Contester's Rate Sheet for October 17, 2007
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CONTESTER'S RATE SHEET
17 OCTOBER 2007
Edited by Ward Silver N0AX
Published by the American Radio Relay League
Free to ARRL members - tell your friends!
(Subscription info at the end of newsletter)
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SUMMARY
o Ready for Launch? CQ World-Wide Phone
o QSO Party Fun - Illinois and QRP ARCI Fall Contests, Stew Perry
Warmup
o Welcome to Sweepstakes by K5KA
o Jamboree on the Air and School Club Roundup
o Listen to Your QSO With Morocco
o Telegraphy Video and Antique Ham Radio Movie
o New JT Modes by K1JT
o Paper on Preventing Corrosion
o K9AY Loops and Loop Arrays
o Meeting the New Neighbors
NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
o Now that you've had a chance to get some HF operating experience,
it's time for the Fall Classic and I don't mean baseball! The CQ WW
SSB contest will fill the bands with stations from all over the globe
in an everybody-works-everybody format. This is one of the biggest
sporting events on the planet, so why not jump in and give it a go?
BULLETINS
o No bulletins this issue.
BUSTED QSOS
o A golden issue last time!
CONTEST SUMMARY (Rules follow Commentary section)
Oct 20-21
- Illinois QSO Party
- W/VE Islands QSO Party
- Stew Perry Warmup, CW
- QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party, CW
- Worked All Germany
- Asia-Pacific Sprint, CW
- JARTS WW RTTY Contest
- 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint, PSK31
- VHF Fall Sprints, 144 MHz
Oct 27-28
- ARRL International EME Contest, 50-1296 MHz
- CQ WW DX Contest, SSB
- 10-10 International CW/Digital Contest
- Straight Key Weekend Sprint
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NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
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Welcome to redoubtable factotum Ken K5KA, the new ARRL Sweepstakes
Contest Manager! "This November brings the 74th running of the ARRL
Sweepstakes Contest, arguably the premier domestic event in
radiosport. It is steeped in tradition and history, with an
extensive awards program sponsored by individuals and the principal
sponsor, Icom. It is a genuine test of operating skills and rewards
the very best. The popularity of all our radio contests is directly
related to the level of participation; The more players we have, the
more fun we have. So this year let's all try to get 1 new person to
give SS a try, then acknowledge them at the next club meeting. With
just a little help from some of us veterans a rookie may take that
first step and become a lifetime contester. Check out the rules at:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/novss.html and all the
records at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/ Good luck to all this
year, and CU in SS!"
Don't forget the School Club Roundup (http://www.arrl.org/SCR) going
on this week through the 19th! Get on and give out a few contacts to
clubs, especially in the after school hours. You'll be primed for
more young operators in the JOTA as described in the next item!
From the ARRL Club Newsletter (available free to ARRL Members, just
like this newsletter), Jamboree On the Air (JOTA) takes place this
weekend. Since 1958 Scouts from all over the world have gathered on
the air to make contacts through Amateur Radio during the annual
Jamboree On The Air. JOTA is held the third weekend in October of
each year, starting Saturday at 0000 hours local time (12:00 AM) to
Sunday, 23.59 hours local time (12:00 PM), though some activity
continues over from Friday to Monday to take advantage of long
distance (DX) time differences. Many clubs assist scouting groups
with this event and contesters have reported great success in hosting
Scout groups at their very capable stations. Complete JOTA details
(http://www.arrl.org/scouts/jota/) are available on the ARRL Web
site.
Steve N2IC notes, "This will be the first year that CQWW SSB will be
run with the expanded USA phone band down to 3600 kHz." Don't forget
to plan for that additional spectrum, retune your antennas, and put
some new tuning stickers on the amplifier. You might want to make
some on-the-air tests to make sure you don't have any unpleasant
surprises from RFI or intermod when you switch to that band on Friday
evening!
Jamie NS3T has posted nine fresh stories on
http://www.radio-sport.net/ previewing the CQWW DX SSB contest. They
include reviews of the US and European single op ranks, a look at
favored zones, CQWW strategy and more. He has also turned on
http://wrtc.radio-sport.net/, featuring full WRTC qualifying scores
for every region of the world.
The Adventure Radio Society has announced that Assistant Contest
Manager Tom Warren, K3TW, has volunteered to take on the role of
contest manager with assistance from Web master Charlie Wilber,
N1AOK.
