The 1995 ARI "G. Marconi" International DX Contest

Aim:

it's a world-wide competition: everybody can work everybody.

Date and time:

the first full week-end of May from 20:00 UTC Saturday till 20:00 UTC Sunday. In 1995 it will be on May 6 and 7.

Class:

• 1) Single Operator - CW
• 2) Single Operator - SSB
• 3) Single Operator - RTTY
• 4) Single Operator - Mixed
• 5) Multi Operators - Single TX - Mixed

Bands:

10 m thru 160 m (except WARC bands) are allowed according to IARU Band Plans. Band and mode can be changed only after 10 minutes you have been on it.

Exchange:

Italian stations will send RST + two letters to identify their province. The Marconi Memorial Stations will send RST + the code "GM" (it means Guglielmo Marconi). Other stations will send RST + a serial number from 001.

QSO/Points:

• QSO/HRD with own country counts 0 points but is good for the multipliers' credit.
• QSO/HRD with own continent counts 1 point.
• QSO/HRD with a different continent counts 3 points.
• QSO/HRD with any Italian station (I & IS0, including the Marconi Memorial Stations) counts 10 points.

The same station can be contacted on the same band once on SSB/CW/RTTY but only the first QSO is good for multipliers' credit. Please remember that I (Italy) and IS0 (Sardinia Island) are NOT country multipliers.

Multipliers:

• each Italian province (103) counts 1 multiplier;
• each DXCC Country (except I and IS0) counts 1 multiplier;
• each Marconi Memorial Station counts 1 multiplier;

The same multiplier (country/province/memorial station) can be counted once and only once per band.

Note New Rule:

the Marconi Memorial Stations are special callsigns aired from the places where Guglielmo Marconi did his experiments. These stations will be recognizable from the IY prefix (like IY4FGM, IY1TTM, etc.). Each one of them will count as a separate multiplier (only for this edition od the contest).

Final score:

the sum of QSO/Points from all bands times the sum of multipliers from all bands.

SWL:

SWL have the same rules of OM. The same station cannot appear more than 3 (three) times on every band as a correspondent.

Logs and summary sheet:

separate logs are necessary for each band. Logs must show all the QSO data. Duplicate contacts must be marked and with points = 0. A summary sheet is required, showing all the scoring details on each band, class of entry, name, callsign, full address of ther applicant, callsign of other operators and a signed declaration. A dupe sheet is required for entries with more than 100 QSO on one band.
Logs must be mailed within 30 days from the end of the contest and addressed to:

      ARI Contest Manager I2UIY
      P.O. Box 14
      27043 Broni (PV) ITALY

Logs on floppy disk are welcome but accepted only if you used the MSDOS software distributed free of cost from the Contest Committee.

Penalties and disqualifications

Disqualification applies for

• excessive number of unmarked duplicates (more than 2%)
• violation of the "10 minutes rule" (either for band or mode)
• excessive declared score (more than 5%)
• log without the summary sheet.

Penalties:

• each duplicate contact removed by the Contest Committee means a penalty of 3 QSO
• each multiplier counted twice or more on the same band means a penalty of 2 multipliers
• each non-existing station logged means a penaly of 5 QSO

The Committee may decide to penalize a log, instead of disqualifying it, by erasing a percentage of its score.

Awards

a plaque with a certificate will be awarded to the top scoring station in each class. Special plaques can be awarded by the Contest Commitee if country/continental/call-area participation will justify the decision. A certificate will be awarded to No. 2, 3, 4, 5 top scoring stations in each country in each class.

Special award

ARI Pocket calculator will be awarded free to everyone who will log at least the following QSOs:

• 50 QSO with Italian stations, for DX stations (outside Europe)
• 150 QSO with Italian stations, for European stations

The same station can be logged once for each band. An alphabetical list of the Italian stations would be mush appreciated.

Free software

an IBM-compatible software to administrate this contest is available free of charge. It can be used either real-time or after the contest. It calculates points, multipliers and score, you have just to type the callsign and the received report. It prints logs, summary and dupe sheets as well as QSL labels. It has Packet Cluster capability. An updated version is now available, revised and modified. The software can be received by sending 5 US Dollars or 10 IRCs to cover the diskette/postage expenses of the Contest Manager.

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