Identical wording is used for both the RTTY and CW/SSB rules where the intent is the same. However, there are some key differences for the RTTY mode:
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No 1.8 MHz operation
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QSO alerting assistance is allowed in all categories, i.e., there is no Single-Op Assisted category
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Single-Op 30-hour limit (vs. 36)
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Contact points:
– Different-country contacts within any continent (not just North America) get 2 or 4 points
– Same-country contacts get 2 points on the low bands
- Bulgarian (TNX Boyan LZ2BE)
- Chinese (TNX Richard, BG9GXM)
- Czech (TNX Vasek, OK1VRF)
- Dutch (TNX Herman, ON4QX)
- English
- Finnish (TNX Tapani, OH2LU)
- French (TNX Fabi, VA2UP)
- German (TNX Andy, DF4WC)
- Greek (TNX Kostas SV1DPI)
- Italian (TNX Salvo IW1AYD)
- Japanese (TNX Hisami, 7L4IOU & Mako, JA1XS)
- Portugese (Nuno, CT2FJO)
- Russian (Vlad, VE3IAE)
- Spanish (TNX Diana, XE2DN/N6DNK & Hector, XE2K/AD6D)
- Turkish (TNX Mehmet, TA5FA)
Note: If you can translate to these or other languages, please send to thecontest director.
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