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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BANDS AND MODES </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28MHz, CW and SSB. IARU band plans must be observed, with CW contacts being made only in the recognised CW ends of the bands (see RSGB Yearbook and similar sources, for recognised IARU band plans). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contest-preferred segments must be observed, <b><u><span style='color:red'>no operation to take place on 3500-3510, 3560 - 3600, 3650 - 3700, 14060 - 14125 and 14300 - 14350kHz.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PENALTIES</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Points may be deducted, or entrants disqualified, for violation of the rules or the spirit of the contest. This includes, for example, refusal by IOTA island stations to make contacts with their own country when requested, use of a third party to make contacts on a list or net, <b><u><span style='color:red'>working CW multipliers on an SSB frequency, failing to observe the contest-preferred band segments</span></u></b>, or not giving the IOTA reference for every contact. The decision of the IOTA Contest Manager and RSGB Contests Committee is final in all matters of dispute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'>A full list of IOTA islands, and other information relating to the IOTA program can be found on the RSGB IOTA Web Page (</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://www.rsgbiota.org"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#CC0000'>www.rsgbiota.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'>).</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN style='color:red'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p></div></body></html>