16 March 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1454
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
6W - Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as 6W/IV3FSG from Thies, Senegal from
17 March to 14 April. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via IK3GES.
[TNX IK3GES]
E6 - Janusz, SP9FIH will be active as E6AF from Niue (OC-040) [425DXN
1453] from 16 March to 25 April. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via
SP9FIH. See http://www.e6.dxpeditions.org/ for other information.
[TNX NG3K]
KH8 - Joe, OZ0J and Palle, OZ1RH will be active as KH8/OZ0J and KH8/OZ1RH
from Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa between 16 and 22 April. They
will operate CW, SSB, FT8 and maybe RTTY on 80-12 metres with two
stations. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. See http://kh8.oz0j.dk/
for more information.
PA - Marcel, PD5MVH will be active as PD5MVH/p from Ameland Island
(EU-038) on 16-30 March. During the UK/EI DX CW Contest (23-24
March, https://www.ukeicc.com/) he will be signing PD38EU. QSLs via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
UA9 - Special callsigns R100WA, R100WB, R100WD, R100WE, R100WEI, R100WG,
R100WGK, R100WJV, R100WK, R100WMG, R100WN, R100WO, R100WT, R100WU,
R100WW, R100WXK and R100WYY are active on 10-23 March to
commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Bashkortostan
(Bashkiria). A number of certificates are available for download at
https://r9w.hamlog.ru/diploms/b100/. [TNX qrz.ru]
VP6 - VP6R is the callsign for the DXpedition to Pitcairn Island (OC-044)
[425DXN 1445]. The anticipated dates of operation are from 18
October to 1 November. The team (EY8MM, JR4OZR, K0IR, K0PC, K9CT,
K9NW, N4GRN, N6HC, N9TK, W0GJ, W0VTT, W6IZT, W8HC and WB9Z) plans
"for 8 stations, each capable of maximum legal power, with monoband
Yagis for the high bands and verticals with good radial systems and
directional receive antennas for the low bands". More information
and updates on https://pitcairndx.com.
VU - AU60BARC is the special callsign for the Bangalore Amateur Radio
Club (VU2ARC) to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee. It is being used by
several BARC members until 13 May. The logs will be uploaded to
https://hamlogs.net/ and Club Log.
XE - Celebrating the spring equinox, which was important in Mayan
culture, special event stations 4A3MAYA, 4B3MAYA, 4C3MAYA, 6E3MAYA
and 6F3MAYA will be QRV on 21-24 March from various archaeological
sites in the Mexican states of Tabasco, Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana
Roo and Chiapas. QSLs via the bureau.
YB - YB9ZGD, the ORARI Lokal Lombok Timur club station, will participate
in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as a Multi-Single entry from Lombok
Island (OC-150). QSL direct to YB9ZGD or eQSL, logsearch on Club
Log. [TNX NG3K]
YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035),
Vanuatu from 26 March to 2 April, CQ WW WPX SSB included. He will
be mostly on 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL direct to VK2YUS. [TNX The
Daily DX]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Stan, LZ1GC and Mitko, LZ3NY will be active as E51GC from
Manihiki (OC-014), North Cook Islands on 10-28 October, and as T30GC from
Tarawa, Western Kiribati (OC-017) from 30 October to 15 November. They will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10m. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred),
LoTW or via LZ1GC (direct or bureau).
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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!
3Y0I ---> "An important decision to our DXpedition plans has been taken
today, which will reflect in extending the initial 3Y0I plans", the team
announced on 14 March. "We decided to take more provisions than initially
planned. So did we regarding the fuel", because "if weather permits, we plan
to stay up to 3-4 weeks at the island itself (excluding sailing and landing
time), giving much more chances for ATNOs all over the world". See
https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-initial-plans-extended/.
CANADA INCOMING QSL BUREAU ---> Effective 1 May, the new address for the
National Incoming QSL Bureau for Canada will be as follows:
RAC NATIONAL INCOMING QSL BUREAU MANAGER
ED SPINGOLA VA3TPV
PO BOX 83
STREETSVILLE ON L5M 1L5
CANADA
Cards received at the PO Box 51 in Saint John, NB will be forwarded for a
few months to allow the change notifications to be received by other bureaux
worldwide. After that, mail will be returned as undeliverable.
PROPORTION OF MODES USED ON THE AIR ---> "I've been running some reports on
activity uploaded in logs up to the end of December last year", Club Log's
Michael Wells (G7VJR) posted to his blog on 10 March. "The total number of
QSOs uploaded was quite high - more than any previous year - at 41.3 million
QSOs. That's 12% higher than 2017 or 2016 (which were nearly identical at
36.8 million QSO each - and 2015 was 39.8 million). I think that fact is
more significant given the ongoing decline of this particular solar cycle,
and it's possible evidence of extra activity from FT8 and newly-active
amateurs who'd run out of steam on CW and SSB, but are back to try digital
modes". As for the operating habits, "in 2017, 8,000 Club Log users had
uploaded at least one QSO with FT8. However, in 2018, that number has risen
to 14,200. For comparison, 13,900 users uploaded at least one CW contact,
and 18,000 at least one phone (mainly SSB) contact. The total number of
active users was just under 22,000 across all modes in 2018". Read the full
report (quite interesting) on https://g7vjr.org/.
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8XF G3TXF EG7JQS EA7URM PY2ZEA OH2MM
3G3N CE3NR EG7NSC EA7URS R100WB RV9WB
3G3W XQ4CW EH5FMC EA5RKD R100WD RZ9WU
4S7KKG DC0KK EH8URT EA8URT R100WE R9WE
4U1A UA3DX EI100YXQ EI9FVB R100WEI R9WEI
4U73B 9A2AA EL2EF N2OO R100WG R9WG
5Q1A OZ5ESB EP3AS RW6HS R100WJV RA9WJV
5V7EI M0OXO ET3AA N2OO R100WK RA9WU
5X2S JA1PBV FG8OJ F4AVX R100WN RX9WN
5X3C I2YSB FM1HN W3HNK R100WO R8WO
5X3E I2YSB GI6XX M0OXO R100WT R9WT
7P8LB M0OXO GM6XX M0OXO R100WU RU8W
8P1W KU9C GW6XX M0OXO R100WW RM8W
8P5A HA1AG H31A HP1AVS R100WXK R9WXK
9G2DX M0OXO HC0E HC1QRC R100WYY RZ9WYY
9J2BO G3TEV HF1CHO SP1KZE R160ASP RV1AQ
9N1MM M0OXO HI3LT W2CCW R160PM RA9FDR
A52IC E21EIC HP3SS AC2OV RF1A RQ1A
A52ZB DJ9ZB HR2DMR KD4POJ RG61PP RZ3LC
A62A A61BK HS0ZJF ON4AFU S50DIG S59SV
A65DR N4GNR HS0ZME SM6NT S549APR S51A
A92GW EA5GL II0IDP IM0SDX SN10WFF SP5C
C56DF G3XTT II3ICZ IQ3GA SN2M SP2XF
C6AKT M1KTA II4MRC IQ4FE SN3A SP3GEM
C91AHV CT7AHV II8ICN 9A5URI SN765GR SP1KZE
CB3W XQ4CW II8K IZ8EPX ST2/EK6DO K6EID
CB8E CE8EIO II9IGJ IT9MRM SU9VB UA4WHX
CE2SV N7RO KG4AS N4SIA T32AZ KH6QJ
CM8NMN EB7DX KG4SC KP2L T42T WB2REM