Dennis N6KI contributes keyboard overlays were created with Excel
2000. You can download a single overlay or 5 per page for CT, N1MM,
Wintest, or Writelog. Laminated they'll last a lifetime. This example
(http://www.wa4pgm.us/keyboard_templates.htm ) shows the CT overlay.
Just how many nodes comprise the international DX spotting network?
Jim AD1C has posted a snapshot
(http://www.dxcluster.info/Oct-06-2007.htm) of all 392 of the node
call signs and locations to slake your thirst for information! If an
average of 20 stations are logged on to each node, that's 8000 DXers
lurking to pounce. And we wonder why the pileups are so big...
Recently, I received a notice from Amazon.com about Askville
(http://www.askville.com/), their new person-to-person Q&A site. I
browsed it a bit and checked for questions about "ham radio". By
golly, there were a couple. Seems to me that it would be a good idea
for those of us that know about ham radio to keep an eye on question
"boards" like this during our quotidian browsing. That way we can
toss in correct information when the opportunity arises.
Scott W5WZ found an interesting template on the Microsoft Office Web
site - Shortwave Listening Log Sheets!
(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC300006461033.aspx?pid=CT101440991033&CTT=42)
These could be easily modified, no doubt!
Does the open road (to the airport) call out to you?
http://www.mdtravelhealth.com/ is a site for travelling contesters
that want to check the specific country recommendations for
immunizations. The World Health Organization's online
(http://www.who.int/ith)
International Travel and Health book is also available. (Thanks, Eric
K9GY)
URL of the Week - The clear winner this week is the Web site of Jim
W7EJ/CN2R and his on-line
(http://cn2r.net/cn2r/cn2log_interface/QSOs/Logbook.asp) recordings
of his 27 contest operations (and 97,000 QSOs) from Morocco from 2001
through 2007. On the Web page, enter your call sign (or that of your
arch rival) in the 'Call/Prefix' field and hit the Enter key or click
the 'Search Log' button. If your call sign is found and the QSO
recorded, it will be displayed with a yellow highlight. Click on the
highlighted call sign and the audio will be played in a pop-up
window. (If you have pop-ups blocked, you'll have to disable that
feature in your browser.) There are other options, as well, and the
whole site is full of goodies.
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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
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Do you think you're a hot-shot CW operator? Do you really? Here's
the word PARIS at 200 wpm:
http://www.rufzxp.net/sounds/paris_1000_s.wav
Dennis N6KI found this series (http://tinyurl.com/ytl98t) of time
lapse photographs showing a 1500' broadcast tower being erected in
Florida.
This "specialty" movie about ham radio operators from the 1930's
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBGIdf0VjQ4) is sure to warm the
hearts of old-timers everywhere. Credits
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031834) show some unexpected
participants. (Thanks, Doug N6RT and George W7ZVD)
A video from this era (http://tinyurl.com/2dpmul) features K7QO in a
short video on Morse code that gets to some seriously high-speed CW.
The text version (http://tinyurl.com/267xzw) is also available. For
more information on high-speed telegraphy, Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Telegraphy) has detailed
information. (Thanks, Geo K5TR, Rick VE3MFN, and others)
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RESULTS AND RECORDS
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CQ WW RTTY Soapbox is now available at
http://www.eskimo.com/~mwdink/3830 thanks to Bruce WA7BNM and Dink
N7WA. Updates will continue every couple of days for a while.
The results of the Spring CW and Spring SSB EU Sprint contests are on
line at http://www.eusprint.com/ including public UBN and logs. Click
on the callsign to access the public information. (Thanks, Paolo
I2UIY)
VHF+ and microwave contesters will be interested to note that the
scorekeeper, W5LUA, for the ARRL Claimed Distances page
(http://www.arrl.org/qst/worldabove/dxrecords.html) has separated the
individual call areas of the United States for the 10 GHz records.
(Thanks, Paul K7CW)
Results for the National Lighthouse Lightship Weekend in August are
in and are posted at http://arlhs.com/2007NLLWScores.html (Thanks,
Jim WA7KYI)
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OPERATING TIP
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Learn how to type accurately! It doesn't matter that you can pull a
call out of a humongous pileup if you mistype it in the log. Busted!
