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Next Weekend: YO HF DX Contest

This weekend it’s time for the Romanian contest sponsored by the “Romanian Amateur Radio Federation” starting Saturday, August 25th at 12.00 UTC and ending Sunday at 11:59:59 UTC
Bands and Modes
From 80 to 10 meters (no WARC), in CW and SSB.
QSO in DX band segments are not allowed. The same station can be worked once on CW and once on SSB in the appropriate band segments according to IARU band plans.
Categories
For NON Romanian stations:
A. SO-AB-CW-LP
B. SO-AB-CW-HP
C. SO-AB-SSB-LP
D. SO-AB-SSB-HP
E. SO-AB-Mixed-LP
F. SO-AB-Mixed-HP
G. SO-SB-Mixed (3,5; 7; 14; 21; 28 MHz, any power)
H. MOST-AB-Mixed
I. YN (Young and novices): Operator under 16 years or licensed from 3 years or less, proven with a copy of the appropriate documents.
LP – no more than 100 W output / HP – more than 100 W output.
Exchange
Foreign stations will transmit RS(T) + serial number, starting with 001.
Romanian stations will transmit RS(T) + abbreviation of the district or BU for stations from Bucharest.
Logs must be sent in Cabrillo formato to: yodx-contest@hamradio.ro
Complete rules are found at: http://www.yodx.ro/en/hf-contest/rules

(This article has been written by Alex IK8YFU)

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