THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM May 5 - 12, 2008 Edition The web versions of this weekly calendar and of the WA7BNM 13-Month Calendar can be found at: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/ You can also access a text version of the 13-month calendar at: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/contestcal.txt Please send corrections and additions directly to me. The 13-month web calendar is updated as new contest information is received. If you wish to unsubscribe, please notify me and you'll be immediately removed from the mailing list. 73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn@hornucopia.com) 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NCCC Sprint Ladder: 0230Z-0300Z, May 9 Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20m Classes: Single Op Max power: 100 watts Exchange: [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [name] + [your state/province/country] Work stations: Dupes allowed after at least one intervening QSO 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: May 11, 2008 E-mail logs to: (none) Post log summary at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/ Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm Nevada Mustang Roundup: 2300Z, May 9 to 2300Z, May 10 Mode: CW, SSB, RTTY Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m Classes: Single Op Fixed (High/Low) Multi-Op Fixed (High/Low) Single Op Portable Multi-Op Portable Exchange: NV: county + RS(T) non-NV: (state/province/country) + RS(T) Work stations: Once per band per mode QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: NV Stations: Each state, province, country once non-NV Stations: Each NV county once Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: June 15, 2008 E-mail logs to: w7gk_1[at]yahoo[dot]com Mail logs to: Nevada Mustange Roundup 2008 Elko Amateur Radio Club P.O. Box 5607 Elko, Nevada 89802 USA Find rules at: http://nv.arrl.org/NQP/ SBMS 2 GHz and Up WW Club Contest: 0600 local, May 10 to 2000 local, May 11 Mode: Any Bands: 2 GHz and up Classes: (none) Exchange: 6-character Maidenhead locator Work stations: Once per path per band QSO Points: Distance points: 1 point per km QSO points: 100 points per QSO per band with a unique call Bonus: 1000 points for each band you activate Multipliers: 1x=2GHz-10GHz, 2x=24GHz, 4x=47GHz, 8x=76GHz and up Score Calculation: Total score = total of (QSO points x power mult) for each band plus bonus points Submit logs by: July 10, 2008 E-mail logs to: (none) Mail logs to: SBMS Contest Committee Pat Coker, N6RMJ 40916 179th Street Lancaster CA 93535 USA Find rules at: http://www.ham-radio.com/sbms/club_test/2ghz_up_test.html VK/Trans-Tasman 80m Contest, Phone: 0800Z-1400Z, May 10 Mode: Phone Bands: 80m Only Classes: Single Op Single Op QRP SWL Max power: non-QRP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: Serial No. Work stations: Once per hour Score Calculation: (see rules) Submit logs by: June 2, 2008 E-mail logs to: VK: vktasman[at]hotmail[dot]com ZL: vktasman[at]robglassey[dot]com Mail logs to: VK: VK/trans-Tasman Contest 28 Crampton Crescent Rosanna, VIC 3084 Australia ZL: VK/trans-Tasman Contest P.O. Box 21-363 Christchurch 8143 New Zealand Find rules at: http://home.iprimus.com.au/vktasman/RULES.HTM EUCW Fraternizing CW QSO Party: 1000Z-1200Z, May 10 and 1800Z-2000Z, May 11 Mode: CW Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: A: EUCW Member Club QRP B: EUCW Member Club Low Power C: Non-members QRP D: Non-members Low Power E: SWL Max power: LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: A/B: RST + QTH + Name + Club + Member No. C/D: RST + QTH + Name + "NM" Work stations: Once per day per band QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: Each EUCW club once per day per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: June 30, 2008 E-mail logs to: eucwfp[at]agcw[dot]de Mail logs to: Werner Jochem, DK7VW Wendelsborn 34 D-66606 St.Wendel Germany Find rules at: http://www.agcw.de/eucw/eucwp.html CQ-M