Amateur Radio Union of Serbia invites amateurs all over the World to the
2008 YU DX Contest
Objective
To contact as many stations around the world, as many ITU zones,
and as many prefixes starting with YT and YU as many as possible.
Date and Time April 19/20, 2008 (3rd full weekend of April).
Saturday 21:00 UTC - Sunday 05:00 UTC
Sunday 09:00 UTC - Sunday 17:00 UTC
It's obligatory to make pause from 05:00 UTC to 09:00 UTC
Mode, Bands and Call
Only CW, all bands 1.8 - 28 MHz, except WARC bands.
Any band can be used at any time.
Please avoid using DX band segments.
Cross band contacts are not permitted.
Use of DX spotting networks is permitted and encouraged.
Only one transmitted signal allowed at a time.
Using “CQ TEST YU” call is recommended.
Categories
LOWER QRP
LOWER LP
LOWER HP
UPPER QRP
UPPER LP
UPPER HP
(LOWER = 1.8, 3.5 and 7 MHz; UPPER = 14, 21 and 28 MHz)
(QRP = up to 5 W, LP = up to 100 W, HP = up to licensed power)
A station may appear in both LOWER and UPPER categories.
QRP stations need not sign "/QRP".
Exchange
RST+ ITU zone number.
If a valid ITU zone is not received, please log 00 to get points for the QSO.
QSO Points
One QSO with a station per band is scoring.
1 point for a QSO between stations using prefixes YT, and YU.
2 points for a QSO with your own continent.
4 points for a QSO with another continent.
Multipliers
Sum of different ITU zones, and different YT and YU prefixes.
Multipliers are counted separately for each band.
Final Score
Total QSO points multiplied by the total number of multipliers.
Software
Use any of major logging software supporting IARU HF championships. The contest organizer will
recalculate the multipliers and points.
Electronic Logs
a. Times must be in UTC.
b. Single log for all bands.
c. Log all sent and received exchanges.
d. Cabrillo IARU HF Championship template is the preferred format (call.cbr),
but any fixed-format space-delimited ASCII text file will be accepted (avoid TAB characters).
Please avoid sending Word, Excel or other complex file formats.
e. For non-Cabrillo formats enclose a summary file containing:
- category, callsign, ITU zone, name and address,
- scoring information per band and total,
- station description,
- declaration that contest rules and amateur radio regulations
in the country of operation have been observed,
- your own remarks and suggestions.
f. Use your callsign as the file name and in the subject line of e-mail.
. Send your log no later than 30 days after the contest to:
yu1srs@beotel.yu
Paper Logs
If at all possible, please type in your log using a text editor and email the file.
Paper logs must contain next data.
a. Times in UTC.
b. Single log for all bands.
b. Log all sent and received exchanges.
c. Enclose a summary sheet containing:
- category, callsign, ITU zone, name and address;
- scoring information per band and total;
- station description;
- signed declaration that contest rules and amateur radio regulations
in the country of operation have been observed;
- your own remarks and suggestions.
d. Send the log no later than 30 days after the contest to:
Savez Radio-amatera Srbije
YU DX Contest
P.O. Box 48
11001 BEOGRAD
SERBIA
Listings, Awards and Plaques
YU and non-YU stations will be ranked and awarded separately.
A minimum of 125 valid QSOs is generally required for all the Awards and Plaques listed below.
a. YU DX CONTEST Awards for all substantial scores.
b. ALLBAND Plaques for the best sum of LOWER and UPPER scores
(the same power required):
ALLBAND QRP
ALLBAND LP
ALLBAND HP
Violation of the rules of the contest or unsportsmanlike conduct will result in disqualification.
Contest committee
YUDX Contest 2008