THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM August 30 - September 6, 2010 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: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Sep 1 Mode: CW Bands: 20m 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: 0230Z September 2, 2010 E-mail logs to: (see rules) Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/summer_rules.htm NCCC Sprint Ladder: 0230Z-0300Z, Sep 3 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: September 5, 2010 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.html International G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest: 2300Z, Sep 3 to 2300Z, Sep 5 Mode: CW Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: QRO QRP Club Exchange: FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + name + FISTS No. non-FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with non-member 5 points per QSO with FISTS member Multipliers: Each state, province or DXCC country once only Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: October 5, 2010 E-mail logs to: hallinl[at]lanecc[dot]edu Mail logs to: Lee Hallin N7NU 3413 Walton Ln Eugene OR 97408 USA Find rules at: http://www.fists.org/straightkey.html All Asian DX Contest, Phone: 0000Z, Sep 4 to 2400Z, Sep 5 Mode: Phone Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Asian Single Op Single Band (High/Low) Non-Asian Single Op Single Band (High) JA Single Op Multi Band (High/Low/Junior/Silver) Asian Single Op Multi Band (High/Low) Non-Asian Single Op Multi Band (High) Multi-Single Multi-Multi Max power: HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts Exchange: RS + 2-digit age Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: (see rules) Multipliers: Asian Stations: DXCC entities once per band non-Asian Stations: Asian prefixes once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: October 31, 2010 E-mail logs to: aaph[at]jarl[dot]or[dot]jp Mail logs to: JARL, All Asian DX Contest, Phone 170-8073 Japan Find rules at: http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2010AA_Rule.htm ARRL EME Contest: 0000Z, Sep 4 to 2359Z, Sep 5 Mode: Analog (CW,Phone), Digital Bands: 2.3 GHz and Up Classes: (see rules) Exchange: Signal report Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 100 points per QSO Multipliers: Each US state, VE province and DXCC country once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 2359Z November 30, 2010 E-mail logs to: EMEcontest[at]arrl[dot]org Mail logs to: EME Contest ARRL 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 USA Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest Russian RTTY WW Contest: 0000Z-2400Z, Sep 4 Mode: RTTY Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op All Band Single Op Single Band Multi-Op SWL Exchange: RU: RST + 2-letter oblast non-RU: RST + CQ Zone Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 5 points per QSO with same continent 10 points per QSO with different continent Multipliers: Each RU Oblast once per band Each DXCC country once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: October 4, 2010 E-mail logs to: contest[at]radio[dot]ru Mail logs to: Russian RTTY WW Contest Radio Magazine Seliverstov per. 10 Moscow 107045 Russia Find rules at: http://www.qrz.ru/contest/detail/93 Wake-Up! QRP Sprint: 0600Z-0629Z, Sep 4 and 0630Z-0659Z, Sep 4 and 0700Z-0729Z, Sep 4 and 0730Z-0800Z, Sep 4 Mode: CW Bands: 40, 20m Classes: (none) Max power: 5 watts Exchange: RST + Serial No. + suffix of previous QSO ("QRP" for 1st QSO) Work stations: Once per band per period QSO Points: 1 point per km Multipliers: 1 point per new station worked on each band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total multiplier points Submit logs by: September 11, 2010 E-mail logs to: ru-qrp-club[at]mail[dot]ru Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://qrp.ru/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=7&page=1 Colorado QSO Party: 1200Z, Sep 4 to 0400Z, Sep 5 Mode: CW, Phone, Digital Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, VHF/UHF Classes: Single Op (CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Multi-Single (CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Multi-Multi (CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Mobile Single Op (CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Mobile Multi-Op (CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) School(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Max power: HP: >150 watts LP: 150 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: CO: Name + county W/VE: Name + (state/province) DX: Name + DXCC prefix Work stations: Once per band per mode per CO county QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO 2 points per CW/digital QSO Double QSO points for countries outside of W/VE Multipliers: CO Stations: Each CO county, state, VE province, DXCC country, maritime region once per mode Non-CO: Each county once per mode Power: High: x1, Low: x2, QRP: x3 Score Calculation: (see rules) Submit logs by: October 4, 2010 E-mail logs to: coqplogs[at]ppraa[dot]org Mail logs to: Colorado QSO Party PO Box 16521 Colorado Springs, CO 80935-6521 USA Find rules at: http://www.ppraa.org/coqp/2010%20COQP%20Rules%2010-1%2007-28-10.pdf Brazil Independence Day BPSK31 CDX Contest: 1200Z, Sep 4 to 1200Z, Sep 5 Mode: PSK31 Bands: 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op All Band (Low/High) Single Op Single Band (Low/High) Max power: HP: 100 watts LP: 10 watts Exchange: RST + Serial No. QSO Points: 10 points per QSO with Brazil station 5 points per QSO with non-Brazil station Multipliers: (none) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSOs x total QSO points Submit logs by: September 15, 2010 Upload log at: http://brcontest.com/indday/up/ Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://brcontest.com/modules/tinyd0/content/index.php?id=13 AGCW Straight Key Party: 1300Z-1600Z, Sep 4 Mode: CW Bands: 40m Only Classes: 5W (A) 50W (B) 150W (C) SWL (D) Exchange: AGCW: RST + Serial No. + "/" + Class + "/" + Name + "/" + Age QSO Points: 9 points per A-A QSO 7 points per A-B QSO 5 points per A-C QSO 4 points per B-B QSO 3 points per B-C QSO 2 points per C-C QSO Multipliers: (none) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points Submit logs by: September 30, 2010 E-mail logs to: htp[at]agcw[dot]de Mail logs to: Friedrich W. Fabri, DF1OY Hermann-Bahner-Strasse 1 D-63225 Langen Germany Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:Straight_Key_Party RSGB SSB Field Day: 1300Z, Sep 4 to 1300Z, Sep 5 Mode: SSB Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Open Restricted Max power: Open: Full Restricted: 100 watts Exchange: RS + Serial No. QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with fixed IARU Region 1 stations 3 points per QSO with fixed non-Region 1 stations 5 points per QSO with portable/mobile IARU Region 1 stations Multipliers: Each DXCC country per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: September 21, 2010 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl Mail logs to: RSGB G3UFY 77 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF England Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2010/rssbfd.shtml IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB: 1300Z, Sep 4 to 1259Z, Sep 5 Mode: SSB Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: (see your national society rules) Exchange: RST + Serial No. Submit logs by: September 30, 2009 E-mail logs to: (see your national society rules) Mail logs to: Your national society Find rules at: Your national society web site WAB 144 MHz QRP Phone: 1000Z-1400Z, Sep 5 Mode: Phone Bands: 2m Only Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Portable) Multi-Op (Fixed/Mobile/Portable) SWL (Fixed/Mobile/Portable) Max power: 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: September 26, 2010 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 DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest: 1100Z-1700Z, Sep 5 Mode: RTTY, Amtor, Clover, PSK31, Pactor Bands: 10m Only Classes: Single Op SWL Exchange: RST + Serial No. QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: Each WAE/DCXX area Each W/VE call area Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: October 5, 2010 E-mail logs to: df5bx[at]darc[dot]de Mail logs to: Werner Ludwig, DF5BX P.O. Box 1270 49110 Georgsmarienhuette Germany Find rules at: http://www.darc.de/referate/ukw-funksport/sonder/tei-digi.htm