International DX Contest: 1200Z, May 10 to 1159Z, May 11 Mode: CW, SSB Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, satellites Classes: Single Op Single Band (CW/SSB/Mixed) Single Op All Band (CW/SSB/Mixed/QRP Mixed/LP Mixed) Multi-Single SWL World War II Veteran Pobeda Mem Spec Stn (Single-Op/Multi-Op) Max power: HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: RS(T) + Serial No. QSO Points: 2 points per QSO for EU/Asia station with Russia 1 point per QSO with same country 2 points per QSO with different country, same continent 3 points per QSO with different continent Multipliers: Each RS-150-S country once per band, EU Russia and Asia Russia treated as separate mults Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: June 15, 2008 E-mail logs to: CQM[at]SRR[dot]RU Mail logs to: CQ-M CONTEST COMMITTEE P.O. BOX 25464 KRASNOYARSK 660049 RUSSIA Find rules at: http://www.cq-m.andys.ru/rules_eng.html VOLTA WW RTTY Contest: 1200Z, May 10 to 1200Z, May 11 Mode: RTTY Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op All Band Single Op Single Band Multi-Op SWL Exchange: RST + QSO No. + CQ Zone Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: See rules Multipliers: Each country and VK/VE/JA/ZL/W call area (see rules) once per band Each country on a different continent worked on at least 4 bands once (extra mult) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x total QSOs Submit logs by: July 31, 2008 E-mail logs to: log2008[at]contestvolta[dot]it Mail logs to: Francesco Di Michele, I2DMI P.O. Box 55 22063 Cantu Italy Find rules at: http://www.contestvolta.com/rules2.htm FISTS Spring Sprint: 1700Z-2100Z, May 10 Mode: CW Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: QRP QRO Club Max power: QRO: >5 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + first name + FISTS No. non-FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + first name + power Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 5 points per QSO with FIST member FIST members: 2 points per QSO with non-FIST member Multipliers: Each US state and VE province once Each DXCC country once Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: June 9, 2008 E-mail logs to: W8PIG[at]yahoo[dot]com Mail logs to: Dan Shepherd, N8IE 1900 Pittsfield St. Kettering, Oh 45420 USA Find rules at: http://www.fists.org/sprints.html 50 MHz Spring Sprint: 2300Z, May 10 to 0300Z, May 11 Mode: not specified Bands: 6m Only Classes: Single Op Rover Rookie Exchange: 4-character grid square (6-character grid square optional) QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: Each 4-character grid square Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: May 27, 2008 E-mail logs to: springvhfsprints[at]sysadnet[dot]com Mail logs to: 50 MHz Spring Sprint Steve Gilmore, W4SHG 11 Ryan Way Stafford, VA 22554 USA Find rules at: http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: 0000Z-2400Z, May 11 Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: (none) Exchange: Name + (state/province/country) + (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 per band Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points Submit logs by: May 18, 2008 Post log summary at: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/sf.html Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/wknd-sprint-rules.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data 1900Z-2030Z, May 14 EU PSK DX Contest 1200Z, May 17 to 1200Z, May 18 His Maj. King of Spain Contest, CW 1200Z, May 17 to 1200Z, May 18 Feld Hell Sprint 1500Z-1700Z, May 17 Manchester Mineira All America CW Contest 1500Z, May 17 to 2359Z, May 18 Baltic Contest 2100Z, May 17 to 0200Z, May 18 Run for the Bacon QRP Contest 0100Z-0300Z, May 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTEST LOG SUBMITTAL DEADLINES FOR RECENT CONTESTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consult the individual contest rules to determine what log documentation must be submitted (i.e. summary sheet, dupe sheets, etc.