WW PMC contest rules

1. GENERAL

    - The idea of the contest is to promote contacts between stations which are citizens of the Peace Messenger Cities and the rest of the world.

2. DATE AND TIME

    - 24 hours of operating time from 1200UTC Saturday to 1200 UTC Sunday, every second full weekend of January.

3. BANDS AND MODES

    - 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28MHz, CW and SSB. IARU band plans should be observed.

4. CATEGORIES

We have a total of 24 categories in our contest as follows:

 4.1 Single Operator Categories ( All Band)
(a) PMC Single Operator High Power - CW, SSB or MIX
(b) PMC Single Operator Low Power - CW, SSB or MIX
(c) PMC Single Operator QRP - CW, SSB or MIX
(a1) NONPMC Single Operator High Power - CW, SSB or MIX
(b1) NONPMC Single Operator Low Power - CW, SSB or MIX
(c1) NONPMC Single Operator QRP - CW, SSB or MIX
 
4.2 Multi-Operator Categories (All Band, High Power only, )
a) PMC Multi-Operator - CW, SSB or MIX
a1) NONPMC Multi-Operator - CW, SSB or MIX

5. EXCHANGE

For NONPMC entrants: Send RS(T) plus CQ zone number

For PMC entrants: Send RS(T) plus PMC reference (PMC stations MUST include PMC reference as part of their exchange)  

5.1 LIST OF PMC

    - (ABI, ANT, ARN…….WOL, WRO, YOK)

    - There are 93 PMC on the world.

    - Complete PMC reference list is available here:

6. SCORING

6.1 QSO Points

There are four possible relations between stations foreseen: QSO between NONPMC station and NONPMC station, QSO between PMC station and NONPMC station, QSO between stations from direrent PMC reference, and QSO between stations within the same PMC reference. Depending on relation, different number of points is delivered.

NONPMC – NONPMC (QSO between NONPMC station and NONPMC station)
Each station receive 5 points for QSO

PMC – NONPMC (QSO between PMC station and NONPMC station)
PMC station receive 5 points for QSO, while NONPMC station receive 25 points for QSO.

PMC X – PMC Y (QSO between stations from direrent PMC reference)
Each station receives 10 points for QSO (X and Y stands for three letter abbreviation  of PMC reference).

PMC X – PMC X (QSO between stations within the same PMC reference)
Each station receives 5 points(X stands for three letter abbreviation of PMC reference).

Table of points for QSO:

6.2 Multiplier
The multiplier is the total of different PMC references contacted on each band on CW, plus the total of different PMC references contacted on each band on SSB. Each PMC reference counts only once for each band and each mode worked.

Table of points for QSO, with multipliers.

Station A Points A Multiplier Station B Points B Multiplier

6.3 Total score:
The score is the total of QSO points on all bands added together, multiplied by the total of multipliers

8. AWARDS
Certificates will be awarded to leading stations from 1st to 5th place in each category and section, and in each continent, according to number of entries.

Slovenj Gradec, November, 26th 2009

President of S59DCD

Tomaz Kasnik, S57PKT