THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
April 25 - May 2, 2011 Edition
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This e-mail is divided into three sections:
- Details of this week's contests
- List of following week's contests
- Contest log submittal addresses and deadlines for recent contests
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THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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Low Power Spring Sprint: 1400Z-2000Z, Apr 25
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Single Band
Single Op Two/Three Band
Single Op All Band
Max power: A: 1 watt
C: 5 watts
Q: 25 watts
X: 50 watts
Y: 100 watts
Exchange: RST + 4-character grid square + power category (A/C/Q/X/Y)
QSO Points: 3 points per QSO with same continent
9 points per QSO with different continent
18 points per QSO with OM station
Multipliers: Each grid square once per band
Each prefix once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: May 25, 2011
E-mail logs to: om3kfv[at]zoznam[dot]sk
Mail logs to: Radioklub OM3KFV
P.O.Box 3
038 61 Vrutky
Slovakia
Find rules at:
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/lowpowerspringsprint2010.pdf
SKCC Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Apr 27
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: (none)
Exchange: RST + Name + (state/province/country) + (SKCC No./power)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Bonus Points: 5 points per Centurion member QSO per band
Bonus Points: 10 points per Tribune member QSO per band
Bonus Points: 25 points per QSO with SKCC club call
(K9SKC) per band
Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once
Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults)
+ bonus points
Submit logs by: 2359Z April 29, 2011
E-mail log summary to: (none)
Post log summary at: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/sks-submit.html
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/
CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Apr 27 and 1900Z-2000Z, Apr 27 and
0300Z-0400Z, Apr 28
Mode: CW
Bands: 80, 40, 20m
Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High)
Max power: HP: >100 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: Member: Name + Member No.
non-Member: Name + (state/province/country)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: Each call once
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 0400Z April 30, 2011
Post log summary at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.cwops.org/onair.html
432 MHz Spring Sprint: 1900 local - 2300 local, Apr 27
Mode: (not specified)
Bands: 432 Only
Classes: Single Op
Rover
Rookie
Exchange: 4-character grid square (6-character grid square optional)
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: Each 4-character grid square
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: May 12, 2011
E-mail logs to: springsprintlogs[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail logs to: 2011 Spring Sprints
c/o Chuck Towner, W9KQJ
PO BOX 73
PALATINE, IL 60078-0073
USA
Find rules at:
http://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/2011-announcement
NCCC Sprint Ladder: 0230Z-0300Z, Apr 29
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20m
Classes: Single Op
Max power: 100 watts
Exchange: (see rules)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: NA station: 1 point per QSO
non-NA station: 1 point per QSO with an NA station
Multipliers: Each US state (including KL7 and KH6) once per band
Each VE province once per band
Each North American country (except W/VE) once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: May 1, 2011
E-mail logs to: (none)
Post log summary at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
SBMS 2 GHz and Up WW Club Contest: 0600 local, Apr 30 to 2000 local, May 1
Mode: Any
Bands: 2 GHz and up
Classes: (none)
Exchange: 6-character Maidenhead locator
Work stations: Once per location per band
QSO Points: Distance points: 1 point per km
QSO points: 100 points per QSO per band with a unique call
Multipliers: 1x=2GHz-10GHz, 2x=24GHz, 4x=47GHz, 8x=76GHz and up
Score Calculation: Total score = total of (QSO points x power
mult) for each band plus bonus points
Submit logs by: July 1, 2011
E-mail logs to: (none)
Mail logs to: William A. Burns, WA6QYR
247 Rebel Road
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
USA
Find rules at: http://www.ham-radio.com/sbms/2011_2ghz-up_test.pdf
Nebraska QSO Party: 1100Z, Apr 30 to 1700Z, May 1
Mode: CW, Phone, Digital
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m
Classes: Single Op
Multi-Single
Mobile
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: NE: RS(T) + county
non-NE: RS(T) + (state/province/country)
Work stations: Once per band per mode per NE county
QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO
2 points per CW or digital QSO
Multipliers: NE Stations: Each NE county, state, province, DXCC country once
Non-NE: Each county once
Power: High: x1, Low: x2, QRP: x3
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x power mult
Submit logs by: May 31, 2011
E-mail logs to: nqp[at]hdxa[dot]net
Mail logs to: HDXA NQP
P.O. Box 375
Elkhorn, NE 68022-0375
USA
Find rules at: http://www.hdxa.net/neqso/neqso.htm
Florida QSO Party: 1600Z, Apr 30 to 0159Z, May 1 and 1200Z-2159Z, May 1
Mode: CW, Phone
Bands: 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Single (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Multi (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Mobile Single Op (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Mobile Single Op + Driver (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
School(CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
SWL
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: FL: RS(T) + county
W/VE: RS(T) + (state/province)
