Here's a segment of the rules I downloaded a couple days ago:
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Rules, 1996 ARRL International DX Contest
[snip]
6) Contest Exchange:
(A) W/VE stations (including 48 contiguous United States
and does not include Canadian islands of St Paul and Sable) send signal
report and state or province.
(B) DX stations send signal report and power (three-digit
number indicating approximate transmitter output power).
7) Scoring:
(A) QSO Points--W/VE stations count three points per DX QSO.
DX stations count three points per W/VE QSO.
(B) Multiplier--W/VE stations: Sum of DXCC countries (except
US and Canada) worked per band. DX stations: Sum of US states (except
KH6/KL7) and District of Columbia (DC), NB (VE1), NS (VE1), PEI (VE1
or VY2), PQ (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC
(VE7), NWT (VE8), YUK (VY1), NF (VO1), LAB (VO2) worked per band.
Maximum of 62 per band.
(C) Final Score--QSO points X multiplier = final score.
8) Miscellaneous:
******* (F) Aeronautical and maritime mobile stations outside the US and
Canada may be worked by W/VE stations for QSO credit only.
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(The above asterisks were added by me.)
It looks pretty obvious ... mainland W/VE works DX (including KH#/KL7)
and DX works W/VE. W's and VE's don't work each other.
Good luck in the contest!
73, Zack W9SZ
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