1st. Oct. '16

00:00 UTC through 24:00 UTC

Exchange:

US: Name and Call Area.  W0 - W9  (not State!)
Canada: Name and Call Area. VE0 - VE9, VO1, VO2, VY0 - VY2
Japan: JA0 - JA9
Australia: VK0 - VK9
DX: Name and DXCC country prefix.

Please read the SWL Special Rules
Run only single transmitter/ single operator. (SO-psk)
Sub modes of the parent mode all count as one mode. ie PSK10, PSK31, PSK63
Entrant must only enter results for one Category. Normal, Great OR Super.
Assisted operation in the form of Packet Spots are allowed.

Operating Categories:
(all Single op)

•  

  Categories	Single Operator
  SO-HI	100 Watts MAX.
  SO-LO	20 Watts MAX.
  SO-QRP	5 Watts MAX.
  SO-SWL	Receive Only!

   
• All power levels are measured by PEP (Peak Envelope Power)

Band:

Use the regular PSK freqs. on the following amateur bands 160, 80, 40, 20, 15,10& 6 Meters.
The use of the WARC bands (12, 17 and 30 Meter Bands) are NOT permitted in the spirit of the
gentleman's agreement that there be no contesting on the WARC bands.
**Note: The use of 160 Meters for this contest has been added as of
20-Aug-06. We suggest using 1.807 kHz.**

QSO Points:

Stations can be worked once on each band for points.
Each QSO scores 1 point.

Multipliers:

 1 multiplier for each Call area of W+ VE+ JA+ VK on each band.
W area's include W0 through W9. (not States)
VE area's include VE0 through VE9, VO1,VO2,VY0,VY1 and VY2
JA area's include JA0 through JA9
VK area's include VK0 through VK9
Count 1 multiplier for each Country (Dx) that you work per band. Don't forget to include W, VE, JA or VK as a DX if worked.

Scoring:

QSO point (calculated as above) x Multipliers (calculated as above.)

Post:

Fill out the Score Submission Form here.
WL7 [Alaska] and WH6 [Hawaii] count as DX.
All VALID logs must be received via our Online Score Submission System.
All logs must be received no later than 29th October 2016 in order to be valid.
Decisions of the TARA Rumble Committee are final.

OLCAR:

• The awards for the Fall Rumble are now part of our OLCAR system.
• 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category.
( for certificate; must have at least 5 QSO's)
• Top SWL Score.
• All scores except "Team Challenge & SWL" will be placed towards the Tour'ney.