DX: RS(T) + DXCC prefix
Work stations: Once per band per mode per FL county
QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO
2 points per CW QSO
Multipliers: FL Stations: Each state, VE province/territory, DXCC
country, maritime region once per mode
Non-FL: Each county once per mode
Power: High: x1, Low: x2, QRP: x3
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x power mult
Submit logs by: May 31, 2011
E-mail logs to: logs[at]floridaqsoparty[dot]org
Mail logs to: Florida QSO Party
c/o Ron Wetjen, WD4AHZ
5362 Castleman Dr.
Sarasota, FL 34232
USA
Find rules at: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/rules.html
BARTG Sprint 75: 1700Z-2100Z, Apr 30
Mode: 75 Baud RTTY
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Expert
Single Op All Band
Exchange: Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: DXCC countries once regardless of band
JA, W, VE and VK areas once regardless of band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x continents
Submit logs by: June 1, 2011
E-mail logs to: logs[at]bartg[dot]org[dot]uk
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at:
http://www.bartg.org.uk/documents/Contests/sprint75/BARTG%20Sprint%2075%20Rules%20April.pdf
AGCW QRP/QRP Party: 1300Z-1900Z, May 1
Mode: CW
Bands: 80, 40m
Classes: 5W (A)
10W (B)
Exchange: RST + QSO No. + "/" + Class ID (A/B)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with class B
2 points per QSO with class A
Multipliers: DXCC countries once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: May 31, 2011
E-mail logs to: qrp-party[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail logs to: Manager
Jo (Juergen) Mertens, DJ4EY
Am Muehlenbruch 32
D-59581 Warstein
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-QRP-Party
RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB: 1900Z-2030Z, May 2
Mode: SSB
Bands: 80m Only
Classes: (none)
Exchange: RS + Serial No.
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: (see rules)
Submit logs by: 2359Z May 9, 2011
Upload log at: http://www.vhfcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2011/r80mcc.shtml
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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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ARS Spartan Sprint 0100Z-0300Z, May 3
MIE 33 Contest 1100Z-1500Z, May 4
2300Z, May 4
to 0300Z, May 5
NCCC Sprint Ladder 0230Z-0300Z, May 6
Araucaria VHF Contest 0000Z, May 7 to
1600Z, May 8
10-10 Int. Spring Contest, CW 0001Z, May 7 to
2359Z, May 8
Microwave Spring Sprint 0600-1300 local, May 7
VK/Trans-Tasman 80m Contest, Phone 0800Z-1400Z, May 7
7th Call Area QSO Party 1300Z, May 7 to
0700Z, May 8
Indiana QSO Party 1600Z, May 7 to
0400Z, May 8
New England QSO Party 2000Z, May 7 to
0500Z, May 8
1300Z-2400Z, May 8
ARI International DX Contest 2000Z, May 7 to
1959Z, May 8
SKCC Weekend Sprint 0000Z-2400Z, May 8
NAQCC-EU Monthly Sprint 1800Z-2000Z, May 9
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CONTEST LOG SUBMITTAL DEADLINES FOR RECENT CONTESTS
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Please consult the individual contest rules to determine what log
documentation must be submitted (i.e. summary sheet, dupe sheets, etc.).
