Hi, all.

It is going to be a cold snowy week-end here in northeast Colorado, so I'm 
planning to spend at least some time playing in the ARRL International DX CW 
Contest.  I am not going to compete to win, but am going to use the 
opportunity to test my Ameritron amplifier on different bands, and see if I 
can wrack up a few new countries.

I have a few questions regarding the contest, and hope that someone can help 
with the answers..

1.  I assume that since this is a DX contest, state-side contacts do not 
count?

2.  I read somewhere in the contest rules that if your call sign is out of 
the area you are operating from, you have to add some sort of an extension 
to your call.  For example, since my call is a Michigan call, I may have to 
do something like kb8tyj/w0, to reflect my current Colorado location.  Is 
this true?

My next task is to see if the logging software is available through N3FJP, 
and then, maybe I'll be able to start having some contest fun.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Louisville, CO