Threats to Amateur Radio

If there isn't enough noise already...

The Threats to Radiocommunication

IARU Region 1 President Don Beattie G3BJ looks at the threat to the RF Spectrum posed by pollution from Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles equipment 

WPT (EV) is the technology that will allow cars to be charged without the need for connecting leads. At present it seems that there is a real prospect that these devices – destined to be installed in home garages – will obscure radio communications in the home environment.

Read Don's post at
http://www.g3bj.com/the-threats-to-radiocommunication/

He links to two briefing documents: 

Unwanted emissions in the spurious domain from Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles on frequencies allocated to the Amateur Services
http://www.g3bj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WPT-brief-for-MS-v4-200318-1.pdf

Wireless Power Transmission for Electric Vehicles – WPT(EV) - A brief overview
http://www.g3bj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WPT-for-administrations_v2.pdf

Tnx Southgate 

ARRL DX NEWS 31 March 2018

DX News from the ARRL

30 March, 2018

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.
MALAWI, 7Q. Members of the EIDX Group are QRV as 7Q7EI from the shores of Lake Malawi until April 2. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with four stations active. QSL via M0OXO.
GHANA, 9G. Richard, 9G5AR is now licensed and QRV from Accra. He is generally active on 20 meters using SSB during his weekdays and weekends. QSL via N4GNR.
CAPE VERDE, D4. Mike, CT1IUA plans to be QRV as D41A from Santa Maria, Sal Island, IOTA AF-086, from April 1 to 9. Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using mainly CW with some SSB. QSL to home call.
NORTHERN IRELAND, GI. Special event station GB106TBC will be QRV from April 2 to 9 to commemorate the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. QSL direct to MI0MOD.
THAILAND, HS. Members of the Digital Thailand DX Association are QRV as HS8JCV/p from Lipe Island, IOTA AS-126, until April 2. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via HS8JCV.
ARGENTINA, LU. Special event station AZ36H is QRV until April 2 to recognize the 36th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War. QSL via operators' instructions.
BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik are QRV as LZ362ME during April to honor the memory of Bulgarian Saints.
QSL via bureau.
NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PF2018SLO is QRV from Sloten during April during the context of the 11th Cities Marathon. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via PA0MBD.
EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Special event stations UE12APR, R12APR, R108M and UE57G will be QRV from April 1 to 15 to mark Cosmonauts Day to commemorate the first flights in space. QSL via operators' instructions.
CANADA, VE. Special call VD1BOOM is QRV on Saturdays and Sundays during April to mark the 40th anniversary of a mysterious explosion called the Bell Island Boom that happened April 2, 1978 on Bell Island, IOTA NA-198, one of Newfoundland's coastal islands. Activity is on 20 meters. QSL direct to VO1IDX.
TURKS AND CAICOS, VP5. Bernie, KD5QHV plans to be QRV as VP5/KD5QHV until April 2. Activity is on 40, 20, 17 and 15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.
LAOS, XW. Champ, E21EIC is QRV as XW1IC until March 31. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters. QSL to home call.
KOSOVO, Z6. Gab, HB9TSW is QRV as Z68GB until April 19. Activity is on 80 to 17 meters using CW. QSL to home call.
GIBRALTAR, ZB. Special Event Station ZB2RAF will be QRV from April 1 to July 29 to honor the first Centenary of the Royal Air Force. QSL via G8FC.
NEW ZEALAND, ZL. Special event station ZM50GW will be QRV during April to commemorate the loss 50 years ago of the ferry TEV Wahine. QSL via bureau.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO
The Russian World Wide MultiMode Contest, QRP 80-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, Feld Hell Sprint, UK/EI DX CW Contest and the RSGB 80-Meter RoLo SSB contest are all on tap for this weekend.
The IQRP Quarterly Marathon and RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship are scheduled for April 2.
The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for April 3.
The UKEICC 80-Meter SSB Contest, Phone Fray and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for April 4.
The ARRL International Grid Chase runs during all of 2018.
Please see March 2018 QST, page 85, April QST, page 84, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details

TNX Southgate

Radio Sawa News

Radio Sawa to scale back regional broadcasts

To save $9.5 million in 2019, the U.S. government’s Arabic language broadcaster Radio Sawa plans to restrict its FM and AM transmissions to Iraq. This will mean the end of Radio Sawa’s radio service, AM and FM, to the rest of the Middle East.
In addition, Radio Sawa’s country-centric feeds for Egypt, the Gulf, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco and Sudan will be terminated, both on air and online at www.radiosawa.com. The remaining Radio Sawa Iraq feed will be streamed.
Cuts to Radio Sawa are part of a bigger reduction for the Broadcasting Board of Governors in proposed federal budgets for FY 2018 and 2019. Billing itself as “America’s civilian international media agency,” the BBG oversees the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa (under Middle East Broadcasting Networks — MBN), and Radio and TV Martí. The BBG budget was proposed at $661.1 million for FY 2019, down from $685.2 million in 2018 and $786.6 million in 2017.
A BBG information page says, “Radio Sawa attracts young audiences by playing contemporary Arabic and Western music with news and information programs. It is one of the most popular radio stations in the countries where it can be heard on FM.” So why is the BBG reducing Radio Sawa from a Middle Eastern regional broadcaster to an Iraq-only station?
“Tough trade-offs are always necessary in austere budget climates,” replied Nasserie Carew, BBG’s director of global communications and public affairs. “But BBG and MBN leadership are committed to and will continue reaching people in media-restrained countries.”
With money being tight, Radio Sawa’s non-Iraq radio broadcasts were a natural target, according to interested observers.
“Eliminating the Radio Sawa network of transmitters in all countries except Iraq will save almost $5 million,” said Kim Andrew Elliott. He’s a retired VOA audience research analyst and broadcaster who now produces Shortwave Radiogram a weekly program of text and images via analog shortwave radio.
“Radio Sawa uses leased FM transmitters in Arab countries, plus mediumwave (AM) relays,” he said, “and these are expensive.”
More of the article here:
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/radio-sawa-to-scale-back-regional-broadcasts
• Our thanks to Mike Terry for the above information