"But this isn't a typing contest," I hear you say! Don't abrogate
your responsibilities, I reply! Accurate log entry, whether via
handwriting or typing, is an important part of contesting, just as
are sending and receiving. Everything that affects the log you
submit to the sponsors is worth doing well.
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TECHNICAL TIPS AND INFORMATION
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Joe K1JT reports, "Some of us have been experimenting recently with
two new narrow-band digital modes called JT2 and JT4. A basic
description and a status report is now available at
(http://tinyurl.com/2c7ktb) If you are interested in making some
tests of your own you can download WSJT version 5.9.8 r558 at
(http://tinyurl.com/2glh9g) Please make your observations known
either to me or on a relevant reflector. We will all benefit from
your input."
John VE3EJ relayed a tremendous paper on preventing corrosion
(http://www.anchorguard.com/reference_understand.cfm) in tower guy
anchors. It begins with a comprehensive discussion of what
electrochemical corrosion is and then moves to a detailed discussion
of buried guy anchors, corrosion mechanisms, and methods of avoiding
corrosion. Great reading!
Want to learn ALL about vacuum tubes? I found a terrific on-line
course (http://www.tpub.com/content/neets/14178/index.htm) on "hollow
state" electronics.
Fall antenna work has been known to collide with fall wasp migration
and winter nesting. Steve K7LXC says that if you do get stung, the
enzyme papain in Adolph's Meat Tenderizer takes the sting away in a
few seconds. (It breaks down bee venom, too!) This might be a good
addition to the agglomeration of stuff your tool kit!
Ed VE4EAR was plagued by his hardwired, monitored smoke alarms
suffering paroxysms of false alarms when transmitting. He was able
to solve the problem with two fixes. He installed ferrite chokes on
the smoke detector power and sensor lines as they entered the alarm
panel. This helped a lot but did not totally cure the problem. Then,
with the assistance of the alarm company technician (see below), he
installed 0.01 uF capacitors across the terminating resistors. It
appeared that the RF was strong enough that with the long leads, a
significant voltage drop was being seen across these resistors and
detected by the system as an alarm. He points out, "As a word of
caution, modifying a smoke or CO2 detector could cause problems in
terms if liability or insurance if something terrible was to happen
in the future. If the insurance company learned that you tampered
with a device and it failed to produce an alarm, I am sure they would
try to put the blame on you and claim the insurance void. For that
very reason I had the alarm technician test the system before and
after the modification and put it in writing that the system was
tested and found to be working."
In fixing a similar problem, Bill NY9H replaced troublesome smoke
alarms with ESL 449/448 Series self-diagnostic, four-wire smoke
alarms. The product description specifically states that the units
are designed to reduce false alarms from RFI.
Where do you get these great coax crimpers? And do you have to buy a
separate crimper for the different types of cable? Jim W7DHC got a
crimp tool set from RF Parts
(http://www.rfparts.com/coax_accessories.html#rfa4005) that can
handle multiple crimping chores. Scott N7SS recommends the kit from
Hyperlink Technologies
(http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/cable_tools.php) and Eric N7EPD
suggests calling EE Industries in Seattle at 206-935-7371.
The design team of Milt W8NUE and George N2APB have introduced a
handheld, battery-operated digital modem that implements PSK31
communications without a host PC. Presented at the ARRL/TAPR DCC 2007
conference this past weekend, the NUE-PSK digital modem will work
with any SSB transceiver to finally allow PSK31 to be easily done in
the field "portable PSK". See the NUE-PSK web page
(http://www.amqrp.org/kits/nue-psk31/index.html) for overview,
details, photos and more. Also available is the DCC article, the
slides from the conference presentation. (Thanks, George N2APB)
It may be psychological, but hams have a fascination with poles and
other things that support antennas. To that end, another source of
fiberglass poles is offered Sky-Pole.com. You'll find extendable
models at the bottom of this page
(http://www.sky-pole.com/products.html#tubes) by clicking
"Telescoping Poles". (Thanks, Chris KG6OMK)
TECHNICAL URL OF THE WEEK -- The antenna work is hitting fever pitch
as CQ WW SSB is less than two weeks away! Just in time, Gary K9AY
has added some new material to his Web site
(http://www.aytechnologies.com/)
"Arrays of K9AY Loops: 'Medium-Sized' Low Band RX Antenna Solutions"
and "How to Make a Great 9:1 RX Transformer". Click "Tech Notes" and
see the other interesting stuff on his site. Tom SP5UAF notes that
the SP3KEY Club Team has published a pair of articles
(http://www.sp3key.com/klub/k9ay_160_en/index.html and
http://www.sp3key.com/klub/k9ay_pro/index_en.html) about K9AY loop
arrays (in English).
