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| The 64th ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST – 2023 01.CONTEST PERIOD (1) CW: From 00:00 UTC the third Saturday of June to 24:00 UTC the next day <48 hours> (June 17-18,2023) (2) Phone: From 00:00 UTC the first Saturday of Sept. to 24:00 UTC the next day <48 hours> (Sept. 2-3, 2023) 02. BANDS Amateur bands 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m 03. ENTRY CATEGORIES  Note 1: Single Operator stations means that one person performs all concerned operations during contest period. 2: Low Power stations are limited to 100W output or less. No limitation is applied to High Power stations other than legal limit in each country or territory. 3: Junior stations’ operator age must be 19 years old or younger, and Senior operators must be 70 years old or older.(For JA stations only) 4: 10 minutes rule(CQ WW method) is applied to Multi-Operator Single Transmitter stations. The 10 minute rule means that when you change bands, you must stay in that band for at least 10 minutes after first establishing contact. However, one-and only one other band may be used during any 10 minutes period if and only if the station worked is a new multiplier. This rule is applied to not only the running stations, but also to the stations searching for multipliers respectively. 5: All transmitters of Multi-Operator Multi Transmitter station must be located in a circle of 500m diameter. ◇ Power, Type of Emission and Frequencies:Within the limits of own station license. 04. CONTEST CALL (1) CW ……….. “CQ AA” (2) Phone…….. “CQ AA Contest” 05. EXCHANGE (1) For Single Operator stations: RS(T) report plus operators’ age, but if the Operator does not want to send his/her age, RS(T) report plus”01″ (zero one) can be sent. For example (the operator age is 25 years old): Phone………5925 (or 5901), CW…………59925(or 59901) (2) For Multi-Operator stations: RS(T) report plus the averaged age of operators. For example (the operators are 25 and 35 years old): Phone………5930, CW…………59930 06. COMMON PROVISIONS (1) No cross band contact is permitted. (2) No change of operating site is permitted. (3) For single Operator and Multi-Operator Single Transmitter entry: Transmitting two signals or more at the same time, including cases of different bands, is not permitted. Except transmitting two signals to get New Multiplier under the 10 minutes rules. (4) For Multi-Operator entry: Transmitting two signals or more at the same time within the same band is not permitted. (5) No contact made through repeaters is permitted. (6) Use of information technology such as packet cluster, web cluster, cw skimmer and reverse beacon netwark is permitted. (7) Self-spotting or asking for spotting on packet cluster is not permitted. (8) The remote operation (all of the antenna, transmitter, receiver in one location) is permitted. All remote operation stations shall obey the rules associated with the station license, operator license and the contest rules. (9) Use of the remote receiver located outside the location of the radio station installation of transmitter, receiver and antenna is prohibited. (10) Post-contest creation or correction of contest log and/or confirmation of contest QSO is not permitted by any means such as detabase, recording and/or e-mail. However,the conversion of handwritten log to electronic log is permitted. (11) During the contest period or after the contest, it is prohibited to communicate the operation information of your own station to others using means other than amateur radio (telephone, Internet, etc.). 07. POINTS AND MULTIPLIERS (1) For Asian stations: ① Points……..Completed contact will be scored as follows. Contact among same entities will neither count as a point nor a multiplier. Duplicate contact with the same station on same band will not count as a point. 160m band……3 points per Asian QSO. 9 points per Non-Asian QSO. 80m band …….2 points per Asian QSO. 6 points per Non-Asian QSO. 10m band …….2 points per Asian QSO. 6 points per Non-Asian QSO. Other bands….1 point per Asian QSO. 3 points per Non-Asian QSO. ②Multipliers……..The total number of different entities (according to the DXCC List) worked on each band. (2) For non-Asian stations: ① Points…….Completed contact with Asian stations (excluding U.S. auxiliary military radio stations in the Far East, Japan) will be counted as follows: 160m band…………..3 points 80m band ……………2 points 10m band ……………2 points Other bands…………1 point ② Multipliers…….The total number of different Asian Prefixes (according to the WPX Contest rules) worked on each band. (3) JD1 stations. ●JD1 stations on Ogasawara (Bonin and Volcano) Islands belong to Asia. ●JD1 stations on Minami-tori Shima(Marcus) Islands belong to Oceania. (4) Maritime Mobile Stations For all maritime mobile stations at any location (no matter outside or inside Asia), completed contacts with only Asian stations can be counted. The total score will be published in the contest results. But, they will not be ranked. Contacts points with maritime mobile stations will be considered as same as contacts among Asian stations. But, it will not count as multiplier. 