TNX Southgate

425 DX Group DX News 31 March 2018

31 March 2018                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1404

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9A     - Radio Club Libertas 9A4J will be active  as 9A22RBM on  1-15 April.
         The special  callsign  is a  tribute  for  Ronald H. Brown,  the US
         Secretary of Commerce who  was killed, along  with  34 others, in a
         1996 plane crash near Dubrovnik. QSL via 9A4J or 9A5AX. [TNX 9A2AA]
A5     - Zorro JH1AJT, Jin JF1IST and Champ E21EIC will  be active again  as
         A5A from Bhutan  on 4-11 April. Activity will be on 160-6 metres CW
         SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via JH1AJT; logsearch  and OQRS on Club Log.
         [TNX DX World]
D4     - Mike, CT1IUA will be active as D4IA from Sal Island (AF-086),  Cape
         Verde on 1-9 April. He will operate mainly CW on the HF bands.  QSL
         via home call (direct or bureau) and LoTW.
G      - Celebrating the  centenary of the Royal Air Force, special callsign
         GB100RAF  will be  in use from  various  locations  in England  and
         Elsewhere  between  1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019.  QSL direct  to
         G8FC. See https://www.rafars.org/raf100/ for more information.
GI     - The Grey Point Fort ARS will  be  active as  GB106TBC on 2-29 April
         to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
         QSL via MI0MOD.
OA     - Daniel, IK2SGL will be relocating to  call area 9 in  the  Peruvian
         Amazon rainforest in a couple of weeks.  In his spare time he  will
         be QRV as IK2SGL/OA9; follow  his  activities on Twitter (@IK2SGL).
         QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
RI1F   - Evgenij, UA4RX has had his RI1FJ licence renewed until 1 September.
         He is stationed at the  Ernst Krenkel Observatory  on  Heiss Island
         (EU-019), Franz Josef Land and operates CW on 40 and 30 metres. QSL
         via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or direct to UA2FM. [TNX DX News]
UA     - Special  event  stations  R108M  (QSL via RK3LC),  R12APR  (QSL via
         R3LO),  UE12APR (QSL via R3LO)  and  UE57G (QSL via R3LD)  will  be
         active on 1-15 April to  commemorate the  57th anniversary of  Yuri
         Gagarin's first manned flight into outer space (12 April 1961). See
         https://gagarin.ga/ for online logs and certificates. [TNX R3LO]
VK     - Tim, NL8F will be active as VK4COF from Hamilton Island (OC-160) on
         3-13 April.  He will operate FT8 and SSB on  the HF bands.  QSL via
         N7RO. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZB     - Special callsign ZB2RAF will be active  from 1 April to 29 July  to
         celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force. QSL direct to G8FC.
ZL     - 1968 was a tragic year for New Zealand shipping,  with the loss  of
         the ferry Wahine and the  grain  ship Maranui,  plus a fire at  sea
         aboard the liner Gothic. Sixty-seven people died  in  these events.
         Fifty years later, those  disasters will be commemorated  by  three
         special callsigns: ZM50GW in April, ZM50LA in June and ZM50MAUQ  in
         August. Operations will be based at ZL1NZ in Auckland, New Zealand.
         Look for activity on 80, 40 and 20 metres CW and SSB. The logs will
         be uploaded to Club Log. See http://maritimeradio.org/2018 for more
         details and QSL information.

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

PIRATE ---> Francois Botha, ZS4X has notified the  SARL Office that  his old
call sign, ZS6BUU, is  being  pirated using  the FT8 mode.  ICASA (the South
African Regulator) has  confirmed  that  ZS6BUU has not  been reissued. [TNX
ZS4BS]

VP6D ---> CW enthusiast Ken Karr, NG2H  has joined  the  VP6D DXpedition  to
Ducie Island (20 October-3 November) [425DXN 1397].  He participated in  the
VK0EK  expedition  to  Heard Island (2016).  "Providing an  All Time New One
(ATNO)  is  a  key  objective of  VP6D", the  organizers say.  "We will keep
stations on 20m SSB and CW  as  propagation permits.  Additionally,  FT8 may
also provide DXers an ATNO opportunity  during periods  of poor conditions".
The fundraising campaign continues. See https://www.vp6d.com/ for the latest
information from the team and details on how to contribute.

Z60A LOTW AND QSL RELEASE ---> "It is now 10-days from the last QSO made  at
Z60A, the  Republic of Kosovo's  first  activation",  OH2BH  reported on  23
March. "Because this is an overall new DXCC entity, it has resulted in  many
requests  for  checking missing  QSOs  due to pirates,  a variety of logging
errors and busted calls. We have extended this period for another week as we
try to enter the cleanest possible QSO data to LoTW.  The magic day for  the
complete LoTW upload will be 1 April 2018.  We will continue processing  log
errors  for  another  7-days prior  to  the upload.  Queries can be made  at
z60a[@]sral.fi".  The paper QSL cards are  being printed, and  "we expect to
have them here around 1 April as well.  We will proceed with mailing as fast
as we can". The  Mission  Goodwill Kosovo  has been invited  to present  the
story of "The Republic of Kosovo and Z60A" at the  Visalia International  DX
Convention;  Z61VB, OH2BH and K9JF will  be  the  Saturday  evening  Banquet
speakers.

