OK DX RTTY contest 2020

The OK DX deadline is approaching RTTY contest-u, ktorý bude 19.-20.12.2020. Princípom je získať čo najviac bodov za RTTY spojenia, ktoré sa potom vynásobia pre OK/OL stanice počtom DXCC on each band and for other stations by the number of DXCC and various OK/OL stations on each band. Everything is clearly explained by the conditions of the race:

1. Time and date of duration: 00:00 UTC to 24:00 UTC on Saturday, the third full weekend in December.

2. Type of operation: RTTY – BAUDOT.

3. Bands: 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters according to recommendations IARU.

4. Categories:
   a) A1 – one operator, all bands, power over 100 W – SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH,
   b) A2 – one operator, all bands, power up to 100 W inclusive – SINGLE-OP ALL LOW,
   c) B – one operator, one band – SINGLE-OP 10M, SINGLE-OP 15M, SINGLE-OP 20M, SINGLE-OP 40M or SINGLE-OP 80M,
   d) C – several operators, all bands – one transmitter (the station can only have one signal) – MULTI-OP,
   e) D – listeners – SWL.

Competitors in categories A1, A2 and C can change the band only once every five minutes.

5. Challenge: CQ OK TEST

6. Upload code: RST + CQ zone number

7. Scoring:
   On the 10, 15 and 20 meter bands:

• 1 point for connecting with your own continent,

• 2 points for other connections;

On the 40 and 80 meter bands:

• 3 points for connecting with your own continent,

• 6 points for other connections.

8. Multipliers:
   a) for stations outside OK/OL – DXCC countries and different OK stations on each band,
   b) for OK/OL stations – DXCC countries on each band.

9. 

   Overall result:
   a) for stations outside OK/OL: sum of points from all bands × (sum of DXCC countries from all bands + sum of OK stations from all bands),
   b) for OK/OL stations: sum of points from all bands × sum of DXCC countries from all bands,
   c) connections with stations that did not send a log are counted only if this mark is present in the received logs in at least 3 different logs.

10. Ranking, diplomas and prizes:
    a) Participants are evaluated in two groups - OK/OL and other stations. In each group, a ranking will be compiled according to individual categories.
    b) Winners in individual categories and winners in individual DXCC countries will receive a diploma if they establish at least 10% of the connections of the winner of the given category, but at least 30 connections.
    c) Winners of categories A will receive a plaque.
    d) Winners in the Czech Republic in categories A will receive plaques donated by OK1DIG and OK1DVM.

11. 

    Diaries:
    a) Only in format Cabrillo they must be sent no later than the 7th day after the competition via the web interface to http://okrtty.crk.cz. In case of problems, they can be sent to the address: "okrtty at crk.cz".
    b) Listener logs can be in ASCII text format and must contain date, time, band, received station mark, transmitted code and counter station mark. The summary must include the participant's brand, name and address and scoring.
    c) Receipt of diaries will be confirmed by e-mail.

12. Disqualification:
    Violation of competition rules, unsportsmanlike conduct or counting a large number of unverifiable connections may be sufficient grounds for disqualification.

13. All decisions of the organizer are final.