Tennessee QSO Party: 1800Z, Sep 5 to 0300Z, Sep 6 Mode: CW, Phone, Digital Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, VHF/UHF Classes: Fixed (Single Op/Multi-Op) (QRP/Low/High) Mobile (Single Op/Multi-Op) (QRP/Low/High) Max power: HP: >150 watts LP: 150 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: TN: RS(T) + county non-TN: RS(T) + (state/province/country) Work stations: Once per band per mode QSO Points: 2 points per phone QSO 3 points per CW QSO 3 points per digital QSO (see rules for bonus QSO points) Multipliers: TN: TN counties, states, provinces, DXCC countries once per band non-TN: TN counties once per band Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points Submit logs by: October 8, 2010 E-mail logs to: logs[at]tnqp[dot]org Mail logs to: Tennessee QSO Party c/o Doug Smith, W9WI 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 USA Find rules at: http://www.tnqp.org/html/rules.htm MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint: 2300Z, Sep 6 to 0300Z, Sep 7 Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m Classes: less 250 mW 250 mW - 1 W 1 - 5 W greater 5W Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + (member no./power output) Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 5 points per QSO with members 2 points per QSO with non-member W/VE stations 4 points per QSO with non-member DX stations Multipliers: Each state, province or country, once per band Bonus: multiply total points by 1.25 if xmtr or receiver is homebrew Bonus: multiply total points by 1.5 if both xmtr and receiver are homebrew Score Calculation: Total score = bonus multiplier x total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: October 6, 2010 E-mail logs to: n8xx[at]arrl[dot]org Mail logs to: Hank Greeb, N8XX 5727 11 Mile Rd NE Rockford, MI 49341 USA Find rules at: http://www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/contest.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint 2300Z, Sep 6 to 0300Z, Sep 7 ARS Spartan Sprint 0100Z-0300Z, Sep 7 QRP Fox Hunt 0100Z-0230Z, Sep 8 CWops Mini-CWT Test 1100Z-1200Z, Sep 8 1900Z-2000Z, Sep 8 0300Z-0400Z, Sep 9 RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB 1900Z-2030Z, Sep 9 FISTS Get Your Feet Wet Weekend 0000Z, Sep 10 to 2400Z, Sep 12 NCCC Sprint Ladder 0230Z-0300Z, Sep 10 PODXS 070 Club Jay Hudak Memorial 80m Sprint 2000 local, Sep 10 to 0200 local, Sep 11 WAE DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Sep 11 to 2359Z, Sep 12 Arkansas QSO Party 1300Z, Sep 11 to 0100Z, Sep 12 Swiss HTC QRP Sprint 1300Z-1900Z, Sep 11 Ohio State Parks on the Air 1600Z-2400Z, Sep 11 ARRL September VHF QSO Party 1800Z, Sep 11 to 0300Z, Sep 13 ARCI VHF Contest 1900Z, Sep 11 to 0400Z, Sep 12 North American Sprint, CW 0000Z-0400Z, Sep 12 SKCC Weekend Sprint 0000Z-2400Z, Sep 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAE DX Contest, CW: August 30, 2010 E-mail: waecw[at]dxhf[dot]darc[dot]de Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/waedc/en/rules/ Venezuelan Ind. Day Contest: August 31, 2010 E-mail: contestyv[at]cantv[dot]net Mail: Radio Club Venezolano Concurso Independencia de Venezuela P.O. Box 20285 Caracas 1020-A Venezuela Find rules at: http://www.radioclubvenezolano.org/rules.htm European HF Championship: August 31, 2010 E-mail: euhfc[at]hamradio[dot]si Mail: Slovenia Contest Club Saveljska 50 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Find rules at: http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/euhf/euhfcrules.htm RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB: September 1, 2010 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2010/rsprint.shtml Feld Hell Sprint: September 1, 2010 E-mail: (none) Post web summary: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests Portugal Day Contest: September 1, 2010 E-mail: rep-concursos[at]rep[dot]pt Mail: REP Award/Contest Manager Rua D. Pedro V, No. 7-40 1250-092 Lisboa Portugal Find rules at: http://www.rep.pt/portugal_day_contest/rules.html VK Shires Contest: September 1, 2010 E-mail: contest[at]vkshires[dot]info Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.vkshires.info/rukes.htm CQ Worldwide VHF Contest: September 1, 2010 E-mail: cqvhf[at]cqww-vhf[dot]com