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8MM       DL6UAA      EF9R        EA5KB       OK1KLV      OK1DOM
3V8CB       LX1NO       EG1PEA      EA1RKA      OK7K        OK1BN
3V8SS       LX1NO       EG1SSV      EA1URV      OM777FL     OK1FML
3W3B        E21EIC      EG7SCM      EA7URM      OM7M        OM3PA
3W9CI       RM0F        EG7SSM      EA7DK       OS0X        ON4JM
3Z0HDE      SQ8W        EI0W        EI9GTB      OS8A        ON8VK
3Z1ESH      SP2PBY      EK3SA       DJ1CW       OY1OF       M0URX
3Z1K        SP1KRF      EM0X        UT2XQ       P33W        UA3DX
4E1A        9V1KG       EM2G        UR7GO       P40WL       DK5WL
4L2M        EA7FTR      EN4U        EA5HPX      P49Y        AE6Y
4M8E        YV8ER       EN7P        UT1PG       PJ4/KK9A    WD9DZV
4X0A        4X1VF       EP4HR       IK2RZQ      PJ4R        WD9DZV
4X7R        4X6OM       ER4A        ER1FF       PJ4V        M0URX
5B4ALJ      UT7UW       ES9C        ES5RY       PJ5Z        SP9FIH
5B4AMX      LZ3SM       ET3AA       N2OO        PX2A        PY2VM
5P3KP       DL3KP       EW5Z        EU1A        RI50ANO     RN1ON
5R8SV       G3SWH       FK/5B4ALX   IZ4AMS      S92HP       CT1ENW
5W1SA       JA1DXA      FM5DN       KU9C        SI9AM       SM3FJF
6E3MAYA     XE3N        GB60OT      G3KPU       SJ0X        SM6JSM
7Q7EI       M0OXO       H2T         5B4XF       SK2T        SK2AT
7X5QB       EA7FTR      HB2U        HB9OCR      SN20UM      SQ9UM
8P5A        HA1AG       HC2AO       RC5A        SO4R        SP4PND
8P6DR       G3RWL       HF40KVW     SP5KVW      SP307PAF    SP9KAO
8T8S        VU2AE       HG7T        HA7TM       SZ5RDS      SV5AZP
9A0BB       9A3JB       HH6/N3BNA   KA2AEV      TC3D        TA3D
9A200S      9A2MF       HR2WW       KD4POJ      TC3GP       YM3KCN
9A60KDE     9A1AA       HS0AC       HS5NMF      TC3GS       YM3KCN
9A70A       9A7A        HS0ZED      G4SQA       TC3SO       TA3AER
9G5AR       N4GNR       HS0ZJF      ON4AFU      TI7W        W4FS
9G5ZS       ZS1XB       HZ1FI       DL1RTL      TM17CV      F8FZC
9K9C        A61BK       IB2RT       I2MYF       TM28FFA     F5KOU
9M2IDJ      JA6IDJ      IF9A        IT9PPG      TM390SR     F4DTO
9M8YY       JR3WXA      II0IDO      IZ0FVD      TM5XR       F4HIK
9X0TA       N4GNR       II1A        IK1SPR      TO2BC       DL7BC
9X9PJ       N4GNR       II1AIT      I1SAF       TO5GI       F5XX
A41NN       A61BK       II1IGJ      IK1VHX      TR8CA       F6CBC
A61EK       IZ8CLM      II2S        IZ2FOS      TY2AC       DL9USA
A61FK       A61BK       IO2X        IK2NCJ      TZ4AM       W0SA
A61HA       A61BK       IO5O        IK5RLP      UE4KR       K2PF
A61QQ       A61BK       IO9A        IT9YVO      UI8J        RW9JZ
A61ZX       IZ8CLM      IO9O        9A8MDC      UN2E        DF6PB
A71AM       M0OXO       IO9R        ON3AR       UN3M        M0OXO
A73A        M0OXO       IR4M        I4IFL       UN9L        LZ1YE
A91WMD      A92AA       IR4X        I4EAT       UP0L        DL8KAC
A91YOZ      A92AA       IR6T        IK6VXO      UP2L        UA9AB
A96A        A92AA       IR8P        IZ8FWN      UP4L        UN7LZ
AT5M        VU2MUD      J41J        SV1PMQ      UP9L        RW6HS
B1Z         EA7FTR      J73WA       ND3R        V31GS       K9GS
BI4SSB      BA4TB       J79WTA      HB9MFM      V31MA       M0OXO
BV0WPX      BV2KI       JT5DX       JT1CO       V73NC       JA0JHQ
BV30R       BM2JCC      JY5HX       E73Y        V73NS       W3HNK
C44C        M0URX       JY5MM       IK2DUW      VB3T        VE3AT
C4A         5B4KH       KH2KY       JA1MFR      VC3J        VE3EJ
C6ADX       W8GEX       KL7RA       NI5DX       VE8RST      K7ICE
C7A         UA3DX       L77D        LU6DC       VK3HF       M0OXO
CB6F        XQ6OA       LN8W        LA9VDA      VK4KW       N3SL
CB8E        CE8EIO      LO7H        LU7HW       VP2EGO      WB2REM
CN2AA       UA2FM       LT7F        EA5KB       VP5P        W2TT
CN2PM       UA2FM       LU1DK       EC5AC       VR20/W1DQR  JJ1DQR
CN3A        IK2OHG      LU3DX       EA5FL       VY2ZM       EA7HBC
CN4P        EA5XX       LY11LY      LY2QT       XT2AW       M0OXO
CN8ZG       EA7FTR      LY28A       LY5A        XT2MAX      DK1MAX
CO8LY       EA7ADH      LZ40MS      LZ1KCP      XU7AKL      BG4HRM
CR3DX       OM2VL       LZ5R        LZ1YQ       XV9BG       RW0BG
CR6K        CT1ILT      LZ65RCP     LZ1JZ       XW1IC       E21EIC
CS5RPT      CT1BNW      MD1E        M0OXO       YP0C        YO3CZW
CT9ABO      OM3GI       MD1U        M0OXO       YP7P        YO7LFV
CX2CC       EA5KB       MJ5Z        M0CFW       YP8T        YO8KGA
CX2DK       EA5GL       NH7A        F6VHJ       YQ6A        YO6BHN
CX4ACH      IK2DUW      NL8F        N7RO        YR100R      YO3KAA
CX5A        CX2ABC      OA4SS       KB6J        YR100U      YO5KDV
DY1T        DU1IVT      OC4SP       OA4O        Z3B         Z37CEF
E2A         E21EIC      OD5/EA1CYK  EA7LS       ZA/IW2JOP   IW2HAJ
E2X         E20GMY      OD5ZZ       NI5DX       ZM4T        ZL3IO
E7DX        E77E        OE100EGN    OE5EGN      ZS6TVB      N4GNR
EA9LZ       EA5KB       OE100YEARS  OE1SSS      ZS9Z        ZS1OIN
ED5FDC      EA5HT       OE8Q        OE8SKQ      ZV1C        PU2VCP
ED8B        EA8TR       OG73X       OH8L        ZV5O        PY5QW
EE8K        EA8AV       OG7A        OH6MW       ZW8T        PS8HF
EF2A        EA2OT       OH0JV       DL7RV       ZX5J        NZ4DX
EF8I        EA8TK       OH10TA      OH1MN       ZY2A        PP2BO
EF8R        EB7DX       OH5Z        OH5LIZ      ZY2Y        W2CCW

