Country Uncle DX Club

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The results of the Country Uncle Fall Contest are posted - Click on the sub Tab (Fall Contest Results) under Contest tab for all the files and a list of the winners. Congratulations to all the winners!

The Country Uncle Fall Contest is over and the logs are due to K4JAN@countryuncledx.com
The official results will be published here the first week in February

• Objective  To work as many DX countries of the world on Amateur Bands; 160, 80, 40, and 20 meters
  
• Contest Period  0000 UTC October 1st thru 2400 UTC December 31st 2008
  
• Eligibility  All licensed Amateurs Radio Operators World Wide
  
• Modes of Operation SSB, CW, and Digital Modes (RTTY, PSK31)
  
• Entry and Power Categories  Single operator, FCC maximum allowed power output
  
• Contest Exchange
  
• Send  Call-sign and Signal Report
  
• Receive   Call-sign and Signal Report 
  

Early Sign Up

1.    While not a contest requirement, to be able to communicate with contest participants we would like for you to register for the contest. You can either do this or not. However, stations that register for the contest by October 10^th will receive 10,000 bonus points on their total score.
2.    Resister - simply send an email from the email account we should send contest communications to address it to contest@countryuncledx.com  with CONTEST in the subject.
3.    You will receive and auto responder that indicates you have registered - print that email out and included it with your Log for your 10,000 point bonus. Inclusion of the printed email is the sole responsibility of the station claiming the bonus.

Scoring

• Contacts between US Amateurs are not a valid contacts and do not count as a point
  
• For US Stations, all DX contacts outside of the USA count 1 point. For DX stations outside the US participating in the contest, all DX contacts ouside their own country count as 1 point
  
• DX station can be worked on each mode for a single band for award purposes
  
• Multiplier list is the ARRL DXCC Country listing (once per mode and once per band)
  
• Same DX stations may be worked once per mode and once per band
  
• Miscellaneous - All participants must be aware of and comply with current Band Plans and power limitations
  

• Logs are required if you are competing for one of the 4 Award Plaques and/or certificates.
  
• All logs must be submitted electronically in Cabrillo format. 
  
• We suggest using N1MM logger (free download) under log type select DX Log. This will properly score your contacts for this event.
  
• Other Electronic Log programs may be also used. At the end of the contest period export all contacts into the N1MM log using an ADIF file format. The N1MM log program will then properly score the contest. Submit N1MM logs in Camrillo format to sid@countryuncledx.com
  
• All logs must be submitted no later than January 30, 2009.
  
• Email all logs to by deadline to sid@countryuncledx.com
  

• Plaques will be awarded to;
  
• Top Overall Score for a stations located inside the USA
  
• Top Overall Score for a station located outside the USA
  
• Individual modes SSB, CW, Digital (RTTY & PSK31) - stations located inside the USA
  
•  Individual modes SSB, CW, Digital (RTTY & PSK31) - stations located outside the USA
  
• Certificates will be awarded to
  
• Top Overall Scores for individual bands; 160, 80, 40 and 20 meters - Stations located inside the USA
  
• Top Overall Scores for individual bands; 160, 80, 40 and 20 meters - Stations located outside the USA
  

• N4DA, W4JSM, K4NV, W4ASE and K4SX are plaque sponsors
  
• Plaque sponsor's call-sign will be imprinted on the plaque
  

• All results will be posted at http://www.countryuncledx.com
  
• Contest info can be found at the website above