I. OBJECTIVE: We welcome the new year with a short CW Contest. All radio amateurs are cordially invited.

II. DATES: Annually on 1 January from 09:00 to 12:00 UTC.

III. BANDS: 80m (3.510-3.560kHz), 40m (7.010-7.040 kHz), 20m (14.000-14.060kHz). The IARU-Region-I band plan must be respected!

IV. CATEGORIES: You can choose only one of the three categories.
Category 1: More than 150W Output
Category 2: Up to 150W Output
Category 3: Up to 5W Output

V. OPERATION: Only CW (A1A). Only single OP.
1. CALL: CQ AGCW TEST
2. EXCHANGE: RST report plus a progressive contact serial number starting at 001 and incrementing by one for each       contact. Members of AGCW must also give their membership number. Example: 599 067/2583

VI. SCORING:
1. QSO POINTS: Each complete QSO counts one point. Each station may be worked once per band. 
2. MULTIPLIERS: A QSO with a member of AGCW gives a multiplier per band.
3. TOTAL SCORE: Sum of QSO points multiplied with the sum of the multipliers.

VII. LOG SUBMISSION: Each participant must explicitly declare that he has complied with the contest rules.
Logs must be submitted exclusively in Cabrillo V.2 or V.3 format via upload.

MANAGER: Thomas Rudolph, DK3DUA (hnyc@agcw.de)

DEADLINE: Deadline for upload: 14 January 23:00 UTC.

The result around this contest can be found here

Each participant receives a certificate (via PDF-download)