All Asian DX Contest
====================

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

1. CONTEST PERIOD:
         (1) CW : 48 hours from 0000UTC the third Saturday of June to 2400UTC
                  next day.
{03SAT06:0000:2880:CW}
         (2) Phone : 48 hours from 0000UTC the first Saturday of September to
                     2400UTC next day.
{01SAT09:0000:2880:SSB}

2. BANDS: Amateur bands below 30MHz (Except 10, 18, 24 MHz).

3. 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) Multioperator, Multi band.

4. POWER, TYPE OF EMISION and FREQUENCIES: Within the limits of own station
         license.

5. 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

6. EXCHANGE:
         (1) For OM stations: RS(T) report plus two figures denoting
             operator's age.
         (2) For YL stations: RS(T) report plus two figures "00 (zero zero)".

7. RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONTEST:
         (1) No contacts 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 multioperator's entry: Transmitting two
             signals or more at the same time within the same band is not
             permitted, except in case of different bands.

8. 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:
                  1.9 MHz band............. 3 points
                  3.5 MHz 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
               US auxiliary military radio stations in the Far East, Japan)
               will be counted as follows:
                  1.9 MHz band............. 3 points
                  3.5 MHz 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. Example:
               JS0ABC/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 Minamitori Shima (Marcus) Island belong to
               Oceania.

9. 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
         AA contest logs and summaries which are available from HQ for one
         IRC and SAE.

         (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 the
             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 Phone and CW, 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 up 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 classification.
         (2) The log and summary should be postmarked by the following dates
             addressed to
                         JARL, All Asia DX Contest
                         P.O.Box 377
                         Tokyo Central
                         Japan

             Indicate Phone or CW on the envelope. Electronic logs may 
             be sent to contest@jarl.or.jp.
           (a) CW..... July 30th
           (b) Phone.. October 30th.

13. DISQUALIFICATION:
         (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
         (2) Phone.... About March

15. COUNTRIES LIST OF ASIA:

          A4           HS                   VU                 4J,4K
          A5           HZ                   VU (Andaman &      4L
          A6           JA-JS                    Nicobar Is.)   4P-4S
          A7           JD1 (Ogasawara Is.)  VU (Laccadive Is.) 4X,4Z
          A9           JT                   XU                 5B
          AP-AS        JY                   XW                 7O
          BV           OD                   XX9                8Q
          BY,BT        S2                   XY,XZ              9K
          EK           TA                   YA                 9M2
          EP,EQ        RA-RZ,UA-UI 8,9,0    YI                 9N
          EX           UJ,UM                YK                 9V
          EY           UN,UQ                ZC4                Abu Ail
          EZ                                1S (Spratley Is.)
          HL           VS6,VR2              3W,XV

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