Mail: CQ VHF Contest 25 Newbridge Road Hicksville, NY 11801 USA Find rules at: http://www.cqww-vhf.com/rules.htm North American QSO Party, SSB: September 4, 2010 E-mail: (see rules, web upload preferred) Upload log at: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit.php Mail: Bruce Horn, WA7BNM 4225 Farmdale Avenue Studio City, CA 91604 USA Find rules at: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php TARA Grid Dip Shindig: September 4, 2010 E-mail: (none) Post web summary: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_grid_score.html Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_grid_rules.html ARRL UHF Contest: September 7, 2010 E-mail: AugustUHF[at]arrl[dot]org Mail: August UHF Contest ARRL Contest Branch 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 USA Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/august-uhf SARL HF CW Contest: September 13, 2010 E-mail: hfcontests[at]netactive[dot]co[dot]za Mail: Bloemfontein Radio Amateur Club Box 12104 Brandhof, 9324 South Africa Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/SARL%202010%20Contest%20Manual.pdf Maryland-DC QSO Party: September 14, 2010 E-mail: MDQSOP[at]w3vpr[dot]org Mail: MDC QSO Party P.O. Box 308 Davidsonville, MD 21035 USA Find rules at: http://mdcqsoparty.w3vpr.org/Documents/Maryland_QSO_Party_Rules_Eff_2010_v2-0.pdf Keyman's Club of Japan Contest: September 15, 2010 E-mail: kcj-log[at]kcj−cw[dot]com Mail: M. Namba 1420-55 Kibara, Sammu-city Chiba 289-1212 Japan Find rules at: http://www.kcj-cw.com/contest/10_kcj_contest_rule_e.pdf MMMonVHF/DUBUS 144 MHz Meteorscatter Sprint Contest: September 15, 2010 E-mail: mssprint[at]mmmonvhf[dot]de Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/ctest.php SCC RTTY Championship: September 15, 2010 E-mail: rtty[at]hamradio[dot]si Mail: Slovenia Contest Club Saveljska 50 1113 Ljubljana Slovenia Find rules at: http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/rtty/htmlrules.htm New Jersey QSO Party: September 18, 2010 E-mail: w2rj[at]arrl[dot]net Mail: Englewood ARA P.O. Box 528 Englewood, NJ 07631-0528 USA Find rules at: http://www.qsl.net/w2rj/index.html ARCI Silent Key Memorial Sprint: September 21, 2010 E-mail: contest[at]qrparci[dot]org Mail: ARCI Silent Key Memorial Sprint c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF 139 Elizabeth St. W. Welland, Ontario L3C 4M3 Canada Find rules at: http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/114/118/ Ohio QSO Party: September 27, 2010 E-mail: logs[at]ohqp[dot]org Mail: Ohio QSO Party c/o Jim Stahl, K8MR 30499 Jackson Rd. Chagrin Falls, OH 44022-1730 USA Find rules at: http://www.ohqp.org/adminRules.htm YO DX HF Contest: September 28, 2010 E-mail: yodx-contest[at]hamradio[dot]ro Mail: FRR P.O. Box 22-50 Bucharest RO-014780 Romania Find rules at: http://www.yodx.ro/en/hf-contest/rules Kansas QSO Party: September 30, 2010 E-mail: logs[at]KsQSOParty[dot]org Upload log at: http://logs.KsQSOParty.org Mail: Kansas QSO Party c/o Randy Wing, N0LD 13038 SW 186th St. Rose Hill, KS 67133-8559 USA Find rules at: http://www.ksqsoparty.org/rules/ Hawaii QSO Party: September 30, 2010 E-mail: HIQSO[at]karc[dot]net Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://karc.net/OperatingEvents/HawaiiQSOParty/2010_HI_QSO_Party.html ALARA Contest: September 30, 2010 E-mail: alaracontest[at]wia[dot]org[dot]au Mail: Mrs. Lesley Smit, VK5LOL PO Box 271 Ashton 5137 SA Australia Find rules at: http://www.alara.org.au/contests/30th-alara-contest-rules/ Russian District Award Contest: September 30, 2010 E-mail: rx3rc[at]rdaward[dot]org Mail: Roman A. Novikov P.O.Box 21 392000 Tambov Russia Find rules at: http://rdaward.org/rdac1.htm SARTG WW RTTY Contest: October 10, 2010 E-mail: contest[at]sartg[dot]com Mail: SARTG Contest Manager Ewe Hakansson, SM7BHM Pilspetsvagen 4 SE-29166 Kristianstad Sweden Find rules at: http://www.sartg.com/contest/wwrules.htm ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest: October 19, 2010 E-mail: 10GHZ[at]arrl[dot]org Mail: 10 GHz Contest ARRL Contest Branch 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 USA Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/10-ghz-up ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /NNNN