THE 40th ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST - 1999


Supported by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan

The purpose of this contest is to enhance the activity of radio amateures in Asia and to establish as many contacts as possible during the contest periods between Asian and non-Asian stations.

  1. Contest Period
  2. Bands
  3. Entry Classification
  4. Power, Type of Emission and Frequencies
  5. Contest Call
  6. Exchange
  7. Restrictions on the Contest
  8. Points and Multipliers
  9. Scoring
  10. Instructions on the Summary and Log sheet
  11. Awards
  12. Reporting
  13. Disqualifications
  14. Announcement of Results
  15. Countries List of Asia

01. CONTEST PERIOD:

(1) CW: 48 hours from 00:00 UTC the third Saturday of June to 24:00 UTC next day (June 19-20, 1999)

(2) Phone: 48 hours from 00:00 UTC the first Saturday of September to 24:00 UTC next day (September 4-5, 1999)

02. BANDS:

Amateur bands below 30MHz (Except 10, 18, 24MHz)

03. ENTRY CLASSIFICATIONS:

(1) Single operator, 1.9MHz band (CW only)

(2) Single operator, 3.5MHz band (including 3.8MHz band)

(3) Single operator, 7MHz band

(4) Single operator, 14MHz band

(5) Single operator, 21MHz band

(6) Single operator, 28MHz band

(7) Single operator, Multi band

(8) Multi-operator, Multi band

04. POWER, TYPE OF EMISSION AND FREQUENCIES:

Within the limits of own station license.

05. CONTEST CALL:

(1) For Asian stations: a: CW -- "CQ test" b: Phone -- "CQ contest"

(2) For non-Asian stations: a: CW -- "CQ AA" b: Phone -- "CQ Asia"

06. EXCHANGE:

(1) For OM stations: RS/T report + two figures denoting operator's age

(2) For YL stations: RS/T report + two figures "00 (zero zero)"

07. RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONTEST:

(1) No contact on cross band.

(2) For participants of single operator's entry: Transmitting two signals or more at the same time including cases of different bands is not permitted.

(3) For participants of multi-operator's entry: Transmitting two signals or more at the same time within the same band is not permitted, except in cases of different bands.

08. POINTS AND MULTIPLIERS:

(1) Contacts among Asian stations and among non-Asian stations will neither count as a point nor a multiplier.

(2) For Asian stations:

a: Points --- Perfect contact with non-Asian stations will be scored as follows:

1.9MHz band -- 3 points, 3.5MHz band -- 2 points, Other bands -- 1 point

b: Multipliers --- The number of different countries in the world worked on each band, according to the DXCC countries list.

(3) For non-Asian stations:

a; Points - Perfect contact with Asian stations (excluding U.S. auxiliary military radio stations in the Far East, Japan) will be counted as follows: 1.9MHz band -- 3 points, 3.5MHz band --2 points, Other bands -- 1 point

b; Multipliers - The number of different Asian Prefixes worked on each band, according to the WPX Contest rules. Examples: JS9ABC/7 will count for prefix JS7.

(4) JD1 stations.

a; JD1 stations on Ogasawara (Bonin and Volcano) Islands belong to Asia.

b; JD1 stations on Minami-tori Shima (Marcus) Islands belong to Oceania.

09. SCORING:

(The total of the contact points on each band) X (The total of the multipliers on each band)

10. INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SUMMARY AND LOG SHEET:

It is recommended to use JARL A.A. contest logs and summaries which are available from HQ for one IRC and SAE. (Summary and Log are available by "PDF files".)

(1) Each summary sheet must include your DXCC country, call 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.

(2) 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. Multipliers should be clearly marked by countries or Asian prefixes, first time worked on each band.

11. AWARDS:

(1) For both CW and Phone, certificates will be awarded to those having the highest score in each entry in proportion to the number of participants from each country and also those from each call area in the United States.

a: The number of participants under 10 --- Award only to the highest scorer

b: From 11 to 20 --- Award only to the runner-up

c: From 21 to 30 --- Award to the top three

d: From 31 or more --- Award to the top five

(2) The highest scorer in each Continent of the single operator multi band entry will receive a medal from JARL and certificate from the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan.

(3) The highest scorer of the multi operator multi band entry in each Continent will receive a medal from JARL.

12. REPORTING:

(1) Submit a summary sheet and logs of only one classfication.

(2) The log and summary should be postmarked by the following dates addressed to:

All Asian DX Contest, JARL, Tokyo 170-8073, Japan

Indicate CW or Phone on the envelope. a: CW --- July 30, 1999 b: Phone --- October 30, 1999

13. DISQUALIFICATIONS:

(1) Violation of the contest rules.

(2) False statement in the report.

(3) Taking points from duplicate contact on the same band in excess of 2% of the total.

14. ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS:

(1) CW --- About February, 1999 (2) Phone --- About March, 1999

You may receive contest results by enclosing one IRC with your log. They will appear on this site after their publication in JARL NEWS.

15. COUNTRIES LIST OF ASIA:
  Spratly Is. 3W, XV Vietnam 4J,4K Azerbaijan 4L Georgia 4P-4S Sri Lanka
4X,4Z Israel 5B Cyprus 7O Yemen 8Q
(*)
Maldives 9K Kuwait
9M2,4 West Malaysia 9N Nepal 9V Singapore A4 Oman A5 Bhutan
A6 U.A.E. A7 Qatar A9 Bahrain AP-AS Pakistan BS7 Scarborough Reef
BV Taiwan BV9 Pratas Is BY,BT China EK Armenia EP-EQ Iran
EX Kyrgyzstan EY Tajikistan EZ Turkmenistan HL South Korea HS Thailand
HZ Saudi Arabia JA-JS,7J-7N,8J Japan JD1 Ogasawara Is. JT-JV Mongolia JY Jordan
OD Lebanon P5 North Korea S2 Bangladesh TA-TC
(*)
Turkey UA-UI8,9,0
RA-RZ
Asiatic Russia
UJ-UM Uzbekistan UN-UQ Kazakhstan VR2 Hong Kong VU India VU Andaman & Nicobar Is.
VU Laccadive Is. XU Cambodia XW Laos XX9 Macao XY-XZ Myanmar
YA Afghanistan YI Iraq YK Syria ZC4 UK Sov.Base Area on Cyprus

(*) only Asian area
Total 54 countries as of April 1, 1999


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