Panama Anniversary Contest
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SPONSOR: The Panama Radio Club invites all radio amateurs of the world to
         participate in this Anniversary Contest.

PURPOSES OF THE CONTEST: To celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of the
         Panama Radio Club, to promote and increase the DX activities of the
         panamanian radiohams and to strenghten the friendship ties with
         radiohams of the world. The main purpose is to make the highest
         possible number of radio contacts with other radio amateurs.

PARTICIPANTS: All radio amateurs, worldwide, can participate. Contacts between
         all radio hams, worldwide, are valid.

DATE:    First Sunday in September.

TIME:    00.01  -  23.59 UTC.

CATEGORIES: Single operator, all band.

MODE:    SSB.

BAND:    40, 20 and 15 meters only.

EXCHANGE: RS plus serial number.

POINTS:  Count 2 points for contacts with HP club members, one point for all
         others.

MULTIPLIERS: Count one multiplier per DXCC country worked.

FINAL SCORE: Total QSO points times total multipliers.

AWARDS:  A. A Certificate to all stations with 10 (ten) or more contacts with
            HP stations, who forward their logs confirming these contacts.
         B. DX stations (Not HP). To the station with the highest points in
            each continent (Asia, Africa, America, Europe, Oceania and
            Antartica) a plaque as Continent Champion. To be eligible for the
            plaque it is mandatory to have contacted with ten (10) or more HP
            stations, duly confirmed by logs. The ten HP contacts requirement
            is essential to be eligible for any of the awards.
         C. HP stations. To the station in the HP zone with highest number of
            points, a special prize and the first place plaque. The second and
            third place participants will receive a plaque also. To opt for
            the prize and plaque, it is mandatory to have contacted 10 or more
            HP stations, confirmed by log. All radio stations of the HP zone
            must operate a minimum of six (6) hours during the contest.
         D. Being Panama, the host country, HP stations will not participate
            in the continent plaque.
         E. The only valid contacts are those confirmed by log.

LOGS:    Each log must contain: Five numbers (RS pluss 3 numbers beginning with
         001), callsign of the station contacted, GMT (UTC) hour and the band
         used for the contact. When preparing the log, clearly insert your
         full name, callsign and address, so we can forward the awards, should
         you be the winner.

DEADLINE: Logs must be postmarked by November 30th and sent to:

                    Radio Club de Panama
                    Anniversary Contest
                    P.O.Box 10745
                    Panama 4
                    Republic of Panama


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