DigiFest is sponsored:
by Kyiv Contest Group with support of
- MixW team
- Rig Expert Ukraine, Ltd.
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DIGIFEST RULES 2011
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1. Competition (unconventional digimodes):
All over the world
2. Date and time:
I Period 04:00 UTC - 12:00 Saturday 4 June
2011
II Period 20:00 UTC - 04:00 Saturday 4 June /
Sunday 5 June 2011
III Period 12:00 UTC - 20:00 Sunday 5 June 2011
1-th full weekend in June every year.
3. Modes:
RTTY75 (75 baud)
BPSK 63
MFSK 16
HELLSCHREIBER
OLIVIA (250 Hz, 4 tones)
4. Bands:
80 meters band (3.5 MHz)
40 meters band (7 MHz)
20 meters band (14 MHz)
15 meters band (21 MHz)
10 meters band (28 MHz)
Dupes on different bands or different modes on the
same band.
In other words work station ones per band per mode
(5 different modes QSOs to be counted per each band).
Please leave PSK31 band (14070...14071) for
non-contest operation.
5. Categories:
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
(All Modes, All Bands)
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
(All Modes, All Bands)
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS (All
Modes, All Bands - any 8 hours)*
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOURS
(All Modes, All Bands - any 8 hours)*
SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE
(Any Single Mode, All Bands)
SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND
(All Modes, Single Band)
MULTI-OP ALL HIGH
(Single Transmitter All Modes, All Bands)
*The start of 8 Hours entry is the first QSO time.
The breaks minimum is 1 hour each.
The contacts made over 8 Hours entry will
count to other participants.
LOW - Max peak power 100 watts
HIGH - Max peak power 1000 watts
6. Exchange:
Signal report + Grid Square 4 Characters (Example:
599 KO50).
7. QSO points:
1 point per 1 Km of distance (calculated by centers
of Grid Squares).
No need to calculate by participant.
8. Multiplier:
Grid Squares number once per log.
9. Scoring:
The sum of QSO points x multiply on multiplier =
TOTAL SCORE.
10. Disqualification:
For usage of PSK31 band (14070...14071).
For transmission over NCDXF beacons at 14100, 21150,
and 28200.
For two signals on one or many bands simultaneously.
11. Logs in Cabrillo within 7 days after the contest end:
upload via
http://mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/digifest_log.php
or send to: digifest_robot@mixw.net
Modes in the log are marked by two character code as
follows:
RY = RTTY
OL = OLIVIA
PK = PSK (or PS)
MK = MFSK16 (or MF)
HE = HELLSCHREIBER
The log example:
START-OF-LOG: 2.0
ARRL-SECTION: DX
CALLSIGN: UX1UA
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOUR
CATEGORY-OVERLAY:
CLAIMED-SCORE: 0
CLUB: Kyiv Contest Group
CONTEST: DIGIFEST
CREATED-BY: MixW 3.01
NAME: Sergei Litvinov
ADDRESS:
OPERATORS:
QSO: 14081 RY 2008-06-07 1321
UX1UA 599 KO50
UT2UZ 599
KO50
QSO: 14079 PK 2008-06-07 1322
UX1UA 599 KO50
UT7U 588
KO40
QSO: 14075 HE 2008-06-07 1323
UX1UA 599 KO50
S56P 599 JN76
END-OF-LOG:
11. Awards, prizes and trophies:
- Antenna Analyzer AA-230 sponsored by Rig Expert
Ukraine, Ltd will be sent to the
high score winner in the next categorie:
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH (two prizes one for Europe and
one for the rest of the World)
- Antenna Analyzer AA-30 sponsored by Rig Expert
Ukraine, Ltd will be sent to the
high score winner in the next categorie:
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW (two prizes one for Europe
and one for the rest of the World).
- USB Interfaces RigExpert Standard will be sent to
the winner in the next categorie:
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS
- USB Interfaces RigExpert Tiny will be sent to the
winner in the next categorie:
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOURS.
- T-Shirts will be awarded to the winners in the
next categories:
SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE
SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND
MULTI-OP ALL HIGH
as well as to the 2-d and 3-rd places in the next
categories:
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOURS
- Certificates to every participant with more then
50 QSO's in the log.
12. Contact information:
E-mail: digifest_info@mixw.net
ux1ua@qsl.net
Web site: http://www.mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/
http://www.rigexpert.com/index?s=main&f=digifest
10.05.2011