4U1ITU   International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,
         Switzerland
7X2TT    Abdel Mesbah, 121 Hood Street, Nottingham,NG5 4AQ, United Kingdom
9M2M     Hairil Anuar Abdul Hamid, 49F Jalan 2 Hujung, Taman Sri Mawar,
         02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
BP0P     A.R.T. QSL Service, P.O.Box 73-326, Taipei, Taiwan
CB1H     Antofagasta DX Group, Los Geiser 9775, 1266765 Antofagasta, Chile
CR6P     Miguel Goncalves, Rua Dr. Joel Magalhaes 6, 4740-272 Esposende,
         Portugal
ED9E     Mario Pilar Castro, Apartado Postal 418, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
EE5T     Farfollas Contest Radio Team, Apartado Postal 290, 46960 Aldaia
         (Valencia), Spain
EH5SSC   Radio Club Carthago, Apartado Postal 176, 30200 Cartagena (Murcia),
         Spain
EI7M     John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
FR4QT    Mario Xavier Laporte, 653 Chemin des Longanis, St Gilles les Hauts,
         97435 St Paul, France
FY5KE    Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
         France
HG1S     MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27., 9027,
         Hungary
JA0JHQ   Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi,
         Kanagawa-ken, 215-0027, Japan
JU1DX    JTDXA Contest Team, C.P.O Box 2373, Ulaanbaatar-13 15160, Mongolia
KH7XS    Big Island Contest Club, 39650 US HWY 19 N Unit 243, Tarpon Springs
         FL 34689, USA
M0OXO    Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
         United Kingdom
MN0NID   Simon Barnes, 191 Marlacoo Road, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 3TD,
         United Kingdom
NP2N     George Oster, 780 Leaf Road, Boone IA 50036-7265, USA
OG7O     Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
OZ11A    Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PU2VCP   Pedro Pioli, Caixa Postal 569, Indaiatuba - SP, 13330-972, Brazil
RM0F     Yuri Burykh, P.O. Box 12, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-23, 693023, Russia
SZ1A     Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
         301 00 Agrinio, Greece
TG9ANF   Francisco Vassaux, 8602 Royster Run, Marvin NC 28173, USA
TM6M     Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent, 29830
         Ploudalmezeau, France
VD105A   North Atlantic ARC, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
         NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
YJ0CA    Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZZ2T     Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
         Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil

