIMA, Col. 28030
        MEXICO

      Or via Internet:

        xe1j(at)ucol.mx


 9. Awards:
    Original certificates will be awarded to the three first places
    DXCC and Mexico stations on each category.

    Also, recognition to first place in each DXCC country and in each
    Mexico state when sufficient score is obtained.


10. Disqualification:
    For excess duplicate contacts and call sign or exchange errors.


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Date of info: 31 January, 2004
  - Source: FMRE Web Site - http://www.fmre.org.mx/ -

Original rules updated: 4 October, 2003


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The 32 States of Mexico and abbreviation:

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Aguascalientes   AGS    Baja California BC     Baja California Sur BCS
Campeche         CAM    Chiapas         CHS    Chihuahua           CHH
Coahuila         COA    Colima          COL    Distrito Federal    DF
Estado de Mexico EMX    Durango         DGO    Guanajuato          GTO
Guerrero         GRO    Hidalgo         HGO    Jalisco             JAL
Michoacan        MIC    Morelos         MOR    Nayarit             NAY
Nuevo Leon       NL     Oaxaca          OAX    Puebla              PUE
Queretaro        QRO    Quintana Roo    QTR    San Luis Potosi     SLP
Sinaloa          SIN    Sonora          SON    Tabasco             TAB
Tamaulipas       TMS    Tlaxcala        TLX    Veracruz            VER
Yucatan          YUC    Zacatecas       ZAC
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This contest is known to be supported by:

      MixW by UT2UZ: http://mixw.net/
        N1MM Logger: http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/
   OH2GI Ham System: http://www.kolumbus.fi/jukka.kallio/
  RCKRtty by DL4RCK: http://www.rckrtty.de/
   WriteLog by W5XD: http://www.writelog.com/
    YP-Log by VE6YP: http://members.shaw.ca/ve6yp/

SM3CER Contest Service Software Page:
  http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/software.htm


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MORE INFO:

  FMRE Web Site: http://www.fmre.org.mx/


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

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