YU DX Contest ------------- Yugoslav Amateur-radio Asociation (SRJ), Narodna Tehnika Belgrade and Yugoslav DX Club (YUDXC) have the honor of inviting amateurs all over the world to take part in the YU DX Contest. 1. CONTEST PERIOD:Each third full weekend in April from 12.00 UTC on Saturday until 12.00 UTC on Sunday. 2. BANDS AND MODES: All bands 1.8 through 28 MHz except WARC bands, CW and SSB. Avoid using DX portion of the bands. Cross band/mode contacts are not permitted. The same station may be working on CW and on SSB of the same band. 3. CATEGORIES: A: Single op - CW B: Single op - SSB C: Single op - mixed (CW/SSB) D: Multi op - mixed - single TX. When changing a band, category D must work in a new band 10 minutes minimum. 4. EXCHANGE: RS(T) plus number of your ITU zone. 5. QSO POINTS: - QSO with station from your ITU zone............... 1 point - QSO with station on your continent (not your zone) 3 points - QSO with DX station............................... 5 points. 6. MULTIPLIERS: Different ITU zones and different Yugoslav prefixes in each band are multipliers. Same ITU zone and same Yugoslav prefix may be counted as a new multiplier only once per band irrespective of the mode. 7. FINAL SCORE: Total sum of the QSO points from all bands multiplied by total sum of multiplier from all bands. 8. LOG INSTRUCTIONS: a) All time must be in UTC. b) All sent and received exchanges are to be logged. c) Indicate multiplier only first time it is worked on each band regardless of mode. d) Logs must be checked for duplicate contacts, correct QSO points and multipliers. Submitted logs must have duplicate contacts clearly shown. e) Entrants are encouraged to send logs on disk. IBM MS-DOS compatible disks are recommended. Logs should be submitted in ASCII. It is possible to use Computer Log from K1EA - CT, version 8.45 and higher for IARU HF Championship Contest. f) Use a separate log sheet or file for each band. g) Each entry must be accompanied by a summary sheet (on a paper) showing all scoring information, station description, contestant's name and address in BLOCK letters and signed declaration that all contest rules and regulations for amateur-radio in the country of operation have been observed. h) More than 2% of duplicate contacts inmarked in the log will be sufficient cause for disqualification, and for every unmarked dupe QSO will be storned three (3) previous contacts. 9. DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked no later than 30 days after the contest. Indicate YU DX Contest on envelope. Logs should be sent to: Savez radio-amatera Jugoslavije YU DX Contest P.O.Box 48 11001 BEOGRAD YUGOSLAVIA CRITERIA FOR AWARDING TROPHIES AND CERTIFICATES: 1. Trophies. a) Winner cup (or winner plaque) in each category for non-YU stations. b) Winner cup (or winner plaque) in each category for YU stations. 2. Certificates. a) Top-three in each category for non-YU stations and top-three in each category for YU stations. b) Every station which worked more than 250 contacts including 25 different YU stations. - - - Orig 95