Hello all. This weekend's big contest, of course, is the ARRL DX SSB
Contest. But there are some RTTY contests and a Digital contest, as well.
1. ARRL DX SSB. The world works US and VE. KH6 and KL7 count as DX.
Exchange is RS plus state/province for the home side and RS plus power
output for DX. 160 - 10 M SSB only. 48 hours, 00 UTC Sat to 24 UTC
Sunday. http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2004/intdx.html.
2. Makrothen RTTY Contest. 10 UTC Sat to 0959 UTC Sun. RTTY only on
20 through 10 M. Exchange 4 character grid square (for example, I would
send EM72). http://www.qsl.net/dk3vn/TMC_Rules.html.
3. Open Ukraine RTTY Championship. Two periods: 22 UTC Sat to 0159
UTC Sun and 08 UTC Sun to 1159 UTC Sun. RTTY only on 160 through 10 M.
Exchange: 2 ltr region abbrev (for UR, I guess) or
state/prov/canton/etc. + serial number.
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/openukrainertty.txt.
4. DARC (Germany) 10-Meter Digital Contest. 11 UTC to 17 UTC Sunday.
Modes: RTTY, Amtor, Clover, PSK31, Pactor. Exchange RST + serial
number. http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/cqdlcont/0410mdigitalcorona.htm.
Hope everyone has fun and a lot of contacts this weekend. I will be in
Macon Friday night, so I will get a late start and will put in a
part-time effort in ARRL DX SSB SOHPAB. Don't forget to show SECC as
your club as there is a club aggregate score competition.
73,
John, K4BAI.
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