THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
March 21 - 28, 2016 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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BARTG HF RTTY Contest: 0200Z, Mar 19 to 0200Z, Mar 21
Mode: RTTY
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Expert All Band
Single Op All Band
Single Op All Band 6 Hours
Single Op Single Band
Multi-Single
Multi-Multi
Max operating hours: Single Op: 30 hours with at least 3 hour rest period
Single Op 6 Hours: 6 hours
Multi-Op: 48 hours
Exchange: RST + Serial No. + 4-digit time (UTC)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: DXCC countries once per band
JA, W, VE and VK areas once per band
Continents once regardless of band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total country/area mults
x continents
Submit logs by: 0200Z March 28, 2016
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0100Z-0300Z, Mar 21
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Band
All Band
Max power: 5 watts
Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + (Member No./power)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member
3 points per QSO with member on same continent
5 points per QSO with member on different continent
Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once
Multiply mults by 2 if >50 members worked
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: March 27, 2016
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/autolog.php
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/
Bucharest Contest: 1800Z-2059Z, Mar 21
Mode: CW, SSB, Digital
Bands: 80, 40m
Classes: Single Op (CW/SSB/Dig/Mixed)(QRP/Low)(2-Band/Single Band)
Multi-Op Low Power (CW/SSB/Dig/Mixed)(2-Band/Single Band)
SWL
Max power: LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Sector/County
non-YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Country Code
Work stations: Once per mode
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO: YO3-YO3 or YO-YO or YO-Foreign
4 points per QSO: YO3-YO or YO-YO3 or YO3-Foreign
Multipliers: Each YO county
Each YO3 sector
Each country code
Score Calculation: Total score = total score of each segment(total QSO points
x total mults)
Submit logs by: 2359Z April 5, 2016
E-mail logs to: fenyo3jw[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://yo3test201x.blogspot.ro/p/blog-page.html
SKCC Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 23
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: (none)
Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (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 March 25, 2016
E-mail log summary to: (none)
Post log summary at:
http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/submit-display.php
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/
QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 23
Mode: CW
Bands: 40m Only
Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound)
Max power: 5 watts
Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: 0230Z March 24, 2016
E-mail logs to: (see rules)
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm
Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 23
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m
Classes: Single Op
Max power: 100 watts
Exchange: NA: Name + (state/province/country)
non-NA: Name
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 KH6/KL7) once per band
Each VE province/territory 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: 0300Z March 25, 2016
E-mail logs to: (none)
Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf
CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 23 and 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 23 and
0300Z-0400Z, Mar 24
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
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 March 26, 2016
Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html
RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB: 2000Z-2130Z, Mar 24
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 March 31, 2016
Upload log at: http://www.vhfcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2016/r80mcc.shtml
QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 25
Mode: CW
Bands: 80m Only
Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound)
Max power: 5 watts
Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: 0230Z March 26, 2016
E-mail logs to: (see rules)
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm
NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 25
Mode: RTTY
Bands: (see rules)
Classes: (none)
Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: March 27, 2016
E-mail logs to: (none)
Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html
NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 25
Mode: CW
Bands: (see rules)
Classes: (none)
Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: March 27, 2016
E-mail logs to: (none)
Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB: 0000Z, Mar 26 to 2359Z, Mar 27
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)(Tribander/Rookie)
Single Op Single Band (QRP/Low/High)(Tribander/Rookie)
Single Op Assisted All Band (QRP/Low/High)(Tribander/Rookie)
Single Op Assisted Single Band (QRP/Low/High)(Tribander/Rookie)
Multi-Single (Low/High)
Multi-Two
Multi-Multi
Max operating hours: Single Op: 36 hours with offtimes of at least 60 minutes
Multi-Op: 48 hours
Max power: HP: 1500 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: RS + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 6 points per 160/80/40m QSO with different continent<pts>
<pts>3 points per 20/15/10m QSO with different continent
2 points per 160/80/40m QSO with same continent different country
1 point per 20/15/10m QSO with same continent different country
4 points per 160/80/40m QSO between stations in NA
2 points per 20/15/10m QSO between stations in NA
1 point per QSO with same country
Multipliers: Prefixes once
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 2359Z April 1, 2016
E-mail logs to: ssb[at]cqwpx[dot]com
Upload log at: http://www.cqwpx.com/logcheck/
Mail logs to: SSB WPX Contest
P.O. Box 481
New Carlisle, OH 45344
USA
Find rules at: http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm
FOC QSO Party: 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 26
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, VHF
Classes: Single Op
Exchange: FOC-Member: RST + Name + Member No.
