01.CONTEST PERIOD
　(1) CW: From 00:00 UTC the third Saturday of June to 24:00 UTC the next day
　　　　　　　 　　(June 18-19,2016)
　(2) Phone: From 00:00 UTC the first Saturday of Sept. to 24:00 UTC the next day
　　　　　　　 　　(Sept. 3-4, 2016)
02. BANDS
　　 Amateur bands 160m(CW only), 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m

03. ENTRY CATEGORIES
■Asian stations （Japanese(JA) stations included）
Item CATEGORY
Single Operator Single Band High Power SO160HP～SO10HP
Low Power SO160LP～SO10LP
All Bands High Power SOABHP
Low Power SOABLP
Multi-Operator Single Transmitter　(multi band only) M/S
Multi-Operator Multi Transmitter
(multi band only) M/M

■DX（Non-Asian stations）
Item CATEGORY
Single Operator Single Band SO160～SO10
All Bands SOAB
Multi-Operator Single Transmitter　(multi band only) M/S
Multi-Operator Multi Transmitter
(multi band only) M/M

Note
1: Single Operator stations means that one person performs all concerned
　operations during contest period.
2: Low Power stations are limited to 100W output or less. No limitation is applied
　to High Power stations other than legal limit in each country or territory.
3: Junior stations' operator age must be 19 years old or younger, and Senior
　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 the transmission on only 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.
5: All transmitters of Multi-Operator Multi Transmitter station must be located in
　a circle of 500m diameter.

◇ 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. COMMON PROVISIONS
　(1) No cross band contact 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 entry: Transmitting two signals or more at the same time
　　　 within the same band is not permitted.
　(5) No contact made through repeaters is permitted.
　(6) Use of information technology such as packet cluster,
　　　 web cluster, cw skimmer and reverse beacon netwark is permitted.
　(7) Self-spotting or asking for spotting on packet cluster is not permitted.
　(8) The remote operation (all of the antenna, transmitter, receiver in one location)
　　　is permitted.　All remote operation stations shall obey the rules associated with
　　　the station license, operator license and the contest rules.
　(9) Use of the remote receiver located outside the location of the radio station
　　　installation of transmitter, receiver and antenna is prohibited.
　(10) Post-contest creation or correction of contest log and/or confirmation of contest
　　　QSO is not permitted by any means such as detabase, recording and/or e-mail.
　　　However,the conversion of handwritten log to electronic log 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.

08. SCORING
　(1) Multi-band
　　 (The total of the contact points on each band) x
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(The total of the multipliers on each band)
　(2) Single-Band
　　 (The total contact points on the band) x (The total multipliers on the band)

9. REPORTING
　(1) Submit a summary sheet and logs of only one entry classification.
　　　E-mail submission will be welcomed.
　　　　●E-mail submission
　　　　　 JARL Format or Cabrillo Format.


The E-log Reception list at following URL shows all received E-mail submission by the contest desk.
These data are automatically updated but it may take several minitues before the list is next updated.

● CW http://www.jarl.com/contest/eloglist/received-aacw.htm
● Phone http://www.jarl.com/contest/eloglist/received-aaph.htm


　(2)The submission address is as follows
　　　●E-mail submissions to:
　　　　①CW...................aacw@jarl.org
　　　　②Phone..............aaph@jarl.org

　　　●The submission address of the mail　to:
　　　　　JARL, All Asian DX Contest, 170-8073, Japan
　　　　　　　Indicate CW or Phone on the envelope.

　◆Deadlines for submissions:
　　　①CW...................July 20, 2016
　　　②Phone..............October 5, 2016