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Welcome to the official web site of CQ WPX RTTY Contest.

Held each year on the second full weekend of February, the contest draws thousands of entries from around the world.

SWL Participation

While primarily an amateur radio contest, WPX RTTY is also popular with SWL enthusiasts.  Thanks to Marek, SP7DQR, who has written SWL log check software and to Dan, I1-12387, who will lead the SWL log checking.

  • Entrants follow the regular rules for a single-op, except they are logging the received QSO and not transmitting.
  • Optionally, each side of a QSO may be logged as separate QSO lines, i.e., two lines.
  • Received call signs may not appear more than three times per band in the log.  Any additional entries of the same call sign will not count.
  • Logs must be submitted in the standard Cabrillo format for CQ WPX RTTY.  Make sure one of the following lines is in the header:
    CATEGORY: SWL (Cabrillo 2.0)
    CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: SWL (Cabrillo 3.0)

MixW Cabrillo Logs

Many of the Cabrillo format problems in submitted logs are from MixW users.  Thanks to Rich, VE3KI (ex-VE3IAY), there is now a MixW Notes section on the Logs web page which explains how to setup and use MixW so that the Cabrillo log created after the contest will be readily accepted by the log robot.

2010 CQ WPX RTTY Contest

February 13-14, 2010

Starts: 0000 GMT Saturday
Ends: 2359 GMT Sunday

Rule changes are minor for 2010, for example:

  • Multi-Op categories re-worded for clarification

  • M2 and MM use a separate serial number sequence per band

  • SO minimum time for certificate reduced from 12 to 6 hours

  • European Russian areas added to awards

  • Single-Band logs are required to include any QSOs made on other bands

  • Log submittal deadline is 1 March 2010, shortened from a month to two weeks.

Identical wording is used for both the RTTY and CW/SSB rules where the intent is the same.  However, there are some key differences for the RTTY mode:

  • No 1.8 MHz operation

  • No Single-Op Un-Assisted, QRP or Overlay categories

  • Single-Op 30-hour limit (vs. 36)

  • Contact points:
    - Different-country contacts within any continent (not just North America) get 2 or 4 points
    - Same-country contacts get 2 points on the low bands

  • Multi-Single:
    - no multiplier transmitter
    - 8-band-change per clock hour (vs. 10-minute rule)

 

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