ARI International DX Contest 
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<Rules 2000>

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


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


Date and Time. 
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The contest will be held on each first full week-end of May 
from 2000z Saturday till 2000z Sunday. 
In 2000 it will be on May 6/7 and in 2001 it will be on May 5/6.
{01SAT05:2000:1440}


Categories:
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Single Operator - CW

Single Operator - SSB

Single Operator - RTTY

Single Operator - Mixed

Multi Operator - Single TX - Mixed

SWL - Single Operator - Mixed


Bands. 
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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.


Exchange. 
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Italian stations will send RST and two letters to identify their 
province. Other stations will send RST and a serial number from 001.


Multipliers:
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- each Italian province (103) count 1 (one) multiplier,
 
- 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 103 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, MI, MN, PV, SO, VA.
 I3: BL, PD, RO, TV, VE, VR, VI.
 IN3: BZ, TN.
 IV3: GO, PN, TS, UD.
 I4: BO, FE, FO (or FC), MO, PR, PC, RA, RE, RN.
 I5: AR, FI, GR, LI, LU, MS, PI, PO, PT, SI.
 I6: AN, AP, AQ, CH, MC, PS (or PU), PE, TE.
 I7: BA, BR, FG, LE, MT, TA.
 I8: AV, BN, CB, CE, CZ, CS, IS, KR, NA, PZ, RC, SA, VV.
 I0: FR, LT, PG, RI, ROMA (or RM), TR, VT.
 IT9: CL, CT, EN, ME, PA, RG, SR, TP, AG.
 IS0: CA, NU, SS, OR.
 

QSO/Points:
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- QSO/HRD with own country counts 0 (zero) point but is good for the 
  multipliers credit.
 
- QSO/HRD with own continent counts 1 (one) point,
 
- QSO/HRD with different continent counts 3 (three) points,
 
- QSO/HRD with any Italian (I & 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. 
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The sum of QSO/points from all bands times the sum of multipliers from 
all bands.


SWL.
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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 trasmitting 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. 
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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: 
A.R.I. Contest Manager, 
Paolo Cortese, 
I2UIY, 
P. O. Box 14, 
I-27043 BRONI (PV) Italy 
(E-mail: i2uiy@contesting.com).

**VERY IMPORTANT** 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, ASCII as well as the MS/DOS 
software distributed FREE of cost from the Contest Committee. 
A printed summary sheet must always be enclosed.
 
**NEW** Alternatively, logs in ASCII format (or as attached files) may 
be sent via E-mail addressed to i2uiy@contesting.com. You will receive 
an acknowledgement of receipt of your log within 48 hours.
We accept the following formats: K1EA (CT), N6TR (TR), EI5DI SDI), 
WF1B (RTTY), UA1AAF (ARI), IK4EWK (ARIDX) and other ASCII and DBF files. 


Penalties and Disqualifications. 
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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. 
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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 partecipation 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.


Special Award. 
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Two very attractive, large size plaques will be awarded by Santa Barbara 
Contesters to keep alive the memory of IN3ANE, Pietro Fiorito. 
The plaques will be assigned to:

- OM: the best score achieved by a OM under 21 years of age
 
- SWL: the best score achieved by a SWL under 18 years of age
 

In order to qualify for these awards, entrants must clearly state their 
age and birth date on the summary sheet.


Free Software. 
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An IBM-compatible software to administrate this contest is available 
FREE of cost. It can be used on real-time or either after the contest. 
It calculates points, multipliers and score, you have just to type the 
callsign and the received report. It prints logs, summary and dupe 
sheets as well as QSL labels. It has PacketCluster capability. 
An updated version is now available, revised and modified. 
The software can be received by sending to the Contest Manager 
5 US Dollars or 10 IRCs to cover the diskette and postage expenses.
Refer also URL: http://www.kkn.net/~i2uiy/ARI_rul_dx.html
