THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM
November 19 - 26, 2012 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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ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB: 2100Z, Nov 17 to 0300Z, Nov 19
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High/Unlimited)
Multi-Op
School Club (College/Technical/Secondary)
Max operating hours: 24 with at least 30 minute off times
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: Serial No. + Precedence (Q/A/B/U/M/S) + [your call sign]
+ Check + ARRL/RAC Section
Work stations: Once only
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO
Multipliers: Each ARRL/RAC section and VE NT once
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 0300Z December 4, 2012
E-mail logs to: SSPhone[at]arrl[dot]org
Mail logs to: November SS Phone
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes
NA Collegiate ARC Championship, SSB: 2100Z, Nov 17 to 0300Z, Nov 19
Mode: SSB
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: School Club (College)
Max operating hours: 24 with at least 30 minute off times
Max power: HP: >150 watts
LP: 150 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: Serial No. + Precedence (Q/A/B/U/M/S) + [your call sign]
+ Check + ARRL/RAC Section
Work stations: Once only
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO
Multipliers: Each ARRL/RAC section and VE NT once
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: 0300Z December 4, 2012
E-mail logs to: SSPhone[at]arrl[dot]org
E-mail log summary to: wm5r[at]wm5r[dot]org
Mail logs to: November SS Phone
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.collegiatechampionship.org/rules/
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0200Z-0400Z, Nov 19
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: November 25, 2012
E-mail logs to: (none)
Upload log at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/autolog.php
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/
QRP Fox Hunt: 0200Z-0330Z, Nov 21
Mode: CW
Bands: 40m Only
Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound)
Max power: 5 watts
Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: 0330Z November 22, 2012
E-mail logs to: (see rules)
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm
QRP Fox Hunt: 0200Z-0330Z, Nov 23
Mode: CW
Bands: 80m Only
Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound)
Max power: 5 watts
Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output
QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
Multipliers: (none)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
Submit logs by: 0330Z November 24, 2012
E-mail logs to: (see rules)
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm
NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Nov 23
Mode: (see rules)
Bands: (see rules)
Classes: (none)
Exchange: (see rules)
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: November 25, 2012
E-mail logs to: (none)
Post log summary at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
Mail logs to: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW: 0000Z, Nov 24 to 2400Z, Nov 25
Mode: CW
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)
Xtreme Single Op
Multi-Single
Multi-Two
Multi-Multi
Xtreme Multi-Op
Max power: HP: 1500 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
Exchange: RST + 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: November 30, 2012
E-mail logs to: cw[at]cqww[dot]com
Web-to-Cabrillo form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/cqwwcw_cab.php
Mail logs to: Paper Logs
Box 481
New Carlisle, OH 45344
USA
Find rules at: http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm
http://www.cqww.com/rules_xtreme.htm
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NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
