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Objective:
Attraction of radio amateurs to the development of digital reports and software for various digital modes.
Participants:
Licensed radio amateurs and Short Wave Listeners are invited to participate, including collective amateur (club) radio stations with official callsigns issued by the territorial administrations of communication, and in the case of radio observers - issued by the authorities of the official national Amateur Radio Union.
Date and Time:
Digital Activity Days «01-10» are held annually in January and May in the following periods:
- from 00:00 UTC on January, 1st till 23:59 UTC on January, 10th;
- from 00:00 UTC on May, 1st till 23:59 UTC on May, 10th.
All logs must be sent no later than 5 days.
Types of modes:
The contacts made by the following 17 digital modes are accepted: CONTESTIA, DOMINO, FT8, HELL, JT65, JT9, MFSK, MT63, OLIVIA, PSK, ROS, RTTY, SIM, SSTV, T10, THOR, THROB.
General rules:
QSOs are counted with any stations around the world. Dupe radio contacts (SWL) can be conducted by different digital modes as on one band as well as on other bands. We recommend to work short QSOs with the following minimum information exchange: RSQ, name, locator. Spots in the Web cluster are welcomed. Contacts may be held by appointment (sked). We recommend to use narrow-band protocols. Other digital contests may take place in Days of Activity, therefore we ask not to occupy for ordinary QSO those frequencies where other contestmen work. The radio contacts conducted in digital contests during Digital Activity Days are also counted to the participants.
For the contacts in the seldom-used digital modes the following schedule is suggested for the 10 days of January and May activity. This calendar is advisory in nature and does not require obligatory execution.
| JANUARY | digi modes |
comment 2019 |
MAY | digi modes | comment 2019 |
| 1 | MFSK & T10 | 08:00-11:00 UTC SARTG New Year RTTY Contest |
1 | MFSK & T10 | |
| 2 | MT63 & ROS | 2 | MT63 & ROS | ||
| 3 | OLIVIA & THROB | 3 | OLIVIA & THROB | ||
| 4 | CONTESTIA & THOR | 4 | HELL & JT9 | 12:00 4 may - 11:59 UTC 5 may ARI International DX Contest |
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| 5 | HELL & JT9 | 18:00 5 jan. - 23:59 UTC 6 jan. ARRL RTTY Roundup |
5 | SSTV & JT65 | |
| 6 | SSTV & JT65 | 6 | CONTESTIA & THOR | ||
| 7 | DOMINO & SIM | 7 | DOMINO & SIM | ||
| 8 | HELL, SIM, THROB, T10 | 8 | HELL, SIM, THROB, T10 | ||
| 9 | MT63, ROS, SSTV, JT9 | 9 | MT63, ROS, SSTV, JT9 | ||
| 10 | CONTESTIA, DOMINO, MFSK, OLIVIA, THOR | 10 | CONTESTIA, DOMINO, MFSK, OLIVIA, THOR |
The calendar recommendations are not required for other, the more popular types of Digi modes: RTTY, PSK, FT8.
Bands and recommended frequencies:Radio contacts set on nine bands are counted: 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters.
| Mode / Submode | Band | |||||||||
| 160 | 80 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 | ||
| CONTESTIA | 4/250 8/250 16/500 |
1.840- 1.843 | 3.582- 3.588 | 7.042- 7.048 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.072- 14.074; 14.105- 14.110 |
18.103- 18.106 | 21.072- 21.074 | 24.922- 24.926 | 28.070- 28.074 |
| DOMINO | EX4 EX8 EX16 |
1.840- 1.843 | 3.583- 3.586 | 7.042- 7.048 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.072- 14.074; 14.105- 14.110 |
18.103- 18.106 | 21.072- 21.074 | 24.922- 24.926 | 28.070- 28.074 |
| FT8 | 1.840 | 3.580 | 7.046; 7.074 | 10.136 | 14.074 | 18.100 | 21.074 | 24.915 | 28.074 | |
| HELL | Feld Hell | 1.840- 1.843 | 3.582- 3.588 | 7.042- 7.048 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.072- 14.074; 14.105- 14.110 |
18.103- 18.106 | 21.072- 21.074 | 24.922- 24.926 | 28.070- 28.074 |
| JT65 | 1.838 | 3.586 | 7.046; 7.076 | 10.140 | 14.076 | 18.102 | 21.076 | 24.917 | 28.076 | |
| JT9 |
1.840 | 3.588 | 7.048; 7.078 | 10.140 | 14.078 | 18.104 | 21.078 | 24.919 | 28.078 | |
| MFSK | MFSK16 | 1.840- 1.843 | 3.582- 3.588 | 7.042- 7.048 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.072- 14.074; 14.105- 14.110 |
18.103- 18.106 | 21.072- 21.074 | 24.922- 24.926 | 28.070- 28.074 |