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                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  31/03      4B4B: Socorro Island (NA-030), Revillagigedo          1400
till  31/03      4U13FEB: special callsign (Italy)                     1395
till  31/03      9Y4/KE1B and 9Y4/W6NN: Tobago (SA-009)                1401
till  31/03      ES100A-ES100Z: special callsigns                      1396
till  31/03      LZ40MS: special callsign                              1392
till  31/03      RI50ANO:  Bellinghausen, South Shetlands (AN-010)     1387
till  31/03      VI4GAMES: special callsign                            1399
till  31/03      XW1IC: Laos                                           1403
till  01/04      VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008)                     1395
till  02/04      7Q7EI: Malawi                                         1400
till  02/04      9A8NXC: Pag Island (EU-170)                           1402
till  02/04      HS8JCV/p: Lipe Island (AS-126)                        1401
till  02/04      PJ4/DK6SP and PJ4/M0SDV: Bonaire (SA-006)             1403
till  02/04      XT2MAX: Burkina Faso                                  1402
till  04/04      FK/5B4ALX: New Caledonia (OC-032)                     1395
till  04/04      V31AX: Belize                                         1393
till  05/04      CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014)           1399
till  06/04      TO5GI: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                            1403
till  10/04      6W/IV3FSG: Senegal                                    1402
till  11/04      3B8MM: Mauritius Island (AF-049)                      1401
till  11/04      JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)                 1403
till  15/04      XT2AW: Burkina Faso                                   1401
till  19/04      Z68BG: Kosovo                                         1403
till  29/04      8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021)                              1397
till  April      VP8DPJ: Adelaide Island (AN-001), Antarctica          1331
till  10/05      HR5/F2JD: Honduras                                    1391
till  31/05      5V1JE: Togo                                           1385
till  31/05      L50A: special event station                           1398
till  01/06      JW4JSA: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard                1388
till  30/06      DM90AIW: special event station                        1391
till  30/06      HH70A: special callsign                               1391
till  30/06      VR20: special prefix (Hong Kong)                      1364
till  24/08      II6CNT: special calsign                               1373
till  01/09      RI1FJ: Franz Josef Land (EU-019)                      1404
till  20/10      IB2RT: special callsign                               1403
till  13/11      OE100: special prefix                                 1401
till  31/12      4K100W: special callsign                              1400
till  31/12      5W20SAMOA: special callsign (Samoa, OC-097)           1392
till  31/12      9A36W and 9A61AA: special callsigns                   1391
till  31/12      DA200FWR: special callsign                            1391
till  31/12      DJ70WAE: special callsign                             1391
till  31/12      DK200MARX: special callsign                           1391
till  31/12      EI100MCV: special callsign                            1391
till  31/12      II2RR: special callsign                               1398
till  31/12      IR0FOC: special callsign (Sardinia)                   1394
till  31/12      LM90C, LM90HQ, LM90NRRL: special callsigns            1393
till  31/12      SU9JT: Egypt                                          1399
till  31/12      YT100SF and YU100WWI: special callsigns               1399
till  March 2019 VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005)                      1402
March            3D2JS: Fiji (OC-016)                                  1391
March            3W9DLE: Vietnam                                       1395
March            EI50AOM: special event station                        1391
March            GB2GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
March            H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1399
March            II4CAO: special callsign                              1391
March            JW2US: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard                 1384
March            PF2018YLS: special callsign                           1387
March            RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1399
01/04-09/04      D4IA: Sal Island (AF-086), Cape Verde                 1404
01/04-15/04      9A22RBM: special callsign                             1404
01/04-15/04      R108M, R12APR, UE12APR, UE57G: special callsigns      1404
01/04-30/04      LZ362ME: special callsign                             1392
01/04-29/07      ZB2RAF: special callsign                              1404
01/04/31/03/2019 GB100RAF: special callsign                            1404
02/04-09/04      VA7XW/VE2: Havre Aubert Island (NA-038)               1396
02/04-29/04      GB106TBC: special callsign (Northern Ireland)         1404
03/04-13/04      VK4COF: Hamilton Island (OC-160)                      1404
04/04-11/04      A5A: Bhutan                                           1404
05/04-17/04      3B7A: Saint Brandon Islands (AF-015)                  1400
06/04-08/04      PR2CI: Ilha das Couves (SA-071)                       1402
08/04-15/04      T2AR: Tuvalu (OC-015)                                 1402
09/04-16/04      PJ5/AI5P: Sint Eustatius (NA-145)                     1403
10/04-17/04      VE7ACN/VE2: Harrington Island (NA-084)                1396
11/04-16/04      VK5MAV/9: Cato Reef (OC-265)                          1401
14/04-20/04      TM3Y: Yeu Island (EU-064)                             1402
14/04-22/04      TM93WARD: special callsign (France)                   1403
14/04-22/04      Z66D: Kosovo                                          1401
15/04-18/04      DU1WQY/1: Palawan Island (OC-128), Philippines        1403
17/04-29/04      YJ0AG: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu                        1399
19/04-27/04      FJ/N0KV and FJ/AI5P: St. Barthelemy Island (NA-146)   1403
22/04-25/04      H44R: Mbanika Island (OC-168)                         1400
26/04-27/04      H44R/p: Florida Islands (OC-158)                      1400
28/04-05/05      PJ6/AI5P: Saba (NA-145)                               1403
29/04-03/05      C96RRC: Mozambique Island (AF-088)                    1392
29/04-03/05      H40D: Duff Islands (OC-179)                           1398
April            3W9DLE: Vietnam                                       1395
April            GB2FWW: special callsign (England)                    1389
April            H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1399
April            II4MAR: special callsign                              1391
April            JW2US: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard                 1384
April            KH9/N7NVK: Wake Island (OC-053)                       1403
April            PF2018SLO: special callsign                           1387
April            VD1BOOM: Bell Island (NA-198)                         1403
April            ZM50GW: special callsign                              1404
01/05-23/05      OZ18ICE and 5P8ICE: special event stations            1395
01/05-31/05      LZ110SAE: special callsign                            1392
02/05-04/05      JD1BLY: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara                1403
02/05-15/05      C8T: Mozambique                                       1403
05/05-09/05      C98RRC: Inhaca Island (AF-066)                        1392
08/05-13/05      GB9OSA: Isle of Wight (EU-120)                        1399
11/05-18/05      VK9LI: Lord Howe Island (OC-004)                      1401
15/05-15/08      JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)                 1403
25/05-25/06      II1ITR: special callsign                              1397
May              GB4GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
May              H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1381
May              II4TES: special callsign                              1391
May              JW2US: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard                 1384
May              PF2018BOL: special callsign                           1387
May              T31T: Central Kiribati (OC-043)                       1403
01/06-30/06      LZ430PPW: special callsign                            1392
05/06-07/06      VK5CE/6: East Lewis Island (OC-199)                   1400
08/06-12/06      VK5CE/6: Direction Island (OC-140)                    1400
16/06-19/06      VK5CE/6: Cheyne Island (OC-193)                       1400
20/06-22/06      VK5CE/6: Woody Island (OC-170)                        1400
24/06-30/06      BW/DF8DX: Taiwan (AS-020)                             1403
26/06-07/07      KH1/KH7Z: Baker Island (OC-089)                       1400
June             GB4FWW: special callsign (England)                    1389
June             II4AMP: special callsign                              1391
June             PF2018HIN: special callsign                           1387
June             ZM50LA: special callsign                              1404
01/07-31/07      LZ380PM: special callsign                             1392
27/07-30/07      F4GYM/p and F4GTB/p: Noirmoutier Island (EU-064)      1399
28/07-29/07      TM6N: Noiremoutier Island (EU-064)                    1399
July             GB5GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
July             II4COU: special callsign                              1391
July             PF2018FRA: special callsign                           1387
01/08-09/08      CY9C: St. Paul Island (NA-094)                        1377
01/08-31/08      LZ1146SPS: special callsign                           1392
August           GB5FWW: special callsign (England)                    1389
August           II4VOL: special callsign                              1391
August           PF2018HAR: special callsign                           1387
August           ZM50MAUQ: special callsign                            1404
01/09-30/09      LZ920MLC: special callsign                            1392
12/09-01/10      T32AH: Christmas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati       1399
September        GB6GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
September        II4LNZ: special callsign                              1391
September        PF2018DOK: special callsign                           1387
01/10-31/10      LZ1545POA: special callsign                           1392
02/10-29/10      WH8/DL2AH: Ofu Island (OC-077), American Samoa        1399
20/10-03/11      VP6D: Ducie Island (OC-182)                           1404
October          GB6FWW: special callsign (England)                    1389
October          II4OER: special callsign                              1391
October          PF2018WOR: special callsign                           1387
01/11-30/11      LZ33MM: special callsign                              1392
10/11-11/11      GB0AD: special callsign (England)                     1389
November         GB8GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
November         II4HNR: special callsign                              1391
November         PF2018STA: special callsign                           1387
01/12-31/12      LZ532PSO: special callsign                            1392
December         II4FRD: special callsign                              1391
December         PF2018xxx: special callsigns                          1387
TBA              DX8MAP: Mapun Island (OC-105)                         1396
TBA              DX8TT: Tawi Tawi (OC-174)                             1396

