The "General Contest Rules" of DARC e.V. apply in the version published on the pages of the contest committee.

Organizer: DARC e.V. Referat Conteste

1   Contest Periods

     Quarterly, every first month of a quarter, every second tuesday
     18.00 UTC - 19.29 UTC
 

Dates 2024:

2   Bands / Modes

     Bands:    80m and 40m
     Mode:     RTTY

     Every station may be may be worked once on 3.5 MHz and once on 7 MHz.
 3   Categories

     Single operator, low power
     Single operator, QRP 
     Checklog 

     Different classes for participants from DL and outside DL
     Output power: low power = up to 100 watts, QRP = max. 5 watts
 4   Exchange

     German stations send RS(T) and their DOK, or "NM" (no member) if they are not a
     DARC member. NM does not count as a multiplier.

     Other stations send: RS(T) + serial number. If a station does not send serial numbers, 000 is to be logged.

5   QSO Points

     Each completed QSO counts 1 point

6   Multipliers     
      One multiplier per DOK per band and one multiplier per prefix per band

7  Score

     The sum of the QSO points multiplied by the sum of the multiplier points.Incorrect
     QSOs will be deleted.

8  Log Submission

     Please submit your log in CABRILLO file format via web upload. The web upload is
     available at

     https://dxhf2.darc.de/~shortrylog/upload.cgi?form=referat&lang=de

     The receipt of logs will be automatically confirmed by an email with a message of
     possible errors in the log and the password for the access to your UBN-file. The logs
     will be part of the DCL (DARC Community Logbook). By submitting the log, the
     participant claims to fully accept the rules of the contest.
 9  Deadline

     All entries must be sent within seven (7) days after the contest.
10   Awards

     Certificates will be awarded to every participant as PDF-file for self-printing.
11   Disqualification     
     Violation of the rules of the contest or unsportsmanlike conduct will be deemed
     sufficient cause for disqualification.
12  Logging

     In Wintest, the RTTY-Short-Contest is implemented since release 4.50. But you can use
     the DARC Eastercontest or DARC Xmas-Contest and simply change the mode to RTTY.

     N1MM works as well as WinTest with the same settings as DARC-Easter- or XMAS-
     Contest.  UCX-Log has implemented the DARC RTTY-Short-Contest in the release 8.29
 13  Contest Manager

     DL7YS, Peter John

     For questions: dl7ys(at)darc.de