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CONVERSATION
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Meet the New Neighbors
There have been some interesting weekends on the bands lately,
haven't there? Once exiguous amongst the many CW and phone
competitions, digital contests are now filling up the bands more and
more frequently, even on weekends with CW contests scheduled.
Imagine that! And discussion on the reflectors immediately supervenes
come Monday morning.
Digital contesting just happens to be fun! Which shall it be - the
diddle or the paddle? What's a distrait contester to do? Who says a
choice has to be made? Work both! I'd venture to say that if you
can read this newsletter, you probably have all the computing
hardware required to enter an RTTY contest. A couple of cables, some
free software, and you're all set! The same logging software is just
as happy logging digital QSOs as it is CW or phone contacts.
The time is right to experiment with multi-contest trifectas of
digital, Morse, and voice. Multi-mode contests are actually in the
majority, although most are smaller, such as state QSO parties. A
growing number include digital modes, too. This coming weekend,
what's to prevent me from making phone QSO's in the Illinois and US
Islands contests, CW contacts in the QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party, and log
some digital stations in the JARTS WW RTTY contest? Nothing and this
is actually quite typical of most weekends.
It would be fun to come up with a scoring system that counts QSO's
from a few different contests on all the modes. Or just multiply
scores together from several different contests! That would result
in some seriously large numbers! To paraphrase Senator Dirksen,
100,000 here times 100,000 there and pretty soon you're talking real
scores! The listings may have use scientific notations! Strategic
decisions and possibilities abound. How do I optimize my score, or
is that scores?
For those of us that are focused on one specific mode will probably
have to start taking a little of our own advice. Our radios have a
big knob and lots of bands from which to choose. 30, 17, and 12
meters have lots of space and have you tried 60 meters yet? To
paraphrase Riley Hollingsworth, digital contests are short, so go cut
the grass or do something else!
Frankly, the distinction of mode is beginning to blur significantly.
At one end of the digital spectrum we find the trio of RTTY, PSK31,
and even CW. At the other end are the multi-carrier MFSK variations,
PACTOR's, OLIVIA, and so on. There's a full spectrum, so to speak,
of options from which to choose. A single-mode specialist may be an
increasingly rare bird in the future. Get tired of watching the
screen? Use your ears on CW or SSB. When the QRM gets to you, let
the sound card do the heavy lifting and rattle that keyboard!
New contesters are computer-savvy and very likely to find digital
mode contesting a natural entry to the sport. They may get very good
at it and show us old-timers a new trick or two. When you find
yourself saying, "How did they do that?" you'll know change is in the
wind. In response, to paraphrase Ronald Reagan, mister contester,
tear down that wall! There's no reason to insist on Balkanizing
contesting between the various modes. The Amateur Service's greatest
strength is its flexibility and adaptability. Can contesters take
advantage of it and welcome the newcomers to our neighborhood?
73, Ward N0AX
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CONTESTS -- 17 OCTOBER THROUGH 30 OCTOBER 2007
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Note that the following abbreviations are used to condense the
contest rules summaries: SO - Single-Op; M2 - Multi-Op - 2
Transmitters; MO - Multi-Op; MS - Multi-Op, Single Transmitter; MM -
Multi-Op, Multiple Transmitters; AB - All Band; SB - Single Band;
S/P/C - State/Province/DXCC Entity; HP - High Power (>100 W); LP -
Low Power; QRP (5W or less)
HF CONTESTS
Illinois QSO Party--CW/Phone, sponsored by the Western Illinois ARC
from 1700Z Oct 21 - 0100Z Oct 22. Frequencies (MHz): 160-2 meters,
CW--50 kHz above band edge, Phone--3.890, 7.290, 14.290, 21.390,
28.390. Categories: IL-Fixed, IL-Portable, IL-Mobile, IL-Rover,
Non-IL. Work stations in each county, county line contacts count for
1 QSO from each county. Exchange: RS(T) and S/P/C (IL stations send
county). QSO Points: Phone--1 pt/QSO, CW--2 pts. Score: QSO points x
IL counties (IL stations use states + IL counties + VE provinces + up
to 5 DXCC entities). Count additional DX for points, but not
multipliers. For more information and new Rover/Mobile rules:
http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP%202007%20Rules.pdf.. Logs due Nov 21 to
n9jf@arrl.net (Cabrillo format) or WIARC, PO Box 3132, Quincy IL
62306.
