[SD-User] ARRL DX Contest

Paul O'Kane pokane at ei5di.com
Fri Feb 18 05:58:47 EST 2005


The ARRL DX CW contest takes place this weekend from 0000 Saturday
19th February to 2359 Sunday 20th February.

Rules at www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/intldx.html

SD directly supports this contest, and is freeware from www.ei5di.com.
SD runs on any Windows PC.

This is a CW-only contest on all 6 bands from 160m to 10m, with all-band
and single-band categories for high-power, low-power and QRP.

Select SD Type 1 - ARRL DX : DX Side.

   Mode    : CW
   Power   : Your Power in Watts

Work W/VE stations only (not Hawaii or Alaska). If you enter an ineligible
callsign, SD changes its colour to red.

Send    5NN + Power
Receive 5NN + 2-letter state or province code.

After the contest, use SDCHECK to prepare your Cabrillo .LOG file.

Select Option 1 - Cabrillo Log.

   Contest Name: ARRL-DX-CW

Rename the .LOG file to YOURCALL.LOG and email it as an attached
file to dxcw at arrl.org.

73,
Paul EI5DI



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