ANARTS WW RTTY CONTEST

SK3BG - Sundsvall Radioamateurs - SRA, SWEDEN SM3CER Contest Service - Rules

ANARTS WW RTTY/Digital Contest

Sponsored by Australian National Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society Second full weekend in June 1998

Contest period:

Saturday 13th 0000Z to Sunday 14th 2400Z (48 hours)

Maximum operating time allowed:

30 hours for Single operator entries and SWLs.

No restrictions on the duration of the rest periods.

Multi-op stations may operate the entire contest period.

A summary of operating times must be submitted with the log.

Bands:

80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 m.

Classes:

(A) Single Operator, one transmitter

(B) Multi Operator, one transmitter

(C) SWL

Modes:

All digital modes permitted: RTTY, AMTOR, PACTOR, FEC, and Packet.

No Satellite operations.

Exchange:

RST, CQ Zone and Time (UTC).

Multipliers:

Each ARRL DXCC Country and each call district of VK (1-8), JA, VE, and W count as separate countries on each band.

Each continent counts only ONCE, as an additional multiplier. Maximum of six.

NOTES:
VK (1-8), JA, VE and W mainland do NOT count as multipliers.

Contact with ones own country counts for QSO points but NOT as a multiplier.

QSO points:

Use "Revised 1994 Exchange Points Table" to determine QSO points.

Scoring:

Total QSO points x total multipliers x number of continents worked (max. 6).

After the above calculations, World stations add,

100 points for each VK QSO on 20 m

200 points for each VK QSO on 15 m

300 points for each VK QSO on 10 m

400 points for each VK QSO on 40 m

500 points for each VK QSO on 80 m

NOTE:
Any contact the memorial station VK2SG earns double the table points for that QSO. i.e. Zone 3 to 30 = 70

Awards:

Plaques will be awarded to first in the world in each class.

Certificates will be issued for 1st to 5th places in the world, to 1st to 3rd places in each of the six continents and to 1st to 3rd places in each country/multiplier in each class.

The judges’ decisions will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Logs become the property of ANARTS.

Logs:

Separate logsheets are required for each band.

Logs must show: BAND, DATE and TIME (UTC), CALLSIGN, MESSAGE Sent and Received, NEW MULTIPLIERS and QSO POINTS.

Summary sheet must show: Your callsign, name and address of operator, bands used, points claimed for each band, number of VK stations, total points claimed and signature/s. Multi-op station logs must contain the signatures and callsigns of all operators.

A general certification regarding compliance with rules is also required.

Log deadline:

Logs must be received by the Contest Committee
by September 1.

Mail to:

Contest Manager Jim Swan, VK2BQS P O Box 93 TOONGABBIE, N.S.W. 2146 AUSTRALIA

Date of info: December 7, 1997
Source: Eddie, W6/G0AZT

This contest directly supported by:
	OH2GI-HAM SYSTEM		RTTY by WF1B

Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to: Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER sm3cer@contesting.com Please also inform for corrections/changes/new rules/results to: Davide Edemetti - IK0SDQ IK0SDQ