This weekend take place the seventh edition of the UKEI Dx Contest
The aim of these contests is to promote contacts between stations in the U.K. and Ireland (UK/EI) and stations in the rest of the world (DX).
All UK and EI contesters, including those with modest stations and antennas, will experience the fun of being a ‘Multiplier’ in a worldwide contest.
There are long periods in the 24 hours when DX stations cannot work UK/EI stations because there is no propagation, so all entrants can work all other entrants for QSO points and multipliers. However a good score will only be achieved by working sufficient numbers of UK and EI stations and UK/EI district code multipliers.
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