| MT63 | 500S | 1.840- 1.843 | 3.582- 3.588 | 7.042- 7.048 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.072- 14.074; 14.105- 14.110 |
18.103- 18.106 | 21.072- 21.074 | 24.922- 24.926 | 28.070- 28.074 |
| OLIVIA | 4/250 8/250 16/500 |
1.840- 1.843 | 3.582- 3.588 | 7.042- 7.048 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.072- 14.074; 14.105- 14.110 |
18.103- 18.106 | 21.072- 21.074 | 24.922- 24.926 | 28.070- 28.074 |
| PSK | 1.838- 1.843 | 3.582- 3.588 | 7.040- 7.044 | 10.140- 10.143 | 14.070- 14.073 | 18.103- 18.106 | 21.070- 21.073 | 24.920- 24.923 | 28.120- 28.124 | |
| ROS | 4, 8, 16 | 1.840 | 3.581 | 7.046; 7048 | 10.130; 10.133 | 14.101, 14.103 | 18.108; 18.110 | 21.122 | 24.912 | 28.140, 28.185 |
| RTTY | RTTY45 | 1.840- 1.843 | 3.590- 3.600 | 7.045- 7.050 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.080- 14.090 | 18.105- 18.109 | 21.080- 21.090 | 24.925- 24.929 | 28.080- 28.090 |
| SIM | SIM31 | 1.839 | 3.596 | 7.045 | 10.142 | 14.073- 14.075 | 18.103 | 21.100 | 24.916 | 28.127 |
| SSTV | 3.730 | 7.165, 7.171 | 14.227, 14.230, 14.233 | 21.337, 21.340, 21.343 | 28.677, 28.680, 28.683 | |||||
| T10 | 1.841 | 3.580 | 7.049; 7.079 | 10.141 | 14.079 | 18.105 | 21.079 | 24.920 | 28.079 | |
| THOR | THOR4 THOR11 THOR16 |
1.840- 1.843 | 3.582- 3.588 | 7.043- 7.047 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.072- 14.074; 14.105- 14.110 |
18.103- 18.106 | 21.072- 21.074 | 24.922- 24.926 | 28.070- 28.074 |
| THROB | THROB4 | 1.840- 1.843 | 3.582- 3.588 | 7.043- 7.047 | 10.142- 10.145 | 14.072- 14.074; 14.105- 14.110 |
18.103- 18.106 | 21.072- 21.074 | 24.922- 24.926 | 28.070- 28.074 |
The recommended frequencies are corresponded to the Frequency Plan of IARU Region 1 and the normative documents accepted in Russia.
Recommended software:We recommend to use a multi-mode programs, such as MultiPSK, MixW, Flgidi, JTDX and others, as well as programs for some Digi modes. Many programs you can download on the club website in the "Archive of programs for radio digital modes".
Log Instructions:
All logs must be sent no later than 5 days. The participants of Digital Activity Days «01-10» must send their Logbooks for the periods of Activity Days in ADI format to the e-mail 01-10(at)rdrclub.ru
- for the period from 00:00 UTC of January, 1 to 23:59 UTC of January, 10 untill 23:59 UTC January, 15;
- for the period from 00:00 UTC of May, 1 to 23:59 UTC of May, 10 untill 23:59 UTC May, 15.
In the "Subject" line, as well as in the title of adif-file you must specify your callsign.
Results:
On results of January and May Digital Activity Days tables of participants are published with the indication of quantity worked QSO in each digital mode. Are summed up Digital Activity Days, see more information: 01-10 ACTIVITY. Results for a year are brought in addition in May and the table of all participants with the general results for current year is published.
Awards:
Diplomas in electronic form will be reawarded with all participants of Digital Activity Days who would work at least 10 digital modes with 10 QSOs (SWL) in each of them.
The diploma will be awarded annually in May all those who will take part in any of the periods or Days in both periods of Activity.
The total number of QSOs for Days of Activity will be pointed in Diplomas as well as all modes by which these QSOs have been conducted. Numbering of diplomas will begin with those participants who have conducted QSOs with the most quantity of digital modes.
We remind, that now we shall not send certificates on yours email's. All certificates for contests and days of activity, since 2019, are loading on site AWARDS CENTER OF RDRC.
Among members of our club, which on results «01-10» 2019 will lead test quantity of QSOs in 15 and more modes (CFM MODE), we shall raffle special prizes - two pendants with club symbolics.
Welcome to «RDRC HAMLOG DIGI Activity 2019», «RDRC CLUBLOG DX Activity 2019», and «MASTER-2019» award programms, and also new award programms «Russian Federation Digital QSO award», «RDRC members Mode awards», «Russian Digital Radio award», «Digital QSO Long Distance award».
