ARLA/CLUSTER: D-Star Contest

Quinta-Feira, 10 de Junho de 2010 - 23:33:48 WEST

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  D-STAR <http://www.icom.co.jp/d-starsite/contestworld/>

D-STAR CONTEST 2010

    Contest Rules

<http://www.icom.co.jp/d-starsite/contestworld/data/D-STERContestRule.pdf>

Rev. 2010.6.8

      1. SPONSOR:

ICOM Incorporated

      2. PERIOD OF CONTEST OPERATION:

UTC 00:00 June 19, 2010 (Sat.) to 24:00 June 27, 2010 (Sun.)

      3. CONTEST ENTRY QUALIFICATION:

Any ham radio station worldwide operating D-STAR equipment

The use of the following technologies for contest QSO's will not be 
valid for this contest.
D-PLUS, DV Dongle, HotSpot, Digital/Analog Gateways, DV Adapters and 
similar third party D-STAR equipment/applications.

      4. BANDS AND MODES:

144, 430(440) and 1200MHz bands, DV mode

      5. ENTRY CATEGORIES

CATEGORY 	ABBREVIATION 	REPEATER 	TARGET STATIONS
Single operator,
_W_orld _R_epeater 	WR 	Must use 	All Ham Stations Worldwide
(Including within your own country)
Single operator,
_W_orld _S_implex 	WS 	Not available 	All Ham Stations Worldwide
(Including within your own country)
Single operator,
_J_apan Domestic _R_epeater 	JR 	Must use 	Japan Domestic stations only
Single operator,
_J_apan Domestic _S_implex 	JS 	Not available 	Japan Domestic stations only

Note:

Multiple entry to different categories is allowed (e.g. entry to WR and WS)
JR/JS categories are allowed to entry for Japanese Domestic Stations only.

      6. METHOD OF OPERATION:

a) 	*Call "CQ D-STAR contest"*

b) 	*Exchange the contest number*
*For Standard Stations:*
The Contest number is [RS type signal report] + [The first year you were 
licensed (4-digits)]
(E.g.: 59 1952, 59 1978, 59 1999, 59 2001, 59 2009, etc.)

*For Bonus Stations:*
The Contest number is [RS type signal report] + [The first year you were 
licensed (4-digits)] + [B]
(E.g.: 59 1952B, 59 1978B, 59 1999B, 59 2001B, 59 2009B, etc.)

Even if your call sign has changed or there have been periods when your 
license may have been invalid, please send the year you were first 
licensed.

      7. SCORING AND MULTIPLIERS:

(1) 	*Scoring*
	The following scoring will be applied to QSO's with a complete signal 
report exchange.
Contacts between stations in the same entity : 1 point.
Contacts between stations in different entities : 2 points.
Contacts with the following stations (Contest sponsor related stations): 
3 points.

(We are now arranging Icom related overseas club stations, and will 
inform these call signs soon)

In the WS category, contacts between the same stations in different 
bands are eligible.
(In the WR category, contacts between the same stations in different 
bands are invalid.)

Please log the working frequency (kHz unit) for each contact.
In the WR category, please log your uplink frequency.
(E.g.: 144.76MHz should be written as 144760)

(2) 	*Multipliers*
	The number of valid ARRL DXCC entities worked. (Including your own entity)
The same entity in different bands will be counted only at once.

(3) 	*Final score= (QSO points) x (Multipliers)*
	E.g.: 100 points and 5 multipliers would give you a final score of 500 
points.

      8. PROHIBITED ACTIONS:

(1) 	Operators should not transmit 2 or more signals simultaneously
(Either in the same band or different bands)

(2) 	Violation of amateur radio regulations in the country of the 
contester, or the rules of the contest; Unsportsmanlike conduct

      9. CAUTIONS:

(1) 	Please consider other users who are not participating in the 
contest in the use of a local D-Star repeater.

(2) 	During the contest, contesters are allowed to move within their own 
entity.

      10. DISQUALIFICATION:

(1) 	If it is found that obvious faking of log results during the 
screening process.

(2) 	Violation of the contest rules.

      11. REPORTING:

(1) 	*LOGS*
	Make electronic logs using the CABRILLO file format and upload to the 
URL in (4) below. The logs' file name should be "Your callsign".log.
(E.g.: JA3YUA.log)
Ver.2 or Ver.3 CABRILLO file format will be accepted, but please fill in 
the following fields and Claimed Score completely.

Field
Name 	Entry
Identifier 	Frequency
(kHz) 	Mode 	Date
(UTC) 	Time
(UTC) 	His
Call 	Exchange
Received 	My
Call 	Exchange
Sent
Sample
Entry 	QSO 	144760 	DV 	2009-07-26 	2101 	N9JA 	59 1989 	JA3YUA 	59 2001 B

(2) 	*Paper logs*
	Please download the D-STAR log sheet from
D-STAR log sheet (PDF) 
<http://www.icom.co.jp/d-starsite/contestworld/data/log_sheet.pdf>

(3) 	*Log Filing Deadline*
	Electronic logs
Until 24:00 July 15, 2010 (Timestamp)

Paper logs
Must arrive by July 15, 2010

(4) 	*Log to be submitted to:*
	*Electronic logs:*
URL for logs: https://www.icom.co.jp/d-starsite/contestworld/log/
After the log has been received, you will receive a confirmation by 
e-mail. If you do not receive this confirmation e-mail within 1 hour, 
please send the logs again.

*Paper logs:*
1-1-32, Kami-minami, Hirano-Ku, Osaka, 547-0003, Japan
Attn: Icom Inc. D-STAR CONTEST

      12. WINNERS PRESENTATION:

We will announce the result of this contest at the Icom booth at the 
Tokyo Ham Fair 2010 and Icom web site on August 21, 2010.

      13. AWARDS:

Certifications will be sent to the top 10 stations or within the top 20% 
of participating stations in each category.
E.g.: When the participating stations are less than 5 stations for a 
certain category, the top station will be given the award.

      14. PRIZE DRAW:

Winners will be selected from all of the participating stations 
(excluding any disqualified stations) in a draw, and they will receive 
either an IC-80AD or an ID-880H* (For a total of 8 prize winners).
* The model name may vary according to the model name used in the prize 
winner's country.

      15. INQUIRIES:

Please contact us at: d-starcontest(@ at)icom.co.jp
It may take a few days to respond depending on the number of enquiries 
sent, so we ask you to be patient in such cases.

J.S. - CT1JIB
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