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Subj: A.R.I. International DX Contest
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A.R.I. International DX Contest 2009
Aim
It is a world-wide competition: everybody can work everybody.
Date and time
The contest will be held on each first full week-end of May from 2000z Saturday
till 1959z Sunday.
Dates for the next editions are:
ƒÞ 2009 = May 2 - 3 ä²
ƒÞ 2010 = May 1 - 2
Categories
A. Single Operator - CW
B. Single Operator - SSB
C. Single Operator - RTTY
D. Single Operator - Mixed
E. Multi Operator - Single TX - Mixed
F. SWL - Single Operator - Mixed
Bands
Bands from 10m thru 160m (RTTY: 10m thru 80m), 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 (only
Multi Operators).
Exchange
Italian stations will send RST and two letters to identify their own province.
Other stations will send
RST and a serial number from 001. The serial number will NOT restart from 001
on each band/mode.
Multipliers
ƒÞ each Italian province (110) count 1 (one) multiplier,
ƒÞ each DXCC country (except I & IS0) count 1 (one) multiplier.
The same multiplier (country/province) can be counted once and only once for
band.
The 110 Italian provinces (by call-area) are:
ƒÞ I1: AL, AT, BI, CN, GE, IM, NO, SP, SV, TO, VB, VC.
ƒÞ IX1: AO.
ƒÞ I2: BG, BS, CO, CR, LC, LO, MB, MI, MN, PV, SO, VA.
ƒÞ I3: BL, PD, RO, TV, VE, VR, VI.
ƒÞ IN3: BZ, TN.
ƒÞ IV3: GO, PN, TS, UD.
ƒÞ I4: BO, FE, FC, MO, PR, PC, RA, RE, RN.
ƒÞ I5: AR, FI, GR, LI, LU, MS, PI, PO, PT, SI.
ƒÞ I6: AN, AP, AQ, CH, FM, MC, PS (or PU), PE, TE.
ƒÞ I7: BA, BR, BT, FG, LE, MT, TA.
ƒÞ I8: AV, BN, CB, CE, CZ, CS, IS, KR, NA, PZ, RC, SA, VV.
ƒÞ I0: FR, LT, PG, RI, RM (or ROMA), TR, VT.
ƒÞ IT9: CL, CT, EN, ME, PA, RG, SR, TP, AG.
ƒÞ IS0: CA, CI, NU, OG, OR, OT, SS, VS.
QSO/Points
ƒÞ QSO/HRD with own country counts 0 (zero) point but is good for the
multipliers credit.
ƒÞ QSO/HRD with own continent counts 1 (one) point,
ƒÞ QSO/HRD with different continent counts 3 (three) points,
ƒÞ QSO/HRD with any Italian (I & IS0) station counts 10 (ten) 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.
Final score
The sum of QSO/points from all bands times the sum of multipliers from all
bands.
SWL Stations
Listeners are required to log the callsigns of both the station heard and the
correspondent station.
Score is calculated based only upon the station heard using the same rules as
transmitting stations. A
callsign may not appear more than 3 (three) times per band as a correspondent
regardless of mode.
SWLs MUST log no more than 1 (one) QSO on each line of their log.
Log
ƒÞ E-mail logs. Cabrillo format is highly recommended. Alternatively, logs in
ASCII format (or as
attached files) may be sent via e-mail addressed to aricontest ¡Vat- kkn ¡Vdot-
net. Use your
call and category in the Subject of message. You will receive an
acknowledgement of receipt of
your log within 48 hours.
ƒÞ Logs on CD or floppy disk are really very welcome and accepted in
substitution of e-mail
logs. Please send us your log on diskette. Accepted formats are N6TR, K1EA,
EI5DI, UA1AAF,
WF1B, OH2GI, DL4RCK, N1MM Cabrillo as well as the old MS/DOS software
distributed FREE of
cost from the Contest Committee. A printed summary sheet must always be
enclosed if a
format different from Cabrillo will be used. We ask Cabrillo logs as your first
choice!
ƒÞ Paper logs: separate logs are necessary for each band. Logs must show all
the QSOs data. A
summary sheet is required showing all the scoring details, class of entry,
name, callsign, full
address of the applicant, callsign of other operators and a signed declaration.
Paper Logs must
be mailed within 30 days from the end of the contest and addressed to A.R.I.
Contest
Manager, c/o ARI, Via D. Scarlatti 31, 20124 Milano (MI) Italy.
Penalties and disqualifications
Logs will be carefully checked by the Contest Committee and mistakes may cause
a score reduction.
Disqualification may apply for:
ƒÞ excessive number of unmarked duplicates (more than 2%),
ƒÞ violation of the "10 minutes rule" (either for band and mode),
ƒÞ excessive declared score,
ƒÞ log without the summary sheet.
Instead to disqualify a log, the Committee may decide to penalize 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 Committee 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 class as
well as to the top scoring stations in each country in each class. Free
software Several programs
manage ARI DX Contest and you can find a list at
<http://www.qsl.net/contest_ari>, together
with a lot of informations about our contest.
Contacts Any request and/or suggestion can be sent via e-mail to the A.R.I. HF
Contest Manager
IT9BLB: it9blb ¡Vat- infcom ¡Vdot- it
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