CO6HZ EA5ZD KL7SB N4GNR T46A CO6LC
CO6RD EA5GL KP3Z N4AO T88XH JA0EKI
CO8RBD EB7DX L77D LU6DC TM66BLM F6KBR
CO8WN EB7DX LG80T LA2T TO5A F5VHJ
CO8ZZ DK1WI LN8W LA9VDA TZ4AM W0SA
CQ7A CT1DSV LO5D LU8EOT V26M W3HNK
CQ8M EA5GL LO7H LU7HW V31AX M0URX
CR6K CT1ILT LX7I LX2A V31GX G4SGX
CR6T CT1ESV LY11LY LY2QT V31VP WB0TEV
CU2KG OH2BH LY29A LY5A VP9I WW3S
CV7S CX7SS LZ19ECC LZ1KSP XR0ZRC R7AL
CX2AQ EA5KB LZ818PT LZ1KCP XR6N CE6VMO
CX2DK EA5GL NP2X KU9C XV9JK SP5APW
CX5A CX2ABC OH0Z W0MM YR0UCRR YO5KDV
CX9AU EA5GL OH8AA OH8JK YU125VS YU1BBV
DL70AIR DL2VFR OZ1ONOFF OZ1ACB YV7MAY EA8MU
DR19SID DM2RM OZ2SPACE OZ1ACB YW6CQ YV6BXN
DU3LA W3HNK P29LL EA7FTR Z81D OM3JW
E51AUZ DL1AUZ P44K G3NKC Z81Z K4ZW
E51NPQ DM7PQ PA40UNIFIL PC9C ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ
E7DX E77E PJ2MAN EC5AHA ZF2CA G4CWH
ED1R EC1KR PJ2ND K8ND ZF2UL K3UL
ED5FDC EA5HT PJ2T W3HNK ZP4KFX IK2DUW
EF1W EA1WS PJ4DX M0URX ZW2T PY2RKG
EF2O EA2AOO PJ4G WA2NHA ZW85LABRE PT2ADM
EF7X EA7PP PJ7AA AA9A ZW8T PS8HF
EG2ETS EA2RKW PS50Y PT2OP ZX5J NZ4DX
4M1F Jose Gregorio Teran Paredes, Apartado Postal 01, Trujillo 3150
Estado Trujillo, Venezuela
9L1YXJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
DL1AUZ Rainer Deutsch, Juri-Gagarin-Ring 128A, 99084 Erfurt, Germany
DM7PQ Dagmar Kirsten, Lindenstr. 29, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany
ED7O Pedro L. Alvarez, Apartado Postal 306, 23700 Linares (Jaen), Spain
GP0STH Ron Bennett, 17 Truro Close, St. Helens, WA11 9EL, United Kingdom
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM, Italy
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
OH8JK Jarmo Kiuru, Kesatie 26 A, FI-90530 Oulu, Finland
R7AL Vasily V. Pinchuk, ul. Krestianskaya 26/36, Anapa, 353445, Russia
SP5APW Jacek Krupa, ul. Zalesna 66, 05-520 Borowina, Poland
V6JBVS Janusz Babol Vel Sobczyk, 8433 Southside Blvd Apt #2711,
Jacksonville FL 32256, USA
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil
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No 1454
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 16/03 7P8LB: Lesotho 1448
till 16/03 C6AKT: Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas 1451
till 16/03 TR8CR: Gabon 1439
till 16/03 XV9JK: Thu Island (AS-157), Vietnam 1450
till 17/03 MJ0CFW and MJ5Z: Jersey (EU-013) 1453
till 17/03 SE19SKI: special callsign 1448
till 17/03 VK4/JA8COE: Thursday Island (OC-138) 1451
till 18/03 XV9YM: Vietnam 1449
till 20/03 9G2DX: Ghana 1452
till 22/03 E51HMK: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands 1450
till 23/03 R100Wxx: special callsigns 1454
till 24/03 3B8XF: Mauritius (AF-049) 1453
till 24/03 6O1OO: Somalia 1451
till 24/03 TM6C: special callsign (France) 1449
till 25/03 5X3C and 5X3E: Uganda 1448
till 25/03 E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Manihiki (OC-014), North Cooks 1451
till 26/03 5V7EI: Togo 1444
till 29/03 VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008) 1447
till 30/03 6W7/ON4AVT: Senegal 1450
till 30/03 PJ2/DK5ON: Curacao (SA-099) 1452
till 30/03 PJ7AA: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 1451
till 31/03 GB100RAF: special callsign 1404
till 31/03 HS55RAST: special callsign 1448
till 31/03 ZW85LABRE: special callsign 1448
till March RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica 1421
till March RI1ANW: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica 1421
till March VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005) 1452
till 01/04 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) 1433
till 03/04 XR0ZRC: Juan Fernandez (SA-005) 1453
till 04/04 CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014) 1453
till 17/04 8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021) 1451
till 17/04 DU6/N6SS: Panay Island (OC-129), Philippines 1453
till 13/05 AU60BARC: special callsign 1454
till 15/05 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1451
till 19/05 OL120AB: special callsign 1447
till 10/06 XZ2B: Myanmar 1446
till 16/06 TM5CQ: special callsign (France) 1445
till 30/06 DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU: special callsigns 1442
till 30/06 DF13MUC, DF13PAR, DF13STO: special callsigns 1442
till June Z81D: South Sudan 1441
till 15/08 H31A: special callsign (Panama) 1442
till 23/10 4U73B: special callsign (Italy) 1434
till October VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1431
till October ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica 1431
till 31/12 Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA) 1443
till 31/12 9A62AA: special callsign 1452
till 31/12 DL70AFUG: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 DL70BRD: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DM70GER: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DQ1200ASP: special callsign 1443
till 31/12 DR50DIG: special callsign 1446
till 31/12 EI100YXQ: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 EI19RE: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland) 1443
till 31/12 SF50CG: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 TC10GITRAD: special callsign (Turkey) 1451
till 31/01/2020 EM1UA and EM1U: Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica 1450
16/03-18/03 GB1SPD, GB2SPD, GB5SPD: Northern Ireland 1453
16/03-23/03 F5OHH/p: Groix Island (EU-048) 1453
16/03-27/03 A35JP: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga 1453
16/03-30/03 PD5MVH/p and PD38EU: Ameland Island (EU-038) 1454
16/03-06/04 3W9JF: Vietnam 1446
16/03-25/04 E6AF: Niue (OC-040) 1454
17/03-14/04 6W/IV3FSG: Senegal 1454
18/03-26/03 VE3LYC/KL7: Little Diomede Island (NA-150) 1452
18/03-02/04 E6ET: Niue (OC-040) 1450
19/03-28/04 6W7/F6HMJ: Senegal 1453
20/03-28/03 XZ2C: Myanmar 1453
21/03-24/03 4A3MAYA, 4B3MAYA, 4C3MAYA: special event stations 1454
21/03-24/03 6E3MAYA and 6F3MAYA: special event stations 1454
21/03-02/04 TO2BC: French Guiana 1451
22/03-28/03 VE7ACN/VE1: Bells Island (NA-081) 1451
25/03-01/04 P44W: Aruba (SA-036) 1453
26/03-02/04 4L/F5RAV and 4L0GF: Georgia 1452
26/03-02/04 YJ0CA: Efate (OC-035) Vanuatu 1454
27/03-31/03 E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cooks 1451
27/03-01/04 VP5/AF3K, VP5/W2TT, VP5P: Turks & Caicos (NA-002) 1453
28/03-30/03 9M19TEA: West Malaysia 1452
28/03-02/04 IG9MO: Lampedusa Island (AF-019) 1450
28/03-02/04 ZL7C: Chatham Islands (OC-038) 1453
28/03-04/04 VA7XW/VE1: Long Island (NA-127) 1451
28/03-10/04 6Y5KB: Jamaica (NA-097) 1452
30/03-31/03 YB9ZGD: Lombok Island (OC-150) 1454
March 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451
March DU3/F4EBK: Luzon Island (OC-042) 1447
March II4MRC: special callsign 1444
March LZ818PT: special callsign 1444
01/04-15/04 C5DL: The Gambia 1453
02/04-11/04 E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 1451
05/04-11/04 VE7ACN/VE9: White Head Island (NA-014) 1451
12/04-15/04 DX1CC: Arena Island (OC-207) 1453
