The
2nd ALL AFRICA-DX contest
1200Z Saturday
17 September to 1200Z Sunday 18 September
The
objective of this all mode contest is to stimulate contesting from Africa. All
participating stations worldwide may work any country during the contest
period, QSO’s with amateurs from Africa is encouraged as reflected in the
higher points being awarded in the scoring mechanism.
African
DXCC entities are defined as those valid per the ARRL DXCC AF Listing published
at the time of the contest.
Please
note the use of the term Africa and not South Africa. We strongly encourage all
African stations to take part in this event. The rules are in no way biased in
favour of any one single group or country within Africa. We would like nothing
better than seeing a bunch of African stations active during this 24 hour
event.
This will
contest will be beneficial to all concerned. The station worldwide will benefit
from increased activity from Africa on all bands and modes, this will bolster
their much needed empty DXCC band / mode slots. On the other hand, the Africans
will benefit due to the fact that the world outside of Africa will be turning
there beams towards Africa for a change and this will be a great opportunity to
be at the centre of activity, with its associated benefits, pileups and
hopefully finding new entities towards their own DXCC status.
Rules can
be downloaded here:
A N1MM+
contest template is available here:
With a
bit of luck that this may in time become a popular annual event, I sure hope
others feel the same.
