PRO DIGI CONTEST (PDC)  2024                                              
                                                           5nd edition                                  
                                             RULES SUMMARY

                          
start : Saturday, January 20,2024 at 12:00 UTC
                                    end: Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 11:59 UTC (24 hours)
                                bands: 80/40/20/15/10m
(3.580-3.590, 7.040-7.050, 14.070-14.080, 21.070-21.080, 28.070-28.080)                             
                               mode: RTTY       (
PDC 2025=FT4)  
                         categories: M,
                                             MO, (All club stations and teams)
 
                                             SO-HP

                                             SO-LP,
                                             SO-SB, (SO10, SO15, SO20, SO40, SO80)
                                             CL,
                                             SWL
      
reports nonmembers: RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
       report members(M) : 
RST + serial number starting with 001 + particle /M  (members of any DIGI-club) (E.g. 599 001/M )
                              scoring: 1p for QSO with own DXCC
                                             2p for QSO with another DXCC                                            
                                             2p bonus for a non-member in the case of a QSO with a member Digi club
                                             6p bonus for QSO between two members of any Digi clubs
                       
multipliers: different prefix on each band, except all prefix from own DXCC
                   Logs deadline: Sunday, Jan. 28 at 23:59 UTC at digi@procontestclub.ro

       
  preliminary scores: Monday, Jan.29 until 10:00 UTC
                      Contestations are accepted only on Jan.29 until 23:59 UTC
                  official results: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 until 10:00 UTC.(or after resolving the appeals if they exist)
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                 Organized by PRO-DIGI-CONTEST-CLUB, Romania
 
  1. Object
      Making radio QSOs with as many stations as possible in digi-mode.
      With the same station, only one valid QSO can be made on each band.

  2. Contest Period
      Every year, the third full weekend of January,
      start Saturday at 12:00 UTC until Sunday at 11:59:59 UTC. (24 hours)


 
3. Mode

     
RTTY            ( 2025=FT4)

  4. Bands
     80, 40, 20, 15 and 10meter,
(3.580 3.590 MHz, 7.040 7.050 MHz, 14.070 14.080 MHz, 21.070 21.080 MHz and 28.070 28.080 MHz

 5. Contest call
      "TEST PDC" or  "CQ PDC"
  
  6. Entry Categories

      M     = members of any digital mode club, multiband, a single TX, any autorized power for this mode.
                  Competitors from this category will transmit as follows:
      For the  RTTY contests: 
RST + serial number starting with 001 + particle /M  (E.g. RST  001/M ).
    
  If you submit the control in the form above must participate in category M (Members),
      and the
Cabrillo log will specify the name of the digital mode Club
which also includes the membership number
      (not clubs of other mode of working)
and in the log will be entered e.g. CLUB: PDCC # 2.   
   
- If you send the control in the form of ex.569 001/M or 579 /M you must participate in category M (Members).
    -
The members of the digi mode club are not obliged to participate in the M category, but in this case they will no longer send the abbreviation /M
       and will follow the rules imposed on the category they have chosen.
     - If you are not a member of a digital mode club but want to participate in category M, before the start of the contest you must
      to become a member of a club with specific digital modes. If you do not resolve, send me an email asking you to become a member of the
PDCC.
      PRO DIGI CONTEST CLUB (PDCC) was founded with one purpose, to facilitate your participation if you wish in the M category of the PDC.
      (See examples of special clubs for digital modes)

     - Please do the same if you sent the control RST /M but at the head of the Cabrillo log you did not specify a digi mode club and member number,
       in order to be included in the ranking of the MEMBERS category (M). If you do not proceed in this way your logs
       will be included in the Check Log (CL) category.

      MO  = All club stations, regardless of the number of operators (even with a single operator) and teams, only multiband, a single
       TX operated from the same location and using a single callsign on all bands and the power is the one authorized for this mode.
     
       It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
      
MO station must remain the same band at least 10 minutes when they make the contact on that band (RUNNING station).  
 