14/04-22/04 VK5MAV/6: OC-211 and OC-183 1452
16/04-20/04 J20DX/p: AF-059 and AF-053 1449
16/04-22/04 KH8/OZ0J and KH8/OZ1RH: American Samoa (OC-045) 1454
17/04-25/04 XT2MAX: Burkina Faso 1453
27/04-04/05 XV9XX: Vietnam 1453
27/04-08/05 TO19A: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1453
April 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451
April II4SLR: special callsign 1444
April LZ117ML: special callsign 1444
03/05-05/05 3D2AS: Fiji 1453
06/05-20/05 FW/G0VJG: Wallis Island (OC-054) 1453
10/05-13/05 KL: Yakutat County Group (NA-250) * by K9AJ and KD6WW 1440
20/05-22/05 3D2AS: Fiji 1453
22/05-27/05 P44W: Aruba (SA-036) 1453
30/05-14/07 GB19: Cricket World Cup Marathon 1452
May 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451
May II4TSB: special callsign 1444
May LZ497OM: special callsign 1444
June 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451
June II4ART: special callsign 1444
June LZ815NI: special callsign 1444
24/07-28/07 R63RRC: Popigay-Ary Island (AS-063) 1447
25/07-30/07 5C9A: Los Farallones (AF-118) 1449
30/07-02/08 RQ73QQ: Bol'shoy Begichev Island (AS-152) 1447
July 5T5PA: Mauritania 1451
July II4MJR: special callsign 1444
July LZ1809PNS: special callsign 1444
01/08-11/08 CY9C: St Paul Island (NA-094) 1451
August II4BRD: special callsign 1444
August LZ304AE: special callsign 1444
22/09-07/10 A35AG: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga 1453
September II4GRM: special callsign 1444
September LZ304EW: special callsign 1444
01/10-15/10 ZK3X: Tokelau Islands (OC-048) 1444
10/10-28/10 E51GC: Manihiki (OC-014), North Cook Islands 1454
18/10-01/11 VP6R: Pitcairn Island (OC-044) 1454
30/10-15/11 T30GC: Western Kiribati (OC-017) 1454
October II4MNU: special callsign 1444
October LZ311HI: special callsign 1444
November II4VAL: special callsign 1444
November LZ365BM: special callsign 1444
December II4TIB: special callsign 1444
December LZ4408SPA: special callsign 1444
TBA 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1454
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
K7RA Propagation Report
16 March, 2019
Sunspots reemerged for 8 days on March 5-12. Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 4.4 in last week's bulletin to 9.9 this week (March 7-13). Average daily solar flux barely changed, from 70.6 to 70.9. Average planetary A index declined from 12.6 to 5.1, and average middle latitude A index from 9.7 to 3.9.
The Vernal Equinox will occur next Wednesday, March 20 when the southern and northern hemispheres will be bathed in equal amounts of solar radiation.
Predicted solar flux is 70 on March 15-17, 68 on March 18-22, 69 on March 23-28, 70 on March 29, 71 on March 30 through April 8, 70 on April 9, 69 on April 10-24, 70 on April 25 and 71 on April 26-28.
Predicted planetary A index is 12, 8 and 8 on March 15-17, 5 on March 18-19, 10 on March 20, 5 on March 21-25, then 12, 30, 28, 14 and 8 on March 26-30, 5 on March 31 through April 1, 8 on April 2-3, 5 on April 4-9, then 12, 10 and 8 on April 10-12, 5 on April 13-15, 10 on April 16, 5 on April 17-21, then 10, 26, 24, 12 and 8 on April 22-26 and 5 on April 27-28.
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period March 15 to April 13, 2019 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.
"Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on March 22-24, 31, April 4-9. 13
Quiet to unsettled on March 16-18, 25, April 1-3, 11-12 Quiet to active on March 19-21, April 10 Unsettled to active on March 15, 26, 29-30 Active to disturbed on March 27-28
"Solar wind will intensify on March (15,) 21-22, 25-28, April 1, (2, 5)
"Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement."
Australia's Space Weather Services issued a geomagnetic disturbance warning at 0003 UTC on March 15: "Increased geomagnetic activity expected due to coronal hole high speed wind stream on March 15-16, 2019.
"15 March: Unsettled to Active, possible Minor Storm periods for High latitudes. 16 March: Quiet to Unsettled"
Jim DeYoung, N8OQ sent this interesting question on March 13:
"I have been wondering about the fact the north magnetic pole has been shifting towards Russia significantly and therefore are there any expected resultant significant shifts in the auroral oval that would affect propagation to/from North America or to Asia?
"The reason I ask is I made probably my best QSO of all time a few weeks ago during the CQ 160m Phone contest. I always run QRP for that contest as a good test of my operating skills (ears), noise levels, rigs, and most importantly my antenna. I have used for many years a 93-meter horizontal loop fed with about 24 meters of window line up generously about 13 meters. The 'loop' is kind of more like a trapezoid but actually what is called a scalene.
"For my station I had very good propagation conditions for the CQ 160m Phone contest. Heard ZF9, ZF2, PJ4 (2x), TO4, C6, HQ9, OK7 and others I didn't write down. Didn't work any of them as expected at 5 watts QRP phone.
"However, on February 24 at 0417 UTC I worked UA7K with 5 watts on 1.838 LSB! At his twilight sunrise on the north-east side of the Black Sea. Apparently one of those fabled 160m enhancements at a station sunrise/sunset. Easy! Called once not expecting a thing.
A short pause on his end. I hear N8OQ. I give RR. He gives me his CQ Zone 16. I report Victor Alpha Virginia. He gives roger and in the log he goes. LOTW QSL received a few days later! WOW!
"The QSO was so easy I soon began to think I must have been hearing things, got the call sign wrong, something.
"I heard no big guns work him, but I heard at least one other run-of-the-mill U.S. station work him for the few minutes I paused to monitor him. When I checked again about 15 minutes later he was gone but I then heard a Czech station and a Lithuanian but didn't get them. Both also near their twilight sunrise line. My antenna and low noise floor allow me to hear these stations that few if any others were calling. The UA7K clearly also had a very low noise floor but is apparently one of those super contest stations, Russian Contest Club. My 5 watts not enough to work any others of the good DX stuff--too bad! I was tempted several times to turn on the amp but resisted! This is currently my best of all time QSO.
"Was this QSO assisted by the auroral oval shifting away from the transatlantic path?"
I didn't have an answer for Jim but wanted to pass this on to readers.
Interesting article about solar activity from Canada's CBC:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/solar-activity-1.5049337
Thanks, David Moore, for sending this link concerning massive solar storms:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190311152744.htm
The latest video from Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, can be found at, https://youtu.be/TSDfL9cwzEU .
