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Subj: (ENG)(TTY) CQ WW RTTY DX Contest
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The 2009 CQ WW RTTY DX Contest
September 26–27, 2009
Starts 0000 GMT Saturday Ends 2400 GMT Sunday
I. OBJECTIVE: For amateurs around
the world to contact as many other amateurs
in as many zones, countries, U.S.
states, and VE areas as possible.
II. BANDS: The 3.5, 7, 14, 21, and 28
MHz bands may be used. No 1.8 MHz
or WARC bands allowed.
III. ENTRY CATEGORIES (choose
only one):
For all categories:
• Baudot mode only. No unattended
operation or contacts through gateways
or digi-peaters permitted.
• All entrants must operate within the
limits of their chosen category when
performing any activity that could impact
their submitted score. Only the
entrant’s callsign may be used to aid the
entrant’s score.
• A different callsign must be used for
each entry.
• All entrants must not exceed 1500
watts total output power, or the maximum
output power of their country, or
the power limit of their entry category,
whichever is less, on any band.
• Self-spotting or asking other stations
to spot you is not allowed.
• All operation must take place from
one operating site. Transmitters and
receivers must be located within a 500-
meter diameter circle or within the property
limits of the station licensee, whichever
is greater. All antennas must be
physically connected by wires to the
transmitters and receivers used by the
entrant.
• The entry location of a remote station
is determined by the physical location
of the transmitters, receivers, and
antennas. A remote station must obey
all station and category limitations.
A. Single Operator (All Band or
Single Band): For all single operator
categories, only one person (the operator)
can contribute to the final score
during the official contest period. QSO
alerting assistance of any kind (this
includes, but is not limited to, packet,
local or remote Skimmer and/or
Skimmer-like technology, Internet)
places the entrant in the Single
Operator Assisted category.
1. Single Operator High (SO High):
One person. One signal at a time. QSO
alerting assistance of any kind is not
allowed.
2. Single Operator Low (SO Low):
Same as SO High except total output
power per band must not exceed 100
watts.
3. Single Operator Assisted (SOA):
One person. One signal at a time. QSO
alerting assistance is allowed. No power
subcategories.
Note: Each of these three entry categories
can be entered as All Band (AB)
or Single Band (SB). Single band logs
must include all QSOs made on other
bands, if any. The AB or SB entry category
is specified in the log’s Cabrillo
header. Any QSOs in the log on bands
other than the SB entry will be treated
similar to a checklog.
B. Multi-Operator (all band operation
only):
1. Single-Transmitter High (MS High):
Only one transmitter, limited to 8 band
changes in any clock hour (00 through
59 minutes). For example, a change
from 20 meters to 40 meters and then
back to 20 meters constitutes two band
changes. Exception: One—and only
one—other transmitter may be used if—
and only if—the station worked is a new
multiplier. This second transmitter is also
limited to 8 band changes in any clock
hour. Violation of the 8-band-change
rule may result in reclassification to the
MM category. Logs must show which
transmitter made each QSO (“0ö for the
primary transmitter and “1ö for the second
multiplier transmitter, shown in column
81 of the Cabrillo format).
2. Single-Transmitter Low (MS Low):
Same as MS High except total output
power per band must not exceed 100
watts.
3. Two-Transmitter (M2): A maximum
of two transmitted signals at any time,
each on a different band. Only one running
transmitter allowed per band.
Either transmitter may be used to work
any and all stations. A station may be
worked once per band regardless of
which transmitter is used. Logs must
show which transmitter made the QSO
(“0ö and “1ö shown in column 81 of the
Cabrillo format). Each of the two transmitters
may make a maximum of 8 band
changes in any clock hour (00 through
59 minutes). For example, a change
from 20 meters to 40 meters and then
back to 20 meters constitutes two band
changes. Violation of the 8-bandchange
rule may result in reclassification
of the entry to the MM category. No
power subcategories.
4. Multi-Transmitter (MM): No limit to
the number of transmitters, but only one
signal and running transmitter allowed
per band. No power subcategories.
IV. EXCHANGE: RST plus zone
(e.g., 59905). U.S. and VE stations also
send U.S. (48 continental states only)
or VE area (see VE multipliers below.)
V. MULTIPLIERS: Three types of
multipliers will be used.
1. A multiplier of one (1) for each different
zone contacted on each band.
2. A multiplier of one (1) for each different
country contacted on each band.
3. A multiplier of one (1) for each different
continental U.S. state and VE
area contacted on each band.
Stations are permitted to contact their
own country and zone for multiplier
credit. The CQ Zone Map, DXCC country
list, WAE country list, and WAC
boundaries are standards. Maritimemobile
stations count only for a zone
multiplier. One multiplier for each continental
U.S. state (48) and each
Canadian area (14) on each band.
