A.L.A.R.A.   CONTEST

ELIGIBILITY: All licensed operators throughout the world are invited to                             participate. Also open to SWLs.
OBJECT: Participation: YL may work everyone, OMs and Clubs work YLs only.
                                        One contest (combined phone and CW) run over 30 hours.
STARTS:  Saturday 24th August 2002 at 0600 hours UTC
 ENDS:      Sunday 25th August 2002 at 1159 hours UTC
SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES: Bands to be used are 3.5, 7, 14, 21, and 28 MHz only.
                    The following are suggested frequencies for easier location of contacts:
                    28.380 to 28.410         21.170 to 21.200         21.380 to 21.410
                    14.250 to 14.280            7.070 to 7.100             3.560 to 3.590
OPERATION: Every individual phone or CW contact may be counted.
                       There must be an interval of greater than1 hour between contacts with any one                        station on any one band and in the same mode.
                        No net or list operations.
                        No crossmode operations.
                        No crossband operations.
                        All contacts must be made in accordance with operator and station licence                         regulations.
PROCEDURE: Phone:    call "CQ ALARA CONTEST"
                             CW:    YLs call "CQ TEST ALARA"
                                         OMs call "CQ YL"
EXCHANGES:     ALARA member:        RS or RST, serial no. Starting at 001, ALARA                                      member, name.
                             YL non-member, OM or Club:  RS or RST, serial no starting at 001,name                                      and whether a Club station. OM's Clubs & SWL's work YLs only.
SCORING:    Phone:    5 points for ALARA member contacted
                                      4 points for YL non-member contacted
                                      3 points for OM or Club station contacted
                        CW:      Contacts where at least 1 operator is Novice class count double points
                                      otherwise same as phone
                        SWL:    5 points for ALARA member logged
                                     4 points for YL non-member logged 
            OM, SWL & : 5 points for ALARA member logged
            CLUB              4 points for YL non-member logged
LOGS:
Single log entry (but Australian YLs entering for the Florence McKenzie CW Trophy should indicate their CW score separately). Logs must show date/time UTC, band, mode, callsign worked, report and serial number sent, report and serial number received, name of operator of station worked, whether it is a Club station, and points claimed.