+++++++++++++++++ QRP Contest Calendar URL's at bottom ... DWN +++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 17:58:29 -0500 From: Ken Newman To: EPA-QRP at yahoogroups.com, QRP-L at lehigh.edu, njqrp at njqrp.org, n9avg at amsat.org, w3bg at arrl.net Subject: [121538] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar Mar 3-31 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020307175829.00945a00 at mail.dandy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR March 7-31, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNTS (Ends on March 12) Fox Hunt - Thursdays - 9pm EST, 8PM CST, 7PM MST and 6PM PST. Info: http://www.cqc.org/fox Cub Fox Hunt - Tuesdays - 9pm EST, 8PM CST, 7PM MST and 6PM PST. Info: http://www.zianet.com/k5di/fox/ Truffle Hunt - Tue & Thur - 30 min before Fox Hunt Info: http://fpqrp.com/pig_hunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great Lakes QSO Party (Ph/CW/Digital) ... QRP Category Mar 9 - 1500z to Mar 10 - 0500z Rules: http://www.geocities.com/mdxa1/qsoparty.html "Work as many Great Lakes States and Province" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Second Class Operator's Club (SOC) Marathon Sprint (CW) .. QRP Contest! Mar 9 - 1800z to 2400z Rules: http://listserv.lehigh.edu/lists/Archives/qrp-l/ "QRP or QRPp Fun Sprint. QLF not required for club membership" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA (Belgian) Spring Contest (CW-80m) ... QRP Category Mar 10 - 0700z to 1100z Rules: http://www.uba.be/HF/conrules/spring.htm "North American Night Owl choice" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wisconsin QSO Party (CW/SSB)...QRP Category Mar 10 - 1800z to Mar 11 - 0100z Rules: http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm "Work WI Counties. QRP improves your score." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pesky Texan Armadillo Chase (CW) ... QRP Contest!! Mar 13 - 2000 CST to 2200 CST Rules: http://listserv.lehigh.edu/lists/Archives/qrp-l/ "Chase the 20+ 'Dillos!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Somerset Homebrew Contest (CW/SSB - 80 Meters) ...QRP Contest! Mar 16 - 0000z to 2400z (Any 4 hours) Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/somerset.htm "Homebrew and kits. Prizes available. Europeans operate 1900z-2300z" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BARTG Spring HF RTTY Contest Mar 16 - 0200z to Mar 18 - 0200z Rules: http://www.bartg.demon.co.uk/Contests/02_rules.htm "Much RTTY DX" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russian DX Contest (CW/SSB) Mar 16 - 1200z to Mar 17 - 1200z Rules: http://www.rdxc.org/rules.html "Work anyone but lots of points for Russians" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Virginia QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 16 - 1800z to Mar 18 - 0200z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/sterling/QSOParty.html "Excellent state QP and nice awards too." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montana QSO Party (CW/PH/DIGITAL) Mar 16 - 2300z to Mar 17 - 2300z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/months/mar.html "Work 56 MT counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma QSO Party (CW/Digital/Phone) ... QRP Category Mar 22 - 2300z to Mar 24 2300z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/okdxa/OKQP.htm "Work OK Counties. Awards. S/W available" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spring QRP Homebrewer Sprint (CW/PSK31) ... QRP Contest!!!! Mar 25 - 0000z to 0400z (Sunday evening in US/Canada) Rules: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html "Test your Homebrewed equipment. All can join. Prizes!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 30 - 0000z to Mar 31 - 2400z Rules: http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/ "More fine SSB DX. Compete with other QRPers." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to WA7BNM, SM3CER, ARRL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Anyone may use this "QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de **** N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar **** Ken Newman - N2CQ http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html N2CQ at ARRL.NET http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html ++++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:03:44 -0500 From: Ken Newman To: EPA-QRP at yahoogroups.com, QRP-L at lehigh.edu, njqrp at njqrp.org, n9avg at amsat.org, w3bg at arrl.net, n4so at juno.com Subject: [123412] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar - 3/30 - 4/30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR March 30 - April 30, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 30 - 0000z to Mar 31 - 2400z Rules: http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/ "More fine SSB DX. Compete with other QRPers." