Hello all:
This weekend has a contest for almost everybody or maybe more than one
for everybody. I will not summarize rules for the ARRL 10 ghz and up
contest or the South African UHF/VHF contest, as I don't know that any
of us can work those contests.
We have the Scandinavian Activity Contest, CW; a collegiate QSO Party;
the QCWA QSO Party (talk about contrasts); a Mediterranean Island Award
Contest; two state QSO Party, NA Sprint SSB, a QRP contest and a two
meter contest on Monday night.
1. Scandinavian Activity Contest (SAC) CW. Sat 12Z to Sun 12Z. 80-10
M CW. RST + serial #. Work only Scandinavians (JW, JX, LA, LB, LG, LJ<
LN< OF-OI (Including OF-OI0), OJ0, OX, OY, OZ, SB-SD, SI-SM, 7S, 8S, TF.
high power, low power, QRP categories. No QSOs above 3560 or 14060. In
your e-mail log subject line include mode, your call, and category
(e.g., SOMBHP). http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacnsc.htm.
2. Collegiate QSO Party. 12 Z Sat to 04 Z Sun. CW/Ph/Digital.
160-10M. RST + serial no. + school name. Schools operating under an
individual's callsign must register in advance. Spotting net usage OK.
College stations are encouraged to use the following letters after
their callsigns: U for university, C for college, T for technical
school, V for vocational school. Suggested frequencies: CW: 1805, 20
t0 50 khz up. SSB: 1845, 3850-3950, 7200-7300, 14200-14280,
21350-21450, 28300-28400. Sample Log Sheets, Summary Sheets, and Dupe
Sheets may be downloaded from the webpage. Bonus points for QSOs with
W4C. http://www.qth.com/collegiate/qsopartyrules.htm.
3. Mediterranean Islands Award Contest. 12Z Sat to 12Z Sun. 80-10M.
CW or SSB or Mixed. 80-10M. RS(T) + Med Island Award Reference # or
RS(T) plus "Progress #." I don't understand the rule about "progress
number" and WA7BNM says send serial number, so if you don't understand
the progress number either, just send a serial number.
http://www.mdxc.org/contestmia/rules.htm.
4. South Carolina QSO Party. 13 Z Sat to 21Z Sun. CW/Ph/Digital.
160-10 M + VHF + UHF. Serial # + SC county or SPC. CW: 1805 and up 50
khz. SSB: 1845, 3560, 7260, 14270, 21370, 50125, 144200, 146580. No
cluster use permitted. Written logs only and required use of official
log and score sheets that can be downloaded from the website.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1695/SCQSOWeb.htm.
5. QRP Afield. 15Z Sat to 03Z Sun. 160-10M all mode. RS(T) +SPC +
power or NE QRP #. You can operate all 12 hours, but can count only
your best six hours. Send in entire log and mark the 6 hours you are
claiming. Extra points for QSOs with WQ1RP. Mults are SPC per bands.
Summary and score calculation to be made on sheet attached to rules on
webpage. http://www.qsl.net/wq1rp/qrpaf04r.htm. Usual QRP frequencies
on CW are 3560, 7040, 14060, 21060, 28060.
6. Washington State Salmon Run Contest. 16Z Sat to 07Z Sun and 16Z Sun
to 24Z Sun. CW/WWB. 160-6M. RST + Washington County or SPC. CW:
1850(!), 3550, 7045, 14050, 21050, 18050, 50095. SSB: 1850, 3925,
7260, 14280, 21380, 28380, 50130. Mobiles and portables 5 khz below the
spots above. Others please avoid QRM to them. Cw on half hour. 160 M
at 05Z. 80/75 M at 03 and 06Z. Bonus points for W7DX QSOs per mode
(not per band). Mults per county once in the contest. 2 pts ph, 4 pts
CW (make sure your contest software has the points correct...I think my
version of NA does not). Package of smoked salmon for top score in each
call area. ASCII file only (not Cabrillo) plus summary sheet. Form for
summary sheet and county check list may be downloaded from webpage.
http://www.wwdxc.org/salmonrun/rules.htm. There is a lot of interest
and activity in this QSO Party and it can be a lot of fun.
7. QCWA QSO Party. 18Z Sat to 18Z Sun. CW/Ph/Digital. 160 - UHF.
Exchange last two digits of year licensed, name, SPC or QCWA chapter.
Non-members send same exchange as members who are not in a chapter.
Suggested freq: up from 1810, 3540, 7035, 14040, 21050, 28050, 1910,
3890, 7244, 14262, 21365, 28325. Extra points and mults for QSOs with
W2MM. http://www.qcwa.org/2004qso-party-rules.htm.
8. North American Sprint SSB Contest. 00 to 04Z Sun (Sat night local).
SSB. 80, 40, 20. Exchange both calls, serial #, Name, SPC. Remember
the usual NA Sprint QSY rule. http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php.
9. 144 Mhz Fall Sprint. Monday 1900 - 2300 local time. 2M. Exchange:
4 character grid square. http://svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules.htm.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend and a lot of QSOs. A nice thing to do
on break from picking up debris in the yard and repairing whatever needs
it. Hope everyone has commercial power back by now and is out of danger
from flooding.
73,
John, K4BAI.
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