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CWJF - MANCHESTER MINEIRA ALL AMERICA CW CONTEST
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1. PURPOSE - The CWJF Manchester Mineira All America Contest - is starting from
this
year (2006) a contest among America, being organized by CWJF - Juiz de Fora CW
Group in commemoration to Juiz de Fora City birthday and has as objective:
1.1. To promote the union of all America’s amateurs radio;
1.2. Celebrate of Juiz de Fora City birthday;
1.3. Promote conditions for obtaining of the Diplomas of CWJF;
1.4. Integrate the ham radio operators, Clubs and CW practicing Groups of South
and
North America.
2. PERIOD - May, 3rd weekend.
Start: 15:00UTC - Saturday ;
End: 23:59UTC - Sunday .
3. MODE & BANDS - Exclusively CW ( A1A ), and bands 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and
10m.
4. CATEGORIES - South America & North America:
4.1. SOSB - Single Operator , Single Band ( 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m );
4.2. SOAB - Single Operator , All Bands;
4.3. SOAB QRP - Single Operator , All Bands , QRP ( Maximum : 5 watts );
4.4. M/S - Multi Operator , Single Transmitter , All Bands.
5. CONTACTS - Two-way QSO confirmed between stations on the same country or
different
countries, independent of the continent ( South America and North America -
official
DXCC List ), allowed repetition of contacts in different bands.
6. CQ MESSAGE - “ CQ TEST MM ö
7. EXCHANGE - All stations: send RST + Continent ( i.e. 599 SA or 599 NA );
7.1. CWJF Members: send RST + Continent / M ( i.e. 599 SA / M );
7.2. QRP Stations: send RST + Continent / QRP ( i.e. 599 NA / QRP - even member
);
7.3. YL Operator: send RST + Continent / YL ( i.e. 599 SA / YL even if member
or QRP ).
7.4. Clubs or Groups Operator: send RST + Continent / C ( i.e. “599 NA / Cö ).
MANCHESTER MINEIRA
ALL AMERICA CW CONTEST
RULES
CWJF - MANCHESTER MINEIRA ALL AMERICA CW CONTEST
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8. POINTS - All bands ( 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m ):
8.1. QSO confirmed in the same Country: 1 point;
8.2. QSO confirmed with Country of the same continent: 2 points;
8.3. QSO confirmed with Country of another continent: 3 points;
8.4. QSO confirmed with the CWJF Members, QRP Stations or YL Operator: 5
points.
9. MULTIPLIERS
9.1. South America Stations: all the different PREFIXES worked on each band.
( i.e. - CX9 - HP1 - K3 - LU2 - N7 - OA4 - PP1 - PY4 - VE6 - WA8 - XE3 - YV1 -
ZP5 - 9Y4 );
9.2. North America Stations: the different South America PREFIXES worked in
each band.
( i.e. CE3 - CP6 - HC5 - HK1 - LU7 - OA4 - PT7 - PY4 - PY8 - XQ3 - YV1 - ZP5 -
ZY7 ).
10. FINAL SCORE - Sum of points obtained in each band, multiplied by sum of
the
multipliers in each band.
11. DXCluster® - DXCluster® network usage is allowed for all categories. The
participants
can receive information from DXCluster®, however is strictly prohibited
seft-spot or
request, by any mean, that others announce you during the contest. The
violation of this
rule can result in penalties or even in disqualification.
12. AWARDS
12.1. ALL AMERICAN CHAMPION TROPHY - will be honored to station (independent
of the continent), that obtains the largest final score, the absolute winner.
Doesn’t
compete to this trophy the stations of the category “4.4.ö.
12.2. PLATES - will be honored to station on each Continent (South America and
North
America), that obtain the 1st place in each category.
12.3. CERTIFICATES - will be honored to station or club/group station of South
America and
North America, that obtain the 2nd and 3rd places in your respective
categories.
12.4. CWJF - MANCHESTER MINEIRA TROPHY - will be honored to the club/group
station (independent of the continent), that you obtain the largest final
score.
13. LOGS. All logs should be sent by e-mail or by postal mail (postmark date)
until July
30. We strongly motivate to send the log by electronic way to email:
testcwjf@gmail.
com preferentially in the cabrillo format. You also can use the Web Cabrillo
Form
(http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/cwmanmineira_cab.php) to generate log in the
correct format.
14. RESULTS. The contest results will be published in the CWJF electronic page
( http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf ), only 60 days before the next contest.
The participant that has interest in receiving the printed contest result book
by mail, should
send USD$5 or 3 IRC’s to addressed: CWJF, Manchester Mineira Contest, P. O. Box
410,
Juiz de Fora-MG, 36001-970, Brazil. The awards will be sent to the winners,
with no charge.
THE SUCCESS OF THE MANCHESTER MINEIRA ALL AMERICA CONTEST
REPRESENTS THE VICTORY OF ALL US CW LOVERS.
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