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Regular Monthly On-Air Events

Peak months for meteor showers are shown in italics


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January | Quadrantids
ARRL Straight Key Night--ARRL RTTY Roundup
ARRL VHF Sweepstakes--CQ World Wide CW 160m Contest
Japan Intl. DX Contest--QRP ARCI Winter SSB Sprint
Midwinter Contest CW--Hunting LIONS in the Air
North American QSO Party--Meet The Novices & Technicians
REF CW Contest--YL International CW QSO Party
UBA Phone Contest--Kansas QSO Party
Midwinter Contest Phone--LZ Open Contest, CW
MI QRP Club CW Contest--BARTG RTTY Sprint
LZ Open Contest, CW--Kid's Day Contest
Millenium PSK31 Contest

February |
ARRL CW DX Contest--CQ World Wide SSB 160m Contest
ARRL School Club Roundup--Ten Ten International Winter QSO Party
Spring Classic Radio Exchange--Vermont QSO Party
FYBO Winter QRP Field Day--North American Phone Sprint
Minnesota QSO Party-- New Hampshire QSO Party
Delaware QSO Party--YL-OM Contest
North American Sprint--CQ World Wide RTTY WPX Contest
Dutch PACC Contest--RSGB 1.8 MHz CW Contest
Asia-Pacific CW Sprint--YL International SSB QSO Party
REF SSB Contest--North Carolina QSO Party
UBA CW Contest--RSGB 7 MHz CW DX Contest
Mexico RTTY International Contest--FISTS Novice Roundup
CQC Winter QRP QSO Party--High Speed Club CW Contest

March |
ARRL SSB DX Contest--CQ World Wide SSB WPX Contest
UBA Spring SSB Contest--RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest
Wisconsin QSO Party--Missouri QSO Party
QCWA QSO Party--WW Locator Contest
BARTG WW RTTY Contest--3rd Annual Ontario QSO Party
Alaska QSO Party--CLARA and Family HF Contest
Russian DX Contest--Ohio Winter QSO Party
Bermuda Contest--Virginia QSO Party
CQ World Wide CW WPX Contest--Southern African HF Field Day
UBA Spring CW Contest--Nova Scotia QSO Party
North American Sprint, RTTY--High Speed Sprint, RTTY

April | Lyrids
ARRL 144 MHz Spring Sprint--ARRL 222 MHz Spring Sprint
ARRL 432 MHz Spring Sprint--Low Power Spring Sprint
EA RTTY Contest--SP DX Contest
MARAC County Hunters SSB--Japan International DX 20-10m Contest
King of Spain Contest--Yuri Gagarin International Contest
Elettra Marconi Contest--QRP ARCI Spring CW QSO Party
UBA Spring CW Contest--IMCS Special Event
DXYL-NAYL CW Contest--Australian Post Code Contest
YU DX Contest--Holyland DX Contest
EU Spring SSB Sprint--Michigan QSO Party
UBA Spring Contest, SSB--VHF/UHF Spring Sprints
500th Anniversary of Brazil Discovery Contest, SSB--

May | Eta Aquarids
CQ World Wide CW WPX Contest--CQ VHF Specialty Modes Activity Weekend
ARRL 902/1296/2304 MHz Sprint--ARRL 50 MHz Spring Sprint
Major Six Club Contest--ARCI QRP Hoot Owl CW Sprint
CQ Honor Sprint #2--Memorial Day CW Sprint
Texas QSO Party--Baltic Contest

June | Artietids, Zeta Perseids
ARRL VHF QSO Party--RAC/ARRL Field Day
All-Asian CW DX Contest--Portugal Day Contest
TOEC WW Grid Contest--WW South America CW (Brazil)
QRP TACtical Contest--IARU Region I 50 MHz
Kid's Day Operating Event--SMIRK QSO Party
West Virginia QSO Party--IARU Region 1 CW Field Day
ANARTS WW RTTY Contest--Portugal Day Contest
VK QRP Day--TOEC WW Grid SSB Contest
Asia-Pacific SSB Sprint--Marconi Memorial HF Contest