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at k7ra@arrl.net.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals.
For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation.
More good information and tutorials on propagation are at
http://k9la.us/.
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.
Sunspot numbers for March 7 through 13, 2019 were 14, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, and 0, with a mean of 9.9. 10.7 cm flux was 70.9, 71.8, 70.7, 71.1, 70.4, 70.7, and 70.8, with a mean of 70.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 8, 5, 5, 4, 3, 7, and 4, with a mean of 5.1. Middle latitude A index was 5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, and 4, with a mean of 3.9.
• All propagation reports can be found at:
http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation
Sunspots reemerged for 8 days on March 5-12. Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 4.4 in last week's bulletin to 9.9 this week (March 7-13). Average daily solar flux barely changed, from 70.6 to 70.9. Average planetary A index declined from 12.6 to 5.1, and average middle latitude A index from 9.7 to 3.9.
The Vernal Equinox will occur next Wednesday, March 20 when the southern and northern hemispheres will be bathed in equal amounts of solar radiation.
Predicted solar flux is 70 on March 15-17, 68 on March 18-22, 69 on March 23-28, 70 on March 29, 71 on March 30 through April 8, 70 on April 9, 69 on April 10-24, 70 on April 25 and 71 on April 26-28.
Predicted planetary A index is 12, 8 and 8 on March 15-17, 5 on March 18-19, 10 on March 20, 5 on March 21-25, then 12, 30, 28, 14 and 8 on March 26-30, 5 on March 31 through April 1, 8 on April 2-3, 5 on April 4-9, then 12, 10 and 8 on April 10-12, 5 on April 13-15, 10 on April 16, 5 on April 17-21, then 10, 26, 24, 12 and 8 on April 22-26 and 5 on April 27-28.
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period March 15 to April 13, 2019 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.
"Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on March 22-24, 31, April 4-9. 13
Quiet to unsettled on March 16-18, 25, April 1-3, 11-12 Quiet to active on March 19-21, April 10 Unsettled to active on March 15, 26, 29-30 Active to disturbed on March 27-28
"Solar wind will intensify on March (15,) 21-22, 25-28, April 1, (2, 5)
"Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement."
Australia's Space Weather Services issued a geomagnetic disturbance warning at 0003 UTC on March 15: "Increased geomagnetic activity expected due to coronal hole high speed wind stream on March 15-16, 2019.
"15 March: Unsettled to Active, possible Minor Storm periods for High latitudes. 16 March: Quiet to Unsettled"
Jim DeYoung, N8OQ sent this interesting question on March 13:
"I have been wondering about the fact the north magnetic pole has been shifting towards Russia significantly and therefore are there any expected resultant significant shifts in the auroral oval that would affect propagation to/from North America or to Asia?
"The reason I ask is I made probably my best QSO of all time a few weeks ago during the CQ 160m Phone contest. I always run QRP for that contest as a good test of my operating skills (ears), noise levels, rigs, and most importantly my antenna. I have used for many years a 93-meter horizontal loop fed with about 24 meters of window line up generously about 13 meters. The 'loop' is kind of more like a trapezoid but actually what is called a scalene.
"For my station I had very good propagation conditions for the CQ 160m Phone contest. Heard ZF9, ZF2, PJ4 (2x), TO4, C6, HQ9, OK7 and others I didn't write down. Didn't work any of them as expected at 5 watts QRP phone.
"However, on February 24 at 0417 UTC I worked UA7K with 5 watts on 1.838 LSB! At his twilight sunrise on the north-east side of the Black Sea. Apparently one of those fabled 160m enhancements at a station sunrise/sunset. Easy! Called once not expecting a thing.
A short pause on his end. I hear N8OQ. I give RR. He gives me his CQ Zone 16. I report Victor Alpha Virginia. He gives roger and in the log he goes. LOTW QSL received a few days later! WOW!
"The QSO was so easy I soon began to think I must have been hearing things, got the call sign wrong, something.
"I heard no big guns work him, but I heard at least one other run-of-the-mill U.S. station work him for the few minutes I paused to monitor him. When I checked again about 15 minutes later he was gone but I then heard a Czech station and a Lithuanian but didn't get them. Both also near their twilight sunrise line. My antenna and low noise floor allow me to hear these stations that few if any others were calling. The UA7K clearly also had a very low noise floor but is apparently one of those super contest stations, Russian Contest Club. My 5 watts not enough to work any others of the good DX stuff--too bad! I was tempted several times to turn on the amp but resisted! This is currently my best of all time QSO.
"Was this QSO assisted by the auroral oval shifting away from the transatlantic path?"
I didn't have an answer for Jim but wanted to pass this on to readers.
Interesting article about solar activity from Canada's CBC:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/solar-activity-1.5049337
Thanks, David Moore, for sending this link concerning massive solar storms:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190311152744.htm
The latest video from Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, can be found at, https://youtu.be/TSDfL9cwzEU .
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at k7ra@arrl.net.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals.
For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation.
More good information and tutorials on propagation are at
http://k9la.us/.
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.
Sunspot numbers for March 7 through 13, 2019 were 14, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, and 0, with a mean of 9.9. 10.7 cm flux was 70.9, 71.8, 70.7, 71.1, 70.4, 70.7, and 70.8, with a mean of 70.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 8, 5, 5, 4, 3, 7, and 4, with a mean of 5.1. Middle latitude A index was 5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, and 4, with a mean of 3.9.
• All propagation reports can be found at:
http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Island activities:
IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz
EU-013; GJ/MJ, Jersey: Kazu/JK3GAD operates as MJ0CFW from the 15th
to 17th. During the Russian DX Contest he will be using MJ5Z. QSL
via M0CFW (d/B), LoTW.
EU-038; PA, Noord Holland/ Friesland/ Groningen Province group:
Marcel/PD5MVH will be signing his call /p from Ameland between March 16 and 30. He also plans to participate in the UKEICC Contest (March 23/24) as PD38EU. QSL via PD5MVH, ClubLog, LoTW, eQSL.
EU-048; F, Bretagne (Morbihan) group: Christian/F5OHH activates Groix Island as F5OHH/p between the 16th and 23rd from various locations (3 lighthouses, 4 WWFF references, 2 castles). QSL via F5OHH (d/B), eQSL. https://headlight44.fr/
NA-150; KL, Little Diomede Island: Cezar/VE3LYC will be active from
Little Diomede Island as VE3LYC/KL7 between the 18th and 26th. QRV
on 40-17m on CW and SSB. QSL via ClubLog OQRS.
https://ve3lyc-kl7-na150.weebly.com/
OC-138; VK4, Queensland State (Torres Strait) group: Taka/JA8COE
activates Thursday Island as VK4/JA8COE from the 14th to 17th. QSL
via JA8COE, ClubLog OQRS.
SA-099; PJ2, Curacao Island: Andreas/DK5ON will be active from
Curacao Island (WLOTA 0942) between the 14th and 30th as PJ2/DK5ON
on 80-6m, including 60m, on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. He is also
going to participate in the Russian DX Contest, using the clubstation PJ2A's antennas. QSL via DK5ON (d/B), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS.
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de
RSGB IOTA website
Check-out the latest IOTA News bulletin from OPDX
IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz
EU-013; GJ/MJ, Jersey: Kazu/JK3GAD operates as MJ0CFW from the 15th
to 17th. During the Russian DX Contest he will be using MJ5Z. QSL
via M0CFW (d/B), LoTW.