non-Members: RST + Name
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: FOC-Member: Score = Total QSOs/Total Member QSOs
non-Member: Score = Total Member QSOs
Submit logs by: April 9, 2016
E-mail log summary to: kz5d[at]aol[dot]com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://g4foc.org/qsoparty/
Low Power Spring Sprint: 1400Z-2000Z, Mar 28
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: April 27, 2016
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/lowpowerspringsprint2016.pdf
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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 30
CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 30
1900Z-2000Z, Mar 30
0300Z-0400Z, Mar 31
UKEICC 80m Contest 2000Z-2100Z, Mar 30
NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Apr 1
NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Apr 1
15-Meter SSTV Dash Contest 0000Z, Apr 2 to 2359Z,
Apr 3
LZ Open 40m Sprint Contest 0400Z-0800Z, Apr 2
Mississippi QSO Party 1400Z, Apr 2 to 0200Z,
Apr 3
Missouri QSO Party 1400Z, Apr 2 to 0400Z,
Apr 3
1400Z-2000Z, Apr 3
SP DX Contest 1500Z, Apr 2 to 1500Z,
Apr 3
EA RTTY Contest 1600Z, Apr 2 to 1600Z,
Apr 3
North American SSB Sprint Contest 0000Z-0400Z, Apr 3
UBA Spring Contest, 6m 0600Z-1000Z, Apr 3
RSGB RoLo SSB 1900Z-2030Z, Apr 3
RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW 1900Z-2030Z, Apr 4
ARS Spartan Sprint 0100Z-0300Z, Apr 5
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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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North Carolina QSO Party: March 21, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://rars.org/ncqsoparty/index.php?id=logs
Mail: NC QSO PARTY
c/o Marty Young, W4MY
209 East D Street
Erwin, NC 28339
USA
Find rules at: http://rars.org/ncqsoparty/index.php?id=rules
DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest: March 21, 2016
E-mail: do1npf[at]darc[dot]de
Mail: Peter Frank, DO1NPF
Postfach 11 19
90515 Altdorf
Germany
Find rules at:
http://www.darc.de/referate/ukw-funksport/corona/teilnahmebedingungen/
Open Ukraine RTTY Championship: March 21, 2016
E-mail: krs[at]model[dot]poltava[dot]ua
Mail: George Ignatov (UT1HT)
P.O. Box 87
Kremenchug-21 39621
UKRAINE
Find rules at: http://uarl.com.ua/openrtty/2016-rules/rtty2016e.txt
ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW: March 22, 2016
E-mail: DXCW[at]arrl[dot]org
Upload log at: http://contest-log-submission.arrl.org
Mail: ARRL Intl DX Contest, CW
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx
CQC Winter QSO Party: March 23, 2016
E-mail: vkumagai[at]q[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.coloradoqrpclub.org/contests/winter16.htm
RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW: March 23, 2016
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2016/r80mcc.shtml
Feld Hell Sprint: March 26, 2016
Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/leprechaun-sprint
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: March 27, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/autolog.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/
UBA Spring Contest, 2m: March 27, 2016
E-mail: ubaspring[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest
Stew Perry Topband Challenge: March 28, 2016
E-mail: tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net
Mail: BARC
15125 SE Bartell Rd
Boring, OR 97009
USA
Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/
EA PSK63 Contest: March 28, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://concursos.ure.es/en/logs/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://concursos.ure.es/en/eapsk63/bases/
BARTG HF RTTY Contest: March 28, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/
South Carolina QSO Party: March 29, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://scqso.com/log-submission/
Mail: SCQSO Party
PO Box 595
Columbia, SC 29202-0595
USA
Find rules at: http://scqso.com/rules/
South America 10 Meter Contest: March 29, 2016
E-mail: logs[at]sa10m[dot]com[dot]ar
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://sa10m.com.ar/cqsa10m_rules.html
AGCW QRP Contest: March 31, 2016
E-mail: qrptest[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail: Edmund Ramm, DJ6UX
Anderheitsallee 24, Bramfeld
D-22175 Hamburg
Germany
Find rules at:
http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/qrp-contest
AGCW YL-CW Party: March 31, 2016
E-mail: dl6kcr[at]web[dot]de
