[RTTY] Africa All Mode International DX Contest

[Don Hill AA5AU]

The NA RTTY Sprint will take place 0000-0400Z on September 18, so there will
be two contests running concurrently in that time period.

Sounds like a good time to fire up and test stuff before CQWW RTTY next
weekend.

73, Don AA5AU


-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry Murrell
ZS2EZ
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 3:37 AM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Cc: glevey at gmail.com
Subject: [RTTY] Africa All Mode International DX Contest

Hi All

 

The organisers of this contest have asked me to publicise this event amongst
the RTTY community, as it would seem that most are unaware of the event!!

 

Africa All Mode International DX Contest - 12:00 UTC on Saturday 17
September to 12:00 UTC on Sunday 18 September 2016. Both single and
multi-operator stations may operate for the entire 24-hour period.There are
no mandated breaks in operating time required.The objective of this all mode
contest is to stimulate contesting from Africa. All participating stations
worldwide may work any country during the contest period, but QSOs with
radio amateurs from Africa is encouraged as reflected in the higher points
being awarded in the scoring mechanism. African DXCC entities are defined as
those valid per the ARRL DXCC AF listing published at the time of the
contest.Bands 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, in accordance with your
country and specific licensing requirements governing the portion(s) of
these bands that you may use. No contest QSOs are allowed on 12, 17, 30 or
60 metres. Modes: CW, RTTY and SSB. Contestants may elect to enter a single
mode category or take part as a mixed-mode entrant.

 

Rules can be downloaded here:

http://africadxcontest.blogspot.co.za/2016/09/africa-all-modeinternational-d
x-contest.html

   

A N1MM+ contest template is available here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxhBtZxalIfMFJyVXRtRkZYeGM/view?usp=sharin
g

 

 

What with the NCJ NA Sprint AND the BARTG 75 Baud contest also on over this
weekend, I am not sure how much interest there will be in this contest, but
I would seriously encourage anyone than CAN to at least listen for the
African stations and give them some contacts!!  This is the 2nd running of
what the organisers hope will become a popular fixture on the annual contest
calendar! Last year there were 10 DX RTTY logs - let's see if we can improve
on that!!

 

Hopefully Don can add this event to rttycontesting.com - I will undertake to
provide any info needed!!  (Incidentally I am NOT part of the organising
committee, but have been asked by Convener Geoff ZS6C to help advertise the
event!)

 

 

73 de BARRY MURRELL ZS2EZ

KF26ta - Port Elizabeth, South Africa

EPC#0558 DMC#1690 WCC#030 30MDG#4081

DXCC(mixed)#41,146  DXCC(RTTY)#1,916

DXCC(phone)#34,990  DXCC(CW)#11,714

DXCC 40m,30m,20m,17m,15m,12m,10m

WAS Triple Play #492  WAS(RTTY)#538  WAZ(RTTY)#185  WAE-I(mixed)#72

WAZS(mixed)#214  AAA#1569

AS ZR6DXB: VUCC(50MHZ)#1,334  UKSMG WAE(Silver)#75  UKSMG AFRICA#22  WAC
(Satellite)

website :  <http://www.zs2ez.co.za/> www.zs2ez.co.za

 

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