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QRP Homebrewer Sprint: April 26, 2011
E-mail: w2lj[at]verizon[dot]net
Mail: Larry Makoski, W2LJ
327 Clinton Place
South Plainfield, NJ 07080
USA
Find rules at: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html
144 MHz Spring Sprint: April 26, 2011
E-mail: springsprintlogs[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail: 2011 Spring Sprints
c/o Chuck Towner, W9KQJ
PO BOX 73
PALATINE, IL 60078-0073
USA
Find rules at:
http://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/2011-announcement
RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data: April 28, 2011
Upload log at: http://www.vhfcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2011/r80mcc.shtml
SKCC Sprint: April 29, 2011
E-mail summary: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/sks-submit.html
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/
Oklahoma QSO Party: April 30, 2011
E-mail: okqplogs[at]suddenlink[dot]net
Mail: Oklahoma QSO Party
Connie Marshall, K5CM
2991 S. Woodland Rd.
Muskogee, OK 74403
USA
Find rules at: http://okdxa.org/web/html/rules11.htm
SP DX Contest: April 30, 2011
E-mail: spdxc-logs[at]pzk[dot]org[dot]pl
Mail: Polski Zwiazek Krotkofalowcow
SPDX Contest Committee
P. O. Box 320
00-950 WARSZAWA
POLAND
Find rules at: http://www.spdxcontest.info/reg/reg_g.html
ARLHS Annual Spring Lites QSO Party: April 30, 2011
E-mail: (none)
Mail: Dave Ruch, NF0J
P.O. Box 20696
Bloomington, MN 55420-0696
USA
Find rules at: http://arlhs.com/SL-2011-guidelines.html
BARTG HF RTTY Contest: May 1, 2011
E-mail: logs[at]bartg[dot]org[dot]uk
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://www.bartg.org.uk/documents/Contests/HF/BARTG%20HF%20RTTY%20Contest%20rules%202011.pdf
New Mexico QSO Party: May 1, 2011
E-mail: NMqsoparty[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail: New Mexico QSO Party
c/o Bruce Draper, AA5B
8415 Guadalupe Trail NW
Los Ranchos, NM 87114
USA
Find rules at:
http://pages.swcp.com/~n5zgt/nmqsoparty/documents/NMQP_forms.pdf
Feld Hell Sprint: May 1, 2011
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests
UBA Spring Contest, SSB: May 1, 2011
E-mail: ubaspring[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://www.uba.be/sites/default/files/uploads/hf_contests/uba_spring_en.pdf
EU Spring Sprint, SSB: May 1, 2011
E-mail: eusprint[at]kkn[dot]net
Mail: Hrvoje Horvat, 9A6XX
25 Rujan 4
HR-52000 Pazin
Croatia
Find rules at: http://www.eu-sprint.com/index.php?page=140&lang=g
QCWA Spring QSO Party: May 3, 2011
E-mail: w2od[at]aol[dot]com
Mail: W2OD, Robert Buus
8 Donner Street
HOLMDEL N.J. 07733-2004
USA
Find rules at: http://www.qcwa.org/qso-party.pdf
Missouri QSO Party: May 3, 2011
E-mail: moqsoparty[at]w0ma[dot]org
Mail: Boeing Employees' Amateur Radio Society W0MA
7488 Cornell Ave.
University City, MO 63130
USA
Find rules at: http://www.w0ma.org/mo_qso_party.htm
222 MHz Spring Sprint: May 4, 2011
E-mail: springsprintlogs[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail: 2011 Spring Sprints
c/o Chuck Towner, W9KQJ
PO BOX 73
PALATINE, IL 60078-0073
USA
Find rules at:
http://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/2011-announcement
10-10 Int. Spring Contest, Digital: May 9, 2011
E-mail: tentencontest[at]roadrunner[dot]com
Mail: Dan Morris, KZ3T
131 Valencia Lane
Statesville, NC 28625
USA
Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSOPartyRules_082710.pdf
PODXS 070 Club PSK 31 Flavors Contest: May 9, 2011
E-mail: pskflavors[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.podxs070.com/31-flavors
Helvetia Contest: May 9, 2011
E-mail: contest[at]uska[dot]ch
Mail: Dominik Bugmann, HB9CZF
Im Geeren 27a
8112 Otelfingen
Switzerland
Find rules at:
http://www.uska.ch/fileadmin/download/Contest/KW/1-static/KW-Contest_english_2010.pdf
Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest: May 10, 2011
E-mail: gc11[at]bk[dot]ru
Mail: GC Contest Committee
Korneev G.
