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

Dates 2025:

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 (max. 100 W Output)
     Single operator, QRP (max. 5 W Output)

     Trainee (only for DL-.stations)
     Checklog 

 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. Metallized plates for the winners in every class.
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 since release 8.29
 13 Contest Manager

     DL7YS, Peter John

     If you have any questions, please mail to: dl7ys(at)darc.de