THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
October 22 - 29, 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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Illinois QSO Party: 1700Z, Oct 21 to 0100Z, Oct 22
Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW/digital, Phone
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m
Classes: Fixed (High/Low)
Mobile
Portable
Rover
Non-IL (High/Low)
Max power: HP: >200 watts
LP: 200 watts
Exchange: IL: RS(T) + County
non-IL: RS(T) + (state/province/country)
Work stations: Once per band per mode per county
QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO
2 points per CW/digital QSO
Multipliers: IL Stations: Each IL county, state, VE province once
IL Stations: Each DXCC country (max of 5) once
non-IL Stations: Each IL county once
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: November 22, 2018
E-mail logs to: n9jf[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail logs to: WIARC
P.O. Box 3132
Quincy IL 62305-3132
USA
Find rules at: http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP%202018%20Rules.pdf
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0100Z-0300Z, Oct 22
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Band
All Band
Max power: 5 watts
Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + (Member No./power)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member
3 points per QSO with member on same continent
5 points per QSO with member on different continent
Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once
Multiply mults by 2 if >50 members worked
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: October 28, 2018
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/autolog.php
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/
SKCC Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 24
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 October 28, 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/
Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 24
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 October 26, 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, Oct 24 and 1900Z-2000Z, Oct 24 and 0300Z-0400Z, Oct 25
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 October 27, 2018
Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/
RSGB 80m Autumn Series, SSB: 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 25
Geographic Focus: United Kingdom
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: SSB
Bands: 80m Only
Classes: 100W
10W
Exchange: [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name]
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: 2359Z October 28, 2018
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/rautumn.shtml
NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Oct 26
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: October 28, 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, Oct 26
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: October 28, 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
ARRL EME Contest: 0000Z, Oct 27 to 2359Z, Oct 28
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW, Phone, Digital
Bands: 50-1296 MHz
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 December 25, 2018
E-mail logs to: (upload preferred)
Upload log at: http://contests.arrl.org/arrlemescoresubmission.php
Mail logs to: EME Contest
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB: 0000Z, Oct 27 to 2400Z, Oct 28
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Awards: Worldwide
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Single Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Assisted All Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Assisted Single Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Overlays: (Classic/Rookie)
Multi-Single (Low/High)
Multi-Two
Multi-Multi
Max power: HP: 1500 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: RS + CQ Zone No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 0 points per QSO with same country (counts as mult)
1 point per QSO with different country same continent
2 points per QSO with different country same continent (NA)
3 points per QSO with different continent
Multipliers: Each CQ zone once per band
Each country once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 2359Z November 2, 2018
E-mail logs to: (web upload preferred)
Upload log at: http://www.cqww.com/logcheck/
Web-to-Cabrillo form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/cqwwssb_cab.php
Mail logs to: CQ WW DX Contest
Box 481
New Carlisle, OH 45344
USA
Find rules at: http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm
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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 31
CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Oct 31
1900Z-2000Z, Oct 31
0300Z-0400Z, Nov 1
UKEICC 80m Contest 2000Z-2100Z, Oct 31
NRAU 10m Activity Contest 1800Z-1900Z, Nov 1 (CW)
1900Z-2000Z, Nov 1 (SSB)
2000Z-2100Z, Nov 1 (FM)
2100Z-2200Z, Nov 1 (Dig)
SKCC Sprint Europe 2000Z-2200Z, Nov 1
NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Nov 2
NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Nov 2
Jakarta RTTY Contest 0000Z-2359Z, Nov 3
IPARC Contest, CW 0600Z-1000Z, Nov 3
1400Z-1800Z, Nov 3
Ukrainian DX Contest 1200Z, Nov 3 to 1200Z, Nov 4
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW 2100Z, Nov 3 to 0300Z, Nov 5
IPARC Contest, SSB 0600Z-1000Z, Nov 4
1400Z-1800Z, Nov 4
EANET Sprint 0800Z-1200Z, Nov 4
High Speed Club CW Contest 0900Z-1100Z, Nov 4
1500Z-1700Z, Nov 4
ARS Spartan Sprint 0200Z-0400Z, Nov 6
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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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PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint: October 21, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://hamclubs.info/scorer/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.podxs070.com/o7o-club-sponsored-contests/160m-great-pumpkin-sprint
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: October 21, 2018
Post web summary: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/submit-display.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/
NCCC Sprint: October 21, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
International HELL-Contest: October 21, 2018
E-mail: DARC-Hell-Contest[at]mail[dot]de
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/
Makrothen RTTY Contest: October 21, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: https://www.pl259.org/makrothen/log-submission/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.pl259.org/makrothen/makrothen-rules/
NCCC RTTY Sprint: October 21, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html
IQRP Quarterly Marathon: October 21, 2018
E-mail: iqrpclub[at]arimontebelluna[dot]it
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.arimontebelluna.it/news/news_maratona_uk.htm
Peanut Power QRP Sprint: October 21, 2018
E-mail: pete[at]nogaqrp[dot]org
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.nogaqrp.org/PeanutPower/rules.pdf
AGB NEMIGA Contest: October 21, 2018
E-mail: eu1eu[at]mail[dot]ru
Mail: Igor "Harry" Getmann, EU1EU
P.O.Box 143
Minsk 220005
BELARUS
Find rules at: http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/agb_nemiga.htm
California QSO Party: October 22, 2018
E-mail: (see rules, web upload preferred)
Upload log at: http://robot.cqp.org/cqp/logsubmit-form.html
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.cqp.org/Rules.html
RSGB RoLo CW: October 22, 2018
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/rolo.shtml
Feld Hell Sprint: October 24, 2018
Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/spooky-sprint
Arizona QSO Party: October 24, 2018
E-mail: logs[at]azqsoparty[dot]org
Mail: Radio Society of Tucson
PO Box 57315
Tucson, AZ 85732-7315
USA
Find rules at: http://www.azqsoparty.org/
Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest: October 26, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: https://www.avhfc.com/sendlog
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.avhfc.com/rules/en.pdf
QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party: October 27, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.qrpcontest.com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.qrparci.org/
UBA ON Contest, SSB: October 28, 2018
E-mail: ubaon[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: Welters Leon, ON5WL
Borgstraat 80
B-2580 Beerzel
Belgium
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest
Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW: October 28, 2018
E-mail: apsprint[at]jsfc[dot]org
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt
10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW: October 29, 2018
E-mail: tentencontest[at]ten-ten[dot]org
Upload log at: http://hamclubs.info/scorer/
Mail: Dan Morris, KZ3T
3162 Covington Way
Lenoir, NC 28645
USA
Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules
New Hampshire QSO Party: October 31, 2018
E-mail: NHQP[at]w1wqm[dot]org
Mail: Port City Amateur Radio Club
PO Box 2060
Seabrook, NH 03874-2060
USA
Find rules at: http://www.w1wqm.org/nhqso/NEW_HAMPSHIRE_QSO_PARTY_RULES.pdf
Texas QSO Party: October 31, 2018
E-mail: logs[at]txqp[dot]net
Mail: TQP Committee
24415 Deep Meadow Dr
Tomball, TX 77375
USA
Find rules at: http://www.txqp.net/
Oceania DX Contest, Phone: October 31, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.b4h.net/ocdx/
Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/oceaniadxssb_cab.php
