WORLD WIDE EME MARATHON 2003
Dear Om, Please spread out this info among all active stations on EME, also on the local/national ham magazines so many EME operators can partecipate. Many tanks. WORLD WIDE EME MARATHON 2003 ----------------------------- Sponsored by the Italian Radio Amateur Association - A. R. I.-. SECTIONS: OM and SWL, portable or fixed station. DATE/TIME: from 0000z January 1st, 2003 to 2400z December 31st, 2003. Frequency Category VHF 50 MHz SWL 50 " VHF 144 " 1A) QRO (erp pwr equal or more than 100 KW). VHF 144 " 2A) QRP (erp pwr below 100 Kw or 1 to 4 antennas). SWL 144 " 3A) UHF 432 " 1B) QRO ( >50 DBW ERP) UHF 432 " 2B) QRP ( <50 DBW ERP) SWL 432 " 3B) SHF 1296 " 1C) QRO ( >60 DBW ERP) SHF 1296 " 2C) QRP ( <60 DBW ERP) SWL 1296 " 3C) SHF 2304 " SWL 2304 " SHF 5760 " SWL 5760 " SHF 10450 " SWL 10450 " (If you don't SPECIFY the category you will be assigned to the QRO category) The same station cannot be worked more than once per day, but it can be worked in the following days. VALID QSOs: 2way EME CW/SSB. SWL: in this category are admitted also OM stations (licensed radio amateurs) but only SWL and not trasmitting. EXCHANGE: callsignes and RST or TMO. SCORING: 100 points per QSO multiplied by the total number of DXCC countries PLUS 1 (your country is valid for the computation). ------ EXAMPLE: 20 QSOs and 5 DXCC countries + 1 means 12000 points. (20 x 100) x (5 + 1) = 12000 PRIZE: the first 3 OM and SWL of each band and category. ENTRIES: postmarked no later than January 31st, 2004 to: IW0BET GIOVANNI ZANGARA P.O. BOX 36 00100 ROMA CENTRO ITALIA I Or via E-mail:iw0bet@ari.it (Title: your callsing) http://www.qsl.net/iw0bet EME MARATHON A.R.I. MANAGER 73' de IW0BET