July | Delta Aquarids
RAC Canada Day Contest--Venezuela SSB
CN-DX Contest--IARU HF World Championship
CQ World Wide VHF Contest--North American QSO Party RTTY
SEANET DX Contest, CW--South Pacific 160m
QRP ARCI Homebrew Sprint--RSGB Islands-On-The-Air Contest
Venezuela CW Contest--Six Club 6m Sprint
Colombian Independence Day Contest--Georgia QSO Party
USI W/VE Islands Contest--MI QRP Club July 4th CW Sprint
Venezuelan Independance Day SSB

August | Perseids, Alpha Aurigids
QRP ARCI Summer Daze SSB Sprint--ARRL UHF Contest
North American QSO Party CW--YO-DX HF Contest
Maryland-DC QSO Party--Worked All Europe DX Contest CW
SARTG RTTY Contest--ARRL 10 GHz Cumulative Contest
New Jersey QSO Party--W/VE Islands Contest
SCC RTTY Championship--Keymen's Club of Japan Contest
North American QSO Party, Phone--SEANET Contest, Phone
TOEC WW Grid Contest CW--Hawaii QSO Party
South Dakota QSO Party--BUBBA Summer QRP Sprint
European HF Championship--Port Colborne's Annual Canal Days
Ten-Ten International Net
Summer Phone Contest
--The International Lighthouses
& Lightships Activity Weekend
QRP National Park Expedition--CQC Summer QSO Party
Ohio QSO Party--Hawaii QSO Party

September | World Amateur Radio Day - 19th
Labor Day CW Sprint--Indiana QSO Party
IARU Region I Field Day, SSB--North American Sprint, Phone
All Asia SSB--YLRL Howdy Days
Worked All Europe Contest, Phone--World Amateur Radio Day
North American Sprint CW--ARRL 10 Ghz Cumulative Contest
MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint--Air Force Anniversary QSO Party
ARRL VHF QSO Party--Washington State Salmon Run
LZ DX--Scandinavian Activity Contest, CW
Ohio QSO Party--Tennessee QSO Party
Atlantic QSO Party--CQ World Wide RTTY Contest
Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB--Hearts of Dixie QSO Party
Classic Radio Exchange--Panama Anniversary Contest
LX DX, CW--IRCC Bison Stampede (Indiana QP)
Washington State Salmon Run--QCWA QSO Party
CCCC PSK31 Contest--ON4CWM Canada War
Museum in Adegem Belgium
Scandinavian Activity Contest, CW

October | Orionids
EU Autumn Sprint, SSB--VK/ZL/Oceania Contest,Phone
California QSO Party--RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest,SSB
YLRL Anniversary Party SSB--CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest
BARTG RTTY Sprint--10-10 International Fall CW Contest
TARA PSK31 Rumble--FISTS Fall Sprint
Southern African HF Field Day--Two Meter Sidewinder Shootout
Pennsylvania QSO Party--Iberoamericano Contest
10-10 Day Sprint--Internet RTTY Sprint Contest
YLRL YL Anniversary Contest, CW--EU Autumn Sprint, CW
VK/ZL/Oceania Contest, CW--YLRL Anniversary Party, CW
Jamboree On The Air--JARTS WW RTTY Contest
Worked All Germany Contest--Asia-Pacific Sprint, CW
RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest, CW--Illinois QSO Party
Rhode Island QSO Party--QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party, CW
YLRL YL Anniversary Contest, SSB--ARRL International EME Competition

November | Leonids
High Speed Club CW Contest--LABRE VHF-UHF-SHF DX Contest
ARRL CW Sweepstakes--ARRL SSB Sweepstakes
CQ World Wide CW DX Contest--IPA Contest, Phone and CW
Japan International DX
Phone Contest
--North American Collegiate
ARC CW Championship
Ukranian DX Contest--WAE DX Contest, RTTY
ALARA Contest--OK/OM DX Contest, CW
LZ DX Contest, CW--Six Club Winter DX Contest
IARU Region 1 160m, CW--RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest, CW
LI/NJ-QRP Doghouse
Operation Sprint

December | Geminids, Ursids
ARRL 160m Contest--ARRL 10m Contest
RAC Canada Winter Contest--OK DX RTTY Contest
Great Colorado Snowshoe
Run 40m/CW
--Croatian CW Contest
TARA RTTY Sprint--Stew Perry Topband Challenge
International Naval Contest--ARRL Straight Key Night
Internet CW Sprint


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