Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest
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the SSB and RTTY club of COMO and the A.R.I. (Associazione Radioamatori
Italiani) are pleased to announce the details of the "Alessandro VOLTA
RTTY DX CONTEST". This contest is organized to increase interest in RTTY
mode as used by radio amateurs and honour the italian discoverer of
electricity, ALESSANDRO VOLTA

Type of Competition:
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station can be worked only once for each band. Additional contacts may be
made with the same sation if a different band is used

Categories:
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A1 - single operator, all bands
A2/xx - single operator, single band (xx=10, 15, 20, 40, 80)
B - multi operator, single transmitter (list names and callsigns of all
    operators)
C - SWL

Date:
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second full weekend in May, from 12.00z Saturday to 12.00z Sunday May
{02SAT05:1200:1440}

Bands:
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80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m

Exchange:
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must consist of: RST - QSO number - your CQ zone number

Multipliers:
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a multiplier of 1 is given for each Country contacted. The same Country may
be be claimed again if a different band is used. An aditional multiplier is
given for each INTERCONTINENTAL COUNTRY worked on at least 4 bands. A
contact with a station which would count as multiplier will only be valid
if thet station appears in at least 4 other logs, or contest log is received
from that station

Countries:
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ARRL Country List plus each Call Area in Australia, Canada and the USA will
be counted as a separate country. DO NOT COUNT the general Country 
multiplier (VE-VK-W); COUNT each call-area ( VE1...0, VK1..0, W1...0)

Points:
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all two way RTTY contacts will score in accordance with the exchange POINTS
TABLE. Contacts between stations within the same country will not be valid
e.g.: A W2 station can work W1, W3, W4 etc, but not W2. Contacts made
outside one's own continent (DX) on 3.5 or 28 MHz are worth double points.

Final Score:
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total exchange points multiplied by the total number of multiplier
multiplied by the total number of QSOs. 
[Points x Multipliers x QSOs = Final score].

SWL: 
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the same scoring rules will apply but be based on stations and message
copied

Logs:
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use one log per band. Logs must contain: Band, Date, Time UTC, callsign of
station worked, message sent, messege received, points and multipliers. A
summary score sheet is required with a list of multiplier worked in each
band. Comments will also be very much appreciated

Deadline:
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logs must be received July 31th

Address:
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Francesco di Michele
I2DMI
P.O.Box 55
22063 Cantu
Italy

Awards:
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a special Trophy will be awarded to the top stations in each class. In
addition a certificate with a special sticker to all entrants

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