THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
January 25 - February 1, 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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SKCC Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Jan 27
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 January 29, 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: 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 27
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: 0330Z January 28, 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, Jan 27
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 January 29, 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, Jan 27 and 1900Z-2000Z, Jan 27 and
0300Z-0400Z, Jan 28
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 January 30, 2016
Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html
UKEICC 80m Contest: 2000Z-2100Z, Jan 27
Mode: CW
Bands: 80m Only
Classes: Single Op Connected (High/Low/QRP)
Single Op Unconnected (High/Low/QRP)
Max power: HP: 1500 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: 4-Character grid square
QSO Points: 1 point per 500 km
multiply QSO points by 2 if low power station
multiply QSO points by 4 if QRP station
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: 2200Z January 27, 2016
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://logs.ukeicc.com/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at:
http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/contest-rules/ukeicc-80m-contests-rules
NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Jan 29
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: January 31, 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
QRP Fox Hunt: 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 29
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: 0330Z January 30, 2016
E-mail logs to: (see rules)
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm
NCCC Sprint Ladder: 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 29
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m
Classes: Single Op
Max power: 100 watts
Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
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: January 31, 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 160-Meter Contest, CW: 2200Z, Jan 29 to 2200Z, Jan 31
Mode: CW
Bands: 160m Only
Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Assisted (High)
Multi-Op (High)
Max operating hours: Single Op: 30 hours
Multi-Op: 40 hours
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: W/VE: RST + (state/province)
DX: RST + CQ Zone
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with own country
5 points per QSO with other countries on same continent
10 points per QSO with other continents
5 points per QSO with maritime mobile
Multipliers: Each US state + DC (excluding KH6/KL7)
Each VE province
Each DXCC+WAE country (including KH6/KL7)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 2200Z February 5, 2016
E-mail logs to: 160cw[at]kkn[dot]net
Mail logs to: CQ 160 Meter Contest
25 Newbridge Road
Hicksville, NY 11801
USA
Find rules at: http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm
Feld Hell Sprint: 0000Z-2359Z, Jan 30
Mode: Feld Hell
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: (none)
Max power: Standard: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: (see rules)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: (see rules)
Bonus Points: (see rules)
Multipliers: (see rules)
Score Calculation: (see rules)
Submit logs by: February 6, 2016
Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at:
https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/worked-all-americas-sprint
REF Contest, CW: 0600Z, Jan 30 to 1800Z, Jan 31
Mode: CW
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Single Band (QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Single (QRP/Low/High)
Club
SWL
Max operating hours: Single Op: 28 hours in no more than 3 increments of at
least 1 hour each
Max power: HP: >100 Watts
LP: 100 Watts
QRP: 5 Watts
Exchange: French: RST + Department/Prefix
non-French: RST + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: French: 6 points per QSO with French station same continent
French: 15 points per QSO with French station on different
continent
French: 1 point per QSO with non-French station same continent
French: 2 points per QSO with non-French station on different
continent
non-French: 1 point per QSO with French station same continent
non-French: 3 points per QSO with French station on different
