DigiFest is sponsored:
by Kyiv Contest Group with support of
- MixW team
- Rig Expert Ukraine, Ltd.
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DIGIFEST RULES 2012
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1. Competition (unconventional digimodes):
All over the world
ONLINE results are provided by
http://mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/online
2. Date and time:
I Period 04:00 UTC - 12:00 Saturday 2 June
2012
II Period 20:00 UTC - 04:00 Saturday 2 June
/ Sunday 3 June 2012
III Period 12:00 UTC - 20:00 Sunday 3 June 2012
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 are allowed on different bands or different
modes on the same band.
In other words work station ones per band per
mode (5 QSO�s in different modes will be counted per each band).
Please leave PSK31 band (14070...14071) for
non-contest operation.
5. Categories:
SOAH: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
(All Modes, All Bands)
SOAL: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
(All Modes, All Bands)
SOAH8: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
8-HOURS (All Modes, All Bands -
any 8 hours)*
SOAL8: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
8-HOURS (All Modes, All Bands -
any 8 hours)*
SOSMH: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE HIGH
(Any Single Mode, All Bands)
SOSML: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE
LOW (Any Single Mode, All
Bands)
SOSBH: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND HIGH
(All Modes, Any Single Band)
SOSBL: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND
LOW (All Modes, Any Single
Band)
MO: MULTI-OP ALL HIGH
(Single Transmitter All Modes,
All Bands)
*The start of 8-hour entry is the first QSO time.
The breaks minimum is 1 hour each.
The contacts made after of 8-hour limit are
counted for other participants.
LOW - Max peak power 100 watts
HIGH - Max peak power 1000 watts
6. Exchange:
Signal report + four-digit Grid Square (Example:
599 KO50).
7. QSO points:
1 point counts per 1 Km of distance (calculated
by centers of Grid Squares).
No need to calculate by participant.
8. Multiplier:
The number of Grid Squares (once per log).
9. Scoring:
The sum of QSO points multiplied by multiplier =
TOTAL SCORE.
10. Disqualification:
For usage of PSK31 band (14070...14071).
For transmission over NCDXF beacons on 14100,
21150 and 28200.
For two signals on one or many bands
simultaneously.
11. Cabrillo logs are accepted within 7 days after the contest end:
Upload via
http://mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/digifest_log.php
Or send e-mail to: [email protected]
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
CALLSIGN: UX1UA *
CATEGORY: SOAL8 *
CONTEST: DIGIFEST
CREATED-BY: MixW 3.01
NAME: Sergei Litvinov *
ADDRESS: P.O.Box 111 *
ADDRESS: Kyiv 01001 *
ADDRESS: UKRAINE *
E-MAIL: [email protected] *
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 599 KO40
QSO: 14075 HE 2008-06-07 1323
UX1UA 599 KO50
S56P 599 JN76
END-OF-LOG:
Fields marked by asterisks (*) must be filled in.
12. Awards, prizes and trophies (will be sent to home address
indicated in the log):
12.1. Antenna Analyzers AA-230 sponsored by Rig
Expert Ukraine, Ltd for the
high score winners in the category:
SOAH: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH (two prizes - Europe and
the rest of the World)
12.2. Antenna Analyzers AA-30 sponsored by Rig
Expert Ukraine, Ltd for the
high score winners in the category:
SOAL: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW (two prizes - Europe and
the rest of the World)
12.3. USB Interfaces RigExpert Standard for the
high score winners in the following categories:
SOAH8: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS
SOAL8: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOURS
12.4. T-shirts for the winners in the following categories (there
must be at least 3 participants in the respective category and 50
QSOs in the log):
SOSMH: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE HIGH (each Mode)
SOSML: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE LOW (each Mode)
SOSBH: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND HIGH (each Band)
SOSBL: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND LOW (each Band)
MO: MULTI-OP ALL HIGH
as well as to the 2-d and 3-rd places in the
following categories:
SOAH: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
SOAL: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
SOAH8: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS
SOAL8: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOURS
12.5. Awards (laminated paper) to every
participant with more than 200 QSOs in the log.
13. Contact information:
E-mail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Web sites:
http://www.mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/index.html
http://www.rigexpert.com/index?s=main&f=digifest
15.04.2012