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Low Power Spring Sprint (Slovak ARA) (CW) ...QRP Category Apr 1 - 1500z to 2000z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/lpsprspr.htm "Grid Location multipliers" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARS Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest!! Apr 2 - 0200z to 0400z (Monday evening in US/Canada) Rules: http://www.natworld.com/ars/pages/spartan_sprints/ss_rules.html "Low power and lowest weight event" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATLANTICON QRP Forum ...QRP Building Contest (AND MUCH MORE) Apr 5-6 Details: http://www.njqrp.org/atlanticon/ "Building contest. A-1 Seminars. Prizes you can't miss" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SP DX Contest (Phone/CW) Apr 6 - 1500z to Apr 7 - 1500z Rules: http://www.sp5zcc.waw.pl/spdxc/spdxce.html "Awards available from Poland" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA RTTY Contest (Digital) Apr 6 - 1600z to Apr 7 - 1600z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/eartty.htm "To promote activity in RTTY mode" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missouri QSO Party (CW/SSB) Apr 6 - 1800z to Apr 7 - 0500z and Apr 7 - 1800z to 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/w0ma/contests.htm "Work MO Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party (CW) ......QRP Contest!!! Apr 13 - 1200z to Apr 14 - 2400z Rules: http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/arcitst.htm "Biggest QRP event in some time" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The TARA PSK31 Rumble (Digital) ... QRP Category Apr 20 0000z to 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/rumble.html "Get those Warblers in the show" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Estonian (ES) Open HF Championship (CW/SSB) (80 & 40) ...QRP Category Apr 20 - 0500z to 0959z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/esopen.htm "Awards and trophies" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GACW CW DX Contest (Samuel Morse Party) ... QRP Category Apr 20 - 1200z to Apr 21 - 1200z Rules: http://www.geocities.com/gacwar/ "huestes de Don Samuel MORSE" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michigan QSO Party (CW/SSB) ...QRP Category Apr 20 - 1600z to Apr 21 - 0400z Rules: http://www.mrrc.net/mqp "Work Michigan Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA QRP Contest (CW) ...QRP Contest!! Apr 20 - 1700z to 2000z (20 Meters) Apr 20 - 2000z to 2300z (80 Meters) Apr 21 - 0700z yo 1300z (40 Meters) Rules: http://www.geocities.com/eaqrpclub_es/uk/uk.html "QRPp Category included" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ontario QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 20 - 1800z to Apr 21 - 1800x Rules: http://www.odxa.on.ca/oqprules.html "Work Ontario stations. Canada's friendliest amateur radio contest" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP To The Field (CW) ...QRP Contest!! Apr 27 - 1500z - 2400z (Pick any 6 hours) Rules: http://www.fix.net/~jparker/norcal.htm "Water World Deja Vu" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helvetia Contest (CW/SSB) (Swiss) ...QRP Category Apr 27 - 1300z to Apr 28 - 1300z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/helvc.htm "Work Swiss Cantons" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florida QSO Party (CW/Phone) ...QRP Category Apr 27 - 1600z to Apr 28 - 0159z and Apr 28 - 1200z to 2159z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/fqp/rules.htm "Work Florida counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nebraska QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 27 - 1700z to Apr 28 - 1700z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/hdxa/neqso/neqso.htm "Work Nebraska counties. More points for QRP" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, ARRL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Please foreward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ at ARRL.NET and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de **** QRP Contest Calendar **** Ken Newman - N2CQ http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html N2CQ at ARRL.NET http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html +++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 16:59:48 -0500 From: Ken Newman To: EPA-QRP at yahoogroups.com, QRP-L at lehigh.edu, njqrp at njqrp.org, n9avg at amsat.org, w3bg at arrl.net, n4so at juno.com Subject: [123977] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar - Apr 5-28 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020404165948.00836eb0 at mail.dandy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR April 5-28,2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATLANTICON QRP Forum ...QRP Building Contest (AND MUCH MORE) Apr 5-6 Details: http://www.njqrp.org/atlanticon/ "Building contest. A-1 Seminars. Prizes you can't miss" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SP