[CQ-Contest] Digidfest 2012

Thu May 3 07:54:04 PDT 2012

This is a friendly reminder to those who love exotic digital modes and/or 
still don't have nice RigExpert Antenna Analyzer :-).
The Annual Digifest will be held as usual on the 1st  full weekend of June 
(2012 dates are June 2nd  and 3rd ).
This is going to be Digifest's 5th year and its popularity is growing with 
last year's received LOGs number of more than 200.
Peculiarity of this Contest is the great variety of different categories of 
the participants in 5 digital modes: RTTY 75, BPSK 63, MFSK 16, 
HELLSCHREIBER, OLIVIA
and the most fair points calculation based on the distance between the 
stations.
The Contest consists of 3 convenient periods (8 hours each) during the 
weekend.
To add more adrenalin into this competition a special feature will be 
offered to those who like competing in real time - online results will be 
presented on a server.
And, of course, a lot of real nice prizes, mostly RigExpert AA-230 and AA-30 
Antenna Analyzers and RigExpert USB Interfaces. All prizes sponsored by 
RigExpert Ukraine Ltd.
Since the number of the participants is relatively small and the most 
populated competing area is Europe, the "far away" stations from NA, SA, 
Africa, Asia and Australia are at great advantage.
>From the last years' experience those stations were the most prize winners. 
Considering this and also to support growing participation from Europe,
the sponsors "double" the prizes - i.e. separate main prizes are now 
available both for Europe and for the "rest of the World".
But wait, that's not all! For those of you who won't be able to win "main 
prize" in respected category, there will be a lot of  small gifts, like 
T-shirts and paper awards.
All the prizes will be mailed to participants' home addresses.
The results are usually available just 2 weeks after the end of the Contest,
So, lets just meet on the 1st weekend of  June and have fun!
Complete rules can be found at http://www.mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/index.html
and   http://www.rigexpert.com/index?s=main&f=digifest

DIGIFEST RULES 2012

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1. Competition (unconventional digimodes):

 All over the world

 ONLINE results are provided by http://mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/online

2. Date and time:

   I Period 04:00 UTC - 12:00 Saturday 2 June 2012
  II Period 20:00 UTC - 04:00 Saturday 2 June / Sunday 3 June 2012
 III Period 12:00 UTC - 20:00 Sunday 3 June 2012

 1-th full weekend in June every year.

3. Modes:

 RTTY75 (75 baud)
 BPSK 63
 MFSK 16
 HELLSCHREIBER
 OLIVIA (250 Hz, 4 tones)

4. Bands:

 80 meters band (3.5 MHz)
 40 meters band (7 MHz)
 20 meters band (14 MHz)
 15 meters band (21 MHz)
 10 meters band (28 MHz)

 Dupes are allowed on different bands or different modes on the same band.
 In other words work station ones per band per mode (5 QSO's in different 
modes will be counted per each band).
 Please leave PSK31 band (14070...14071) for non-contest operation.

5. Categories:

 SOAH: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH   (All Modes, All Bands)
 SOAL: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW    (All Modes, All Bands)
 SOAH8: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS  (All Modes, All Bands - any 8 hours)*
 SOAL8: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOURS  (All Modes, All Bands - any 8 hours)*
 SOSMH: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE HIGH  (Any Single Mode, All Bands)
 SOSML: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE LOW  (Any Single Mode, All Bands)
 SOSBH: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND HIGH  (All Modes, Any Single Band)
 SOSBL: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND LOW  (All Modes, Any Single Band)
 MO: MULTI-OP ALL HIGH    (Single Transmitter All Modes, All Bands)

 *The start of 8-hour entry is the first QSO time.
  The breaks minimum is 1 hour each.
  The contacts made after of 8-hour limit are counted for other 
participants.

 LOW - Max peak power 100 watts
 HIGH - Max peak power 1000 watts

6. Exchange:

 Signal report + four-digit Grid Square (Example: 599 KO50).

7. QSO points:

 1 point per 1 Km of distance (calculated by centers of Grid Squares).
 No need to calculate by participant.

8. Multiplier:

 The number of Grid Squares (once per log).

9. Scoring:

 The sum of QSO points multiplied by multiplier = TOTAL SCORE.

10. Disqualification:

 For usage of PSK31 band (14070...14071).
 For transmission over NCDXF beacons on 14100, 21150 and 28200.
 For two signals on one or many bands simultaneously.

11. Cabrillo logs are accepted within 7 days after the contest end:

 Upload via http://mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/digifest_log.php
 Or send e-mail to: digifest_robot at mixw.net

 Modes in the log are marked by two character code as follows:

 RY = RTTY
 OL = OLIVIA
 PK = PSK (or PS)
 MK = MFSK16 (or MF)
 HE = HELLSCHREIBER

 The log example:

 START-OF-LOG: 2.0
 CALLSIGN: UX1UA *
 CATEGORY: SOAL8 *
 CONTEST: DIGIFEST
 CREATED-BY: MixW 3.01
 NAME: Sergei Litvinov *
 ADDRESS: P.O.Box 111 *
 ADDRESS: Kyiv 01001 *
 ADDRESS: UKRAINE *
 E-MAIL: ux1ua at qsl.net *
 OPERATORS: *
 QSO: 14081 RY 2008-06-07 1321 UX1UA      599 KO50   UT2UZ      599 KO50
 QSO: 14079 PK 2008-06-07 1322 UX1UA      599 KO50   UT7U      599 KO40
 QSO: 14075 HE 2008-06-07 1323 UX1UA      599 KO50   S56P      599 JN76
 END-OF-LOG:

 Fields marked by asterisks (*) must be filled in.

12. Awards, prizes and trophies (will be sent to home address indicated in 
the log):

 12.1. Antenna Analyzers AA-230 sponsored by Rig Expert Ukraine, Ltd for the
  high score winners in the category:

 SOAH: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH (two prizes - Europe and the rest of the World)

 12.2. Antenna Analyzers AA-30 sponsored by Rig Expert Ukraine, Ltd for the
  high score winners in the category:

 SOAL: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW (two prizes - Europe and the rest of the World)

 12.3. USB Interfaces RigExpert Standard for the high score winners in the 
following categories:

 SOAH8: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS
 SOAL8: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOURS

12.4. T-shirts for the winners in the following categories (there must be at 
least 3 participants in the respective category and 50 QSOs in the log):

 SOSMH: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE HIGH (each Mode)
 SOSML: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE LOW (each Mode)
 SOSBH: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND HIGH (each Band)
 SOSBL: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND LOW (each Band)
 MO: MULTI-OP ALL HIGH

 as well as to the 2-d and 3-rd places in the following categories:

 SOAH: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH
 SOAL: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
 SOAH8: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS
 SOAL8: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW 8-HOURS

 12.5. Awards (laminated paper) to every participant with more than 200 QSOs 
in the log.

13. Contact information:

 E-mail:  digifest_info at mixw.net
   ux1ua at qsl.net
 Web sites: http://www.mixw.net/misc/DigiFest/index.html
   http://www.rigexpert.com/index?s=main&f=digifest

DigiFest is sponsored:

 by Kyiv Contest Group with support of

 - MixW team
 - Rig Expert Ukraine, Ltd.

73,  Yuri  VE3DZ