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Additional KPH Frequencies

As a follow up to Doc's kind post, here are some details about KPH. KFS and

K6KPH operations on 3/31 and following Saturdays:

KPH:

426

500

4247.0

6477.5 (1950s vintage RCA "K" set transmitter)

8642.0

12808.5

17016.8

22447.5 (1950s vintage RCA T3 "H" set transmitter)

KFS:

12695.5 (1942 Press Wireless PW 15 transmitter)

K6KPH:

3550.0

7050.0

14050.0

18097.5

21050.0

Morse press will begin at 1000pdt (1700z) on KPH and KFS.  KPH and KFS will

stand by for calls from ships beginning at 1200pdt (1900z).  K6KPH will be

available for calls beginning at 1200pdt (1900z).

There will be no RTTY transmissions this weekend but we plan to restore

those frequencies to operation too as soon as we can.

===============

Richard Dillman

Maritime Radio Historical Society

===============

KPH Returns to The Air!

Here is the latest from the Marine Radio Historical Society:

MARITIME RADIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
29 March 2018

BULLETIN

Additional KPH and K6KPH Frequencies Return to the Air

After three days of intensive repair and restoration work in the antenna field at the Bolinas transmit site we are happy to report that all KPH, KFS and K6KPH Morse frequencies will return to the air on Saturday 31 March.

Note: The Marconi T antenna has been repaired allowing KPH to return to MF.

As many readers know, we had a large program of antenna repair scheduled for 2018.  But years of deferred maintenance caught up with us before we could begin and we had to cease operations until vital repairs were made.  This work included not only the antennas and feed lines but support structures as well. 

Repairs required two bucket trucks and a crew for the Pacific Slope Tree Cooperative.  These guys are outstanding and were immediately able to adapt to antenna work from their usual tree work.


Pacific Slope workers repair horizontal member of north H frame

We will provide full derails and photos in the next issue of the MRHS Newsletter (subscribe HERE if you are not already receiving the Newsletter) but we wanted to let you know that all KPH and K6KPH Morse frequencies will be active starting Saturday 31 March.  We look forward to your reports and to your contacts with K6KPH.

Clearly none of this could have happened without the financial support of True Believers around the world.  It's truly a case of your donation dollars at work!  But we have much more to do at both the receive and transmit sites to assure that our operations can continue into the future.  Any help you provide toward that end will be deeply appreciated.  Just click on the button below!

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Here's a list of the KPH, KFS and K6KPH Morse frequencies that will be active.  Note that classic Heavy Iron transmitters will be used on selected frequencies:

KPH:

426
500
4247.0
6477.5 (1950s vintage RCA "K" set transmitter)
8642.0
12808.5
17016.8
22447.5 (1950s vintage RCA T3 "H" set transmitter)

KFS:

12695.5 (1942 Press Wireless PW 15 transmitter)

K6KPH:

3550.0
7050.0
14050.0
18097.5
21050.0

Morse press will begin at 1000pdt (1700z) on KPH and KFS.  KPH and KFS will stand by for calls from ships beginning at 1200pdt (1900z).  K6KPH will be available for calls beginning at 1200pdt (1900z).

There will be no RTTY transmissions this weekend but we plan to restore those frequencies to operation too as soon as we can.

The station may be reached by phone on +1 415-669-9646 after 1200pdt (1900z).

Join us!  The receive site is open for visitors between 1200pdt and 1600pdt.  We're located in the Point Reyes National Seashore at 17400 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.  If navigating by GPS use Inverness as the closest town.

VY 73,
MRHS

This Week's Contests by WA7BNM

THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
                        Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM

                           March 26 - April 2, 2018 Edition

NOTICE: The WA7BNM Contest Calendar has permanently moved to: http://www.contestcalendar.com/ Please update any links to the calendar.

The web versions of this contest calendar can be found at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/  You can also access a text version of the weekly calendar at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycal.txt

Please send corrections and additions directly to me. The web calendars are 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

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THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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SKCC Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 28
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./power)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: (see rules)
 Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once
 Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points
 Submit logs by: 2359Z March 30, 2018
 E-mail log summary to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/submit-display.php
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/

QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 28
 Geographic Focus: United States
 Participation: Worldwide
 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 March 29, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (see rules)
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm

Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 28
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m
 Classes: Single Op
 Max power: 100 watts
 Exchange: NA: Name + (state/province/country)
           non-NA: Name
 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 KH6/KL7) once per band
              Each VE province/territory 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: 0300Z March 30, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf

CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 28 and 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 28 and 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 29
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 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 March 31, 2018
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html

UKEICC 80m Contest: 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 28
 Geographic Focus: Europe
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: Single Op Connected (High/Low/QRP)
          Single Op Unconnected (High/Low/QRP)
 Max power: HP: 1500 watts
            LP: 100 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: 4-Character grid square
 QSO Points: 1 point per 500 km
             multiply QSO points by 2 if low power station
             multiply QSO points by 4 if QRP station
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: 2100Z March 28, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Upload log at: http://logs.ukeicc.com/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/which-contest-ukeicc-80m-contests-rules

QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 30
 Geographic Focus: United States
 Participation: Worldwide
 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 March 31, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (see rules)
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm

NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 30
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: RTTY
 Bands: (see rules)
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: April 1, 2018
 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

NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 30
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: (see rules)
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: April 1, 2018
 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

Feld Hell Sprint: 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 31
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: Feld Hell
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m
 Classes: (none)
 Max power: Standard: 100 watts
            QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: (see rules)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: (see rules)
             Bonus Points: (see rules)
 Multipliers: (see rules)
 Score Calculation: (see rules)
 Submit logs by: April 4, 2018
 Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/waaaeo-sprint

