IOTA SWL Contest

IOTA SWL Contest

Sponsored by the

Radioascolto SWL Club

July 28/29 2012

Contest Period:

1200 - 1200 UTC

Bands:

80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m.

Modes:

CW, SSB, MIXED.

Category-Time:

12 hours, 24 hours

Categories:

• SWL, Single Operator, 12 hours, CW
• SWL, Single Operator, 12 hours, SSB
• SWL, Single Operator, 12 hours, MIXED
• SWL, Single Operator, 24 hours, CW
• SWL, Single Operator, 24 hours, SSB
• SWL, Single Operator, 24 hours, MIXED

Exchanges:

RST + QSO number, starting with 001 + IOTA Reference number, if applicable.

QSO Points:

Three (3) points per non-island QSO heard, fifteen (15) points per island QSO heard. Same station can be heard once on each band and mode.

Multipliers:

Each IOTA reference on each band and on each mode.

Scoring:

Sum of QSO points x sum of multipliers = TOTAL SCORE.

Rule of Correspondents:

The callsign of correspondent may not appear more than three consecutive times. There must be at least one other QSO before a series of one to three callsigns is repeated.

Plaque/Awards/IOTA credits:

Certificates to the top three stations in each category.

Contest participants may claim “no-QSL” credits (max 50) for IOTA awards. Contact the IOTA SWL Contest Manager iw1qla@tin.it to apply for.

Logs:

CABRILLO format is preferred.

To generate Cabrillo the user friendly program SWL_DQR_Log by SP7DQR is available at:

http://www.sp7dqr.waw.pl/en/index.php

Logs in Excel or in TEXT (with columns separated by spaces) are acceptable.

Log must show: FREQUENCY, MODE, DATE, TIME(GMT), CALLSIGN OF STATION HRD, EXCHANGE MESSAGE SENT BY STATION HRD and CALLSIGN OF CORRESPONDENT.

Hand-written logs are not recommended but still acceptable. Official forms can be requested to the IOTA SWL Contest Manager.

Logs Deadline:

Logs must be received by September 1 to qualify.

E-mail logs to:

iw1qla@tin.it

or mail logs to:

IOTA SWL Contest Manager
Dan Rolla, I1-12387
Via N.Sauro 1
I-16018 GIOVI - GE
ITALY