[SECC] Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests; This Week's Contests

[John Laney]

Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:

1.  FOC Club Marathon
Call   QSO  Cont  DX  5band 6band  score    category  time   state
K4BAI  623   6    46    11    2      867    Open HP   21:20  GA
K2UFT  429   ?    36     2    0      650    Restr. LP __     GA
KU8E   383   6    32     7    2      557    Open HP   12:38  GA

2.  NCCC Practice 1/30
N4OGW  51  29  1,479  SOLP  0.5  MS
K4BAI  46  23  1,058  SOLP  0.5  GA

3.  Adventure Radio  Society February Spartan Sprint
K4BAI  20             SOQRP5W  2.0  GA

Contests for the Next Week:

1.  Thursday and Friday nights local, NCCC sponsored NA Sprint CW
Practices.  0230-0259Z Fri and Sat UTC.  NA Sprint Rules.  So, high
power is permitted.  No dupes on the same band.  Mults count per
contest, not per band.  20, 40, 80M.  Exchange:  both calls, #, name,
SPC.  Usual QSY rules.  Good chance to check out things before the real
Sprint on Saturday.

2.  Thursday night SNS practice.  0200-0215Z Friday.  40 and 20 M.  100W
maximum.  22 WPM maximum.  Exchange:  both calls, #, name, SPC.  Dupes
OK after band change or one intervening QSO. Usual QSY rules.

3.  Thursday 40M QRP Fox Hunt.  0200-0330Z Friday.  Two QRP foxes will
be QRV between 7030 and 7050.  Exchange:  RST, SPC, Name, Power.

4.  Vermont QSO Party.  48 hours of Sat and Sun.  160-UHF.  CW/Phone.
Exchange:  RS(T) + SPC or VT county.

5.  YL ISSB QSO Party CW/Digital.  48 hours of weekend UTC.  All bands
except WARC.  Exchange:  RST + Name + SPC + YLISSB #.  I have not heard
many stations on CW in this contest in years.

6.  10-10 Club Winter SS Contest.  48 hours of weekend UTC.  10M Phone
only.  Exchange:  Name + SPC + 10-10 #.

7.  Black Sea Cup International.  12-24Z Sat.  160-10M CW/SSB.
Exchange:  For HQ stations RS(T) + club abbreviation.  For Black Sea
area stations:  RS(T) + "BS" + BS country abbreviation.  For BSCC
members:  RS(T) + "BS" + BSCC#.  For all others:  RS(T) + ITU zone.  I
guess you could use the IARU contest module in your logging program.
Work everyone.

8.  Minnesota QSO Party.  14-24Z Sat.  CW/RTTY/PSK/Phone.  160-VHF+.
Exchange:  Name + SPC or MN county abbreviation.

9.  FYBO Winter QRP Sprint.  14-24Z Sat.  CW/SSB.  160-10M.  Exchange: 
RS(T) + SPC + Name + Power out + temperature (F) at operating position.

10.  British Columbia QSO Challenge.  16Z Sat to 0359Z Sun.  CW, 
Digital, SSB.  160-6M.  Exchange:  RS(T) + SPC or BC District.  I've 
never heard any VA7 or VE7 stations working this one, but I'm usually 
QRL with the FOC Marathon, so we'll see this year.

11.  Delaware QSO Party.  17Z Sat to 05Z Sun.  and 13Z Sun to 01Z Mon. 
CW, Phone, Digital.  160-10M.  Exchange:  RS(T) + SPC or DE county. I 
just received a certificate from this one for participating last year. 
Not too many DE stations ever active, but some will be QRV.

12.  New Mexico QSO Party.  160-10M CW/Phone.  17Z Sat to 2359Z Sun.
Exchange:  RS(T) + SPC or NM county.  This one is new this year.

13.  Mexico International RTTY Contest.  18Z Sat to 1759Z Sun.  80-10M 
RTTY.  Exchange:  RST + Serial # or XE state. This one can really mess 
up 40M for the NA CW Sprinters.

14.  NCJ North American Sprint, CW:  00-04Z Sun (Saturday night local). 
  80-20M CW.  Exchange:  Both calls, #, name, SPC.  QSY rule:  1 kHz to 
call another station after you work one in answer to your CQ.  5 kHz to 
call CQ again.  This one is great fun, but requires concentration. 
Contact KU8E at ku8e at bellsouth.net to join a Southeast Sprint Coalition 
Team.

15.  ARRL School RoundUp.  14Z Mon to 24Z Fri.  CW/Digital, Phone.  All 
bands except WARC.  24 hours max, with no more than 6 hrs per day. 
Exchange:  RS(T) + Class + SPC.  Classes:  I = single op.  C = 
club/multi op.  S = school.club group.

16.  Tuesday night 80M QRP Fox Hunt.  0200-0330Z Tuesday.  3550-3570. 
Two QRP Foxes will be QRV for QSOs.  Exchange:  RST, SPC, Name, Power. 
Work only the two foxes.

Looks like a lot to keep everyone busy on HF.  Have fun and a lot of 
QSOs.  Hope to work a lot of you in the Sprint.  73, John, K4BAI.