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SKCC Sprint 0000Z-0200Z, Nov 28
QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Nov 28
CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Nov 28
1900Z-2000Z, Nov 28
0300Z-0400Z, Nov 29
QRP ARCI Topband Sprint 0000Z-0600Z, Nov 29
RSGB 80m Club Sprint, CW 2000Z-2100Z, Nov 29
QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Nov 30
NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Nov 30
ARRL 160-Meter Contest 2200Z, Nov 30 to
1600Z, Dec 2
ARRL EME Contest 0000Z, Dec 1 to
2359Z, Dec 2
Wake-Up! QRP Sprint 0600Z-0629Z, Dec 1
0630Z-0659Z, Dec 1
0700Z-0729Z, Dec 1
0730Z-0800Z, Dec 1
Ten-Meter RTTY Contest 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 2
SARL Digital Contest 1300Z-1600Z, Dec 2
ARS Spartan Sprint 0200Z-0400Z, Dec 4
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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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Iowa QSO Party: November 20, 2012
E-mail: iowaqso[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail: Iowa QSO Party
c/o Glen Kesselring, K0JGH
11579 Agency-Hedrick Road
Ottumwa, IA 52501
USA
Find rules at:
https://sites.google.com/site/ottumwaamateurradioclub/iaqsoparty
Stew Perry Topband Challenge: November 20, 2012
E-mail: tbdc[at]contesting[dot]com
Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/stewperry_cab.php
Mail: BARC
15125 SE Bartell Rd
Boring, OR 97009
USA
Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/
Himalayan Contest: November 20, 2012
E-mail: ARSILOGS[at]gmail[dot]com
Mail: Himalayan Contest
Prasad Rajagopal
PO Box 7523
Bangalore 560075
India
Find rules at: http://arsi.info/contests/himalayan/rules
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW: November 20, 2012
E-mail: SSCW[at]arrl[dot]org
Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/arrlsscw_cab3.php
Mail: November SS CW
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes
NA Collegiate ARC Championship, CW: November 20, 2012
E-mail: SSCW[at]arrl[dot]org
E-mail summary: wm5r[at]wm5r[dot]org
Mail: November SS CW
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.collegiatechampionship.org/rules/
Illinois QSO Party: November 21, 2012
E-mail: n9jf[at]arrl[dot]net
Mail: WIARC
P.O. Box 3132
Quincy IL 62305-3132
USA
Find rules at: http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP%202012%20Rules.pdf
RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB: November 21, 2012
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2011/rsprint.shtml
JARTS WW RTTY Contest: November 22, 2012
E-mail: jarts2012[at]jarts[dot]jp
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://jarts.web.fc2.com/2011/rules2012.html
QRP Fox Hunt: November 22, 2012
E-mail: (see rules)
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm
Feld Hell Sprint: November 24, 2012
E-mail: kj8o[at]wowway[dot]com
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprint-rules
High Speed Club CW Contest: November 25, 2012
E-mail: hsccontest[at]googlemail[dot]com
Mail: Jo Mertens, DJ4EY
HSC Contest Manager
Am Muhlebruch 32
59581 Warstein
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.highspeedclub.org/
SARL Field Day Contest: November 25, 2012
E-mail: zs4bfn[at]netactive[dot]co[dot]za
Mail: SARL Field Day Contest
PO Box 12104
Brandhof, 9324
South Africa
Find rules at:
http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/SARL_2012_Contest_Manual_issue_10.pdf
Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: November 25, 2012
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/autolog.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/
EANET Sprint: November 25, 2012
E-mail: eanet-sprint[at]fediea[dot]org
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.fediea.org/news/?news=20120809&lang=en