P.O.Box 705
Tula, 300053
Russia
Find rules at: http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32
JIDX CW Contest: May 11, 2011
E-mail: cw[at]jidx[dot]org
Mail: JIDX CW Contest
c/o Five-Nine Magazine
P.O. Box 59, Kamata
Tokyo 144-8691
Japan
Find rules at: http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html
TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest: May 14, 2011
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://n2ty.org/seasons/tara_dpx_score.html
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_dpx_rules.html
North Dakota QSO Party: May 15, 2011
E-mail: w0nd[at]arrl[dot]org
Mail: W0ND
c/o Lynn Nelson
6940 4th St. SW
Minot, ND 58701
USA
Find rules at: http://www.w0cq.com/ndqso2011.pdf
Georgia QSO Party: May 15, 2011
E-mail: gqplogs[at]iham[dot]us
Mail: John Laney, K4BAI
PO Box 421
Columbus, GA 31902-0421
USA
Find rules at: http://gqp.contesting.com/Rules.htm
Michigan QSO Party: May 16, 2011
E-mail: logs[at]miqp[dot]org
Mail: Mad River Radio Club
c/o Dave Pruett
2727 Harris Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48198
USA
Find rules at: http://www.miqp.org/Rules.htm
EA-QRP CW Contest: May 17, 2011
E-mail: eaqrp_test[at]yahoo[dot]es
Mail: Vocalia de concursos (Concurso CW)
PO Box 17
E-16080, Cuenca
Spain
Find rules at: http://www.eaqrp.com/concurso/test_eaqrp_cw-en.htm
YU DX Contest: May 17, 2011
E-mail: yudx[at]yu1srs[dot]org[dot]rs
Mail: Savez Radio-amatera Srbije
YU DX Contest
P.O. Box 48
11001 BEOGRAD
Serbia
Find rules at: http://www.yu1srs.org.rs/dl/yudx/Files/yudxrules_2011_eng.pdf
Ontario QSO Party: May 18, 2011
Upload log at: http://www.va3cco.com/oqp/submitlog.htm
Mail: Contest Club Ontario
P.O. Box 93149
Burlington, Ontario L7M 4A3
Canada
Find rules at: http://www.va3cco.com/oqp/rules.htm
ES Open HF Championship: May 20, 2011
E-mail: esopen[at]erau[dot]ee
Mail: Toomas Soomets, ES5RY
P O Box 177
Tartu 50002
Estonia
Find rules at: http://www.erau.ee/index.php?Itemid=94
QRP to the Field: May 23, 2011
E-mail: na5n[at]zianet[dot]com
Mail: Paul Harden, NA5N
QRPTTF 2008
P.O. Box 757
Socorro, NM 87801
USA
Find rules at: http://www.zianet.com/qrp/QRPTTF/ttf.html
SP DX RTTY Contest: May 24, 2011
E-mail: sprtty[at]pzk[dot]org[dot]pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.pkrvg.org/zbior.html
Low Power Spring Sprint: May 25, 2011
E-mail: om3kfv[at]zoznam[dot]sk
Mail: Radioklub OM3KFV
P.O.Box 3
038 61 Vrutky
Slovakia
Find rules at:
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/lowpowerspringsprint2010.pdf
International Vintage Contest HF: May 30, 2011
E-mail: iv3ehh[at]iv3ehh[dot]it
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.beepworld.it/members/contestvintage/rules.htm
CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest: May 31, 2011
E-mail: cwjf[at]cqmmdx[dot]com
Mail: CWJF Group
P.O. Box 410
Juiz de Fora - MG 36001-970
Brazil
Find rules at: http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf/Regulamento_Ing.pdf
Holyland DX Contest: May 31, 2011
E-mail: 4Z4KX[at]iarc[dot]org
Mail: Contest Manager 4Z4KX
Israel Amateur Radio Club
Box 17600
Tel Aviv 61176
Israel
Find rules at:
http://www.iarc.org/site/downloads/holyland/Holyland%20Contest%202011%20Rules.pdf
South Dakota QSO Party: June 1, 2011
E-mail: SDQP[at]kd0s[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://www.w0zwy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=1&Itemid=30
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