JARTS WW RTTY Contest

Sponsored by JARTS (President: JA1ACB)
Supported by Japanese CQ Magazine (Ref: JH1BIH)
Occurs on third full weekend in October

1. Contest Period	0000 UTC Sat 21st to 2400 UTC Sun 22nd,2000 (48hrs) No OFF periods required.
2. Bands	80, 40, 20, 15, and 10M JA RTTY BAND SEGMENTS: 80M 3.520 --- 3.525 MHz <-- note! 40M 7.025 --- 7.040 MHz <-- note! 20M 14.070 -- 14.112 MHz 15M 21.070 -- 21.125 MHz 10M 28.070 -- 28.150 MHz
3. Mode	Baudot (RTTY) only.
4. Operator Classes	A) Single Operator, All Band B) Multi-Operator, All Band, (Multi TX Permitted) C) SWL, All band
5. Message Exchange	RST + Operator's age (00 acceptable for YL and XYL). Multi-op stations must send 99 as operator age.
6. QSO Points	Two (2) points for QSO within your own continent. Three (3) points for QSO outside your own continent.
7. Multiplier	A: Each DXCC country except JA/W/VE/VK Mainland B: Each call area in JA/W/VE/VK * Each multiplier is counted only once per band. * You can count your own country or call area as a multiplier.
8. Final Score	Total QSO points x total multipliers. (Same for SWL's)
9. Awards	First place plaques to top winner in all three classes. First through fifth place certificates, all three classes in each continent. Special award for 16th from last, in all three classes. Note: Awards will be only be issued, based on 20 or more participants in each class.
10. Logs and Summary	The logs to contain: BAND, DATE/TIME UTC, CALLSIGN, RST/AGE sent and received, MULTIPLIERS, and POINTS claimed. Any entry making more than 200 QSOs must submit duplicate checksheet. Use separate logsheets for each band, and include a Summary Sheet showing the scoring, class, your call, name and address. Multi-Op stations please include names and callsigns of all ops. Logsheets and Summary sheets are available from Contest Manager, JH1BIH.
11. Deadline	Logs must be received by December 31,2000 Mail to: JARTS Contest Manager, Hiroshi Aihara, JH1BIH 1-29 Honcho, 4 Shiki Saitama 353-0004 JAPAN