[South Florida DX Association] A.R.I. International DX Contest 3-4 May 2008

[Bill Marx]

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Tony N2MFT

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                   A.R.I. International DX Contest 2008
                  Rules for DX entrants (outside I & IS0)

The Associazione Radioamatori  Italiani (A.R.I.) has  the honour of 
inviting radio amateurs  all  over  the  world  to  participate  in  the 
2008  A.R.I. International DX Contest.

AIM
Its a world-wide competition: everybody can work everybody.

DATE AND TIME
The contest  will be  held on  each first  full week-end  of May  from 
2000z
Saturday till 1959z Sunday. In 2008 it will be on May 3/4.

CATEGORIES:
1. Single Operator - CW
2. Single Operator - SSB
3. Single Operator - RTTY
4. Single Operator - Mixed
5. Multi Operator - Single TX - Mixed
6. SWL - Single Operator - Mixed

BANDS
10m thru 160m (RTTY: 10m thru 80m), except WARC bands, are allowed 
according to IARU Band Plans. Band AND  MODE can be changed only  after 10 
minutes  you have been on it (Multi Operators only).

EXCHANGE
Italian stations will send RST  and two letters  to identify their 
province. Other stations will send RST and a serial number from 001. The 
serial  number will NOT restart from 001 on each band/mode.

MULTIPLIERS:
1. each Italian province (110) count 1 (one) multiplier,
2. each DXCC country (except I & IS0) count 1 (one) multiplier.

The same multiplier (country/province) can be counted once and only once 
for band. The 110 Italian provinces (by call-area) are:

I1:  AL, AT, BI, CN, GE, IM, NO, SP, SV, TO, VB, VC.
IX1: AO.
I2:  BG, BS, CO, CR, LC, LO, MB, MI, MN, PV, SO, VA.
I3:  BL, PD, RO, TV, VE, VR, VI.
IN3: BZ, TN.
IV3: GO, PN, TS, UD.
I4:  BO, FE, FC, MO, PR, PC, RA, RE, RN.
I5:  AR, FI, GR, LI, LU, MS, PI, PO, PT, SI.
I6:  AN, AP, AQ, CH, FM, MC, PS (or PU), PE, TE.
I7:  BA, BR, BT, FG, LE, MT, TA.
I8:  AV, BN, CB, CE, CZ, CS, IS, KR, NA, PZ, RC, SA, VV.
I0:  FR, LT, PG, RI, RM (or ROMA), TR, VT.
IT9: CL, CT, EN, ME, PA, RG, SR, TP, AG.
IS0: CA, CI, NU, OG, OR, OT, SS, VS.

QSO/POINTS:
1. QSO/HRD with  own  country counts  0  (zero) point  but  is good  for 
the
  multipliers credit.
2. QSO/HRD with own continent counts 1 (one) point,
3. QSO/HRD with different continent counts 3 (three) points,
4. QSO/HRD with any Italian (I &amp; IS0) station counts 10 (ten) points.

The same station can be contacted  on the same band  once on SSB/CW/RTTY 
but only the first QSO is good for multipliers credit.

PLEASE  REMEMBER  that  I   (Italy)  and  IS0   (Sardinia  Island)  are 
NOT country-multipliers.

FINAL SCORE
The sum of QSO/points from all  bands times the sum  of multipliers from 
all bands.

SWL
Listeners are required to log the callsigns of both the station heard and 
the correspondent station. Score is calculated based only upon the station 
heard using the same rules as transmitting stations. A callsign may not 
appear more than 3 (three) times as a correspondent regardless of mode. SWLs 
MUST log  no more than 1 (one) QSO on each line of their log.

LOGS AND SUMMARY SHEET
Separate logs are necessary for each band. Logs must show all the QSOs 
data. A summary sheet is required showing all the scoring details, class of 
entry, name, callsign, full address  of the applicant,  callsign of other 
operators and a signed declaration.

Logs must be mailed within 30 days from the end of the contest and 
addressed to: ARI DX Contest, c/o ARI, Via Scarlatti 31, 20124 Milano, 
Italy.

Logs on diskette  are really  very welcome  and accepted  in substitution 
of paperlogs. Please send us your log on diskette. Accepted formats are: 
N6TR, K1EA, EI5DI,  UA1AAF, WF1B,Writelog, Cabrillo.  A printed summary 
sheet must always be enclosed.

Alternatively, logs in ASCII format (or  as attached files)  may be sent 
via e-mail addressed to aricontest at ari.it You will receive an 
acknowledgement of receipt of your log within 48 hours.

PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATIONS
Logs will be  carefully checked  by the  Contest Committee  and mistakes 
may cause a score reduction. Disqualification may apply for: excessive 
number of unmarked duplicates (more than 2%), violation of the "10 minutes 
rule" (either for band and mode), excessive declared score, log without the 
summary sheet.

Instead to  disqualify a  log, the  Committee may  decide to  penalize it 
by erasing a percentage of its score.

AWARDS
A plaque with a  certificate will be  awarded to the  top scoring station 
in each class.  Special plaques  can  be awarded  by  the Contest  Committee 
if country/continental/call-area participation  will  justify  the 
decision.  A certificate will be awarded to No.  2, 3, 4, 5 top  scoring 
stations in  each class as well as to the top scoring stations in each 
country in each class.

FREE SOFTWARE AND PAST RESULTS
Many free software are able to handle ARI DX Contest. Take a visit to ARI 
DX Contest webpages for downloads and past results: www.qsl.net/contest_ari

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ENTRY !

Giuseppe La Parola, IT9BLB
A.R.I. HF Contest Manager

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Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ
A.R.I. HF & Award Manager
E-mail: i1jqj at ari.it
http://www.ari.it
Skype: i1jqj