Archive for December, 2022

NEW CONTEST: Ten JA Districts Award

Ten JA Districts Award

I. Objective: For SDXA members to make contact with all ten of the Japanese call sign districts during any combination of the seven remaining 2022-2023 PNW DX Competition contests or two digi contests between January 1, 2023 and August 31, 2023.

II. The Seven PNW DX Contests:

  1. ARRL RTTY Roundup, January 7 and 8, 2023, UTC
  2. CQ WPX RTTY, February 11 and 12, 2023, UTC
  3. ARRL DX CW, February 18 and 19, 2023, UTC
  4. ARRL DX SSB, March 4 and 5, 2023, UTC
  5. CQ WPX SSB, March 25 and 26, 2023, UTC
  6. CQ WPX CW, May 27 and 28, 2023, UTC
  7. IARU, July 8 and 9, 2023, UTC

III. The Two Digi Contests:

  1. ARRL International Digital Contest, June 3 and 4, 2023, UTC.
  2. World Wide Digi DX Contest, August 26 and 27, 2023, UTC.

IV. Bands: Bands are the ones allowed in each particular contest.  All have 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 m.  Some include 6 m and 160 m so check the rules for each contest.

V. Modes: SSB, CW, RTTY, FT4, FT8 or any combination of the five.

VI. Entry Categories:

  1. Non-Million Point Club members may count contacts made in any of the nine contests.
  2. Million Point Club members must contact all ten JA districts in a single Which contest is your choice.  You don’t have to choose the contest in advance.VII.

VII. Log Submission: Simply submit a list with the date, time, mode, and the JA call sign to [email protected].

VIII. Award:

  1. Non-Million Point Club members will receive a coffee cup with the name of the award and their call sign.
  2. Million Point Club members will receive a certificate with the name of the award and their call sign.

IX. Notes:

  1. You do not need to find the location of the JA operator. We will use the numeral after the prefix as the district.
  2. If the JA station has a forward slash (/) in the call, you can choose which numeral you want to use. An example is JJ2JQF/1.  It is your choice to use this station as a 2 or as a 1.
  3. JA districts 5 and 9 are not as common as the others.

 

 

 

 

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NEW CONTEST: Five by Six Award Contest Rules

Five by Six Award Rules

I. Objective: For SDXA members to make contact with five DXCC entities on each of the six continents which are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. The total of 30 contacts must be made during seven of the 2022-2023 PNW DX Competition contests.

II. Contests: The seven contests are

  1. ARRL RTTY Roundup, January 7 and 8, 2023, UTC
  2. CQ WPX RTTY, February 11 and 12, 2023, UTC
  3. ARRL DX CW, February 18 and 19, 2023, UTC
  4. ARRL DX SSB, March 4 and 5, 2023, UTC
  5. CQ WPX SSB, March 25 and 26, 2023, UTC
  6. CQ WPX CW, May 27 and 28, 2023, UTC
  7. IARU, July 8 and 9, 2023, UTC

III. Bands: Bands are the ones allowed in each particular contest.  All have 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 m.  Some include 160 m so check the rules for each contest.

IV. Modes: SSB, CW, RTTY or any combination of the three.

V. Log Submission: Simply submit a list with the date, time, mode, and call sign of the station you worked to [email protected].

VI. Awards: All who accomplish this award will receive an engraved plaque with the name of the award and their call sign.

VII. Notes:

  1. North America should be easy. Five common ones are K, KL, VE, KP4, and C6.
  2. South America should be easy. Five common ones are PJ2, PJ4, LU, PY, and HC.
  3. Europe should be easy. Five common ones are DL, F, EA, CT, and I.
  4. Asia might be tougher than you expect. Four common ones are JA, UA9, HL, and BY.
  5. Oceania might be tougher than you expect. Four common ones are KH6, KH2, ZL, and VK.
  6. Africa is a challenge. Three common ones are EA8, CT3, and CN.

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