08. SCORING (1) Multi-band (The total of the contact points on each band) x (The total of the multipliers on each band) (2) Single-Band (The total contact points on the band) x (The total multipliers on the band) 9. REPORTING (1) Submit a summary sheet and logs of only one entry classification. E-mail submission will be welcomed. ●E-mail submission JARL Format or Cabrillo Format. The E-log Reception list at following URL shows all received E-mail submission by the contest desk. These data are automatically updated but it may take several minitues before the list is next updated. ● CW http://www.jarl.com/contest/eloglist/received-aacw.htm ● Phone http://www.jarl.com/contest/eloglist/received-aaph.htm (2)The submission address is as follows ●E-mail submissions to: ①CW……………….aacw@jarl.org ②Phone…………..aaph@jarl.org ●The submission address of the mail to: JARL, All Asian DX Contest, 170-8073, Japan Indicate CW or Phone on the envelope. ◆Deadlines for submissions: ①CW……………….June 30, 2023 ②Phone…………..September 15, 2023 ◇ INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SUMMARY AND LOG SHEET FOR PAPER LOG ENTRY It is recommended to use JARL A.A. Contest Log and Summary sheet which are available from JARL HQ for two IRC and SAE. (Summary and Log are also available as  “PDF files” from the JARL Web site)a． Paper log entry is only accepted when the log and summary sheets are filled by hand writing and including not more than 100 QSO. b． Each Summary sheet must include your DXCC entity, callsign used, entry class, multipliers by band, points by band and total score. It should also include a signed declaration indicating that you have observed the rules and regulations of the contest. Multi-Operator stations must submit a list of all operators call-sign or name. c． Log sheet must contain band, date, time in UTC, call of station worked, exchange sent, exchange received, multipliers and QSO points. Use a separate sheet for each band.(For Single Transmitter entry:in order of the time contacted). Multipliers should be clearly marked by entities or Asian prefixes, first time worked on each band.10. AWARDS: (1) For both CW and Phone, electronic certificates will be awarded to those having the high scores in each category in proportion to the number of participants from each entity and also those from US CQ Zone 3, 4, and 5 in the United States. ① If the number of participants are 10 or less there will be an Award only to the highest scorer ② From 11 to 20 ………… Awards to the highest scorer and the runner-up ③ From 21 to 30 ………… Awards to the top three ④ 31 or more …………….. Awards to the top five (2) The highest scorer among JARL members in each category in each Japanese call area, provided being in the top half ranking in each category, will receive electronic certificates from JARL. This certificate is not presented to the stations being presented the certificates of (1). (3) The Generation Overlay certificates are set up for the participating stations used their age as the contest exchange. The top 5 stations in each Japanese call area in each generation group will be presented electronic certificates with the exception of the stations being presented the certificates of (1) and (2). ・ Generations are divided into the following categories －under the age of 20 －20 years old or older and under 60 years old － 60 years old or older and under 70 years old －Over 70 years old (4) The highest scorer on each Continent of the Single Operator Multi Band category will receive a certificate from the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan. 11.DISQUALIFICATIONS: (1) False statements in the report. (2) Violations of the contest rules. 12.ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS: Results will be published in the Spring, 2024 issue of JARL News and will also be appeared on JARL’s web site (http://www.jarl.org). For those wishing to receive contest results by post, please enclose two IRC with your log. ◇ The Contest Award will be issued to whom fulfill the certain requirements during the contest period. The detailed information will appear in a separate page. ◇ You can create the contest commemorative plaque. The detailed information will appear in a separate page. 15.LIST OF ASIAN ENTITIES:  Source: https://www.jarl.org/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2023AA_rule.htm |
