THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
March 26 - April 2, 2018 Edition
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This e-mail is divided into three sections:
- Details of this week's contests
- List of following week's contests
- Contest log submittal addresses and deadlines for recent contests
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THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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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
documentation must be submitted (i.e. summary sheet, dupe sheets, etc.).
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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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