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

[John Laney]

Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:

1.  NCCC CW Sprint Practice, 10/4/13
K1GU  29  29  841  SO LP  0.5  TN  TCG
KU8E  28  27  756  SO LP  0.5  GA  SECC

2.  California QSO Party
Call    CWQ  PhQ  Mul  Score    Category    Time   St  Club
AD8J/6  863  295   57  181,203  SOCtyExpLP  24     CA  SECC
W4IX    376  541   57  125,970  SO HP       24     SC  SECC
K0EJ    237  533   57  101,289  SO HP       15     TN  TCG
K4BAI   328  365   55   94,270  SO HP       13:58  GA  SECC
K1ZZI   557    0   54   90,234  SO HP       13.7   GA  GCG
WA1FCN  300  345   56   89,040  M/S LP      ____   AL  ACG
K4ZGB   310  260   56   81,200  SO LP       18     AL  ACG
N4JF    335  165   58   77,430  SO QRP      17.20  AL  ACG
N4PN    166  361   57   69,540  SO HP        8     GA  SECC
NF4A    220  223   54   59,724  SO LP        8.3   FL  ACG
K4HAL   249   55   53   45,421  M/S HP       7     AL  ACG
K1GU    210    0   44   27,720  SO HP        4.7   TN  TCG
N4GG    192    0   44   25,344  SO HP        5:19  GA  SECC
N4UC     63    0   26    4,914  SO LP        1.5   AL  ACG

3.  Thracian Rose Club (TRC) DX Contest
K4BAI     8    0    8      280  SO HP CW     0:33  GA  SECC

4.  Oceania DX Contest, SSB
K4BAI   13   8  256  SO HP  0:21  GA  SECC

5.  RSGB 21/28 mHz Contest
K4BAI    4     0    4       48  SO HP 10M    0:05  GA  SECC
KD4QMY   0     6    _       __  SO LP        ____  GA

6.  October Adventure Radio Society Spartan Sprint
K4BAI   29                  29  SO QRP 5W (Tubby)  2.0  GA  SECC

7.  October North American QRP CW Club SK/Bug Sprint
N4A                             SO QRP 5W  2.0  GA  SECC  By K4BAI

This Week's Contests:

1.  CWOps Club CWT Mini Tests.  Wednesday local date.  13Z, 19Z, 03Z. 
160-10M CW.  Exchange:  Name + CWOps # or SPC.  Three separate one hour 
mini tests.

2.  10-10 International Day Sprint.  0001-2359Z Thursday October 10. 
10M all modes.  Exchange:  Name + 10-10# (or "0") + SPC.
      Ten meters has been very good for the past week or so and this 
could be a lot of fun if the band is open Thursday.

3.  NCCC RTTY Sprint Ladder.  0130-0159Z Friday (Thursday night local). 
  15-80M RTTY.  Exchange:  both calls, #, name, SPC.  100W maximum 
power.  One kHz QSY rule.  Look around 080 kHz on each band.

4.  NCCC CW Sprint Practice.  0230-0259Z Friday (Thursday night local). 
  15-80M CW.  Exchange:  both calls, #, name, SPC.  100W maximum power. 
  One kHz QSY rule.  Look around 040 kHz on each band.

5.  Makrothen RTTY Contest.  0000-0759Z Sat; 1600-2359Z Sat; 0800-1559Z 
Sunday.  80-10M RTTY.  Exchange:  Four character grid square (e.g. 
EM73).  Extra points for QSOs on 80 and 40M.

6.  Oceania DX Contest, CW.  0800 Sat to 0800Z Sun.  160-10M CW. 
Exchange:  RST + serial #.  Work only Oceania stations.

7.  Straight Key Century Club October Weekend Sprintathon (WES).  1200Z 
Sat to 2400Z Sun.  24 hours maximum.  Use mechanical key only.  160-6M 
CW.  Exchange:  RST + name + SPC + SKCC# or "NONE."

8.  Scandinavian Activity Contest (SAC), SSB.  1200Z Sat to 1200Z Sun. 
80-10M SSB.  Exchange:  RS + Serial #.

9.  QRPARCI Fall QSO Party.  1200Z Sat to 2400Z Sun.  160-10M CW.  24 
hours maximum operating time.  Exchange:  RST + SPC + QRPARCI # or power.

10.  EU Autumn Sprint, CW.  1600-1959Z Sat.  80, 40, 20M CW.  Exchange: 
  both calls, serial #, name.  Two kHz QSY rule.

11.  Arizona QSO Party.  16Z Sat to 06Z Sun; 1400-2459Z Sun.  80-2M CW, 
Phone, Digital.  Exchange:  serial # + SPC or AZ + county abbreviation.

12.  Pennsylvania QSO Party.  16Z Sat to 05Z Sun; 1300-2200Z Sun. 
160-2M.  CW, Phone, PSK, RTTY.  Exchange: serial # + ARRL/RAC section or 
PA county.  Bonus points for each QSO with W3SC.  This is one of the 
oldest and most popular QSO parties.  There is always a lot of activity 
on 80 and 160 both CW and SSB.

13.  FISTS CW Club Fall Sprint:  1700-2100Z Sat.  80-10M CW.  Maximum 
power: 100W.  Exchange:  RST, SPC, Name, FISTS# or power.

14.  NCJ North American Sprint RTTY.  0000-0400Z Sun (Sat night local). 
  20, 40, 80M RTTY.  Exchange:  both calls, #, name, SPC.  1/5 kHz QSY 
rule.  There is a team competition.  If anyone wants me to get up a 
team, I'll be glad to do so, but will be out of town beginning Saturday 
morning, so I'll have to register the team(s) by Friday night.  Teams 
are from two to ten members.  Let me know right away if you want to be 
on a team.

Hope everyone has a nice week and weekend and a lot of QSOs.  I will be 
out of town without a rig until mid afternoon Sunday, so I'll be looking 
for a few QSOs in the QRPARCI, PQP, and AQP contests after I return home.

73, John, K4BAI.