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UBA Spring Contest, SSB: May 4, 2008 E-mail: ubaspring[at]uba[dot]be Mail: Michel Gertis, ON4CAQ Mommestraat 69 B-3550 Heusden Zolder Belgium Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/rules/uba_spring_en.pdf EU Spring Sprint, SSB: May 4, 2008 E-mail: eusprint[at]kkn[dot]net Mail: Hrvoje Horvat, 9A6XX 25 Rujan 4 HR-52000 Pazin Croatia Find rules at: http://www.eusprint.com/index.php?page=140&lang=g NCCC Sprint Ladder: May 4, 2008 E-mail: (none) Post web summary: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm YLRL DX-YL to NA-YL Contest, CW: May 6, 2008 E-mail: annettewood[at]oh[dot]rr[dot]com Mail: Annette Wood, KC8SQM 6167 Oakwood Circle North Ridgeville, OH 44039 USA Find rules at: http://www.ylrl.org/ylcontests.html Missouri QSO Party: May 6, 2008 E-mail: moqsoparty[at]w0ma[dot]org Mail: K2DP, S. David Propper 7488 Cornell Ave. University City, MO 63130 USA Find rules at: http://www.w0ma.org/mo_qso_party.htm ARCI Spring QSO Party: May 6, 2008 E-mail: va3jff[at]yahoo[dot]ca Mail: ARCI Spring QSO Party c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF 139 Elizabeth St. W. Welland, Ontario L3C 4M3 Canada Find rules at: http://www.qrparci.org/component/option,com_extcalendar/Itemid,/extmode,view/extid,57/lang,en/ Russian DX Contest: May 7, 2008 E-mail: rdxc[at]srr[dot]ru Mail: Russian DX Contest P.O. Box 88 119311 Moscow Russia Find rules at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp Georgia QSO Party: May 9, 2008 E-mail: gqp[at]iham[dot]us Mail: John Laney, K4BAI PO Box 421 Columbus, GA 31902-0421 USA Find rules at: http://gqp.contesting.com/Rules.htm 432 MHz Spring Sprint: May 9, 2008 E-mail: springvhfsprints[at]sysadnet[dot]com Mail: 432 MHz Spring Sprint Steve Gilmore, W4SHG 11 Ryan Way Stafford, VA 22554 USA Find rules at: http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm PODXS 070 Club PSK 31 Flavors Contest: May 12, 2008 E-mail: pskflavors[at]excite[dot]com Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://harvey.licht.home.sprynet.com/PSKFlavors/2008/2008RulesPost.htm YLRL DX-YL to NA-YL Contest, SSB: May 13, 2008 E-mail: annettewood[at]oh[dot]rr[dot]com Mail: Annette Wood, KC8SQM 6167 Oakwood Circle North Ridgeville, OH 44039 USA Find rules at: http://www.ylrl.org/ylcontests.html Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest: May 13, 2008 E-mail: gc[at]qst[dot]ru Mail: GC Contest Committee P.O.Box 2020 Moscow, 101000 Russia Find rules at: http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32 TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest: May 17, 2008 E-mail: (none) Post web summary: http://n2ty.org/seasons/tara_dpx_score.html Mail: John C. Durbin, N8PSK 175 Footville Richmond Rd E Jefferson OH 44047 USA Find rules at: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_dpx_rules.html 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, CW: May 19, 2008 E-mail: (none) Mail: Steve Rasmussen, N0WY, #68684 312 N. 6th Street Plattsmouth, NE 68048 USA Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/QSOPartyRulesRevised.pdf Michigan QSO Party: May 19, 2008 E-mail: logs[at]miqp[dot]org Mail: Mad River Radio Club c/o Dave Pruett 2727 Harris Road Ypsilanti, MI 48198 USA Find rules at: http://www.miqp.org/Rules.htm Microwave Spring Sprint: May 19, 2008 E-mail: springvhfsprints[at]sysadnet[dot]com Mail: Microwave Spring Sprint Steve Gilmore, W4SHG 11 Ryan Way Stafford, VA 22554 USA Find rules at: http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, Digital: May 19, 2008 E-mail: (none) Mail: Steve Rasmussen, N0WY, #68684 312 N. 6th Street Plattsmouth, NE 68048 USA Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/QSOPartyRulesRevised.pdf EA-QRP CW Contest: May 20, 2008 E-mail: eaqrp_test[at]yahoo[dot]es Mail: Vocalia de concursos (Concurso CW) PO Box 17 E-16080, Cuenca Spain Find rules at: http://www.eaqrp.com/concurso/test_eaqrp_cw-en.htm ES Open HF Championship: May 20, 2008 E-mail: esopen[at]erau[dot]ee Mail: Toomas Soomets, ES5RY P O Box 177 Tartu 50002 Estonia Find