DX Contest (Phone/CW) Apr 6 - 1500z to Apr 7 - 1500z Rules: http://www.sp5zcc.waw.pl/spdxc/spdxce.html "Awards available from Poland" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA RTTY Contest (Digital) Apr 6 - 1600z to Apr 7 - 1600z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/eartty.htm "To promote activity in RTTY mode" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missouri QSO Party (CW/SSB) Apr 6 - 1800z to Apr 7 - 0500z and Apr 7 - 1800z to 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/w0ma/contests.htm "Work MO Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party (CW) ......QRP Contest!!! Apr 13 - 1200z to Apr 14 - 2400z Rules: http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/arcitst.htm "Biggest QRP event in some time" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The TARA PSK31 Rumble (Digital) ... QRP Category Apr 20 0000z to 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/rumble.html "Get those Warblers in the show" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Estonian (ES) Open HF Championship (CW/SSB) (80 & 40) ...QRP Category Apr 20 - 0500z to 0959z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/esopen.htm "Awards and trophies" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GACW CW DX Contest (Samuel Morse Party) ... QRP Category Apr 20 - 1200z to Apr 21 - 1200z Rules: http://www.geocities.com/gacwar/ "huestes de Don Samuel MORSE" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michigan QSO Party (CW/SSB) ...QRP Category Apr 20 - 1600z to Apr 21 - 0400z Rules: http://www.mrrc.net/mqp "Work Michigan Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA QRP Contest (CW) ...QRP Contest!! Apr 20 - 1700z to 2000z (20 Meters) Apr 20 - 2000z to 2300z (80 Meters) Apr 21 - 0700z yo 1300z (40 Meters) Rules: http://www.geocities.com/eaqrpclub_es/uk/uk.html "QRPp Category included" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ontario QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 20 - 1800z to Apr 21 - 1800x Rules: http://www.odxa.on.ca/oqprules.html "Work Ontario stations. Canada's friendliest amateur radio contest" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP To The Field (CW) ...QRP Contest!! Apr 27 - 1500z - 2400z (Pick any 6 hours) Rules: http://www.fix.net/~jparker/norcal.htm "Water World Deja Vu" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helvetia Contest (CW/SSB) (Swiss) ...QRP Category Apr 27 - 1300z to Apr 28 - 1300z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/helvc.htm "Work Swiss Cantons" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florida QSO Party (CW/Phone) ...QRP Category Apr 27 - 1600z to Apr 28 - 0159z and Apr 28 - 1200z to 2159z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/fqp/rules.htm "Work Florida counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nebraska QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 27 - 1700z to Apr 28 - 1700z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/hdxa/neqso/neqso.htm "Work Nebraska counties. More points for QRP" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, ARRL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Please foreward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ at ARRL.NET and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de **** QRP Contest Calendar **** Ken Newman - N2CQ http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html N2CQ at ARRL.NET http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html +++++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:06:26 -0400 From: "Ken Newman" To: "N4SO" , "W3BG" , "N9AVG" , Subject: [125524] [CONTEST} N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar - 4/27-5/1 Message-ID: <001101c1ec9d$11af3440$3d891c42 at 18.95.182.twsn1.md.home.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR April 27-May 1, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP To The Field (CW) ...QRP Contest!! Apr 27 - 1500z - 2400z (Pick any 6 hours) Rules: http://www.fix.net/~jparker/norcal.htm "Water World Deja Vu" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helvetia Contest (CW/SSB) (Swiss) ...QRP Category Apr 27 - 1300z to Apr 28 - 1300z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/helvc.htm "Work Swiss Cantons" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florida QSO Party (CW/Phone) ...QRP Category Apr 27 - 1600z to Apr 28 - 0159z and Apr 28 - 1200z to 2159z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/fqp/rules.htm "Work Florida counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nebraska QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 27 - 1700z to Apr 28 - 1700z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/hdxa/neqso/neqso.htm "Work Nebraska counties. More points for QRP" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW DL QRP Party (CW) ... QRP Contest! May 1 -1300z to 