Mail: Oceania DX Contest
PO Box 21088
Little Lonsdale Street
Victoria 8011
Australia
Find rules at: http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Rules/rules.html
JARTS WW RTTY Contest: October 31, 2018
E-mail: log[at]jarts[dot]jp
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://jarts.jp/rules2018.html
Oceania DX Contest, CW: October 31, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.b4h.net/ocdx/
Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/oceaniadxcw_cab.php
Mail: Oceania DX Contest
PO Box 21088
Little Lonsdale Street
Victoria 8011
Australia
Find rules at: http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Rules/rules.html
Nevada QSO Party: November 1, 2018
E-mail: logs[at]nvqso[dot]com
Mail: Nevada QSO Party
Sierra Nevada Radio Society
PO Box 7727
Reno, Nevada 89510-7727
USA
Find rules at: http://nvqso.com/contest-rules/
Classic Exchange, CW: November 1, 2018
E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: K2RP
659 Shanas Lane
Encinitas, CA 92024
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/sep18/Fall_2018_CX_Rules.pdf
Classic Exchange, Phone: November 1, 2018
E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: K2RP
659 Shanas Lane
Encinitas, CA 92024
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/sep18/Fall_2018_CX_Rules.pdf
ARRL School Club Roundup: November 3, 2018
Post web summary: http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/
Mail: School Club Roundup
c/o LIMARC
PO Box 392
Levittown, NY 11756
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup
New York QSO Party: November 3, 2018
E-mail: logs[at]nyqp[dot]org
Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/nyqp_cab.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.nyqp.org/
South Dakota QSO Party: November 3, 2018
E-mail: ae0xi69[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail: Terry Angel
42578 311 St.
Tabor, SD 57063
USA
Find rules at: http://www.sdqsoparty.com
UBA ON Contest, 6m: November 4, 2018
E-mail: ubaon[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: Leon Welters, ON5WL
Borgstraat 80
B-2580 Beerzel
Belgium
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest
UBA ON Contest, CW: November 4, 2018
E-mail: ubaon[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: Leon Welters, ON5WL
Borgstraat 80
B-2580 Beerzel
Belgium
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest
Stew Perry Topband Challenge: November 5, 2018
E-mail: tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net
Mail: BARC
50335 NW Hayward Rd
Manning, OR 97125
USA
Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/
Worked All Germany Contest: November 5, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: https://www.dxhf.darc.de/~waglog/upload.cgi?form=referat&lang=en
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/worked-all-germany-contest/en/rules/
FISTS Fall Slow Speed Sprint: November 5, 2018
E-mail: n2ed[at]fistsna[dot]org
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints
YLRL DX/NA YL Anniversary Contest: November 6, 2018
E-mail: ac7uh[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: Barbara Yasson, AC7UH
13205 NE 5th Ave.
Vancouver, WA 98685
USA
Find rules at: http://ylrl.org/index.php/contests-and-dx-awards
UBA ON Contest, 2m: November 11, 2018
E-mail: ubaon[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: Leon Welters, ON5WL
Borgstraat 80
B-2580 Beerzel
Belgium
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest
FISTS Fall Unlimited Sprint: November 12, 2018
E-mail: n2ed[at]fistsna[dot]org
Mail: FISTS Sprint Log
c/o Ed Wlodarski N2ED
3 Shore Rd.
Andover, NJ 07821-2240
USA
Find rules at: http://www.fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints
Pennsylvania QSO Party: November 14, 2018
E-mail: logs[at]paqso[dot]org
Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/paqp_cab3.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://paqso.org/pa-qso-party-rules.html
Argentina National 7 MHz Contest: November 20, 2018
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at:
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.lu4aa.org/wp/concursos-nacional-40m/
Telephone Pioneers QSO Party: December 10, 2018
E-mail: n6tpjim[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail: Jim Muiter
4233 Wooster Ave.
San Mateo, CA, 94403
USA
Find rules at: http://www.tpqso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TPQSO-2018-Announcement-1.5.pdf
Zombie Shuffle: December 15, 2018
E-mail: na5n[at]zianet[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/2018/pg.htm
ARRL EME Contest: December 25, 2018
E-mail: (upload preferred)
Upload log at: http://contests.arrl.org/arrlemescoresubmission.php
Mail: EME Contest
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest
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