[RTTY] Re: 2002 WAEDC RTTY

Eddie Schneider edlyn@california.com
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:03:05 -0800


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Marijan Miletic, S56A <artinian@siol.net>

> Hi Sir Eddie,
> JA are included but I made a list short with two fingers typing :-)

But ONLY for EU entrants :(

> New Rules for WAEDC 2002

> 1. Additional multipliers for EU participants
> Prefix blocks in the following countries will be counted as separate
> multipliers: W, VE, VK, ZL, ZS, JA, PY and UA9/UA0. The USA, for example,
> will then provide a maximum of 10 multipliers, W0 through W9.
> With this change, the historic multiplier rule, which had been in
> use for several decades, will be reactivated. This will ease up the
> tight multiplier situation for EU stations and is a means to make
> the densely populated areas (JA, North America) more attractive
> for EU stations.

If anyone cares,the complete revised proposals are at:
 
http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcw.htm