Japan International DX Contest
OBJECTIVE: For amateurs around the world (DX) to contact JA stations in
as many JA prefectures + JD1 islands as possible.
For amateurs in Japan to contact DX stations in as many DXCC countries
and CQ Zones as possible.
| 1. Contest Period | Starts 1 hour (2 hour for Low Band CW) before the 2nd full weekend of January (LF CW), April (HF CW) and November (Phone) then will finishes in 48 hours. LF CW Jan/07/00 2200 - Jan/09/00 2200 UTC Operating period is maximum 30 hours of the total 48, except for JAs, who can operate the full 48 hours. |
| 2. Bands | PHONE 3.5/7/14/21/28MHz (JAs on 3525-3575,3747-3754,3791-3805KHz) CW LF 1.9/3.5/7 MHz (JAs on 1907.5-1912.5KHz) CW HF 14/21/28 MHz Except for the WARC bands. |
| 3. Entry Classifications | **** CHOOSE ONLY ONE! **** 3-1.Single Operator (*1) High Power (*2) Multi Band Single Band 3-2.Single Operator Low Power (*3) Multi Band Single Band 3-3.Multi Operator (*4) 3-4.Maritime Mobile (*5) # All categories, except Multi Op, only one transmitted signal is allowed at any one time. # All stations can use the spotting network(like PacketCluster tm). # Single operator can change bands at any time. # All stations, except Maritime Mobile, must not change the operating location in entire contest period. # Anyone may only submit one entry in spite of the callsign used. Submission of check logs for operation on other bands is encouraged. *1 Single operator must do all contest related things by himself. *2 High Power: Output power 100w over *3 Low Power: Output power 100w or less *4 Multi Op station must remain the same band at least 10 minutes when they make the contact on that band (RUNNING station). They can transmit one other band simultaneously only when the station worked is a new multiplier (MULTIPLIER station). The 10 minutes rule will be applied to each RUNNING station and MULTIPLIER station separately. *5 /MM stations result will be listed separately but not eligible for the awards. |
| 4. Contest Exchange | JAs : RS(T) + Prefecture number(01 to 50) Others: RS(T) + CQ Zone number |
| 5. Points | Only contacts between JA and DX(+/MM) are worth contest points. (DX-DX, DX-/MM or JA-JA contacts are no
point and no multi) 1.8/1.9MHz ............... 4 points The same station may be worked only once per band. No cross mode, cross band nor repeater contacts are allowed. |
| 6. Multiplier | JAs :The number of different DXCC country (except JD1) and CQ Zone worked on each band. QSO with /MM
stations is worth for Point and Zone multi but no Country multi. Others:The number of different Japanese Prefecture plus Ogasawara Is.(JD1), Minami-Torishima Is.(JD1) and Okino-Torishima Is. worked on each band. Maximum of 50 (See the List) per band. |
| 7. Scoring | The final score is the result of the (Total QSO points) multiplied by (Total multiplier). Ex. 100 QSO points x 59 multi = 5,900 |
| 8. Log Instructions | 8-1. All times must be in UTC. 8-2. All sent and received exchanges are to be logged. 8-3. Indicate the new multiplier only the FIRST TIME it is worked on each band. 8-4. Duplicate contacts on same band must be clearly shown and marked as 0 QSO point. 8-5. Electronic Log: Disk log: MS-DOS compatible disk is accepted only with the printed summary sheet. The LOG format must meets the "ARRL Suggested Standard File Format For Submission of Contest Log Data". Email Log: You'll be able to get the ELECTRONIC LOG instructions by sending an email to the address listed below; (This address is only for information request) with the following command in the body of the message; #get jidxelog.eng or #get jidxelog.jpn (Any commands must start with NO space/tabs but with "#") 8-6. Use a separate sheet for each band. Use a separate sheet for Multi Op, RUNNING and MULTI station. 8-7. Each entry must be accompanied by a summary sheet showing all scoring information, class of entries, name and address in BLOCK LETTERS, and a signed declaration that "All contest rules and regulations for amateur radio in the country of operation have been observed. JIDX Contest committee decision is final" 8-8. The 18 hour non-operating periods must be clearly shown in the summary sheet. 8-9. All entrants are required to submit dupe-check sheets (an alphabetical list of calls worked) for each band if 200 or more QSOs were made on that band, or for all bands if a total of 500 or more QSOs were made. |
| 9. Plaques | Plaques will be awarded to the winners listed below. The Single Op/Sigle band plaques will be awarded to the highest
scorer regardless of the High/Low power category. Candidates for Combined CW LF+HF plaques for Japan &
World single Op must have submitted entries for both contests. ALL BAND JAPAN FEDXP Far East DX-Ploiters ALL BAND N.AM JA8KSD Masashi Takeuchi ALL BAND S.AM ORRC Oyabe River Radio Club ALL BAND EUROPE JNTDXC Japan Northern Tochigi DX Club ALL BAND ASIA JJ1IHS Akihiko Kaihotsu ALL BAND OCEANIA JA1ELY Toshikazu Kusano ALL BAND AFRICA EDXG Ehime DX Group |
| 10. Special Prize | Special prize "The free round trip ticket to Japan" was terminated. |
| 11. Awards | First(plus 2nd & 3rd, depending on number of entries) place certificates will be awarded in each class in every country and in each call area of the USA. |
| 12. Special Contest Award | Any entrants who worked all Japanese prefectures (01 to 47) during the contest period can request a "Special Contest Award" with the separate worked list with free of charge.Stations callsign, time, band must be indicated ordered prefecture number in the list. |
| 13. Reporting | A original log and a summary sheet will be requested with a SAE with one IRC but any log forms will be accepted. All
logs should be sent to JIDX "PHONE/LFCW/HFCW" Contest The contest results will be sent with one IRC and SAE. Email log submissions will be judged with the time stamp of the email and it should be sent to; (Log submissions only) The acknowledgment will be sent when the email log is received and the result also will be sent by email. |
| 14. Deadline | No later than the following Post Marked date of that year LF CW February 28 The deadline will be extended up to 1 month if the JIDX contest committee accept the request with the reason by FAX or email prior to the deadline. FAX:03-3733-0234(JA1ELY) |
| 15. Disqualification | Violation of the contest rules. False statement in the report. The decision of the JIDX contest committee is final. |
| 16. Information in the Inernet | You'll be able to get JIDX related informations by sending emails to;
with the following commands in the body of the message. help #get index |
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Electronic Log Submission for JIDX Contest
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(rev Nov. '98)
JIDX Contest Committee will accept the electronic logs by Disk or Email.
