B.A.R.T.G. SPRING RTTY CONTEST 2000

TIME:  0200 GMT Saturday March 18th to 0200 GMT Monday March 20th 2000. Single operator and SWL 
       stations are permitted a maximum 30 hours operation. Rest periods may not be less than 3 
       hours per period. Multi-operator stations may work the full 48 hour contest period.

CATEGORIES:  1. Single Operator All Band	
	     2. Single operator Single band 	
             3. Multi-operator All band	
             4. Multi-operator Multi-transmitter        
             5. Short Wave Listener

             Categories 1, 2 and 3 are single transmitter only.  No station may enter more than one category.

BANDS:  3.5, 7.0, 14, 21 and 28MHz Amateur bands.

MESSAGES:  Messages will consist of:

           (A) RST/ MESSAGE NUMBER. The number must be a three figure group and start with 001 for 
               the first contact made.

           (B) TIME GMT. A full four figure GMT time must be sent as part of each message.

QSO POINTS:  Each completed QSO scores one point. Stations may be contacted again on other bands. 
             Duplicate contacts on the same band must be clearly marked.

MULTIPLIERS: All DXCC countries (including  JA, W, VE and VK) and all JA, W, VE and VK areas count 
             as multipliers on each band. Any country or JA, W, VE or VK area may be counted again 
             if worked on a different band, but continents are counted once only. Proof of contact 
             may be required in cases where the station worked does not appear in any other contest 
             log received and does not submit a check log. U.S. stations must use correct call or 
             suffix for area of operation.

SCORING:  QSO points x  multipliers x continents (max 6).

LOG SHEETS:  Use seperate log sheets for each band. Logs must show BAND, DATE and TIME, CALLSIGN, 
             MESSAGE SENT and RECEIVED, COUNTRIES and POINTS claimed. SWL logs must contain DATE and 
             TIME of logging, CALLSIGN of station heard, REPORT sent by that station and CALLSIGN of 
             the station being worked.

SUMMARY SHEET:  FULL SCORING, TIMES OF OPERATION and POSTAL ADDRESS for correspondence must be shown, 
                and in the case of multi-operator stations the names and callsigns of all operators 
                involved with the station operation during the contest. Any incomplete entries will 
                be classified as check logs. ALL LOGS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 31st 2000 IN ORDER TO 
                QUALIFY.

Suitable log and summary sheets are available from the contest manager. UK entrants send large (A4) 
S.A.E. Outside UK please send 6 IRC's to cover postage. Computer generated logs containing all 
specified information are welcomed, on disk or printed with summary sheet as above.


Please send your contest or check log to:         JOHN BARBER GW4SKA,
PO BOX 611,
CARDIFF, CF24 4UN,
WALES.

or E-mail to:		ska@bartg.demon.co.uk

E-mail logs will only be accepted if sent as plain (or zipped) text files, with one file for summary 
and one file per band, named in the format callsign.sum, callsign.10, callsign.15 etc. No BIN or 
other format files will be accepted. 

The judge's decision will be final and no correspondence can be entered into in respect of 
incorrect or late entries.

All logs submitted  shall remain the property of the BRITISH  AMATEUR  RADIO TELEDATA  GROUP.

Trophies will be awarded to category winners. Certificates will be awarded to the top three stations 
in each category, the top five Category 1 entrants in each continent and to the top Category 1 
entrant in each JA, W, VE , and VK area.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: Any contestant contacting 25 or more different countries in the contest may 
claim the Quarter Century Award (QCA) issued by B.A.R.T.G., for which a charge of 8 dollars U.S. 
or 10 IRC's is made. Holders of existing QCA awards may add new countries to their existing records. 
A separate sheet showing bands, callsigns and countries claimed must be included with the contest 
log. Your comments on the contest would be much appreciated.