W/VE Islands QSO Party--CW/SSB/Digital from 1600Z Oct 20 - 2359Z Oct
21. Frequencies: 160-6 meters. Categories: Island Fixed, Expedition,
Rover, non-island W/VE, DX, SWL. Non-island stations contact W/VE
Island stations. Modes are combined in new rules. QSO Points:
Island--5 pts/QSO, non-island--1 pt. Score: QSO points x
states/provinces counted once per mode. For more information:
http://www.usislands.org/. Logs due Nov 30 to wa4ja@arrl.net or John
Almon WA4JA, 1411 Oak Leaf Dr, Columbia, TN 38401.
Stew Perry Warmup--CW, sponsored by the Boring Amateur Radio Club,
1500Z Oct 20 - 1500Z Oct 21. Frequencies: 160 meters. Categories: SO
and MS. Operate 14 hours max. Exchange: grid square only. QSO Points:
1 pt + 1 pt for every 500 km distance calculated between grid centers
(see Web page for calculation information), QSOs with QRP stations x2
and LP stations x4. Score: QSO points x Power mult (<5W x 4, 5-100W x
2, >100W x 1). For more information: jzap.com/k7rat/stew.rules.txt.
Logs due 30 Nov (Cabrillo format only) to tbdc@contesting.com or
Boring Amateur Radio Club, 15125 SE Bartell Rd, Boring, OR 97009 USA.
QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party--CW, sponsored by QRP ARC International from
1200Z Oct 20 - 2400Z Oct 21, operate 24 hrs max. Frequencies (MHz):
1.810, 3.560, 3.710, 7.040, 14.060, 21.060, 28.060. Categories: SOAB,
SO-High Band (20-6), SO-Low Band (160-40). QSO Points: member QSOs--5
pts, non-member on same cont--2 pts, non-members on diff cont--4 pts.
Score: QSO points x S/P/C x Power Multiplier (< 55 mW x 20, <250 mW
×15, <1 W ×10, <5 W output ×7, >5 W ×1). For more information:
http://www.qrparci.org/. Submit entry via contest Web site. Logs due
21 Nov to contest@qrparci.org or ARCI Fall QSO Party, c/o Jeff
Hetherington VA3JFF, 139 Elizabeth St W, Welland, Ontario, Canada L3C
4M3.
Worked All Germany--CW/SSB, sponsored by The Deutscher Amateur Radio
Club from 1500Z Oct 20 - 1459Z Oct 21. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters,
work German stations only. Categories: SOAB (HP >100W , LP, QRP <5W
in Mixed only) CW or Mixed Mode, MS, SWL, packet spotting allowed for
all classes. Exchange: RS(T) and serial number or DOK code. QSO
Points: 3 pts/QSO. Germans count DXCC/WAE countries per band. Score:
QSO points x first letters of DOK codes (Germans use DXCC entities or
WAE countries) counted once per band and mode. For more information:
http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcg.htm. Logs due Nov 20 (Cabrillo
or DARC-STF) to wag@dxhf.darc.de.
Asia-Pacific Sprint--CW, sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Sprint Contest
Committee, 0000Z - 0200Z Oct 21. Frequencies (MHz): 14.030-14.050 and
21.030-21.050. Categories: SO <150W only. Work Asia-Pacific stations
only. Exchange: RST and serial number. Special QSY rule. Score: QSOs
x WPX prefixes counted once only. For more information and AP country
list: http://jsfc.org/apsprint. Logs due 7 days after contest to
apsprint@jsfc.org (Cabrillo format encouraged, no paper logs
accepted).
