[SMCARA] ARRL RTTY-Roundup this weekend

[Tom Shelton]

Time to brush off your dusty bits and bytes and send them out over the ether... If you have any questions about the contest or help putting together your contest log, you can write or call me (240-434-3811) and I'll be happy to help.  

Here is a little bit of info to get you started.  Go to http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup to get the full list of rules.

Object: Amateurs worldwide contact and exchange QSO information with other amateurs using digital modes (Baudot RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, PSK31 and Packet-attended operation only) on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands. Any station may work any other station. Stations may be worked once per band, regardless of mode. 

Date and Contest Period: First full weekend of January, but never on January 1. Begins 1800 UTC (1300 EST) Saturday, ends 2400 UTC (1900 EST) Sunday (January 8-9, 2011). 

Single Operator entrants may not use any form of spotting assistance such as from nets or packet. Single Operators that use assistance will be changed to the Multioperator, Single Transmitter category.

Power: Low Power (150 Watts or less), High Power (Greater than 150 Watts), There is no QRP category in this contest

Exchange: United States: Signal report and State, Canada: Signal report and Province, DX: Signal report and consecutive serial number, starting with 001.

Scoring: QSO Points: Count one point for each completed QSO. 

Multipliers: Each US state (except KH6 and KL7) plus the District of Columbia (DC), Canadian provinces/territories: NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF (VO1), LB (VO2), NU (VYØ), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2) and each DXCC country. KH6 and KL7 count only as separate DXCC entities. 

Count only once (not once per band). 

The US and Canada do not count as DXCC entities. 

 Other: See http://www.arrl.org/general-rules-for-all-arrl-contests and http://www.arrl.org/general-rules-for-arrl-contests-below-30-mhz November 2001 QST. 


Tom Shelton 

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