EU-038; PA, Noord Holland/ Friesland/ Groningen Province group:
Marcel/PD5MVH will be signing his call /p from Ameland between March 16 and 30. He also plans to participate in the UKEICC Contest (March 23/24) as PD38EU. QSL via PD5MVH, ClubLog, LoTW, eQSL.
EU-048; F, Bretagne (Morbihan) group: Christian/F5OHH activates Groix Island as F5OHH/p between the 16th and 23rd from various locations (3 lighthouses, 4 WWFF references, 2 castles). QSL via F5OHH (d/B), eQSL. https://headlight44.fr/
NA-150; KL, Little Diomede Island: Cezar/VE3LYC will be active from
Little Diomede Island as VE3LYC/KL7 between the 18th and 26th. QRV
on 40-17m on CW and SSB. QSL via ClubLog OQRS.
https://ve3lyc-kl7-na150.weebly.com/
OC-138; VK4, Queensland State (Torres Strait) group: Taka/JA8COE
activates Thursday Island as VK4/JA8COE from the 14th to 17th. QSL
via JA8COE, ClubLog OQRS.
SA-099; PJ2, Curacao Island: Andreas/DK5ON will be active from
Curacao Island (WLOTA 0942) between the 14th and 30th as PJ2/DK5ON
on 80-6m, including 60m, on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8. He is also
going to participate in the Russian DX Contest, using the clubstation PJ2A's antennas. QSL via DK5ON (d/B), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS.
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de
RSGB IOTA website
Check-out the latest IOTA News bulletin from OPDX
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
This Weeks Contests by WA7BNM
THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
March 11 - 18, 2019 Edition
NOTICE: The WA7BNM Contest Calendar has permanently moved to: http://www.contestcalendar.com/ Please update any links to the calendar.
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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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Wisconsin QSO Party: 1800Z, Mar 10 to 0100Z, Mar 11
Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party
Participation: Worldwide
Awards: Worldwide
Mode: CW/Digital, Phone
Bands: All, except WARC
Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Rookie)(QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Op (Fixed/Mobile)(QRP/Low/High)
Multi/Multi (Fixed/Mobile)(QRP/Low/High)
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: WI: county
non-WI: (state/province/country)
Work stations: Once per band per mode
QSO Points: 1 point per Phone QSO
2 points per CW/Digital QSO
Bonus Points: 500 points for mobiles for each county from which you make at least 12 QSOs
Bonus Points: 100 points for each band/mode QSO with W9FK
Multipliers: WI Stations: WI counties, states, provinces once
Non-WI Stations: WI counties once
Power mults: HP x1.0, LP x1.5, QRP x2.0
Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x power mult x total mults) + bonus points
Submit logs by: March 24, 2019
E-mail logs to: wiqp-logs[at]warac[dot]org
Mail logs to: 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
4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 11
Geographic Focus: North America
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW, SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op
Exchange: Member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Member No.
Non-member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Power
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member
2 points per QSO with member
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: March 13, 2019
E-mail logs to: (none)
Post log summary at: http://qrpcontest.com/4sqrp
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.4sqrp.com/SSS/sss_rules.pdf
QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 13
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: 0230Z March 14, 2019
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 13
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 15, 2019
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 13 and 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 13 and 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 14
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 16, 2019
Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/
RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW: 2000Z-2130Z, Mar 13
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 March 14, 2019
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2019/r80mcc.shtml
AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Contest: 2300Z, Mar 13 to 2300Z, Mar 14 and 2300Z, Mar 16 to 2300Z, Mar 17
Geographic Focus: United States
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW
Bands: 40, 20m
Classes: (none)
Exchange: RST + Eqpt Type + Eqpt Year
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: (see rules)
Multipliers: (see rules)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: April 10, 2019
E-mail logs to: w1zb[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail logs to: Jerry Reine, W1ZB
5 Tobey Lane
Andover, MA 01810
USA
Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/event-details-for-john-rollins-dx-contest.html
QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 15
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: 0230Z March 16, 2019
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 15
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: March 17, 2019
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 15
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: March 17, 2019
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
BARTG HF RTTY Contest: 0200Z, Mar 16 to 0200Z, Mar 18
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Awards: Worldwide
Mode: RTTY
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Expert All Band
Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op All Band 6 Hours
Single Op Single Band
Multi-Single
Multi-Multi
Max operating hours: Single Op: 30 hours with at least 3 hour rest period
Single Op 6 Hours: 6 hours
Multi-Op: 48 hours
Max power: HP: >100 Watts
LP: 100 Watts
QRP: 5 Watts
Exchange: RST + Serial No. + 4-digit time (UTC)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: DXCC countries once per band
JA, W, VE and VK areas once per band
Continents once regardless of band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total country/area mults x continents
Submit logs by: 0200Z March 25, 2019
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/
Russian DX Contest: 1200Z, Mar 16 to 1200Z, Mar 17
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Awards: Worldwide
Mode: CW, SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band Mixed (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op All Band CW (Low/High)
Single Op All Band SSB (Low/High)
Single Op Single Band Mixed
Multi-Single
Multi-Two
SWL
Max power: HP: >100 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: Ru: RS(T) + 2-character oblast
non-Ru: RS(T) + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band per mode
QSO Points: Ru Stations: 2 points per QSO with same country same continent
Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with same country different continent
Ru Stations: 3 points per QSO with different country same continent
Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with different continent
non-Ru Stations: 10 points per QSO with Ru station
non-Ru Stations: 2 points per QSO with same country
non-Ru Stations: 3 points per QSO with different country same continent
non-Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with different continent
5 points per QSO with /MM
Multipliers: Each oblast once per band
Each country once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 1200Z March 31, 2019
E-mail logs to: logs[at]rdxc[dot]org
Upload log at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/wwwlog.asp
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp
AGCW VHF/UHF Contest: 1400Z-1700Z, Mar 16 (144) and 1700Z-1800Z, Mar 16 (432)
Geographic Focus: Europe
Participation: Europe
Mode: CW
Bands: 144 MHz, 432 MHz
Classes: Single Op
Max operating hours: 3 hours: 144 MHz
2 hours: 432 MHz
Max power: A: 5W
B: 5-50W
C: >50W
Exchange: RST + "/" + Serial No. + "/" Power class + "/" + 6-character grid locator
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per km per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: April 1, 2019
E-mail logs to: vhf-uhf[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail logs to: 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
Louisiana QSO Party: 1400Z, Mar 16 to 0200Z, Mar 17
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: CW/Digital (QRP/Low/High)
Phone (QRP/Low/High)
Mixed Mode (QRP/Low/High)
Rover (CW-Digital/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Max power: HP: 1500 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: LA: RS(T) + Parish
non-LA: RS(T) + (state/province/country)
Work stations: Once per band per mode
QSO Points: 2 points per phone QSO
4 points per CW/Digital QSO
LA Rovers: add 50 points to score for each parish activated
Bonus: add 100 points to score for working N5LCC at least once
Multipliers: LA stations: Each LA parish, state, province, country once per band per mode
Non-LA stations: Each LA parish once per band per mode
Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points
Submit logs by: April 16, 2019
E-mail logs to: logs[at]laqp[dot]org
Mail logs to: LAQP
Robert Baker
136 Northwood Drive
West Monroe, LA 71291
USA
Find rules at: http://laqp.louisianacontestclub.org/laqso_rules.htm
Virginia QSO Party: 1400Z, Mar 16 to 0400Z, Mar 17 and 1200Z-2400Z, Mar 17
Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW, Phone, Digital
Bands: All, except WARC
Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
Multi-Single (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
Multi-Multi (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: VA: Serial No. + county
non-VA: Serial No. + (state/province/"DX")
Work stations: Once per band per mode
Score Calculation: (see rules)
Submit logs by: April 15, 2019
E-mail logs to: vqp[at]verizon[dot]net
Mail logs to: VA QSO Party
Call Box 599
Sterling, VA 20167
USA
Find rules at: https://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2019_VQP/2019_VQP_Main.html
Feld Hell Sprint: 2000Z-2159Z, Mar 16
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: Feld Hell
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
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: March 19, 2019
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/leprechaun-sprint
UBA Spring Contest, SSB: 0700Z-1100Z, Mar 17
Geographic Focus: Belgium
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: SSB
Bands: 80m Only
Classes: Single
SWL
Max power: non-QRP: >10 watts
QRP: 10 watts
Exchange: ON: RS + Serial No. + UBA Section
non-ON: RS + Serial No.
