[SECC] Jan 19-26 Contest Calendar
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THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
January 19 - 26, 2015 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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Classic Exchange, CW: 1400Z, Jan 18 to 0800Z, Jan 19
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, 2015
E-mail logs to: WQ8U[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail logs to: WQ8U
104 W. Queen St.
Hillsborough, NC 27278
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan15ann.html
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0200Z-0400Z, Jan 19
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: January 25, 2015
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/
QRP Fox Hunt: 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 21
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 22, 2015
E-mail logs to: (see rules)
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm
CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Jan 21 and 1900Z-2000Z, Jan 21 and 0300Z-0400Z, Jan 22
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 24, 2015
Post log summary at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html
NAQCC CW Sprint: 0130Z-0330Z, Jan 22
Mode: CW
Bands: 80, 40, 20m
Classes: (none)
Max power: 5 watts
Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + (NAQCC No./power)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member
2 points per QSO with member
Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once
Key Type Mult: 2x if straight key, 1.5x if bug, 1x if other
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x key type mult
Submit logs by: 2359Z January 25, 2015
Upload log at: http://naqcc.info/sprintlog.html
Mail logs to: John Shannon, K3WWP
478 E. High St.
Kittanning, PA 16201
USA
Find rules at: http://naqcc.info/sprint201501.html
Locust QSO Party: 0200Z-0230Z, Jan 22 (40m) and 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 22 (80m)
Mode: CW
Bands: 80, 40m
Classes: Single Op
Max power: (see rules)
Exchange: Name + (state/province/country)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1000 points per QSO
5000 bonus points for at least one QSO with K6VVA
5000 bonus points for at least one QSO with each Secret Swarmer station (name=Locust)
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points + bonus points
Submit logs by: 0459Z February 1, 2015
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.k6vva.com/lqp/lqplogsubmit.html
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.k6vva.com/lqp/LQP58_Rules.pdf
NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Jan 23
Mode: RTTY
Bands: (see rules)
Classes: (none)
Exchange: (see rules)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: January 25, 2015
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 23
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 24, 2015
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 23
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20m
Classes: Single Op
Max power: 100 watts
Exchange: (see rules)
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 25, 2015
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 23 to 2200Z, Jan 25
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 January 30, 2015
E-mail logs to: 160cw[at]kkn[dot]net
Mail logs to: CQ 160 Meter Contest
P.O. Box 481
New Carlisle, OH 45344
USA
Find rules at: http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm
REF Contest, CW: 0600Z, Jan 24 to 1800Z, Jan 25
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 9, 2015
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
BARTG RTTY Sprint: 1200Z, Jan 24 to 1200Z, Jan 25
Mode: RTTY
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Expert
Single Op
Multi-Op
SWL
Exchange: Serial No. (no signal report)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: DXCC countries once regardless of band
JA, W, VE and VK areas once regardless of band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x continents
Submit logs by: February 24, 2015
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://s3.spanglefish.com/s/7850/documents/contests/sprint/rules/current/bartg%20sprint%20rules.pdf
SPAR Winter Field Day: 1700Z, Jan 24 to 1700Z, Jan 25
Mode: Any
Bands: All, except WARC
Classes: Operators(1/2/Multi) Site (Indoor/Outdoor/Home)
Exchange: Category + ARRL Section (or DX) + Temperature(including F or C)
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, 2015
E-mail logs to: winterfd[at]spar-hams[dot]org
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/winterfd/index.php?pg=2
ARRL January VHF Contest: 1900Z, Jan 24 to 0359Z, Jan 26
Mode: Any
Bands: 50 MHz and up
Classes: Single Op (Low/High)
Single Op Portable
Single Op 3 Band
Single Op FM
Single Op Unlimited (Low/High)
Single Op Unlimited Portable
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 February 25, 2015
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
WAB 1.8 MHz Phone: 1900Z-2300Z, Jan 24
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160m Only
Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Multi-Op (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Low Power
SWL (Fixed/Mobile/Portable)
Max power: non-Low: >10 watts
Low: 10 watts
Exchange: British Isles: RS + serial no. + WAB square
Other: RS + serial no. + country
QSO Points: (see rules)
Multipliers: (see rules)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: February 14, 2015
E-mail logs to: aebbooks[at]ntlworld[dot]com
Mail logs to: Tony Beardsley, G3XKT
14 York Avenue
Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB
United Kingdom
Find rules at: http://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Rules.php#OtherRules
QRP ARCI Fireside SSB Sprint: 2000Z-2359Z, Jan 25
Mode: SSB
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: All Band
Single Band
High Bands
Low Bands
Max operating hours: 4 hours
Exchange: RS + (state/province/country) + (ARCI number/power)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 5 points per QSO with ARCI member
4 points per non-member QSO with different continent
2 points per non-member QSO with same continent
Multipliers: States, once per band
VE Provinces, once per band
Countries, once per band
Power Mult: >10W=x1, 2-10W=x7, 500mW-2W=x10, 100-500mW=15x, <100mW=20x
Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x (state mults + province mults + country mults) x power mult) + bonus points
