Rules of the OK DX RTTY Contest
1. Date: 00:00 UTC to 24:00 UTC Staurday, 3rd full weekend in December
2. Mode: RTTY - Baudot
3. Bands: 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters, according to the IARU band plan
4. Class:
* A1) Single operator all bands high power (> 100 W)
* A2) Single operator all bands low power (< 100 W)
* B) Single operator single band
* C) Multi operators all bands only
* D) SWL
A1 and A2 entrants may only change band once in 5 minute period.
5. Call: CQ OK TEST
6. Message: RST + CQ Zone
7. Points:
* On 10, 15 and 20 meters bands:
o 1 point for contact within own continent
o 2 points for outside own continent (DX QSO)
* On 40 and 80 meters bands:
o 3 points for contact within own continent
o 6 points for outside own continent (DX QSO)
8. Multipliers: DXCC Countries and OK stations on each band
9. Final score: Total points all bands x (total DXCC countries in
all bands + OK stations in all bands)
10. Trophies:
* Awards and plate to winner in classes A1 and A2.
* Award to winners in class B, C and D.
* Winner any DXCC countries (works min. 30 QSO).
11. Logs: Logs must be submitted in Cabrillo format by e-mail to:
okr...@crk.cz. Include a summary sheet showing the scoring and other
essential information for checking purposes. SWL log will be accepted
as plain ASCII text files showing date, band, callsign/message sent by
claimed station and callsign of station worked, in chronological
order, together with a summary file showing scoring and full name and
address of entrant. Mailing deadline for all entries is 15th January
next year.