**LOG FORMAT
The aplication dependent BINARY format like *.DBF,*.XLS or *.DOC etc
are NOT ACCEPTED.
The log & summary sheet must be in the ASCII(=Plain Text) format only.
The summary, log and multi check list must be in one file.
The file name will be consisted by your callsign and entry class.
ie JE1CKA-AB.LOG, KH0AM28L.LOG
1. DISK submittion;
3.5" 2DD/2HD with MS-DOS formatted floppy disks will be appreciated. No other
type of disks will be accepted. Please stick the label on the disk with your
Callsign, contest name with year and entry class.
ie JE1CKA 98HFCW 7LowPower
2. Email submittion;
** DO NOT send the email in "HTML" format. Many M$-Outlook Express, Netscape Mail
users sent their logs in "html" format. HTML mail is not the standard, so please
set "html" option of your mailer OFF!
2-1.Compression
You can compress the summary, log and multi check list by using ZIP,
TAR+GZIP or LHA. No other compression is accepted and the log will be
returned. However we strongly recommend you to send the PLAIN TEXT
(ASCII) logs.
2-2. Encoding
To send the compressed log, you should encode them by uuencode or base64
only. No other encoding like BINHEX is accepted and the log will be returned.
2-3. Where to send
All email logs should be sent to the following email address.
<[email protected]>
If the email is arrived at above address, auto acknowledgement will be sent
to the sender in a minute.
3. Problem?
If you can not receive the acknowledgement or the log is too large to send
in one email, would you consult to the JIDX contest committee chairman before
sending?
JIDX committee chairman <[email protected]>
4. Photos
Would you send your photos in jpeg/gif format together with your log?
They will be displayed with the result at JIDX Web page.
http://jzap.com/je1cka/jidx/
5. JIDX contest supported Logging Programs
The following programs have been supported JIDX contest and we committee
recommends to use one of them. If you know any other logging software which
support JIDX contest, please let us know.
a. TR-Log by Tree, N6TR. <http://qth.com/tr/>
b. TR-Free by Tree, N6TR. This is the FREE virsion of above TR-Log.
<ftp://jzap.com/pub/n6tr/trfree.zip>
c. QuickScore by John, VK4EMM. Free!
<http://www.uq.net.au/radiosport/News/Software.htm>
d. Super Duperby Paul O'Kane,EI5DI <http://www.iol.ie/~okanep>
6. RESULT NOTICE
The result will be emailed to the entrants who submitted their logs by email
when it will be published on the FiveNine magazine immediately.
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Summary Sheet
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JAPAN INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST
Phone High Band CW Low Band CW
(Leave one and delete others)
USED CALLSIGN:
OPERATOR(s) :
COUNTRY :
CQ ZONE :
CLASSIFICATION(Leave one and delete others)
High Power(100w over output)
Single Op. High Power, All Band
Single Op. High Power, Single Band [ MHz]
Low Power(100w output or less)
Single Op. Low Power, All Band
Single Op. Low Power, Single Band [ MHz]
Multi Op. Single TX
Maritim Mobile
BAND QSOs POINTs CTRY ZONE (for JAs)
BAND QSOs POINTs PREFECTURES (for DXs)
1.9
3.5
7
14
21
28
Total
SCORE:
Comments;
"I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations for Amateur
Radio in my country. My report is correct and true to the best of my
knowledge.I agree to be bound by the decisions of the JIDX Contest Committee."
Signature: Date:
____________________________________________________________________________
(TYPE or PRINT)
NAME CALL
Address:
City :
Prefecture/State:
Postal Code:
Country:
____________________________________________________________
Log
Any ASCII file output from CT/TRLOG/NA/ZLOG etc logging software will be
accepted by the committee. All logs must be logged for each bands.
STATIO:KH0AM
BAND MM/DD/YY HHMM CALLSIGN RSTNR RSTNR NEW POINT
SENT RCVD MULTI
20 11/09/97 2310 JE1CKA 5927 5917 17 1
20 11/09/97 2312 JH1AEP 5927 5916 16 1
20 11/09/97 2316 JI3ERV 5927 5922 22 1
20 11/09/97 2317 JH4NMT 5927 5931 31 1
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Update: 02/04/00