What sorts of entrance categories are provided?
That depends on the contest, but the entrance categories for the CQ Worldwide DX contest are a good example of a fairly extensive list of possibilities: • Single Operator High – a single operator, maximum power 1.5 KW, no DX alerting assistance (for example, DX cluster spots) allowed. • Single Operator Low – a single operator, maximum power 100W, no DX alerting assistance allowed. • Single Operator QRPp – a single operator, maximum power 5W, no DX alerting assistance allowed. • Single Operator with DX Spotting Net (also called “Single Operator Assisted”) – a single operator, maximum power 1.5 KW, passive use of spotting nets allowed. • Multi-Operator, Single Transmitter (also called “multi single” or “MS” for short) – any number of operators, but only one transmitted signal allowed at any time. The additional operators will often be listening for new multipliers, and passing the information on to the one transmitter operator. • Multi-Operator, Two Transmitter (also called “multi two”)
