Stations may operate 18 hours of the 24 hour period. CW, phone, and PSK 31. Single op, multiop, mobile. Only one transmitted signal at a time. Work stations once per band and mode.
Arkansas stations send county.
Count multipliers only once. Oct 22 until 0200Z Oct 23. No repeater QSOs. If you operate mobile you must use the mobile's call exclusively for the duration of the contest. IL stations multiply QSO total by sum of states, IL counties, VE provinces plus a maximum of five DXCC countries.