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Subj: ALESSANDRO VOLTA RTTY DX CONTEST
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43rd ALESSANDRO VOLTA RTTY DX CONTEST
www.contestvolta.it
The SSB and RTTY Club of COMO and the A.R.I. (Associazione Radioamatori
Italiani) are pleased to
announce the details of the 43rd "Alessandro VOLTA RTTY DX CONTEST". This
contest is
organized to increase interest in RTTY mode as used by radio amateurs and to
honor the Italian
discoverer of electricity, ALESSANDRO VOLTA.
TEST PERIOD: from 12:00 GMT Saturday May 9, 2009 until 12:00 GMT Sunday May 10,
2009. In
the future this event will take place on the second full week-end in May.
BANDS: 3,5 - 7 - 14 -21 - 28 MHz Amateur bands.
CLASSES: ‘‘SINGLE-OP ALL’’ - Single Operator, All Bands.
‘‘SINGLE-OP xxM’’ - Single Operator, Single Band (where xx=10, 15, 20, 40, 80)
(Single band entrants who also operate on other bands are
encouraged to submit their logs to aid in the log-checking
process. QSOs on other bands are counted: 0 points, 0
multipliers, 0 QSOs. Clearly mark in the CABRILLO log’s
header which band is to be counted as the single-band entry)
‘‘MULTI-OP’’ - Multi Operator Single or Multi Transmitter
‘‘SWL’’ - Short Wave Listeners.
‘‘CHECKLOG’’ - logs for QSO checking
ALL CATEGORIES: Single Band or All Band, Single Operator or Multi Operators,
only one signal
allowed at any one time; the operator may change bands at any time. No power
subcategories. Use of
DX spotting nets is allowed (self- spotting not allowed).
SCORING: All two way RTTY contacts will score in accordance with the exchange
POINTS TABLE.
Contacts between stations within the same DXCC Country or call area (for
Australia, Canada, Japan,
New Zealand and USA ) will not be valid. (e.g.: A W2 station can work W1, W3,
W4 etc, but not
W2). Contacts made outside one's own continent on 3.5 or 28 MHz are worth
double points.
CONTACTS: Station can be worked only once for each band. Additional contacts
may be made with
the same station only if a different band is used.
MULTIPLIERS: A multiplier of 1 (one) is given for each different DXCC Country
worked. The
same Country may be claimed again if a different band is used. An additional
multiplier is given for
each INTERCONTINENTAL COUNTRY (DX) worked on at least 4 bands. A contact with a
station
which would count as multiplier will only be valid if that station appears at
least on 4 other logs, or if a
contest log is received from that station.
POINTS: Total exchange points multiplied by the total number of multiplier
multiplied by the total
number of QSOs. [Points x Multipliers x QSOs = Final score].
COUNTRIES: ARRL DXCC Country list plus each call-area in Australia, Canada,
Japan, New
Zealand and the USA will be counted as a separate country. In those cases, the
‘‘main’’ Country
multiplier (JA-VE-VK-W-ZL) DOES NOT COUNT and ONLY each worked call-area
(JA1..0,
VE1...0, VK1..8, W1...0, ZL1...ZL4) can be considered.
MESSAGE: Must consist of: RST - QSO progressive number starting from 001 - Your
CQ Zone
number. (es.: 599-001-15)
SWL: The same scoring rules will apply but based on stations and message
copied. Use one
CABRILLO record for each station heard. If you heard both stations in QSO you
have to log two
heards.
AWARD:. Starting with this edition, the SOAB and MO categories will be divided
by Continent.
A special Trophy will be awarded to the top stations in each category. In
addition, all contestants will
be allowed to download an electronic certificate (.jpg file) from our site.
PAPER LOGS AND SUMMARY SCORE SHEETS: Use one log per band. Logs must be
clearly
filled and must contain: Band, Date, Time GMT, Call sign of station worked,
message sent, message
received, points and multipliers. A summary score sheet is required with a list
of multiplier worked on
each band and EXTRA multipliers for 4 bands DX.. SEND YOUR PAPER LOGS to: I2DMI
-
Francesco DI MICHELE - P. O. Box 55 - 22063 CANTU, ITALY.
LOGS: ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION. Send logs (VOLTA CABRILLO files) via e-mail to
log2009@contestvolta.it. In the ‘‘Subject:’’ line of your e-mail message please
include your callsign
and the category you entered (e.g., I2DMI SINGLE-OP 20M, I2DMI MULTI-OP, I2DMI
SWL,
etc). Logs should be sent as an e-mail attachment, not in the text of the
email. The filename for the log
should be yourcall.log (e.g., I2DMI.LOG or I2DMI.CBR). No summary score sheet
is required for
CABRILLO logs.
CABRILLO files will be checked by a Robot that will send a feedback message
automatically. If any
error will be found, you’ll receive an e-mail with a diagnostic errors message
inside. You can then
correct your log and submit it again. Look at www.contestvolta.it for Cabrillo
conversion programs.
IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ANY MESSAGE FROM US PLEASE SEND AGAIN THE LOG:
sometimes e-mails with Logs can be lost in Internet !!
LOGS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 2009, JUNE 30th TO QUALIFY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND
BOTH PAPER AND ELECTRONIC LOGS.
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