Please use only official U.S. Postal
Service abbreviations to identify states
(e.g., Michigan = MI; Massachusetts =
MA, Ohio = OH). Note: KL7 and KH6
are counted as country multipliers only
and not as state multipliers. Canadian
areas (14 total) are as follows: NB (VE1,
9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB
(VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7),
NWT (VE8), NF (VO1), LB (VO2), NU
(VYŘ), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2).
VI. POINTS:
1. Contacts between stations on different
continents are worth three (3)
points.
2. Contacts between stations on the
same continent but different countries,
two (2) points.
3. Contacts between stations in the
same country, one (1) point.
VII. SCORING: All stations—the final
score is the result of the total QSO
points multiplied by the sum of your
zone, country, and U.S. state/VE area
multipliers. Example: 1000 QSO points
× 100 multipliers (20 Zones + 30
Countries + 40 States/Areas) = 100,000
(final score).
VIII. AWARDS: First-place certificates
will be awarded in each category
listed under Section III in every participating
country and in each call area of
the United States, Canada, Russia,
Spain, Australia, and Japan.
All scores will be published. To be eligible
for an award a Single Operator
station must show a minimum of 12
hours of operation. Multi-operator stations
must operate a minimum of 24
hours. A single-band log is eligible for a
single-band award only. Single-band
entrants who also operate on other
bands must include those QSOs in their
logs. Note: The single-band entry is
specified in the Cabrillo header.
In countries or call areas where the
returns justify, second- and third-place
awards will be made.
IX. TROPHIES and PLAQUES:
Plaques and trophies are awarded for
top performance in a number of categories.
They are sponsored by individuals
and organizations. To the extent
sponsors or winners purchase plaques,
plaques will be awarded in the following
geographical areas for each of the
categories listed in Rule III for the following
areas: World, North America,
USA, Canada, South America, Africa,
Europe, Asia, and Oceania. For a current
list of plaques and sponsors, or to
learn how to become a sponsor, see
<www.cqwwrtty.com>.
X. CLUB COMPETITON:
1. The club must be a local group and
not a national organization.
2. Participation is limited to members
operating within a local geographic area
defined as within a 275-km radius from
the center of club area (except for
DXpeditions specially organized for
operation in the contest; club contributions
of DXpeditions scores are allocated
on the percentage of club members
on the DXpedition).
3. To be listed, a minimum of 3 logs
must be received from a club, and a club
officer must supply a list of participating
club members to the Contest Director.
4. Indicate your club affiliation in the
Cabrillo header, using exactly the club
name listed on the club web page,
<www.cqww.com/clubnames.htm>.
XI. LOG INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All times must be in GMT.
2. All sent and receive exchanges are
to be logged.
3. Electronic log submission: We
want your electronic log. The Committee
requires an electronic log for any
possible high-scoring entry. By submitting
a log, the entrant agrees to have
the log open to the public. If possible,
we would appreciate complete frequencies
in the log.
E-mail Required Content: Please
submit your log in the Cabrillo file format
created by all major logging programs.
(a) Submit logs to <rtty@cqww.com>.
(b) Be sure to put the callsign only
in the “Subject:ö line of the message.
(This is the callsign used during the contest
which may be different than the
operator or station callsign.) Logs
should be sent as an e-mail attachment
and the filename for the log should be
call.log (call used in the contest).
(c) Entries from Multi-Single, Multi-
Two, or Multi-Multi stations must be
merged into a single chronological log.
Multi-Single and Multi-Two logs must
clearly indicate which transmitter made
each QSO (see Rule III).
(d) If you are unable to submit a
Cabrillo log, please contact the Contest
Director for permission to submit
another format.
(e) Other questions pertaining to the
CQ WW RTTY DX Contest may be sent
to the Contest Director, Ed Muns,
WŘYK, P.O.Box 1877, Los Gatos, CA
95031-1877 USA, e-mail: <w0yk@
cqww.com>.
XII. DISQUALIFICATION: Violation
of amateur radio regulations in the
country of the contestant, or the rules of
the contest, unsportsmanlike conduct,
taking credit for excessive duplicate
contacts, unverifiable QSOs or multipliers
will be deemed sufficient cause for
disqualification.
Any use by an entrant of an non-amateur
means including, but not limited to,
telephones, e-mail, Internet, Instant
Messenger, chat rooms, VoIP, or the
use of packet to solicit, arrange, or confirm
any contacts during the contest is
unsportsmanlike and the entry is subject
to disqualification.
An entrant whose log is deemed by
the CQ WW RTTY DX Contest Committee
to contain a large number of discrepancies
may be disqualified as a
participant operator or station for a period
of one year. If within a five-year period
the operator is disqualified a second
time, he/she will be ineligible for any CQ
contest awards for three years.
XIII. DEADLINE: All entries must be emailed
to <rtty@cqww.com> no later
than November 1, 2009. Logs received
after the deadline may be listed in the results
but will be ineligible for any awards.
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