Mail: Dr. Roswitha Otto, DL6KCR
St. Nikolaus Str. 26
D-52396 Heimbach
Germany
Find rules at:
http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/yl-cw-party
Nauryz DX Contest: April 2, 2016
E-mail: nauryz[at]nauryz-dx-contest[dot]com
Upload log at: http://ua9qcq.com/contests/robot.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://www.nauryz-dx-contest.com/index.php/rules/contest-rules-2016
SARL VHF/UHF Analogue/Digital Contest: April 3, 2016
E-mail: contest[at]sarl[dot]org[dot]za
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://www.sarl.org.za/Web3/Members/DoDocDownload.aspx?X=20151130131559djqp8afPgb.PDF
UBA Spring Contest, SSB: April 3, 2016
E-mail: ubaspring[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest
WAB 3.5 MHz Phone: April 3, 2016
E-mail: g3xkt[at]worked-all-britain[dot]org[dot]uk
Mail: Tony Beardsley, G3XKT
14 York Avenue
Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB
United Kingdom
Find rules at: http://wab.intermip.net/Contests.php
Russian DX Contest: April 3, 2016
E-mail: logs[at]rdxc[dot]org
Upload log at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/wwwlog.asp
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp
AGCW VHF/UHF Contest: April 4, 2016
E-mail: vhf-uhf[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail: Manfred Busch, DK7ZH
Ebachstr. 13
D-35716 Dietzhoelztal-Mandeln
Germany
Find rules at:
http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/vhf-uhf-contest
NSARA Contest: April 5, 2016
E-mail: ve1pjs[at]rac[dot]ca
Mail: Peter J. Surette, VE1PJS
48 Birch St.
Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 1P1
Canada
Find rules at: http://nsara.ve1cfy.net/?page_id=82
ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB: April 5, 2016
E-mail: DXPhone[at]arrl[dot]org
Upload log at: http://contest-log-submission.arrl.org
Mail: ARRL Intl DX Contest, Phone
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx
Bucharest Contest: April 5, 2016
E-mail: fenyo3jw[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://yo3test201x.blogspot.ro/p/blog-page.html
AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Contest: April 10, 2016
E-mail: w1zb[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: Jerry Reine, W1ZB
5 Tobey Lane
Andover, MA 01810
USA
Find rules at:
http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-john-rollins-memorial-dx-contest.html
Wisconsin QSO Party: April 10, 2016
E-mail: wiqp-logs[at]warac[dot]org
Mail: Wisconsin QSO Party
West Allis Radio Amateur Club
P. O. Box 1072
Milwaukee, WI 53201
USA
Find rules at: http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm
Idaho QSO Party: April 12, 2016
E-mail: idqplogs[at]msn[dot]com
Mail: KARS/logs
PO Box 1765
Hayden, ID 83835-1765
USA
Find rules at: http://idahoarrl.info/qsoparty/rules.htm
QCWA QSO Party: April 12, 2016
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/2016-qso-party-rules.pdf
F9AA Cup, SSB: April 13, 2016
E-mail: concoursf9aa[at]urc[dot]asso[dot]fr
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://www.site.urc.asso.fr/urchaut-6/om-6/131-trophee-f9aa.html
Oklahoma QSO Party: April 13, 2016
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://k5cm.com/okqp2016rules.pdf
Virginia QSO Party: April 15, 2016
E-mail: vqp[at]verizon[dot]net
Mail: VA QSO Party
Call Box 599
Sterling, VA 20167
USA
Find rules at:
http://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2016_VQP/2016_VQP_Rules.html
CLARA Chatter Party: April 18, 2016
E-mail: ve9glf[at]nbnet[dot]nb[dot]ca
Mail: Linda Friars, VE9GLF
35 Upper Quaco Road
Baxter Corner, NB E2S 2S2
Canada
Find rules at: http://www.clarayl.ca/index.php/claracontestrules
Louisiana QSO Party: April 19, 2016
E-mail: logs[at]laqp[dot]org
Mail: LAQP
Robert Baker
136 Northwood Drive
West Monroe, LA 71291
USA
Find rules at: http://laqp.louisianacontestclub.org/laqso_rules.htm
Classic Exchange, CW: April 30, 2016
E-mail: wq8u[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: WQ8U
104 W. Queen St.
Hillsborough, NC 27278
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan16/jan16ann.html
Iranian Ham Radio Contest: May 11, 2016
E-mail: epcontest[dot]2016[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://hamcontest.ir/contest/
Classic Exchange, Phone: November 30, 2016
E-mail: wq8u[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: WQ8U
104 W. Queen St.
Hillsborough, NC 27278
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan16/jan16ann.html
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