QSO Points: 3 points per QSO with Belgian station
Multipliers: Each UBA Section
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: March 31, 2019
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0100Z-0300Z, Mar 18
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: March 24, 2019
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/
Bucharest Contest: 1800Z-2059Z, Mar 18
Geographic Focus: Romania
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW, SSB, PSK
Bands: 80, 40m
Classes: Single Op (CW/SSB/Dig/Mixed)(QRP/Low)(2-Band/Single Band)
Multi-Op Low Power (CW/SSB/Dig/Mixed)(2-Band/Single Band)
SWL
Max power: LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Sector/County
non-YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Country Code
Work stations: Once per mode
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with all stations, except YO stations in XA-XF
4 points per QSO with YO stations in XA-XF
Multipliers: Each YO county
Each Bucharest sector (XA-XF)
Each country code
Score Calculation: Total score = total score of each segment(total QSO points x total mults)
Submit logs by: 2359Z March 30, 2019
E-mail logs to: fenyo3jw[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://yo3test201x.blogspot.ro/p/blog-page.html
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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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CLARA Chatter Party 1700Z, Mar 19 to 1700Z, Mar 20
1700Z, Mar 23 to 1700Z, Mar 24
QRP Fox Hunt 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 20
Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 20
CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 20
1900Z-2000Z, Mar 20
0300Z-0400Z, Mar 21
NAQCC CW Sprint 0030Z-0230Z, Mar 21
QRP Fox Hunt 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 22
NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 22
NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 22
FOC QSO Party 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 23
UK/EI DX Contest, CW 1200Z, Mar 23 to 1200Z, Mar 24
North American SSB Sprint Contest 0000Z-0400Z, Mar 24
UBA Spring Contest, 6m 0600Z-1000Z, Mar 24
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NCCC Sprint: March 10, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
NCCC RTTY Sprint: March 10, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html
SARL Hamnet 40m Simulated Emerg Contest: March 10, 2019
E-mail: contest[at]peham[dot]co[dot]za
Mail: Hamnet Eastern Cape
Al Akers, ZS2U
53 Clarence Street
Westering, Port Elizabeth 6025
South Africa
Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Web3/Members/DoDocDownload.aspx?X=201812141215058LWc1oCc5X.PDF
UBA DX Contest, CW: March 10, 2019
E-mail: ubacw[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/uba-dx-contest-rules
ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB: March 10, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://contest-log-submission.arrl.org
Mail: ARRL Intl DX Contest, Phone
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx
FISTS Winter Unlimited Sprint: March 11, 2019
E-mail: kc2lsd[at]fistsna[dot]org
Mail: FISTS Sprint Log
c/o Cody Codianni KC2LSD
413 Martin Court
Leonardo, NJ 07737-1317
USA
Find rules at: http://fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints
North Carolina QSO Party: March 11, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.ncqsoparty.org/logs
Mail: NC QSO Party
c/o Charles Swindell
10809 Rondeau Woods Ct.
Raleigh, NC 27614
USA
Find rules at: http://ncqsoparty.org/rules/
YLRL YL-OM Contest: March 12, 2019
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
CQC Winter QSO Party: March 13, 2019
E-mail: vkumagai[at]q[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.coloradoqrpclub.org/contests/winter.htm
4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint: March 13, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://qrpcontest.com/4sqrp
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.4sqrp.com/SSS/sss_rules.pdf
SKCC Sprint Europe: March 14, 2019
E-mail summary: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/skse/submit-display.php?submit_id=165
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/skse/
AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Evening: March 15, 2019
E-mail: semiautomatic[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail: Manager:
Ulf-Dietmar Ernst, DK9KR
Elbstrasse 60
D-28199 Bremen
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/semi-automatic-key-evening
RSGB Commonwealth Contest: March 15, 2019
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2019/rberu.shtml
TESLA Memorial HF CW Contest: March 15, 2019
E-mail: tesla[at]radiosport[dot]org[dot]rs
Upload log at: http://www.radiosport.yu1srs.org.rs/HFTeslaMemorial/index.php/log-submitting-service
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.radiosport.org.rs/HFTeslaMemorial/index.php/rules
High Speed Club CW Contest: March 16, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/view/hsc-contest
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.highspeedclub.org/
YB DX RTTY Contest: March 16, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://rtty.ybdxcontest.com/logs/log-submission/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://rtty.ybdxcontest.com/dx-station-rules/
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: March 17, 2019
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/
UBA Spring Contest, CW: March 17, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest
North American Sprint, RTTY: March 17, 2019
E-mail: (see rules, web upload preferred)
Upload log at: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintlogsubmit/
Mail: Ed Muns, W0YK
P.O. Box 1877
Los Gatos, CA 95031-1877
USA
Find rules at: http://ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf
Open Ukraine RTTY Championship: March 18, 2019
E-mail: krs[at]model[dot]poltava[dot]ua
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://krs.ho.ua/openrtty/
NRAU 10m Activity Contest: March 21, 2019
Upload log at: http://ua9qcq.com/en/submit_log.php?lang=en
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.nrau.net/activity-contests/below-30mhz.html
UBA Spring Contest, 2m: March 24, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest
Wisconsin QSO Party: March 24, 2019
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
South America 10 Meter Contest: March 24, 2019
E-mail: logs[at]sa10m[dot]com[dot]ar
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://sa10m.com.ar/cqsa10m_rules.html
South Carolina QSO Party: March 25, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://scqso.com/log-submission/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://scqso.com/
EA PSK63 Contest: March 25, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://concursos.ure.es/en/logs/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://concursos.ure.es/en/eapsk63/bases/
Stew Perry Topband Challenge: March 25, 2019
E-mail: tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net
Upload log at: http://www.b4h.net/stew/tbdcsubmitlog.php
Mail: BARC
15125 SE Bartell Rd
Boring, OR 97009
USA
Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/
AGCW YL-CW Party: March 31, 2019
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, 2019
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
WAB 3.5 MHz Phone/CW: March 31, 2019
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
SARL VHF/UHF Analogue Contest: April 1, 2019
E-mail: contest[at]sarl[dot]org[dot]za
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Web3/Members/DoDocDownload.aspx?X=201812141215058LWc1oCc5X.PDF
Oklahoma QSO Party: April 1, 2019
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/okqp.htm
Classic Exchange, CW: April 2, 2019
E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: K2RP
659 Shanas Lane
Encinitas, CA 92024
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan19/Winter_2019_CX_Rules.pdf
NSARA Contest: April 2, 2019
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
Classic Exchange, Phone: April 2, 2019
E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: K2RP
659 Shanas Lane
Encinitas, CA 92024
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan19/Winter_2019_CX_Rules.pdf
Novice Rig Roundup: April 9, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://novicerigroundup.com/nrrLog2019/login1.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://novicerigroundup.com/
F9AA Cup, SSB: April 9, 2019
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
Idaho QSO Party: April 9, 2019
E-mail: idqplogs[at]msn[dot]com
Mail: Treasure Valley Radio Assn - IDQP Logs
PO Box 888
Fruitland, ID 83619-0888
USA
Find rules at: http://www.idahoarrl.info/qsoparty/index.html
QCWA QSO Party: April 9, 2019
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/2019-qso-party-rules.pdf
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March 11 - 18, 2019 Edition
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Wisconsin QSO Party: 1800Z, Mar 10 to 0100Z, Mar 11
Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party
Participation: Worldwide
Awards: Worldwide
Mode: CW/Digital, Phone
Bands: All, except WARC
Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Rookie)(QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Op (Fixed/Mobile)(QRP/Low/High)
Multi/Multi (Fixed/Mobile)(QRP/Low/High)
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: WI: county
non-WI: (state/province/country)
Work stations: Once per band per mode
QSO Points: 1 point per Phone QSO
2 points per CW/Digital QSO
Bonus Points: 500 points for mobiles for each county from which you make at least 12 QSOs
Bonus Points: 100 points for each band/mode QSO with W9FK
Multipliers: WI Stations: WI counties, states, provinces once
Non-WI Stations: WI counties once
Power mults: HP x1.0, LP x1.5, QRP x2.0
Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x power mult x total mults) + bonus points
Submit logs by: March 24, 2019
E-mail logs to: wiqp-logs[at]warac[dot]org
Mail logs to: 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
4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 11
Geographic Focus: North America
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW, SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op
Exchange: Member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Member No.