JARTS WW RTTY Contest, sponsored by the Japanese Amateur Radio
Teleprinter Society from 0000Z Oct 20 - 2400Z Oct 21. Frequencies: 80
- 10 meters. Categories: SOAB (HP >100W, LP), MO, SWL. Exchange: RST
and age (Multiop sends 99, YL may send 00). QSO Points: own
continent--2 pts, diff cont--3 pts per QSO. Score: QSO points x DXCC
entities + JA, W, VE and VK call areas counted once per band. For
more information: http://www.edsoftz.com/JARTS. Logs in Cabrillo
format due Nov 30 via Web form at
http://www.kiznax.com/p/jarts/submit_form.html.
070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint--PSK31, sponsored by the Penn-Ohio
DX Society (PODXS) from 2000 Oct 20 - 0200 Oct 21, local time.
Frequencies: 160 meters. Categories: QRP, LP (<50 W), MP (<100 W).
Exchange: RST and S/P/C. QSO points: 1 pt/QSO. Score: QSO points ×
S/P/C. For more information:
http://www.podxs.com/html/160_meter_sprint.html. Logs due Nov 23 to
sprints@podxs.com or Steve Dominguez N6YIH, 11700 Fairlawn Ct, Boise
Idaho 83709.
CQ Worldwide DX Contest--SSB, sponsored by CQ Magazine, 0000Z Oct 27
- 2400Z Oct 28. (CW is 0000Z Nov 24 - 2400Z Nov 25). Frequencies:
160-10 meters. Categories: SOAB and SOSB (HP, LP, QRP), MS, M2 (new),
MM. MS has 10 minute rule. Exchange RS(T) and CQ zone. QSO Points:
same cont--1 pts (NA stations count 2 pts), diff cont--3 pts.
Stations in the same country may be worked for zone credit only.
Score: QSO points x CQ Zones + DXCC entities and WAE countries
counted once per band. For more information: http://www.cqww.com/.
Logs due Dec 1 (Jan 15 for CW) to ssb@cqww.com (CW logs to
cw@cqww.com) or to CQ Magazine, 25 Newbridge Rd, Hicksville, NY
11801.
10-10 International CW/Digital Contest, 0001Z Oct 27 - 2359Z Oct 28.
10-meters only. Exchange: call, name, state and 10-10 number (if
available). QSO Points: nonmembers--1 pt, members--2 pts. Total
score: sum of QSO points. For more information:
http://www.ten-ten.org/. Logs due 12 Nov to tentencontest@alltel.net
or Steve Rasmussen N0WY, 312 N 6th Street, Plattsmouth, NE
68048-1302.
Straight Key Weekend Sprint-- 0000Z Oct 28 - 0000Z Oct 29.
Frequencies (MHz): 3.550, 7.055, 14.050, 21.050, 28.050. Categories:
SKCC Member, Non-Member. Exchange S/P/C + SKCC number or power. QSO
Points: 1 pt/per QSO. Score: QSO points x S/P/C. (see Web site for
bonus points). For more information:
http://www.usatek.net/~yoel/contests.html and
http://nt9k.com/skcc/wes.
VHF+ CONTESTS
VHF Fall Sprints--CW/Phone/Digital, 50 MHz, 2300Z Oct 20 - 0300Z Oct
21. Categories: Fixed and Rover. Exchange: Grid Square. QSO Points: 1
pt/QSO. Score is QSO Points x Grid Squares, score each sprint
separately. Rovers add all grids worked from each grid. For more
information: http://www.svhfs.org/. Logs due four weeks after the
contest to wa4njp@bellsouth.net or Ray Rector WA4NJP, 3493 Holly
Springs Rd, Gillsville, GA 30534.
ARRL International EME Contest, 0000Z Oct 27 - 2400Z Oct 28, 50 --
1296 MHz. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MO, Commercial. Exchange: signal
report. QSO Points: 100 pts/QSO. Score: QSO points x W/VE
states/provinces + DXCC entities (counted once per band). For more
information: http://www.arrl.org/contests Logs due Dec 17 to
emecontest@arrl.org or EME Contest, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT
06111.
