BARTG Spring RTTY Contest
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<Rules 2000/20.01.00>


Time
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0200 GMT Saturday March 18th 
to 0200 GMT Monday March 20th 2000. 
{03SAT03:0200:2880}


Operation Periods
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Single operator and SWL stations are permitted a maximum 30 hours 
operation. Rest periods may not be less than 3 hours per period. 
Multi-operator stations may work the full 48 hour contest period.


Categories
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Single Operator All Band 
Single operator Single band 
Multi-operator All band 
Multi-operator Multi-transmitter 
Short Wave Listener 
Categories 1, 2 and 3 are single transmitter only.  
No station may enter more than one category


Bands
3.5, 7.0, 14, 21 and 28Mhz Amateur bands.


Messages
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Messages will consist of:

RST/ MESSAGE NUMBER. The number must be a three figure group and start 
with 001 for the first contact made. 
TIME GMT. A full four figure GMT time must be sent as part of each 
message. 


QSO Points
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Each completed QSO scores one point. 
Stations may be contacted again on other bands. 
Duplicate contacts on the same band must be clearly marked.


Multipliers
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All DXCC countries (including  JA, W, VE and VK) and all 
JA, W, VE and VK areas count as multipliers on each band. 
Any country or JA, W, VE or VK area may be counted again if worked on a 
different band, but continents are counted once only. 
Proof of contact may be required in cases where the station worked does 
not appear in any other contest log received and does not submit a 
check log.


Scoring
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QSO points x  multipliers x continents (max 6).


Log Sheets
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Use separate log sheets for each band. Logs must show BAND, DATE and 
TIME, CALLSIGN, MESSAGE SENT and RECEIVED, COUNTRIES and POINTS 
claimed. SWL logs must contain DATE and TIME of logging, CALLSIGN of 
station heard, REPORT sent by that station and CALLSIGN of the station 
being worked.


Summary Sheets
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FULL SCORING, TIMES OF OPERATION and POSTAL ADDRESS for correspondence 
must be shown, and in the case of multi-operator stations the names and 
callsigns of all operators involved with the station operation during 
the contest. Any incomplete entries will be classified as check logs.

ALL LOGS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 31st 2000 IN ORDER TO QUALIFY.

Suitable log and summary sheets are available from the Contest Manager. 
UK entrants send large (A4) SAE. Outside UK please send 6 IRCs to cover 
postage. Computer generated logs containing all specified information 
are welcomed.

Please send your contest or check log to: 

JOHN BARBER GW4SKA,
PO BOX 611,
CARDIFF, CF2 4UN,
WALES.

E-mail logs will only be accepted if sent as plain (or zipped) text 
files, with one file for summary and one file per band, named in the 
format, callsign.sum, callsign.10, callsign.15 etc. No BIN or other 
format files will be accepted.

The judge's decision will be final and no correspondence can be 
entered into in respect of incorrect or late entries. 
All logs submitted  shall remain the property of the 
BRITISH AMATEUR RADIO TELEDATA GROUP.

Trophies will be awarded to category winners.


Certificates will be awarded to the top three stations in each category, 
the top five Category 1 entrants in each continent and to the top 
Category 1 entrant in each JA, W, VE , and VK area. 
Additional Notes
If a contestant manages to contact 25 or more different countries on 
two-way RTTY during the contest, a claim may be made for the Quarter 
Century Award (QCA) issued by BARTG and for which a charge of 
8 dollars U.S. or 30 IRC's is made. Holders of existing QCA Awards may 
add new countries to their existing records. A separate sheet showing 
bands, callsigns and countries claimed must be included with the 
contest log. Your comments on the contest would be much appreciated. 

The manager of BARTG's contests is John Barber, GW4SKA
 