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

For the year 2023, the annual winner will be determined after the two competitions in July and October 2023.

Organizer: DARC Referat Conteste

1   Contest Periods

     Quarterly, every first month of a quarter, every second tuesday
     18.00 UTC - 19.29 UTC
Dates for the next legs:

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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

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 (as long, as the DARC Short-RTTY-Contest is not implemented) please
     use DARC Eastercontest or DARC Xmas-Contest and simply change the mode
     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