1900z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/agcwqqp.htm European mostly QSO party" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, ARRL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Please foreward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ at ARRL.NET and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de **** QRP Contest Calendar **** Ken Newman - N2CQ http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html N2CQ at ARRL.NET http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html +++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 17:14:17 -0400 From: "Ken Newman" To: "N4SO" , "W3BG" , "N9AVG" , Subject: [125912] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar - May 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR May 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW DL QRP Party (CW) ... QRP Contest! May 1 -1300z to 1900z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/agcwqqp.htm European mostly QSO party" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARAC County Hunters Contest (CW) May 4 - 0000z to May 5 - 2400z Rules: http://www.countyhunter.com/cwrules2002.htm "Mobile Stations everywhere" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten International Spring QSO Party (CW) ... QRP Category May 4 - 0000z to May 5 - 2400z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/1010spqp.htm "Ten meter fans will be there" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indiana QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category May 4 - 1300z to May 5 - 0500z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/kj9d/inqp/ "Work Indiana Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New England QSO Party (Phone/CW) ... QRP Category May 4 - 2000z to May 5 - 0300z May 5 - 1100z to May 5 - 2400z Rules: http://www.neqp.org/ "Work Lots if W1 Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARI International DX Contest (Italian) (CW/SSB/RTTY) May 4 - 2000z to May 5 - 2000z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/aridxc.htm "Everyone works everyone" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! May 7 - 0100z to 0300z (Monday evening US/Canada) Rules: http://www.natworld.com/ars/pages/spartan_sprints/ss_rules.html "Testing of lightweight radio gear suitable for outdoor QRP expeditions" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nevada QSO Party (All) May 11 - 0000z to May 12 - 0600z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/nevqp.htm "Work NV Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oregon QSO Party (All) May 11 - 1400z to May 12 - 0200z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/months/may.html "Work OR Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS Spring Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category May 11 - 1700z to 2100z Rules: http://www.fists.org/sprints.html "WHEN YOU'VE WORKED A FIST, YOU'VE WORKED A FRIEND" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQC PSKontest 2002 (PSK 80-10m) ...QRP Contest! May 11 - 1900z to May 12 - 0100z Rules: http://www.cqc.org/ "PSK..The most popular new mode." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQM International DX Contest (CW/SSB/SSTV) ... QRP Category May 11 - 2100z to May 12 - 2100z Rules: http://www.mai.ru/~crc/cq-m/cqmain_e.htm "Peace to the world" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dayton Hamvention (QRP Event - FDIM) May 17-19 Info: http://www.hamvention.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anatolian RTTY WW Contest (Turkey) May 17 - 1800z to May 18 - 2100z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/ta9j/anatolianeng.htm "RTTY All Bands" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN CONTEST (CW) May 18 - 1800z to May 19 - 1800z Rules: http://home.online.no/~janalme/rules/eaking.txt "Work Spain Stations" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltic Contest (CW/SSB) (80 Meters) May 18 - 2100z to May 19 - 0200z Rules: http://home.online.no/~janalme/rules/baltic.txt "Promote Radio Sport. Work anyone" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQWW WPX Contest (CW) ... QRP Category May 25 - 0000z to May 26 - 2400z Rules: http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/2002Rules.PDF "Great DX" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Hoot Owl Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! May 26 - 2000 to 2400 (Local Time) Rules: http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/hoot.htm "QRP Fun" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michigan QRP Memorial Day Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! May 27 - 2300z to May 28 - 0300z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/rules01.htm "Bonus Points on HB Equipment" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to LA9HW, SM3CER, WA7BNM, ARRL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Please foreward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ at ARRL.NET and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de **** QRP Contest Calendar **** Ken Newman - N2CQ http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html N2CQ at ARRL.NET http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html +++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:06:36 -0400 From: "Ken Newman" To: "N4SO" , "W3BG" , "N9AVG" , Subject: [128625] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar - July 2002 Message-ID: <001901c21de3$dbab1800$50891c42 at 18.95.182.twsn1.md.home.