10-10 Int. Fall Contest, Digital: November 26, 2012
E-mail: tentencontest[at]roadrunner[dot]com
Mail: Dan Morris, KZ3T
131 Valencia Lane
Statsville, NC 28625
USA
Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSO%20Party%20Rules.pdf
WAE DX Contest, RTTY: November 26, 2012
E-mail: waertty[at]dxhf[dot]darc[dot]de
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/waedc/en/rules/
W/VE Islands QSO Party: November 30, 2012
E-mail: CM[at]usislands[dot]org
Mail: John Almon, WA4JA
1411 Oak Leaf Dr.
Columbia, TN 38401
USA
Find rules at: http://www.usislands.org/contest_rules.html
SYLRA Contest: November 30, 2012
E-mail: ylcontest[at]sral[dot]fi
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.sral.fi/kilpailut/saannot/sylra_2012.pdf
CQ-WE Contest: December 1, 2012
E-mail: (see rules)
Mail: (see rules)
Find rules at: http://cqwe.cboh.org/rules.html
OK/OM DX Contest, CW: December 1, 2012
Upload log at: http://okomdx.crk.cz/index.php?page=send-log
Mail: OK-OM DX Contest
CRK
P.O. Box 69
113 27 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Find rules at: http://okomdx.crk.cz/index.php?page=english
YO International PSK31 Contest: December 1, 2012
E-mail: pskyo[at]yo5crq[dot]ro
Mail: (none)
Find rules at: http://www.yo5crq.ro/Rules2012EN.htm
RSGB 2nd 1.8 MHz Contest, CW: December 3, 2012
Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
Mail: RSGB-G3UFY
77 Bensham Manor Road
Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF
England
Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2012/r2nd-160m-2012.shtml
EPC PSK63 QSO Party: December 3, 2012
Upload log at: http://ua9qcq.com/contests/submit_log_eng.php
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://eu.srars.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=141
Ukrainian DX Contest: December 4, 2012
E-mail: urdxc[at]ukr[dot]net
Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/ukrainiandx_cab.php
Mail: Ukrainian Contest Club HQ
P.O. Box 4850
Zaporozhye 69118
Ukraine
Find rules at: http://urdxc.org/rules.php?english
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB: December 4, 2012
E-mail: SSPhone[at]arrl[dot]org
Mail: November SS Phone
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes
NA Collegiate ARC Championship, SSB: December 4, 2012
E-mail: SSPhone[at]arrl[dot]org
E-mail summary: wm5r[at]wm5r[dot]org
Mail: November SS Phone
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.collegiatechampionship.org/rules/
JIDX Phone Contest: December 10, 2012
E-mail: ph[at]jidx[dot]org
Mail: JIDX Phone Contest
c/o Five-Nine Magazine
P.O. Box 59, Kamata
Tokyo 144-8691
Japan
Find rules at: http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html
QRP ARCI Topband Sprint: December 17, 2012
E-mail: contest[at]qrparci[dot]org
Mail: ARCI Top Band Sprint
c/o Jim Rodenkirch, K9JWV
762 Saint James Lane
Saint George, UT 84790
USA
Find rules at: http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/5267/118/
CQ SA SSB Contest: December 17, 2012
E-mail: (none)
Upload log at: http://www.brcontest.com/cqsa/up/
Mail: (none)
Find rules at:
http://brcontest.com/resultado/cqsa/2012/cqsa_ssb_us-en2012.pdf
LZ DX Contest: December 18, 2012
E-mail: lzdxc[at]yahoo[dot]com
Mail: BFRA
P.O. Box 830
1000 Sofia
Bulgaria
Find rules at: http://lzdx.bfra.org/rulesen.html
Homebrew and Oldtime Equipment Party: December 21, 2012
E-mail: hot[at]qrpcc[dot]de
Mail: Lutz Gutheil, DL1RNN
Bergstr. 17
D-38446 Wolfsburg
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/hotr.html
Kentucky QSO Party: December 31, 2012
E-mail: k4cms[at]aol[dot]com
Mail: Larry R. Smith, K4CMS
623 Shady Lane
Alvaton, KY 42122
USA
Find rules at:
http://www.wkdxa.com/mainsite/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:wkdxa&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=63
IPARC Contest, CW: December 31, 2012
E-mail: dj6qq[at]darc[dot]de
Mail: Uwe Greggersen, DL6QQ
Hurststr 9
D-51645 Gummersbach
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.mydarc.de/dl0ipa/IPARC-Contest%202012%20(engl).pdf
IPARC Contest, SSB: December 31, 2012
E-mail: dj6qq[at]darc[dot]de
Mail: Uwe Greggersen, DJ6QQ
Hurststr 9
D-51645 Gummersbach
Germany
Find rules at: http://www.mydarc.de/dl0ipa/IPARC-Contest%202012%20(engl).pdf
All Austrian 160-Meter Contest: December 31, 2012
E-mail: hf-contest[at]oevsv[dot]at
Upload log at: http://contestrobot.aoec160m.oevsv.at
Mail: OEVSV-HQ
HF-Contest Manager
Eisvogelgasse 4/1
A-1060 Vienna
Austria
Find rules at:
http://www.oevsv.at/export/oevsv/download/AOEC/Rules_AOEC_160m.pdf
ARRL EME Contest: January 1, 2013
E-mail: EMEcontest[at]arrl[dot]org
Mail: EME Contest
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest
ARRL EME Contest: January 1, 2013
E-mail: EMEcontest[at]arrl[dot]org
Mail: EME Contest
ARRL
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
USA
Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest
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