Russian WW MultiMode Contest: 1200Z, Mar 31 to 1159Z, Apr 1
 Mode: CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK63
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op All Band Single Mode (CW/SSB/RTTY/BPSK63)
          Single Op All Band Mixed
          Single Op High Bands Mixed
          Single Op Low Bands Mixed
          Multi-Single Mixed
          SWL
 Exchange: UA: RST(Q) + 2-character oblast
           non-UA: RST(Q) + QSO No.
 Work stations: Once per band per mode
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with same country on 20/15/10m
             3 points per QSO with different country same continent on 20/15/10m
             5 points per QSO with different continue on 20/15/10m
             2 points per QSO with same country on 160/80/40m
             6 points per QSO with different country same continent on 160/80/40m
             10 points per QSO with different continue on 160/80/40m
 Multipliers: Each DXCC country once per mode per band
              Each oblast once per mode per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: April 6, 2018
 E-mail logs to: rusww[at]rdrclub[dot]ru
 Upload log at: http://ua9qcq.com/en/submit_log.php?lang=en
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.rdrclub.ru/news-radio/russian-ww-mm-contest/159-rus-ww-multimode-contest

UK/EI DX Contest, CW: 1200Z, Mar 31 to 1200Z, Apr 1
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op Unconnected (24/12)(QRP/Low/High)
          Single Op Connected (24/12)(QRP/Low/High)
          Multi-Single (QRP/Low/High)
 Max power: HP: >100W
            LP: 100W
            QRP: 5W
 Exchange: UK/EI: RST + Serial No. + District Code
           DX: RST + Serial No.
 QSO Points: (see rules)
 Multipliers: Each DXCC country once per band
              Each UK/EI district once per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 1200Z April 2, 2018
 Upload log at: http://logs.ukeicc.com/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl?Contest=DX%20CW%20Contest
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/uk-ei-dx-contest-rules

RSGB RoLo SSB: 1900Z-2030Z, Apr 1
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: (none)
 Max power: 100 watts
 Exchange: RS + previous 6-character grid square received
 QSO Points: 10 points per QSO with UK station
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: 2359Z April 2, 2018
 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/rolo.shtml

IQRP Quarterly Marathon: 0800Z, Apr 2 to 2000Z, Apr 8
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW, SSB, Digital
 Bands: All
 Classes: Single Op
 Max power: 5W
 Exchange: RS(T)
 Work stations: Once per mode
 QSO Points: 3 points per CW QSO
             2 points per SSB QSO
             1 point per digital QSO
 Multipliers: km/100 of QSO with maximum distance
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x distance mult
 Submit logs by: April 22, 2018
 E-mail logs to: iqrpclub[at]arimontebelluna[dot]it
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.arimontebelluna.it/news/news_maratona_uk.htm

RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW: 1900Z-2030Z, Apr 2
 Geographic Focus: United Kingdom
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: United Kingdom
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: RST + Serial No.
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: (see rules)
 Submit logs by: 2359Z April 3, 2018
 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/r80mcc.shtml


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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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IQRP Quarterly Marathon                              0800Z, Apr 2 to 2000Z, Apr 8
ARS Spartan Sprint                                   0200Z-0400Z, Apr 3
Phone Fray                                           0230Z-0300Z, Apr 4
CWops Mini-CWT Test                                  1300Z-1400Z, Apr 4
                                                      1900Z-2000Z, Apr 4
                                                      0300Z-0400Z, Apr 4
UKEICC 80m Contest                                   1900Z-2000Z, Apr 4
SARL 80m QSO Party                                   1700Z-2000Z, Apr 5
NRAU 10m Activity Contest                            1700Z-1800Z, Apr 5 (CW)
                                                      1800Z-1900Z, Apr 5 (SSB)
                                                      1900Z-2000Z, Apr 5 (FM)
                                                      2000Z-2100Z, Apr 5 (Dig)
NCCC RTTY Sprint                                     0145Z-0215Z, Apr 6
NCCC Sprint                                          0230Z-0300Z, Apr 6
LZ Open 40m Sprint Contest                           0400Z-0800Z, Apr 7
PODXS 070 Club PSK 31 Flavors Contest                1000Z, Apr 7 to 0400Z, Apr 8
SARL VHF/UHF Digital Contest                         1000Z, Apr 7 to 1000Z, Apr 8
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon                             1200Z, Apr 7 to 2400Z, Apr 8
Mississippi QSO Party                                1400Z, Apr 7 to 0200Z, Apr 8
Missouri QSO Party                                   1400Z, Apr 7 to 0400Z, Apr 8
                                                      1400Z-2000Z, Apr 8
Texas State Parks on the Air                         1400Z, Apr 7 to 0200Z, Apr 8
                                                      1400Z-2000Z, Apr 8
Florida State Parks on the Air                       1400Z-2200Z, Apr 7
                                                      1400Z-2200Z, Apr 8
SP DX Contest                                        1500Z, Apr 7 to 1500Z, Apr 8
EA RTTY Contest                                      1600Z, Apr 7 to 1600Z, Apr 8
North American SSB Sprint Contest                    0000Z-0400Z, Apr 8
4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint              0000Z-0200Z, Apr 9
144 MHz Spring Sprint                                1900 local - 2300 local, Apr 9


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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
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QRP ARCI Spring Thaw SSB Shootout:   March 24, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://www.qrpcontest.com
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrparci.org/contests/

QRP Fox Hunt:   March 24, 2018
 E-mail:  (see rules)
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm

CWops Mini-CWT Test:   March 24, 2018
 Post web summary:  http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html

NCCC Sprint:   March 25, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Post web summary:  http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html

UBA Spring Contest, 2m:   March 25, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest

NCCC RTTY Sprint:   March 25, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Post web summary:  http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html

Wisconsin QSO Party:   March 25, 2018
 E-mail:  wiqp-logs[at]warac[dot]org
 Mail:  Wisconsin QSO Party
        West Allis Radio Amateur Club
        P. O. Box 1072
        Milwaukee, WI 53201
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm

Run for the Bacon QRP Contest:   March 25, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/autolog.php
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/

