The 53rd ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST – 2012

03. ENTRY CATEGORIES
■Asian stations （Japanese(JA) stations is included）

■DX（Non-Asian stations）

Note1: Single Operator stations means that one person performs all concerned operations during contest period. Use of Packet Cluster is permitted.
2: Low Power stations are limited 100W output or less. No limitation on High Power stations.
3: Junior stations’ operator age must be 19 years old or younger, and Seniors operators must be 70 years old or older.(For JA stations only)
4: 10 minutes rule(CQ WW method) is applied to Multi-Operator Single Transmitter stations. The 10 minutes rule means that only one transmitter on one band is permitted during any 10 minutes period, defined as starting with the first logged QSO on a band. However, one-and only one other band may be used during any 10 minutes period if and only if the station worked is a new multiplier. This rule is applied to not only the running stations, but also to the stations searching for multipliers respectively.

◇ Power, Type of Emission and Frequencies:Within the limits of own station license.

04. CONTEST CALL
(1) CW ……….. “CQ AA”
(2) Phone…….. “CQ AA Contest”

05. EXCHANGE
(1) For OM stations: RS(T) report plus operators’ age
For example (If operator is 25 years old): Phone……..5925, CW……….59925
(2) For YL stations: RS(T) report plus operators’ age, but if the operator does
not want to send her age, RS(T) report plus “00” (zero zero) can be sent.
For example (the operator is 25 years old):
Phone……..5925(or 5900), CW……….59925(or 59900)
(3) For Multi-Operator stations: RS(T) report plus the averaged age of operators,
but if each operator wishes, the age of active operator can be sent.
For example (the operators are 25 and 35 years old):
Phone……..5930 for all operators
(or 5925 for 25 years old operator and 5935 for 35 years old operator),
CW……….59930 for all operators
(or 59925 for 25 years old operator and 59935 for 35 years old operator)
06. PROHIBITION ON THE CONTEST
(1) No cross band contacts is permitted.
(2) No change of operating site is permitted.
(3) For single Operator and Multi-Operator Single Transmitter entry:
Transmitting two signals or more at the same time, including cases of
different bands, is not permitted.
(Except transmitting two signals to get New Multiplier under the 10 minutes rules)
(4) For Multi-Operator’s entry: Transmitting two signals or more at the same time
within the same band is not permitted.
(5) No operation from two sites or more for Multi-Operator’s entry.
(6) No contact made through repeaters is permitted.
07. POINTS AND MULTIPLIERS
(1) For Asian stations:
① Points……..Completed contact will be scored as follows. Contact among same
entities will neither count as a point nor a multiplier. Duplicate contact with
the same station on same band will not count as a point.

160m band……3 points per Asian QSO. 9 points per Non-Asian QSO.
80m band …….2 points per Asian QSO. 6 points per Non-Asian QSO.
10m band …….2 points per Asian QSO. 6 points per Non-Asian QSO.
Other bands….1 point per Asian QSO. 3 points per Non-Asian QSO.

②Multipliers……..The total number of different entities
(according to the DXCC List) worked on each band.
(2) For non-Asian stations:
① Points…….Completed contact with Asian stations
(excluding U.S. auxiliary military radio stations in the Far East, Japan)
will be counted as follows:

160m band…………..3 points
80m band ……………2 points
10m band ……………2 points
Other bands…………1 point

② Multipliers…….The total number of different Asian Prefixes
(according to the WPX Contest rules) worked on each band.

(3) JD1 stations.
●JD1 stations on Ogasawara (Bonin and Volcano) Islands belong to Asia.
●JD1 stations on Minami-tori Shima(Marcus) Islands belong to Oceania.

(4) Maritime Mobile Stations
For all maritime mobile stations at any location (no matter outside or inside Asia),
completed contacts with only Asian stations can be counted. The total score will be
published in the contest results. But, they will not be ranked. Contacts points with
maritime mobile stations will be considered as same as contacts among Asian
stations.　But, it will not count as multiplier.

--                   Spratly Is.
3W,XV                Vietnam
4J,4K                Azerbaijan
4L                   Georgia
4S                   Sri Lanka
4X,4Z                Israel
5B,C4,P3             Cyprus
7O                   Yemen
8Q                   Maldives(*)
9K                   Kuwait
9M2,4                West Malaysia
9N                   Nepal
9V                   Singapore
A4                   Oman
A5                   Bhutan
A6                   U.A.E.
A7                   Qatar
A9                   Bahrain
AP                   Pakistan
BS7                  Scarborough Reef
BV                   Taiwan
BV9P                 Pratas Is
B                    China
E4                   Palestine
EK                   Armenia
EP-EQ                Iran
EX                   Kyrgyzstan
EY                   Tajikistan
EZ                   Turkmenistan
HL,6K,6N             South Korea
HS,E2                Thailand
HZ                   Saudi Arabia
JA-JS,7J-7N          Japan
JD1                  Ogasawara Is.
JT-JV                Mongolia
JY                   Jordan
OD                   Lebanon
P5                   North Korea
S2                   Bangladesh
TA-TC                Turkey(*)
UA-UI8,9,0 RA-RZ     Asiatic Russia
UJ-UM                Uzbekistan
UN-UQ                Kazakhstan
VR                   Hong Kong
VU                   India
VU4                  Andaman and Nicobar Is.
VU7                  Lakshadweep
XU                   Cambodia
XW                   Laos
XX9                  Macao
XY-XZ                Myanmar
YA                   Afghanistan
YI                   Iraq
YK                   Syria
ZC4                  UK Sov.Base Area on Cyprus
(*) only Asian area
Total 55 Entities as of June 1, 2009