Non-member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Power
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member
2 points per QSO with member
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: March 13, 2019
E-mail logs to: (none)
Post log summary at: http://qrpcontest.com/4sqrp
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.4sqrp.com/SSS/sss_rules.pdf
QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 13
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: 0230Z March 14, 2019
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 13
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 15, 2019
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 13 and 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 13 and 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 14
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 16, 2019
Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/
RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW: 2000Z-2130Z, Mar 13
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 March 14, 2019
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2019/r80mcc.shtml
AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Contest: 2300Z, Mar 13 to 2300Z, Mar 14 and 2300Z, Mar 16 to 2300Z, Mar 17
Geographic Focus: United States
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW
Bands: 40, 20m
Classes: (none)
Exchange: RST + Eqpt Type + Eqpt Year
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: (see rules)
Multipliers: (see rules)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: April 10, 2019
E-mail logs to: w1zb[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail logs to: Jerry Reine, W1ZB
5 Tobey Lane
Andover, MA 01810
USA
Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/event-details-for-john-rollins-dx-contest.html
QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 15
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: 0230Z March 16, 2019
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 15
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: March 17, 2019
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 15
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: March 17, 2019
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
BARTG HF RTTY Contest: 0200Z, Mar 16 to 0200Z, Mar 18
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Awards: Worldwide
Mode: RTTY
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Expert All Band
Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op All Band 6 Hours
Single Op Single Band
Multi-Single
Multi-Multi
Max operating hours: Single Op: 30 hours with at least 3 hour rest period
Single Op 6 Hours: 6 hours
Multi-Op: 48 hours
Max power: HP: >100 Watts
LP: 100 Watts
QRP: 5 Watts
Exchange: RST + Serial No. + 4-digit time (UTC)
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: DXCC countries once per band
JA, W, VE and VK areas once per band
Continents once regardless of band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total country/area mults x continents
Submit logs by: 0200Z March 25, 2019
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/
Russian DX Contest: 1200Z, Mar 16 to 1200Z, Mar 17
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Awards: Worldwide
Mode: CW, SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op All Band Mixed (QRP/Low/High)
Single Op All Band CW (Low/High)
Single Op All Band SSB (Low/High)
Single Op Single Band Mixed
Multi-Single
Multi-Two
SWL
Max power: HP: >100 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: Ru: RS(T) + 2-character oblast
non-Ru: RS(T) + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band per mode
QSO Points: Ru Stations: 2 points per QSO with same country same continent
Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with same country different continent
Ru Stations: 3 points per QSO with different country same continent
Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with different continent
non-Ru Stations: 10 points per QSO with Ru station
non-Ru Stations: 2 points per QSO with same country
non-Ru Stations: 3 points per QSO with different country same continent
non-Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with different continent
5 points per QSO with /MM
Multipliers: Each oblast once per band
Each country once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 1200Z March 31, 2019
E-mail logs to: logs[at]rdxc[dot]org
Upload log at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/wwwlog.asp
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp
AGCW VHF/UHF Contest: 1400Z-1700Z, Mar 16 (144) and 1700Z-1800Z, Mar 16 (432)
Geographic Focus: Europe
Participation: Europe
Mode: CW
Bands: 144 MHz, 432 MHz
Classes: Single Op
Max operating hours: 3 hours: 144 MHz
2 hours: 432 MHz
Max power: A: 5W
B: 5-50W
C: >50W
Exchange: RST + "/" + Serial No. + "/" Power class + "/" + 6-character grid locator
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 1 point per km per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: April 1, 2019
E-mail logs to: vhf-uhf[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail logs to: 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
Louisiana QSO Party: 1400Z, Mar 16 to 0200Z, Mar 17
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: CW/Digital (QRP/Low/High)
Phone (QRP/Low/High)
Mixed Mode (QRP/Low/High)
Rover (CW-Digital/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Max power: HP: 1500 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: LA: RS(T) + Parish
non-LA: RS(T) + (state/province/country)
Work stations: Once per band per mode
QSO Points: 2 points per phone QSO
4 points per CW/Digital QSO
LA Rovers: add 50 points to score for each parish activated
Bonus: add 100 points to score for working N5LCC at least once
Multipliers: LA stations: Each LA parish, state, province, country once per band per mode
Non-LA stations: Each LA parish once per band per mode
Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points
Submit logs by: April 16, 2019
E-mail logs to: logs[at]laqp[dot]org
Mail logs to: LAQP
Robert Baker
136 Northwood Drive
West Monroe, LA 71291
USA
Find rules at: http://laqp.louisianacontestclub.org/laqso_rules.htm
Virginia QSO Party: 1400Z, Mar 16 to 0400Z, Mar 17 and 1200Z-2400Z, Mar 17
Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW, Phone, Digital
Bands: All, except WARC
Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
Multi-Single (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
Multi-Multi (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: VA: Serial No. + county
non-VA: Serial No. + (state/province/"DX")
Work stations: Once per band per mode
Score Calculation: (see rules)
Submit logs by: April 15, 2019
E-mail logs to: vqp[at]verizon[dot]net
Mail logs to: VA QSO Party
Call Box 599
Sterling, VA 20167
USA
Find rules at: https://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2019_VQP/2019_VQP_Main.html
Feld Hell Sprint: 2000Z-2159Z, Mar 16
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: Feld Hell
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
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: March 19, 2019
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/leprechaun-sprint
UBA Spring Contest, SSB: 0700Z-1100Z, Mar 17
Geographic Focus: Belgium
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: SSB
Bands: 80m Only
Classes: Single
SWL
Max power: non-QRP: >10 watts
QRP: 10 watts
Exchange: ON: RS + Serial No. + UBA Section
non-ON: RS + Serial No.