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LOG DUE DATES - 17 OCTOBER THROUGH 30 OCTOBER 2007
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October 17 - 070 Club 80m Autumn Sprint, email logs to:
sprints@podxs.com, paper logs and diskettes to: Steve Dominguez,
N6YIH, 11700 Fairlawn Ct, Boise, Idaho 83709, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.podxs.com/html/80_meter_sprint.html
October 18 - South Carolina QSO Party, email logs to:
SCQP@kf4ghc.net, paper logs and diskettes to: CARC - SC QSO Party
Entry, PO Box 595, Columbia, SC 29202-0595, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.kf4ghc.net/scqsoweb2007.shtml
October 19 - SARL 80m QSO Party, email logs to:
zs5lp@sharksden.co.za, paper logs and diskettes to: Durban Amateur
Radio Club, 17 Brownlee Place, Bluff, Durban, 4052, South Africa.
Find rules at:
http://www.sarl.org.za/SARL%20Contest%20Manual%202007.pdf
October 20 - North American Sprint, RTTY, email logs to: (see rules,
web upload preferred), upload log at:
http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintlogsubmit.php, paper logs and diskettes
to: Ed Muns, W0YK, PO Box 1877, Los Gatos, CA 95031-1877, USA. Find
rules at: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
October 21 - International HELL-Contest, email logs to:
dl9gs@darc.de, paper logs and diskettes to: A.Schlendermann, DL9GS,
Postfach 102201, D-44807 Bochum, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.darc.de/referate/ukw-funksport/sonder/tei-helk.htm
October 21 - UBA ON Contest, CW, email logs to: ubaon@uba.be, paper
logs and diskettes to: Leon Welters, ON5WL, Borgstraat 80, B-2580
Beerzel, Belgium. Find rules at:
http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/pdf/ontest_en.pdf
October 21 - EU Autumn Sprint, SSB, email logs to: eusprint@kkn.net,
paper logs and diskettes to: Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, PO Box 14, 27043
Broni(PV), Italy. Find rules at:
http://www.eusprint.com/index.php?page=140&lang=g
October 23 - RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest, email logs to:
2128.logs@rsgbhfcc.org, paper logs and diskettes to: RSGB-G3UFY, 77
Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF, England. Find
rules at: http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/r2128.shtml
October 23 - QRP Homebrewer Sprint, email logs to: n2cq@arrl.net,
paper logs and diskettes to: Ken Newman, N2CQ, 81 Holly Drive,
Woodbury, NJ 08096, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html
October 23 - 222 MHz Fall Sprint, email logs to:
w4zst@windstream.net, paper logs and diskettes to: Bob Lear W4ZST, PO
Box 1269, Dahlonega, GA 30533, USA. Find rules at:
http://svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules.htm
October 23 - CIS DX Contest, email logs to: srars@srars.org, paper
logs and diskettes to: CIS DX Contest Committee, PO Box 7469,
Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, UK. Find rules at:
http://www.cisdx.srars.org/cisdxc.pdf
October 25 - 10-10 Int 10-10 Day Sprint, email logs to:
tentencontest@alltel.net, paper logs and diskettes to: Steve
Rasmussen, N0WY, #68684, 312 N 6th Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048,
USA. Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/rules.html
October 26 - CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY, email logs to:
rtty@cqww.com, paper logs and diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/RTTY%20Rules%2020076907.pdf
October 27 - PRO CW Contest, email logs to: yo2rr@clicknet.ro, paper
logs and diskettes to: Nelu Branga, YO2RR, Str Imparatul Traian nr 2,
RO-305500 Lugoj, Romania. Find rules at:
http://www.procwclub.yo6ex.ro/contesrules.htm
October 28 - UBA ON Contest, 6m, email logs to: ubaon@uba.be, paper
logs and diskettes to: Leon Welters, ON5WL, Borgstraat 80, B-2580
Beerzel, Belgium. Find rules at:
http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/pdf/ontest_en.pdf
October 28 - EU Autumn Sprint, CW, email logs to: eusprint@kkn.net,
paper logs and diskettes to: Karel Karmasin, OK2FD, Gen Svobody 636,
674 01 Trebic, Czech Republic. Find rules at:
http://www.eusprint.com/index.php?page=140&lang=g
October 29 - TARA PSK Rumble Contest, email logs to: (none), post log
summary at: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_rumble_score.html, paper
logs and diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_rumble_rules.html
October 30 - TOEC WW Grid Contest, CW, email logs to: sm3cvm@ssa.se,
paper logs and diskettes to: TOEC WW Grid Contest, Lars Aronsson,
SM3CVM, Liffjallvagen 62, SE-831 71 Ostersund
Sweden. Find rules at: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/toecwwgc.htm
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