1. The Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (A.R.I.) has the honour of inviting radio
amateurs from all over the world to participate in the ARI International DX Contest.
2. Aim.
It is a world-wide competition: everybody can work everybody.
3. Date and time.
The contest will be held on each first full week-end of May starting at 1200Z Saturday
and ending at 1159Z Sunday. In year 2020 the dates will be May 2-3.
.
4. Categories
Single Operator – CW – HIGH/LOW POWER
II. Single Operator – SSB – HIGH/LOW POWER
III. Single Operator – RTTY – HIGH/LOW POWER
IV. Single Operator – MIXED – HIGH/LOW POWER
V. Multi Operator – Single TX – MIXED & HIGH POWER only
VI. Multi Operator – Multi TX – MIXED & HIGH POWER only
VII. SWL – Single Operator – MIXED
Notes:
a. For Single-Operator, only one signal is permitted at any time.
b. Use of packet cluster, skimmers or any other alerting system is permitted for all
entrants.
c. Self spotting or asking other stations to spot you is not allowed.
d. Multi-Operator Single TX stations must adhere to the 10 minutes rule (both runner
and multiplier station). Only one band can be used within a 10 minutes period, while
another band can be used only to work a new multiplier. The 10 minutes period starts when the first QSO is logged on that band. QSO in violation of the 10 minutes
rule should be left in the log and they will be automatically deleted by the Committee
but no extra penalties will be applied. Be aware that an excessive number of
violations may lead to the disqualification of the entry.
e. LOW POWER category entrants can use 100W maximum total output power.
f. It is forbidden the dual-CQ on the same band.
g. For Multi-Operator Multi-TX stations only one transmitted signal per band is
permitted.
5. Bands.
Bands from 10m through 80m, except WARC bands, are allowed according to IARU
Band Plans.
6. Exchange.
Italian stations will send RST and two letters to identify their province.
Other stations will send RST and a serial number from 001. The serial number will NOT
restart from 001 on each band/mode except for the Multi-Operator Multi TX stations.
Multi-Operator Multi TX stations will have separate serial number for each band.
7. Multipliers.
each Italian province (110) count 1 (one) multiplier,
each DXCC country (except I & IS0 & IT9) count 1 (one) multiplier.
The same multiplier (country/province) can be counted once and only once for each
band.
The 110 Italian provinces (by call-area) are the following:
I1: AL, AT, BI, CN, GE, IM, NO, SP, SV, TO, VB, VC.
IX1: AO.
I2: BG, BS, CO, CR, LC, LO, MB, MI, MN, PV, SO, VA.
I3: BL, PD, RO, TV, VE, VI, VR.
IN3: BZ, TN.
IV3: GO, PN, TS, UD.
I4: BO, FC, FE, MO, PC, PR, RA, RE, RN.
I5: AR, FI, GR, LI, LU, MS, PI, PO, PT, SI.
I6: AN, AP, AQ, CH, FM, MC, PE, PS (or PU), TE.
I7: BA, BR, BT, FG, LE, MT, TA.
I8: AV, BN, CB, CE, CS, CZ, IS, KR, NA, PZ, RC, SA, VV.
I0: FR, LT, PG, RI, RM (or ROMA), TR, VT.
IT9: AG, CL, CT, EN, ME, PA, RG, SR, TP.
IS0: CA, NU, OR SS, SU
PLEASE REMEMBER that I (Italy) IT9 (Sicily Island) and IS0 (Sardinia Island) are
NOT country-multipliers.
8. QSO/Points
QSO/HRD with own country counts 0 (zero) point but is good for the multipliers
credit.
QSO/HRD with own continent counts 1 (one) point,
QSO/HRD with different continent counts 3 (three) points,
QSO/HRD with any Italian (I & IS0 & IT9) station counts 10 (ten) point
The same station can be contacted on the same band once on SSB/CW/RTTY but only
the first QSO is good for multiplier credit.
9. Final score.
The Final Score is the sum of QSO/points from all bands multiplied by the sum of
multipliers from all bands.
10.SWL Stations.
Listeners are required to log both the callsign of the station heard and of the
correspondent station. Score is calculated based only upon the station heard using the
same rules as per the transmitting stations. A callsign may appear NOT more than 3
(three) times on each band as a correspondent station, regardless of mode.
WARNING/EXCEPTION: SWL log must be submitted within 60 hours after the end
of the contest (2359Z May 5, 2020)
11.LOG instructions.
ATTENTION PLEASE – LOG WEB UPLOAD ONLY
a. Only CABRILLO log will be accepted
b. LOG must be WEB-Uploaded at www.ari.it
A direct link to the upload page can be found here
c. LOG must be web-uploaded no later than 5 days after the contest (2359Z May
8, 2020)
WARNING/EXCEPTION: SWL log must be submitted within 60 hours after the
end of the contest (2359Z May 05, 2020)
d. The Web-Uploader (or Robot) will send a confirmation on the log submission.
e. A list of the received LOG will be published on www.ari.it site.
A direct link to the received logs page can be found here
f. If you are not able, for whatever reason, to submit a CABRILLO log, please
contact the A.R.I. HF Contest Manager at < hfcontest.ari@gmail.com >
g. Submitted LOG may be made open to the public. Thus, by sending in your log,
you implicitly agree that your log may be made open to the public.
12.Penalties and disqualifications.
Logs will be carefully checked by the Contest Committee and mistakes may cause a
score reduction. There are no penalties applied to erroneous QSO, but
unsportsmanlike conduct may lead to disqualification of the entry. Unsportsmanlike
conduct may be found in the LOG data as well in any other recording mean available to
the Committee.
All Contest Committee decisions are official and final.
13.Awards.
A plaque will be awarded to the top scoring station in each category. Special plaques
can be awarded by the Contest Committee if country/continental/call-area participation
can justify such a decision. A digital award/certificate will be awarded to all stations and
will be either sent by email or downloaded from the web-site.
14.Implicit Declaration:
By submitting an entry in the ARI International DX Contest you agree that:
a) you have read and understood the rules of the contest and agree to be bound by
them;
b) you have operated according to all the rules and regulations of your country that
pertain to amateur radio;
c) your log entry may be made open to the public;
d) all actions and decisions of the A.R.I. HF Contest Committee are official and final.
On behalf of A.R.I. HF Contest Committee
Filippo Vairo, IZ1LBG,
A.R.I HF Contest Manager
To download the rules .PDF Click HERE
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