rules at: http://www.erau.ee/modules.php?op=modload&name=Info&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=64 YU DX Contest: May 20, 2008 E-mail: yu1srs[at]beotel[dot]yu Mail: Savez Radio-amatera Srbije YU DX Contest P.O. Box 48 11001 BEOGRAD Serbia Find rules at: http://www.yu1srs.org.yu/dl/yudx/yudxruleseng.html Florida QSO Party: May 27, 2008 E-mail: logs[at]floridaqsoparty[dot]org Mail: Florida QSO Party c/o Ron Wetjen, WD4AHZ 5362 Castleman Dr. Sarasota, FL 34232 USA Find rules at: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/rules.html SP DX RTTY Contest: May 27, 2008 E-mail: sprtty[at]pzk[dot]org[dot]pl Mail: SPDX RTTY Contest Manager Christopher Ulatowski Box 253 81 - 963 Gdynia 1 Poland Find rules at: http://www.pkrvg.org/zbior.html Helvetia Contest: May 28, 2008 E-mail: contest[at]uska[dot]ch Mail: Georges Strub, HB9DUH 54 rue de St-Jean 1213 Petite-Lancy Switzerland Find rules at: http://www.uska.ch/contest/hf/reglement_2006_e.pdf Ontario QSO Party: May 31, 2008 E-mail: vy2mgy[at]sympatico[dot]ca Mail: Ontario QSO Party c/o Brian Campbell 1357 Concession Road # 8 RR # 4 Tottenham, Ontario L0G 1W0 Canada Find rules at: http://cco.ve3xd.com/oqp/rules.htm Holyland DX Contest: May 31, 2008 E-mail: 4Z4KX[at]iarc[dot]org Mail: Contest Manager 4Z4KX Israel Amateur Radio Club Box 17600 Tel Aviv 61176 Israel Find rules at: http://hamradio.iarc.org/contests/holy2008rules.html JIDX CW Contest: May 31, 2008 E-mail: cw[at]jidx[dot]org Mail: JIDX CW Contest c/o Five-Nine Magazine P.O. Box 59, Kamata Tokyo 144-8691 Japan Find rules at: http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html Montana QSO Party: May 31, 2008 E-mail: normsclassicradio[at]yahoo[dot]com Mail: Norm Palin K7NCR 68 Silver Leaf Drive Kalispell, MT 59901 USA Find rules at: http://www.fvarc.org/Events/events.htm Nebraska QSO Party: May 31, 2008 E-mail: nqp[at]hdxa[dot]net Mail: Nebraska QSO Party c/o Steve Rasmussen N0WY 312 N 6th Street Plattsmouth, NE 68048-1302 USA Find rules at: http://www.qsl.net/hdxa/neqso/neqso.htm AGCW QRP/QRP Party: May 31, 2008 E-mail: qrp-party[at]agcw[dot]de Mail: Manager Jo (Juergen) Mertens, DJ4EY Am Muehlenbruch 32 D-59581 Warstein Germany Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-QRP-Party QRP Minimal Art Session: May 31, 2008 E-mail: dj7st[at]darc[dot]de Mail: DJ7ST, Dr. Hartmut Weber Schlesierweg 13 D-38228 SALZGITTER Germany Find rules at: http://www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/mas/qrpmasr-e.html Portuguese Navy Day Contest: June 1, 2008 E-mail: contest[at]nra[dot]pt Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.nra.pt/php/bdContestRules.php?lang=en QRP to the Field: June 1, 2008 E-mail: n0qt[at]arrl[dot]net Mail: Jan Harden, N0QT QRPTTF 2008 P.O. Box 1768 Socorro, NM 87801 USA Find rules at: http://www.zianet.com/QRP/2008/qttfruls.html ARI International DX Contest: June 3, 2008 E-mail: aricontest[at]ari[dot]it Mail: ARI DX Contest c/o ARI Via Scarlatti 31 20124 Milano Italy Find rules at: http://www.ari.it/hf/contests/rules/ari-international-dx.pdf New England QSO Party: June 3, 2008 E-mail: logs[at]neqp[dot]org Mail: NEQP PO Box 3005 Framingham, MA 01705-3005 USA Find rules at: http://www.neqp.org/rules.html 7th Call Area QSO Party: June 5, 2008 E-mail: 7qplogs[at]codxc[dot]org Mail: 7th Call Area QSO Party c/o CODXC 61255 Ferguson Rd Bend, OR 97702 USA Find rules at: http://www.codxc.com/new/Page.asp?Content=DRYLAND7S&Page=3 MARAC SSB QSO Party: June 9, 2008 E-mail: k0ere[at]marac[dot]org Mail: Bill Blake, K0ERE 214 S. First Clearwater, KS 67026 USA Find rules at: http://marac.org/ssbrules.htm MARAC CW QSO Party: June 9, 2008 E-mail: aa8r[at]aol[dot]com Mail: Randy Hatt, AA8R 7878 W. County Line Rd. Howard City, MI 49239 USA Find rules at: http://marac.org/cwrules.htm Indiana QSO Party: June 15, 2008 E-mail: inqp[at]hdxcc[dot]org Mail: HDXCC c/o Mike Goode, N9NS 10340 Broadway Indianapolis, IN 46280-1344 USA Find rules at: http://www.hdxcc.org/inqp/rules.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /NNNN