The PSK DeathMatch Digital Duel

Winners For 2009 Have Been Selected See Below!

The Friendly 48 Hour International PSK Digital Duel

2009	Saturday Dec 12th 00:00Z through Sunday Dec 13th 24:00Z
	The 2009 PSK DeathMatch Rules Presented By The Michigan DX Association and our Contest Sponsors Exchange:Name-State/Province/Country-DX Stations send DXCC Country Prefix..Note:Contesters are NOT interested in your Equipment Or Your Weather! Please refrain from including non essential information in your macros! Why a 48 hour Digital Duel? This is a DeathMatch,it is not designed to be a walk in the park and it is held only once a year! Only the strong will survive.You may take all the breaks you want but your totals will suffer.Just do your best within the 48 hours and see if you have the right stuff! Good luck and fire up those interfaces.The PSK DeathMatch Sword and Daggers wait for you if you are up to our world wide digital duel challenge!
Bands:	Operate The Standard PSK freqs. On 160,80,40,20,15,10 & 6 mtrs..No WARC Bands May Be Used In This Or Any Contest! No Class Splitting Please.
Rules: :	Single Operator And Single Transmitter. PSK 31PSK 63 Submit your Scores(By E-Mail)No Snail Mail
Class 1.2.3.	Class 1 ----High Power 50 to 75 Watts Max Class 2-----Medium Power 25 to 50 Watts Max . Class 3 --- Low Power Qrp 5 Watts Max *Remember..You MUST enter within only One* of the above Classes,No Class Mixing! If you do not mention your class when submitting,we will have to contact you.**
Multipliers	Multipliers =States/Provinces/Countries/Per Band,Per Mode No Dupes Permitted On Same Band Unless New Contact Via PSK 63 All Stations can be worked "once" per band and mode. NOTE Note:Starting In 2010 The 5 Point Bonus Station May Never Be Used As A Mult And Is Worth 5 Points Per Band And Mode. Bonus Points Belong in The Subtotal -Before- Multiplication.
	The 2009 Points System 1 Point each standard contact 10-80 meters. 2 points for each 6M and 160M contact 5 points for working last years Champion Craig Wallen - AC4M ____________________________________________ Multipliers Multipliers=States/Provinces/Countries per band,per mode. US and Canada also count as countries Example Below You have 100 QSO points and work 30 SPC's on PSK31 + 20 on PSK63 Your score would be as follows: 100X50 = 5000 points Click Above To View Latest Submissions And Past Winners ________________________________________________________________________ PSK DeathMatch Sponsors Thank's to our contest sponsors! Bela W. Lindenfeld, N8SHZ For The Stephen Edward Lindenfeld,N8XSH/SK Memorial Chuck LeMar,W8VOM Class II Sword Sponsor.Michigan DX Association Class III Sponsor See you in December. Visit Our Sponsor Links On This Page Today! Click Above To View Photos Of PSK DeathMatch Swords!
Scoring:	Scoring is simple,Contact points X Multipliers for final Grand Total Score! Remember..No Class Mixing..All Contacts Must Be Within The Class You Submit In.Example:You submit in Class 3 QRP so "all" of "your" Q's must be made at 5W or less not some at 5W and others at 50W. Please be honest with your scores,we reserve the right to request your logs!Refusal to comply with this request in a timely fashion may result in disqualification.
Awards	This is a DeathMatch,Top score takes the DeathMatch Sword! First Place Winners in the (remaining) classes will receive Class Swords. Officers of the MDXA if "using" our club call W8DXI are not eligible!
Enter Here:	Submissions For 2009 Are Now Closed Include your Name-Call-Class-Score and Summary Note:For security reasons,we do not accept file attachments! Simply give us your data in the body of your eMail 2009 Submissions Due By 12/24/09 DX winners must pre pay shipping for their awards or accept a post paid certificate! Shipping Swords to DX often costs more than the award itself. Note: Button above is for submissions Only! Thank You For Entering The 2009 PSK DeathMatch! Have a question on the rules? Click above and get the answer! PSK DeathMatch Top Knight Sword Ode To The PSK DeathMatch Twas an early Saturday morn around the AM of 5 (1920 UTC) as I took a leisurely stroll along the 20 metre high waterfall. Nothing much normally happens here before the rising of the sun here so I was surprised to see the flailing of swords in the distance. I approached a warrior from North Carolina and before I could find out what was transpiring he demanded my name and province. After providing such details he informed me I had stumbled across a DEATH MATCH. As a stranger from another land, I was told of the handsome prize to be placed on my head in this death match. It was time to flee, as I turned left I was confronted by another knight of the NC. So I turned to the right only to discover AC4M, the winning wizard of Tennessee who had magical powers worth 5 points. I scurried for the safety of the eastern bank of the waterfall, but it was a trap. I was swarmed upon by swordsmen, scoundrels and soldiers from several states of the Union. After two hours the pile up eventually subsided and I slumped to my knees in exhaustion. From the corner of my bloodied eye I caught glimpse of a dearly wanted prize. I summoned my final ounces of strength, pushed past his other pursuers and finally won the chance to trade blows with the very rare nobleman, Sir South Dakota. The following morning, with the thirst for battle unquenched, I again took a weary walk toward the long path. Seeking battle was a more difficult prospect this second morn. At 630 in the AM (2100 UTC), the first silver swords were seen glistening in the blue waterfall. I stood forth again on the eastern bank and put out a series of battle cries. After a while a small hoard descended upon thee. This clash would only last one hour – the great golden orb in the sky then decreed that my time at the death match would come to an end. As I lay weary on the muddy bank of the waterfall battlefield, I recounted 64 clashes with 57 warriors. Mostly with the 31 inch sword, although some skirmishes then progressed to the 63 inch sabre. Each encounter was a pleasure and all fought with honour and I shall never forget them. Craig Edwards VK8PDX (wild Northern Territory warrior) PO Box 285, Alice Springs, NT 0870 Australia.

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