Marconi Memorial Contest

1) Aim	The MARCONI MEMORIAL CONTEST HF commemorates the II Century of RADIO and its father: GUGLIELMO MARCONI. It's a world-wide competition: everybody can work everybody, only CW.
2) Date and Time	Every IV full week-end of June from 1400 Utc Saturday till 1400 Utc Sunday. In 2000 it will be on 24-25 June.
3) Classes	1)Single Operator 2)Multi Operator. Subclasses of class 1: L) Low power (max 100W out) Q) Qrp (max 5 watts out). The operators L and Q in the class 1 will be marked and awarded.
4) Bands and mode	Only CW, 10m through 160m (except Warc bands) are allowed according to IARU Band Plans. The band can be changed only after 10 minutes you have been on it. The 10 minutes' count starts from the first QSO made on that band.
5) Exchange	The station send RST + a serial number from 001.
6) QSO/Points	Each QSO, verifiable by crossed checking, count 1 Point.
7) Multiplier	All CQWW countries count 1 multiplier.The same multiplier can be counted once for band.
8) Final Score	The sum of Qso/Points from all bands multiplied by the sum of multipliers from all bands.
9) Logs and summary sheet	Standard logs are necessary. A summary sheet is required showing all the QSO details on each band, class of entry, power, name, callsign, full address of the applicant, callsign of the operators and a signed declaration. Computerized logs on diskette are welcome only in ASCII format. You can apply for the free software to the Contest Manager: send a formatted 1.44 Mb diskette with SAE and two IRCs for return postage, or via Internet at the site http://www.publi.it/ham/marconi . Logs must be mailed within 30 days from the end of the contest and addressed to: ARI sez.di Fano POBox 35 61032 FANO (PS) Italy or via E-Mail to [email protected]. Please enclose your station description and your comments. A picture will be much appreciated.
10) Penalties and disqualification	Penalties and disqualification will be applied for violation of the contest rules.Each decision of the Contest Committee will be final.
11) Awards	A plaque with certificate will be awarded to the No.1 top scoring station in each class and subclass. A certificate will be awarded to No.2,3,4,5 top scoring in each class as well as to the No.1 top scoring stations in each country in each class and subclass. The Committee will send to the No.1 top scoring of single operator (if it is not a member) the "MARCONISTA" award of the MARCONI CLUB of LOANO.