Russian DX Contest

The SRR ("Union of Radioamateurs of Russia") has the honour of
inviting radioamateurs all over the world to participate in the
RUSSIAN DX CONTEST - RUSDXC-2000.

1. Date/Time	18 - 19 March 2000, from 12:00 to 12:00 UTC. The 3rd full weekend of March is fixed for this contest.
2. Bands	1,8 - 28 MHz (no WARC bands)
3. Modes	CW and SSB
4. Entries	A - Single Op All Bands - separately MIXED, CW, SSB; A100 - Single Op 100 watts All Bands - separately MIXED, CW, SSB; B - Single Op Single Band (MIXED) separately 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m C - Multi Ops All Bands single TX (MIXED); D - SWL (MIXED). E - Club competition (Russian stations ONLY) Single Operator participants can change bands with no restrictions. Only one signal can be transmitted at any given time. Multi Single stations can only use 1 (one) transmitter and only change bands using "10 minutes" rule. Exception: One and only one other band can be used during any 10 minute period if and only if the station picked up a new multiplier. Only one signal can be transmitted at any given time. The same station may be worked on other band or even on same band (but in this case with two restrictions - use another mode and do it not earlier than in 10 minutes after the previous QSO).
5. Exchange	RS(T) + QSO number starting with 001. Russian stations - RS(T) + two letters - oblast designator
6. QSO Points	QSO within own DXCC country - 2 points Another country on same continent - 3 points Other continent - 5 points. Contacts with Russian stations - 10 points for all participants.
7. Multiplier	Each DXCC country and each Russian oblast give 1 point for multiplier on each band.
8. Total	Sum of QSO points from all bands multiplied by sum of multiplier points from all bands.
9. Logs	Electronic logs: Electronic logs should be preferably submitted by E-mail to: [email protected] or within 45 days on floppy disks to: Russian DX Contest, P. O. Box 88, 123459 Moscow, Russia in ONLY TXT files using UA1AAF, K1EA, N6TR, K8CC, EI5DI, WriteLog and any ASCII format files. Any TXT formats can be used. E-mail reception of your logs will be confirmed within 48 hours. The file's name should contain a call sign of participant (yourcall.all and yourcall.sum). The log can be shown either by bands or time. Each QSO must contain callsign, time, band, RS(RST), QSO number (abbreviation) sent and received (even for check logs). Using electronic logs for high score participants is mandatory requirement!!! Summary sheet must include callsign, entry, number of QSOs, multipliers and QSO points by band and altogether. Paper logs: The use of the separate sheet for each band is necessary. Duplicate QSOs must be clearly shown. Each QSO must contain time, callsign, band, RS(RST), QSO number (abbreviation) sent and received (even for check logs). The summary sheet page must contain callsign, participant's name, full mailing address, entry, number of QSOs, multipliers and QSO points by band and altogether, final score. Paper log must be sent within 45 days to: Russian DX Contest, P. O. Box 88, 123459, Moscow, Russia
10. Awards	Entries to be awarded trophies: WORLD trophy entries: 1. Single Op All Bands MIXED World - RA3AUU 2. Single Op All Bands CW World - RM6A Contest Club 3. Single Op All Bands SSB World - RADIO magazine 4. Single Op 100 watts All Bands MIXED World - RA3AUU 5. Single Op 100 watts All Bands CW World - UA6LV 6. Single Op 100 watts All Bands SSB World - RU3DX 7. Multi Single All Bands World - Russian Contest Club North America: 8. Single Op All Bands MIXED North America - UA2FB European Russia trophy entries: 9. Single Op All Bands MIXED EUR - RW2F contest club 10. Single Op All Bands CW EUR - UA1DZ memorial 11. Single Op All Bands SSB EUR - Russian Robinzon Club 12. Multi Single All Bands EUR - UA2FZ Asiatic Russia trophy entries: 13. Single Op All Bands MIXED ASR - UA3AB 14. Single Op All Bands CW ASR - RN6BY 15. Single Op All Bands SSB ASR - RN6BY 16. Multi Single All Bands ASR - RU1A Contest Club 17. Team competition (Russia ONLY) - Russian Contest Club Those ranked 2nd and 3rd in these entries plus SWL will be awarded special souvenirs from SRR. Winners of Single Op All Bands MIXED entry from each continent and SWL. World winner will be awarded SRR medals. Winners of other entries and runners up will be awarded certificates. Russian stations and European participants of entries A, A100, C, B14 and B21 made over 500 QSOs and entries B28, B7, B3,5 and B1,8 made over 200 QSOs will receive certificates of the merit. Other participants will get this award logging over 250 QSOs.