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OK-OM DX Contest

Objective:
For amateurs all over the world to contact as many stations from all the different districts of Czech Republic and Slovakia

Contest period: The second full weekend in November, UTC 1200 Saturday to 1200 Sunday - 8.-9. Nov 2008.
Mode: CW only.
Bands: 1.8 through 28 MHz, except WARC bands.

OK/OL/OM stations contact non OK/OL/OM stations.
Non OK/OL/OM stations contact OK/OL/OM stations.
Of course, a station may be worked once per band.

Exchange:
OK/OL/OM: RST + district abbreviation (e. g. 599 BPZ).
Non OK/OL/OM: RST + progressive QSO number starting with 001.

Multipliers:
OK/OL/OM: prefixes following WPX rules on each band.
Non OK/OL/OM: districts on each band.

QSO points:
Foreign (non OK/OL/OM) participants from EU countries (use CQ WW rules for continent) earn 1 point for QSO with any OK/OL/OM stations.
Foreign participants from DX countries earn 3 points for QSO with any OK/OL/OM stations. OK/OL/OM stations earn 1 point for QSO with EU and 3 points for QSO with DX stations.

Score:
The final score is the sum of QSO points from all bands multiplied by the sum of multipliers from all bands.

All logs must contain the following data: date, UTC, band, call-sign, transmitted exchange, received exchange, multiplier (only when first time worked), QSO points for each contact. SWLs log date, UTC, band, call-sign OK/OL/OM, district, call-sign non OK/OL/OM, multiplier (only when first time heard), QSO points for each contact.
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