NAQCC CW Sprint:   March 25, 2018
 E-mail:  naqcc33[at]windstream[dot]net
          jcoreyc[at]gmail[dot]com
 Upload log at:  http://naqcc.info/sprint_submit_log.html
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://naqcc.info/sprint/sprint201803.html

South Carolina QSO Party:   March 26, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://scqso.com/log-submission/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://scqso.com/rules/

Stew Perry Topband Challenge:   March 26, 2018
 E-mail:  tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net
 Mail:  BARC
        15125 SE Bartell Rd
        Boring, OR  97009
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/

EA PSK63 Contest:   March 26, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://concursos.ure.es/en/logs/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://concursos.ure.es/en/eapsk63/bases/

South America 10 Meter Contest:   March 26, 2018
 E-mail:  logs[at]sa10m[dot]com[dot]ar
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://sa10m.com.ar/cqsa10m_rules.html

BARTG HF RTTY Contest:   March 26, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/

AWA Amplitude Modulation QSO Party:   March 30, 2018
 E-mail:  w1gig[at]arrl[dot]net
 Mail:  AB2RA Janis Carson
        61 Rothermich Rd.
        Ithaca, NY 14850-9323
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-amplitude-modulation-qso-party.html

Bucharest Contest:   March 30, 2018
 E-mail:  fenyo3jw[at]yahoo[dot]com
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://yo3test201x.blogspot.ro/p/blog-page.html

AGCW YL-CW Party:   March 31, 2018
 E-mail:  dl6kcr[at]web[dot]de
 Mail:  Dr. Roswitha Otto, DL6KCR
        St. Nikolaus Str. 26
        D-52396 Heimbach
        Germany
 Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/yl-cw-party

AGCW QRP Contest:   March 31, 2018
 E-mail:  qrptest[at]agcw[dot]de
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/qrp-contest

AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Contest:   April 1, 2018
 E-mail:  w1zb[at]arrl[dot]net
 Mail:  Jerry Reine, W1ZB
        5 Tobey Lane
        Andover, MA 01810
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-john-rollins-memorial-dx-contest.html

UBA Spring Contest, SSB:   April 1, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest

WAB 3.5 MHz Phone:   April 1, 2018
 E-mail:  g3xkt[at]worked-all-britain[dot]org[dot]uk
 Mail:  Tony Beardsley, G3XKT
        14 York Avenue
        Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB
        United Kingdom
 Find rules at: http://wab.intermip.net/Contests.php

Russian DX Contest:   April 1, 2018
 E-mail:  logs[at]rdxc[dot]org
 Upload log at:  http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/wwwlog.asp
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp

SARL VHF/UHF Analogue Contest:   April 2, 2018
 E-mail:  contest[at]sarl[dot]org[dot]za
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Web3/Members/DoDocDownload.aspx?X=201712180812348XdiUz5yFy.PDF

AGCW VHF/UHF Contest:   April 2, 2018
 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

NSARA Contest:   April 3, 2018
 E-mail:  ve1pjs[at]rac[dot]ca
 Mail:  Peter J. Surette, VE1PJS
        48 Birch St.
        Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 4X2
        Canada
 Find rules at: http://nsara.ve1cfy.net/?page_id=82

FOC QSO Party:   April 7, 2018
 E-mail summary:  kz5d[at]aol[dot]com
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://g4foc.org/qsoparty/

UBA Spring Contest, 6m:   April 8, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest

Novice Rig Roundup:   April 9, 2018
 E-mail:  (none)
 Upload log at:  http://novicerigroundup.com/nrrLog2018/login1.php
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://novicerigroundup.com/

Idaho QSO Party:   April 10, 2018
 E-mail:  idqplogs[at]msn[dot]com
 Mail:  KARS - IDQP Logs
        PO Box 1765
        Hayden, ID 83835-1765
        USA
 Find rules at: http://idahoarrl.info/qsoparty/rules.htm

F9AA Cup, SSB:   April 10, 2018
 E-mail:  concoursf9aa[at]urc[dot]asso[dot]fr
 Mail:  (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.site.urc.asso.fr/index.php/urchaut-6/om-6/131-trophee-f9aa

QCWA QSO Party:   April 10, 2018
 E-mail:  w2od[at]aol[dot]com
 Mail:  W2OD, Robert Buus
        8 Donner Street
        HOLMDEL N.J. 07733-2004
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.qcwa.org/2018-qso-party-rules.pdf

Oklahoma QSO Party:   April 13, 2018
 E-mail:  okqplogs[at]suddenlink[dot]net
 Mail:  Oklahoma QSO Party
        Connie Marshall, K5CM
        2991 S. Woodland Rd.
        Muskogee, OK 74403
        USA
 Find rules at: http://k5cm.com/okqp2018rules.pdf

CLARA Chatter Party:   April 14, 2018
 E-mail:  ve5aq[at]sasktel[dot]net
 Mail:  Val Lemko, VE5ACJ
        1125 Iroquois St. W.
        Moose Jaw
        Sask. S6H 5C1
        Canada
 Find rules at: http://www.clarayl.ca/index.php/awards-certificates-to-work-for/clara-chatter-party-rules

Virginia QSO Party:   April 15, 2018
 E-mail:  vqp[at]verizon[dot]net
 Mail:  VA QSO Party
        Call Box 599
        Sterling, VA 20167
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2018_VQP/2018_VQP_Main.html

Louisiana QSO Party:   April 17, 2018
 E-mail:  logs[at]laqp[dot]org
 Mail:  LAQP
        Robert Baker
        136 Northwood Drive
        West Monroe, LA 71291
        USA
 Find rules at: http://laqp.louisianacontestclub.org/laqso_rules.htm

Classic Exchange, CW:   April 30, 2018
 E-mail:  k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
 Mail:  K2RP
        659 Shanas Lane
        Encinitas, CA 92024
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan18/jan18ann.html

Classic Exchange, Phone:   April 30, 2018
 E-mail:  k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
 Mail:  K2RP
        659 Shanas Lane
        Encinitas, CA 92024
        USA
 Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan18/jan18ann.html
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