Deutscher Telegraphie-Contest (DTC)

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AGCW Contest Rules
Deutscher Telegraphie-Contest (DTC) / German Telegraphy Contest

Sponsors:

Radio Telegraphy High Speed Club (HSC)
Radio Telegraphy Club e.V. (RTC)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Telegrafie e.V. (AGCW-DL)

Date:

October 3 (on German Unity Day each year)
0700 - 0959 UTC

Participants:

All licenced amateurs and SWL's; at least one of the QSO partners must be located in Germany.

Bands:

3,510 - 3,560 kHz
7,010 - 7,030 kHz

Mode:

Only CW (A1A)! The same station may be worked only once per band. The use of keyboards and automatic CW decoders is against the contest rules. Each entry must contain a declaration that all contest rules have been observed.

Exchange:

RST and LDK (LDK is the registration number for the county – "Landkreis" – or the autonomous city – "kreisfreie Stadt" – where the station is currently located.) Example: 579HOL for participants in the county of Holzminden. Stations outside Germany send only RST.

Scoring:

1 point per QSO,
2 points per QSO with a club station of one of the sponsoring clubs (at present DAØHSC, DKØHSC, DLØHSC, DKØRTC, DLØRTC, DFØACW, DLØAGC, DKØAG, DLØCWW, and DLØDA).
SWL log entries must show both call signs and at least one complete exchange for each QSO.

Final Score:

Total sum of QSO points

Logs:

The log must show the complete exchanges sent and received. For electronic log please use STF-, CBR- or TXT-format only. Entrants in category 1 (QRP-Class) please tell us about your rig. Entrants using original QRP-rigs will be marked with "*" in the result-list.

Logs without a summary will be automatically used as checklogs.

Contest deadline is October 31. Entries should be sent by mail to:

Uwe Hiller, DK3WW
PF 390268
D-14092 Berlin
Germany

Electronic entries via e-mail should be sent to: dtc@agcw.de .

The winner of each class will receive a beautiful cup. A coloured A4 certificate showing his placement and total score will be issued to the best ten participants of each class. If you are not amongst them and wish to obtain this certificate also please let the manager know. Return postage of 1,55 Euro / 2 IRCs is therefore mandatory.

Note:
The counties ("Landkreise") and autonomous cities ("kreisfreie Städte") (LDK) eligible for this contest may be taken from the list "Landkreisaufstellung für das CWD" included in the "RTC Book". To receive this book please send 2,50 Euro in stamps and an SAL (sticker with your own address) to

Jürgen Graf, DL5CM
Postfach 1104
D-06281 Eisleben
Germany