      SO-HP Single Operator, All bands, Single TX, High Power, any authorized power for this mode.
                      It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
     
Competitors who have made at least 120 valid QSOs can also opt for the second category, this being SO-SB provided that in this
      make at
least 60 valid QSOs. If, as a result of the arbitration, it is found that these two conditions have not been met, the respective
      competitor will be included in the ranking only in the first category SO-HP.
                               
           

   
      SO-LP 
Single Operator, All bands, Single TX, Low Power, ( up to 50 W ).
             
                      It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
     
Competitors who have made at least 120 valid QSOs can also opt for the second category, this being SO-SB provided that in this
      make at
least 60 valid QSOs. If, as a result of the arbitration, it is found that these two conditions have not been met, the respective
      competitor will be included in the ranking only in the first category SO-LP.
                               
 
                            

      SO-SB  = Single Operator Single Band : SO10, SO15, SO20, SO40, SO80 any authorized power for this mode.                    
                     It is transmitted RST + serial number starting with 001 (E.g. 599 001)
     
Competitors whose log contains at least 120 valid QSOs can also opt for the second category, also an SO-SB provided that in each
       between the two categories
to make at least 60 valid QSOs
. If, as a result of the arbitration, it is found that these two conditions have
       not been met, the respective competitor will be included in the ranking only in the first category indicated by him in the email with the log.
                          
 

      SWL  = Short Wave Listeners, All bands      
      The same callsign may be logged once on each band.

       If the SWL log contains the same callsign on a band in more than 3 QSOs, the SWL station will be disqualified.                   

  7. Contest Exchange:
      Non members should send RST report + serial number, starting with 001 for the first contact. E.g. 599 001
      Members of any digi-clubs, send RST +
serial number, starting with 001+ particle /M E.g 589 001/M .      
      Only in this format will the evaluation program grant the corresponding bonus.
      See the imaginary logs below.

   8. Scoring   
      QSO Points: 
      For QSO with own DXCC country: 1 point;
      For QSO with another DXCC country: 2 points;
      For QSO between DigiMode-Club members (M category) and non-members receive : 2 points extra-bonus;
      For QSO between two DigiMode-Club members (M category), they receive: 6 points extra-bonus.
     
SWL category is awarded 3 points for a valid full QSO and 1 point for a QSO incomplete.

     Multiplier:
     Each different prefix worked will count one (1) multiplier on each band,  except all prefixes from own DXCC
     country who do not count as a multiplier. 
     The final score is the result of the total QSO points on all bands multiplied with the sum of multipliers on all bands.
     There is no multiplier for the SWL category.

     It is not necessary to calculate the score.This will done by the referee software.   

 
  9. Prizes:
    (For prize, please indicate in the Cabrillo log your complete MAIL and EMAIL address.)   
    All certificates will be put on the PDC contest web site (Results) as PDF files for downloading and printing.

   Click here for information about all PRO CONTEST CLUB awards for PRO-DIGI-Contest
        
 10. Logs Instructions:
       DO NOT SEND CONTEST LOG BEFORE READING THE ROWS BELOW
  
    Only electronic logs are accepted, files in ASCII format, the Cabrillo format being preferred. Time is noted in UTC.
       Do not send the log as a .ZIP,ADI,TXT, or .DOC file. The CHECK LOG will also comply with the above requirements for cross-linking.
       Competitors' email will contain the attachment log. Regardless of the number of categories in which you participated, only one contest log
       will be sent, which will contain the call sign and the category for which it was chosen. Ex. YO0WWW (SO-LP) .
See example!!!
       The file name of the attached log will only be in the form : YR0XXX.cbr or YO0YYY.log  
       The log must be sent only as an attachment, not as text or other content within the email message.
       In the header part of the electronic log submission you MUST specify a category of entrance and the EMAIL address and
       the full mail address in order to receive prizes.
       Check logs are very much  appreciated, they are used for cross checking of all entries.Remarks: Contact is valid,
       if a time difference in both logs does not exceed 3 minutes. Please don't forget to set your computer's clock before the Contest!
       If this is not mentioned, and the log contains QSOs in multiple bands, the competitor will be moved to the SO-HP category.
       Logs sent after the deadline will be included in the NO LOG list and will not be verified.
      The PDC uses full computer control to verify each QSO. Prizes will be sent to the mailing address specified in the Cabrillo log.
      If the Cabrillo logo header does not contain the EMAIL address and full name, the competitor will not receive the CLAIM and UBN files,
      and if  the specified postal address is incomplete or does not exist, will not receive the prize obtained.
      In addition, M-category competitors must indicate at the top of the Cabrillo log , CLUB: (specific to the DIGI club) with NR.de Member
      without which it cannot be included in the ranking.
      Logs will be sent to: digi@procontestclub.ro. Please also follow the RECEIVED LOGS page.
      If after 72 hours (but not sooner) you have not received your CLAIM file, please send the log again to digi-contest@yo2rr.ro
      If you send a new log corrected or completed the address for it is corrected-logs@procontestclub.r
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      The deadline for sending logs is Sunday, 7 (seven) days after the end of the contest until 23:59 UTC
      After this date, please do not send the log because the activity of making the provisional ranking has started
      and pages for the net, and the introduction of a new log implies the resumption of this activity from the beginning.

