[SECC] This weekend's contests

[John Laney]

Hello all:

The big (for me) contest this weekend is IARU Radiosport.  There are 
also an international RTTY contest, the FISTS CW club Summer Sprint, and 
a QRPARCI Sprint that runs Sunday afternoon and will not conflict with IARU.

1.  IARU HF World Championship.
12Z Sat to 12Z Sun.  CW, Phone, or Mixed.  This year for the first time, 
there are awards at three power levels, high, low, and QRP power. 
Exchange:  RS(T) + ITU zone (or HQ abbreviation or official 
abbreviation).  Our Ala members are in ITU Zone 07 and the rest of us 
are in ITU Zone 08.  Multipliers are ITU Zones, HQ stations, and IARU 
officials (AC, R1, R2, R3) per band (not per band/mode). 
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2004/iaru.html.
WW4LL will be QRV with many SECC members operating in the multi-single 
category.  So, we can work them 12 times, once on phone and once on CW 
on each band.  Of course, the same is true for any other station.  Many 
of the HQ stations will be in reality multi-multis from different QTHs 
in a single country and it should be possible to work them on both modes 
anytime the bands are open to that country.

2.  UKDX RTTY.
12Z Sat to 12Z Sun.  160 - 10 M.  RTTY.  Exchange (for UK stations): 
RST & UK area code (I think it means postal area code).  Exchange (for 
all others):  RST & QSO #.  http://www.srars.org/ukdxcruleseng.pdf.

3.  FISTS Summer Sprint.  Sat. 17 to 21 Z.  80 - 10 CW.  (near 3558, 
7058, 14058, 21058, 28058).  Exchange:  Name, RST, S/P/C, FISTS member 
no. or power output.  http://www.fists.org/sprints.html.  This is a 
contest that I enjoy when it does not conflict with something like IARU. 
  It is a chance to encourage some of the newer and slower CW ops to 
enjoy contesting.

4.  ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint.
20Z to 24Z Sunday.  Suggested from -10 to +5 of the following 
frequencies:  1810, 3560, 7040, 14060, 21060, 28060.  Try to avoid the 
CHN on 14056.5.  Exchange:  RST + S/P/C + ARCI # or power.  Power mults 
for powers under 5 watts.  Bonus for homebrew gear including kits.  Also 
bonus for portable stations on emergency power with temporary antennas. 
  http://2hams.net/ARCI/summer%20homebrew%20sprint%20contest.htm.

WB5KHC would like you to submit your claimed score electronically by 
accessing http://2hams.net/ARCI/index.htm and clicking on "Submit 
Contest Entry."  In addition, for awards, send him your summary sheet 
and log file to wb5khc at 2hams.net.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and a lot of contacts.

73,


John, K4BAI.