QSO Points: 3 points per QSO with Belgian station
Multipliers: Each UBA Section
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: March 31, 2019
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0100Z-0300Z, Mar 18
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: March 24, 2019
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/
Bucharest Contest: 1800Z-2059Z, Mar 18
Geographic Focus: Romania
Participation: Worldwide
Mode: CW, SSB, PSK
Bands: 80, 40m
Classes: Single Op (CW/SSB/Dig/Mixed)(QRP/Low)(2-Band/Single Band)
Multi-Op Low Power (CW/SSB/Dig/Mixed)(2-Band/Single Band)
SWL
Max power: LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Sector/County
non-YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Country Code
Work stations: Once per mode
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with all stations, except YO stations in XA-XF
4 points per QSO with YO stations in XA-XF
Multipliers: Each YO county
Each Bucharest sector (XA-XF)
Each country code
Score Calculation: Total score = total score of each segment(total QSO points x total mults)
Submit logs by: 2359Z March 30, 2019
E-mail logs to: fenyo3jw[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://yo3test201x.blogspot.ro/p/blog-page.html
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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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CLARA Chatter Party 1700Z, Mar 19 to 1700Z, Mar 20
1700Z, Mar 23 to 1700Z, Mar 24
QRP Fox Hunt 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 20
Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 20
CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 20
1900Z-2000Z, Mar 20
0300Z-0400Z, Mar 21
NAQCC CW Sprint 0030Z-0230Z, Mar 21
QRP Fox Hunt 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 22
NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 22
NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 22
FOC QSO Party 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 23
UK/EI DX Contest, CW 1200Z, Mar 23 to 1200Z, Mar 24
North American SSB Sprint Contest 0000Z-0400Z, Mar 24
UBA Spring Contest, 6m 0600Z-1000Z, Mar 24
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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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NCCC Sprint: March 10, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
NCCC RTTY Sprint: March 10, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html
SARL Hamnet 40m Simulated Emerg Contest: March 10, 2019
E-mail: contest[at]peham[dot]co[dot]za
Mail: Hamnet Eastern Cape
Al Akers, ZS2U
53 Clarence Street
Westering, Port Elizabeth 6025
South Africa
Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Web3/Members/DoDocDownload.aspx?X=201812141215058LWc1oCc5X.PDF
UBA DX Contest, CW: March 10, 2019
E-mail: ubacw[at]uba[dot]be
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/uba-dx-contest-rules
ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB: March 10, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://contest-log-submission.arrl.org
Mail: ARRL Intl DX Contest, Phone
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx
FISTS Winter Unlimited Sprint: March 11, 2019
E-mail: kc2lsd[at]fistsna[dot]org
Mail: FISTS Sprint Log
c/o Cody Codianni KC2LSD
413 Martin Court
Leonardo, NJ 07737-1317
USA
Find rules at: http://fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints
North Carolina QSO Party: March 11, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.ncqsoparty.org/logs
Mail: NC QSO Party
c/o Charles Swindell
10809 Rondeau Woods Ct.
Raleigh, NC 27614
USA
Find rules at: http://ncqsoparty.org/rules/
YLRL YL-OM Contest: March 12, 2019
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
CQC Winter QSO Party: March 13, 2019
E-mail: vkumagai[at]q[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.coloradoqrpclub.org/contests/winter.htm
4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint: March 13, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Post web summary: http://qrpcontest.com/4sqrp
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.4sqrp.com/SSS/sss_rules.pdf
SKCC Sprint Europe: March 14, 2019
E-mail summary: (none)
Post web summary: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/skse/submit-display.php?submit_id=165
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/skse/
AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Evening: March 15, 2019
E-mail: semiautomatic[at]agcw[dot]de
Mail: Manager:
Ulf-Dietmar Ernst, DK9KR
Elbstrasse 60
D-28199 Bremen
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/semi-automatic-key-evening
RSGB Commonwealth Contest: March 15, 2019
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2019/rberu.shtml
TESLA Memorial HF CW Contest: March 15, 2019
E-mail: tesla[at]radiosport[dot]org[dot]rs
Upload log at: http://www.radiosport.yu1srs.org.rs/HFTeslaMemorial/index.php/log-submitting-service
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.radiosport.org.rs/HFTeslaMemorial/index.php/rules
High Speed Club CW Contest: March 16, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/view/hsc-contest
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.highspeedclub.org/
YB DX RTTY Contest: March 16, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://rtty.ybdxcontest.com/logs/log-submission/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://rtty.ybdxcontest.com/dx-station-rules/
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: March 17, 2019
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/
UBA Spring Contest, CW: March 17, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest
North American Sprint, RTTY: March 17, 2019
E-mail: (see rules, web upload preferred)
Upload log at: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintlogsubmit/
Mail: Ed Muns, W0YK
P.O. Box 1877
Los Gatos, CA 95031-1877
USA
Find rules at: http://ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf
Open Ukraine RTTY Championship: March 18, 2019
E-mail: krs[at]model[dot]poltava[dot]ua
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://krs.ho.ua/openrtty/
NRAU 10m Activity Contest: March 21, 2019
Upload log at: http://ua9qcq.com/en/submit_log.php?lang=en
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.nrau.net/activity-contests/below-30mhz.html
UBA Spring Contest, 2m: March 24, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest
Wisconsin QSO Party: March 24, 2019
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
South America 10 Meter Contest: March 24, 2019
E-mail: logs[at]sa10m[dot]com[dot]ar
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://sa10m.com.ar/cqsa10m_rules.html
South Carolina QSO Party: March 25, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://scqso.com/log-submission/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://scqso.com/
EA PSK63 Contest: March 25, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://concursos.ure.es/en/logs/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://concursos.ure.es/en/eapsk63/bases/
Stew Perry Topband Challenge: March 25, 2019
E-mail: tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net
Upload log at: http://www.b4h.net/stew/tbdcsubmitlog.php
Mail: BARC
15125 SE Bartell Rd
Boring, OR 97009
USA
Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/
AGCW YL-CW Party: March 31, 2019
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, 2019
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
WAB 3.5 MHz Phone/CW: March 31, 2019
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
SARL VHF/UHF Analogue Contest: April 1, 2019
E-mail: contest[at]sarl[dot]org[dot]za
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Web3/Members/DoDocDownload.aspx?X=201812141215058LWc1oCc5X.PDF
Oklahoma QSO Party: April 1, 2019
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/okqp.htm
Classic Exchange, CW: April 2, 2019
E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: K2RP
659 Shanas Lane
Encinitas, CA 92024
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan19/Winter_2019_CX_Rules.pdf
NSARA Contest: April 2, 2019
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
Classic Exchange, Phone: April 2, 2019
E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: K2RP
659 Shanas Lane
Encinitas, CA 92024
USA
Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan19/Winter_2019_CX_Rules.pdf
Novice Rig Roundup: April 9, 2019
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://novicerigroundup.com/nrrLog2019/login1.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://novicerigroundup.com/
F9AA Cup, SSB: April 9, 2019
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
Idaho QSO Party: April 9, 2019
E-mail: idqplogs[at]msn[dot]com
Mail: Treasure Valley Radio Assn - IDQP Logs
PO Box 888
Fruitland, ID 83619-0888
USA
Find rules at: http://www.idahoarrl.info/qsoparty/index.html
QCWA QSO Party: April 9, 2019
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/2019-qso-party-rules.pdf
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