Bonus points: 5000 for battery power portable with temporary antenna
Submit logs by: February 8, 2015
E-mail logs to: contest[at]qrparci[dot]org
Mail logs to: ARCI Fireside Sprint
c/o Jeff Hetherington
139 Elizabeth St. W.
Welland, Ontario L3C 4M3
Canada
Find rules at: http://www.qrparci.org/contests/fireside-sprint
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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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SKCC Sprint 0000Z-0200Z, Jan 28
QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 28
CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Jan 28
1900Z-2000Z, Jan 28
0300Z-0400Z, Jan 29
NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Jan 30
QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 30
NCCC Sprint Ladder 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 30
Feld Hell Sprint 0000Z-2359Z, Jan 31
UBA DX Contest, SSB 1300Z, Jan 31 to 1300Z, Feb 1
North American SSB Sprint Contest 0000Z-0400Z, Feb 1
ARS Spartan Sprint 0200Z-0400Z, Feb 3
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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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NAQCC CW Sprint: January 19, 2015
E-mail: naqcc33[at]windstream[dot]net
Upload log at: http://naqcc.info/sprintlog.html
Mail: John Shannon, K3WWP
478 E. High St.
Kittanning, PA 16201
USA
Find rules at: http://naqcc.info/sprint201501_160.html
Croatian CW Contest: January 20, 2015
Upload log at: http://www.hamradio.hr/hfrobot
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://9acw.org/index.php/rules/english/99-rules-2014
AGCW VHF/UHF Contest: January 21, 2015
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
AGB New Year Snowball Contest: January 22, 2015
E-mail: eu1eu[at]mail[dot]ru
Mail: Igor "Harry" Getmann, EU1EU
P.O.Box 143
Minsk 220005
BELARUS
Find rules at: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu/agb_nysb.htm
Feld Hell Sprint: January 24, 2015
Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/low-down-sprint
Old New Year Contest: January 25, 2015
E-mail: contest[at]radio[dot]ru
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.radio.ru/cq/contest/rule-results/index7.shtml
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: January 25, 2015
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/autolog.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/
North American QSO Party, SSB: January 25, 2015
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit/
Mail: Bill Lippert, AC0W
2013 6th Avenue SE
Austin, MN 55912-4321
USA
Find rules at: http://www.ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf
DARC 10-Meter Contest: January 26, 2015
E-mail: 10m[at]dxhf[dot]darc[dot]de
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/10m/en/rules/
RAEM Contest: January 27, 2015
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/contest/raem_2014/rules_eng_2014.php
LZ Open Contest: January 27, 2015
E-mail: LZ1GL[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.lzopen.com/lz-open-contest/rules/rulesF.htm
Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party: January 31, 2015
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
Original QRP Contest: January 31, 2015
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, 2015
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: https://www.rac.ca/en/rac/programmes/contests/files/2014%20Winter%20Contest%20Rules%20%20-%20English-French.pdf
AGCW Happy New Year Contest: January 31, 2015
E-mail: hnyc[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail: Daniel Schirmer, DL5SE
Am Teich 15
D-25917 Stadum
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/happy-new-year-contest
SARTG New Year RTTY Contest: January 31, 2015
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
International Naval Contest: February 1, 2015
E-mail: oh1jm[at]sral[dot]fi
Mail: Jaakko Mannikko
Paavolankatu 3 I 78
20240 Turku
Finland
Find rules at: http://www.marinefunker.de/eng/show.php3?pos=16
Kid's Day Contest: February 3, 2015
E-mail: (none)
Mail: (see rules)
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/kids-day
ARRL RTTY Roundup: February 3, 2015
E-mail: RTTYRU[at]arrl[dot]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, 2015
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
AWA Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest: February 15, 2015
E-mail: mjmurphy45[at]comcast[dot]net
Mail: Mike Murphy
38 North Reading St.
Manchester, NH 03104
USA
Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-on-the-air.html
Hungarian DX Contest: February 17, 2015
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
YL-ISSB QSO Party, SSB: March 21, 2015
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
Classic Exchange, CW: April 30, 2015
E-mail: WQ8U[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail: WQ8U
104 W. Queen St.
Hillsborough, NC 27278
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan15ann.html
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