      Logs sent after the deadline will be included in the NO LOG list and will not be verified.

 
 
11.Dupes       
       Dupes are contacts made with the same station on the same band. If the first contact between stations is valid, dupes
       have zero points value. If the first contact is not valid, second  (dupe) contact is accepted. Dupe contacts are not penalized,
       so DUPES should not be marked or deleted.
    
     Sample of Cabrillo imaginary log for PRO-DIGI-CONTEST 2024 Members category: M   RTTY!!!   

      Sample of Cabrillo imaginary log for PRO-DIGI-CONTEST 2024 Non-Members category: SO,MO   RTTY !!!         

     The recommended program for this contest is:
    - N1MM Logger + (PRO CW Contest in User Defined Contests and is used in both PCC and PDC for PSK 63 and RTTY )
    -  MSHV (PRO DIGI Contest)  for the FT4 contest.(2025)
      It also works:
    - WSJT-X (RTTY RU with Exch: DX for non-members and ME for Members (M)
     or another program that can be set for this contest.
        
    
  12. Arbitration     
        If a competitor opts for a category to which the rules do not allow, the referee has the right to change the category according to the regulation.
        QSOs are not counted and excluded from the UBN report in case of:
      - if the referee does not receive a Log report from a correspondent: (NoLog) except for stations whose call sign exists in at least 10 received logs,
      - if the log is missing from the correspondent the message is NoLog except for the indicatives that exist in at least 5 logs received from at least 3 different countries,
      - if QSO is not confirmed by the Log report of the correspondent or the difference between the times in the logs exceeds 3 minutes (NotInLog),
      - if there are miscounts in exchange numbers and callsigns, QSO is removed (Bad callsign, receive error),
      - if the Band or Mode in entrant's log and other station's log differ QSO is removed from both operators,
      - if the category is MO operator did not respect the 10 minutes on a band,
      - competitors who obtain 0 (zero) points are included in the Check Log (CL) category.


  13. Disqualification
        For cheating, imaginary loging and clear repetitive and intentional violation of the contest rules.
        If the SWL log contains the same callsign on a band in more than 3 QSOs, the SWL station will be disqualified.

   14. Results
         The Provisional results appears at www.procontestclub.ro on the morning of Monday, the 8th day after the contest.
         The appeals regarding the provisional ranking are accepted only on Monday, on the day of its posting on the site until 23:59 UTC.
         Every participant who sends his electronic log will receive personal UBN-list, containing the mistakes of the competitors
         and the list of stations from which we have not received log.
         The final results will be published on the site, Tuesday the 9th day after the contest.
(or after resolving the appeals if they exist)
        
Decisions of the referee are final.
           Prizes for PCC, PDC and PCC&PDC  are sent betwen February and March at the addresses specified in the Cabrillo log.

         Prizes destined for RUSSIA or UKRAINE will be shipped when the situation allows. In the last edition, some returned and others were lost.

   
      15. Contest manager, referee and sponsor is YO2RR
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-June-2023 at 05:15 UTC