continent
Multipliers: French/Corsica departments once per band
French overseas prefixes once per band
non-French DXCC countries once per band (available only to
French stations)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 15, 2016
E-mail logs to: cdfcw[at]ref-union[dot]org
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at:
http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhf_dx.pdf
UBA DX Contest, SSB: 1300Z, Jan 30 to 1300Z, Jan 31
Mode: SSB
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (Low/High)
Single Op Single Band (Low/High)
Single Op QRP
Multi-Op
SWL
Max power: HP: >100 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 10 watts
Exchange: ON: RST + Serial No. + province
non-ON: RST + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 10 points per QSO with Belgian station
3 points per QSO with other EU stations
1 point per QSO with non-EU stations
Multipliers: Each Belgian province once per band
Each Belgian prefix once per band
Each EU DXCC country once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 2359Z February 14, 2016
E-mail logs to: ubassb[at]uba[dot]be
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/uba-dx-contest-rules
Winter Field Day: 1700Z, Jan 30 to 1700Z, Jan 31
Mode: Any
Bands: All, except WARC
Classes: Operators(1/2/Multi) Site (Indoor/Outdoor/Home)
Exchange: Category + ARRL Section (or DX)
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Bonus: 1000 points if commercial power not used
Bonus: 1000 points if outdoors
Bonus: 1000 points if not at home
Multipliers: One for each mode operated per band
Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus
points
Submit logs by: March 1, 2016
E-mail logs to: wfda[at]winterfieldday[dot]com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.winterfieldday.com/rules.html
ARRL January VHF Contest: 1900Z, Jan 30 to 0359Z, Feb 1
Mode: Any
Bands: 50 MHz and up
Classes: Single Op (Low/High)
Single Op Portable
Single Op 3 Band
Single Op FM
Rover
Limited Rover
Unlimited Rover
Multi-Op
Limited Multi-Op
Max power: (see rules)
Exchange: 4-character grid square
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per 50 or 144 MHz QSO
2 points per 222 or 432 MHz QSO
4 points per 902 or 1296 MHz QSO
8 points per 2.3 GHz or higher QSO
Multipliers: Grid squares once per band
Rovers: grid squares operated from once regardless of band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 0359Z March 2, 2016
E-mail logs to: JanuaryVHF[at]arrl[dot]org
Mail logs to: January VHF
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf
Classic Exchange, CW: 1400Z, Jan 31 to 0800Z, Feb 1 and 1400Z, Feb 2 to 0800Z,
Feb 3
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m
Classes: (none)
Exchange: Name + RST + (state/province/country) + rcvr/xmtr manuf/model
Work stations: Once per band per mode per rcr/xmtr manuf/model
QSO Points: (see rules)
Multipliers: (see rules)
Score Calculation: Total score = sum(total mode QSO points x total mode
mults) + Bonus Points
Submit logs by: April 30, 2016
E-mail logs to: wq8u[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail logs to: WQ8U
104 W. Queen St.
Hillsborough, NC 27278
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan16/jan16ann.html
RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB: 2000Z-2130Z, Feb 1
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 February 8, 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
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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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Classic Exchange, CW 1400Z, Jan 31 to 0800Z,
Feb 1
1400Z, Feb 2 to 0800Z,
Feb 3
ARS Spartan Sprint 0200Z-0400Z, Feb 2
QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Feb 3
Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Feb 3
CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Feb 3
1900Z-2000Z, Feb 3
0300Z-0400Z, Feb 4
UKEICC 80m Contest 2000Z-2100Z, Feb 3
NRAU 10m Activity Contest 1800Z-1900Z, Feb 4 (CW)
1900Z-2000Z, Feb 4
(SSB)
2000Z-2100Z, Feb 4 (FM)
2100Z-2200Z, Feb 4
(Dig)
NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Feb 5
QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Feb 5
NCCC Sprint Ladder 0230Z-0300Z, Feb 5
YLRL YL-OM Contest 1400Z, Feb 5 to 0200Z,
Feb 7
Triathlon DX Contest 0000Z-0759Z, Feb 6 (CW)
0800Z-1559Z, Feb 6
(SSB)
1600Z-2359Z, Feb 6
(RTTY)
Vermont QSO Party 0000Z, Feb 6 to 2400Z,
Feb 7
10-10 Int. Winter Contest, SSB 0001Z, Feb 6 to 2359Z,
Feb 7
F9AA Cup, CW 1200Z, Feb 6 to 1200Z,
Feb 7
Black Sea Cup International 1200Z, Feb 6 to 1159Z,
