2008 ARRL International DX Contest
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<LI><STRONG>Object: </STRONG>
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<LI>1.1. W/VE amateurs work as many amateur stations in as many DXCC countries of the world as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands.
<LI>1.2. Foreign amateurs (also including KH6, KL7, CY9, and CYØ) work as many W/VE stations in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible. </LI></OL>!M:bo ^(V#Fw i"o
<LI><STRONG>Date and Contest Period: </STRONG>/rg!x&ibB
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<LI>2.1. CW: Third full weekend in February <STRONG>(February 16-17, 2008)</STRONG>. 2\U3}S)S'JPYH
<LI>2.2. Phone: First full weekend in March <STRONG>(March 1-2, 2008)</STRONG>. 1{5^k4|L T~+f'H
<LI>2.3. Contest Period: 48 hours each mode (separate contests). Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; ends 2400 UTC Sunday. </LI></OL>
<LI><STRONG>Entry Categories: </STRONG>6s^]fCMsJ
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<LI>3.1. Single Operator: RDuk&} \.p jny_
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<LI>3.1.1. All Band:
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<LI>3.1.1.1. QRP. C BWaU
<LI>3.1.1.2. Low Power.
<LI>3.1.1.3. High Power. </LI></OL>
<LI>3.1 2. Single Band.
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<LI>3.1.2.1. A participant may submit only one single band entry. If contacts are made on other bands, the log file must clearly be marked as Single Band in the header of the Cabrillo file. /`Wy2T)u_b
<LI>3.1.2.2. The same callsign may not be used by a different operator(s) to generate additional single band entries. </LI></OL></LI></OL>
<LI>3.2. Single Operator Assisted.
<LI>3.3. Multioperator: gbEYaQ
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<LI>3.3.1. Single Transmitter.
<LI>3.3.2. Two Transmitter. {`:aY3@dy+U
<LI>3.3.3. Multi-transmitter. </LI></OL></LI></OL>&qsAX8W(a`9v$T
<LI><STRONG>Contest Exchange: </STRONG>8Avj5`:Ja
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<LI>4.1. W/VE stations in the 48 contiguous United States and Canada (except in the islands of St Paul and Sable) send signal report and state or province.
<LI>4.2. DX stations send signal report and power (number indicating approximate transmitter output power). </LI></OL>
<LI><STRONG>Scoring: </STRONG>+cR,Rm |T H]&f
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<LI>5.1. QSO Points - W/VE stations count three points per DX QSO. DX stations count three points per W/VE QSO.
<LI>5.2. Multiplier E#}3R r'E$dle
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<LI>5.2.1. W/VE stations: Sum of DXCC entities (except US and Canada) worked per band. 8sjq/m'X.RwT([S
<LI>5.2.2. DX stations: Sum of US states (except KH6/KL7), District of Columbia (DC), and Canadian provinces/territories: NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF (VO1), LB (VO2), NU (VYØ), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2) worked per band (maximum of 63 per band). </LI></OL>R4C%xOA~
<LI>5.3. Final Score: QSO points X multipliers = final score. </LI></OL>
<LI><STRONG>Miscellaneous: </STRONG>
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