Feb 7
FYBO Winter QRP Sprint 1400Z-2400Z, Feb 6
Minnesota QSO Party 1400Z-2400Z, Feb 6
AGCW Straight Key Party 1600Z-1900Z, Feb 6
British Columbia QSO Party 1600Z, Feb 6 to 0400Z,
Feb 7
FISTS Winter Slow Speed Sprint 1700Z-2100Z, Feb 6
Mexico RTTY International Contest 1800Z, Feb 6 to 1759Z,
Feb 7
North American Sprint, CW 0000Z-0400Z, Feb 7
ARRL School Club Roundup 1300Z, Feb 8 to 2359Z,
Feb 12
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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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DARC 10-Meter Contest: January 25, 2016
Upload log at: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/10m/logupload/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/10m/en/rules/
Hungarian DX Contest: January 25, 2016
E-mail: hadx[at]mrasz[dot]axelero[dot]net
Upload log at: http://www.ha-dx.com/HADX/
Mail: MRASZ
1400 Budapest
P.O. Box 11
Hungary
Find rules at: http://www.ha-dx.com/HADX/html/rules_en.html
LZ Open Contest: January 25, 2016
E-mail: LZ1GL[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.lzopen.com/lz-open-contest/rules/rulesF.htm
RAEM Contest: January 26, 2016
E-mail: raem[at]srr[dot]ru
Upload log at: http://www.logs.raem.srr.ru/
Mail: Alex Pashkov
P.O.Box 177
Novosibirsk 630032
Russia
Find rules at: http://raem.srr.ru/en/main/
Montana QSO Party: January 30, 2016
E-mail: MTQSOParty2016[at]tuscor[dot]net
Post web summary: http://fvarc.org/?q=MT-QSO-Entry
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://fvarc.org/sites/default/files/library/2016%20MT%20QSO%20Party%20Rules.pdf
Original QRP Contest: January 31, 2016
E-mail: oqrpc[at]qrpcc[dot]de
Mail: Lutz Gutheil, DL1RNN
Bergstrasse 17
D-38446 Wolfsburg
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/oqrpr.html
RAC Winter Contest: January 31, 2016
E-mail: canadawinter[at]rac[dot]ca
Mail: Radio Amateurs of Canada
720 Belfast Road, Suite 217
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 0Z5
Canada
Find rules at:
http://wp.rac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-Winter-Contest-Rules-English-French.pdf
AGCW Happy New Year Contest: January 31, 2016
E-mail: hnyc[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail: Mario H. Fietz, DL4MFM
Find rules at:
http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/happy-new-year-contest
BARTG RTTY Sprint: January 31, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://s3.spanglefish.com/s/7850/documents/contests/sprint/rules/current/bartg%20sprint%20rules.pdf
SARTG New Year RTTY Contest: January 31, 2016
E-mail: contest[at]sartg[dot]com
Mail: SARTG Contest Manager
Ewe Hakansson, SM7BHM
Pilspetsvagen 4
SE-291 66 KRISTIANSTAD
SWEDEN
Find rules at: http://www.sartg.com/contest/nyrules.htm
Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party: January 31, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Mail: Dave Ruch, NF0J
P.O. Box 20696
Bloomington, MN 55420-0696
USA
Find rules at: http://arlhs.com/LCL-2014.html
International Naval Contest: February 1, 2016
E-mail: pf9a[at]veron[dot]nl
Mail: Martin Ouwehand
Gruttoplantsoen 14
1131 ME Volendam
The Netherlands
Find rules at: http://www.marinefunker.de/eng/show.php3?pos=16
Kid's Day Contest: February 2, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Mail: (see rules)
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/kids-day
ARRL RTTY Roundup: February 2, 2016
E-mail: RTTYRU[at]arrl[dot]org
Upload log at: http://contest-log-submission.arrl.org/
Mail: RTTY Roundup
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup
EUCW 160m Contest: February 8, 2016
E-mail: f6cel[at]orange[dot]fr
Mail: Ghislain BARBASON
5 rue de l'Ecluse
F-02190 PIGNICOURT
France
Find rules at: http://www.eucw.org/eu160.html
WAB 1.8 MHz Phone: February 13, 2016
E-mail: aebbooks[at]ntlworld[dot]com
Mail: Tony Beardsley, G3XKT
14 York Avenue
Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB
United Kingdom
Find rules at: http://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Rules.php#OtherRules
AWA Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest: February 14, 2016
E-mail: (none)
Mail: Tim Walker
19 Woodside Ave.
Westport, CT 06880
USA
Find rules at:
http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-linc-cundall-memorial-cw-contest.html
YL-ISSB QSO Party, CW/SSB: March 4, 2016
E-mail: ve1jim[at]ns[dot]sympatico[dot]ca
Mail: Jim Flowers, VE1JIM
13 Rufus Ave
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 2L4
Canada
Find rules at: http://www.ylsystem.org/qsoparty/qsodates.htm
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