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR July 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summer Fox Hunts - 20 Meters CW QRP - Friday 0200z - July & August and JUNE 28 (Thursday evening US time) Details: http://www.cqc.org/fox/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SP QRP Contest (CW) ... QRP Contest! Jun 29 - 1200z to Jun 30 - 1200z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/spqrp.htm "Work Everyone" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RAC Canada Day Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Jul 1 - 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.rac.ca/CANDAY.htm "Canada's Birthday Party on the air" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! Jul 2 - 0100z to 0300z (US/Canada Monday evening) Rules: http://www.natworld.com/ars/pages/spartan_sprints/ss_rules.html "Testing of lightweight radio gear for outdoor QRP expeditions" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MI QRP Fourth of July Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! Jul 4 - 2300z to Jul 5 - 0300z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/rules01.htm "Bonus points for home brew equipment" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venezuelan Independence Day Contest (SSB) Jul 6 - 0000Z to Jul 7 - 2400Z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/yvdxc.htm "Work YV and anyone else" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original QRP Contest (CW) ... QRP Contest! Jul 6 - 1500z to Jul 7 - 1500z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/origqrpc.htm "ORIGINAL QRP rigs only" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kentuckey QSO Party (CW/SSB/Digital) Jul 6 - 1600z to Jul 7 - 0400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/ky4ky/kyqsopartyrules.html "Work KY Counties" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IARU HF World Championship (CW/SSB) Jul 13 - 1200z to Jul 14 - 1200z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2002/rules-iaru.html "One of the best. Work anyone" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS Summer Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category Jul 13 - 1700z to 2100z Rules: http://www.fists.org/sprints.html "WHEN YOU'VE WORKED A FIST YOU'VE WORKED A FRIEND" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! Jul 14 - 2000z to 2400z Rules: http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/sumhom.htm "Test those homebrew rigs. Extra points for HB" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW-DL QRP Summer Contest (CW) ... QRP Contest! Jul 20 - 1500z to Jul 21 - 1500z Rules: http://www.agcw.de/ "More QRP Summer Fun" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Georgia QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Jul 20 - 1800z to Jul 21 - 0359z Jul 21 - 1400z to Jul 21 - 2359z Rules: http://gqp.contesting.com/Rules.htm "Work GA Counties. Excellent Awards" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American QSO Party (RTTY) Jul 20 - 1800Z to Jul 21 - 0600Z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php "FYI.. 100 watt RTTY operation" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW VHF Contest (All, 6 & 2 Meters) ... QRP (25W) Category Jul 20 - 1800z to Jul 21 - 2100z Rules: http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/VHFRUl02.pdf "Maidenhead Grids for Awards" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSGB Low Power Field Day (CW) ...QRP Contest! Jul 21 - 0900z to 1200z (80 M) Jul 21 - 1300z to 1600z (40 M) Rules: http://www.g4tsh.demon.co.uk/HFCC/ "Outdoor Fun for the Serious QRPer" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQC Great Colorado Gold Rush (20 Meters CW) ... QRP Contest! Jul 21 - 2000z to 2200z Rules: http://www.cqc.org/contests/gold2002.htm "Two fast hours of heavy hitting" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUSSIAN RTTY WW CONTEST Jul 27 - 0000z to Jul 28 - 2400z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/russrtty.htm "FYI.. QRO RTTY. All bands" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venezuelan Independence Day Contest (CW) Jul 27 - 0000Z to Jul 28 - 2400Z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/yvdxc.htm "Work YV and anyone else" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Islands On The Air Contest (CW/SSB) Jul 27 - 1200z to Jul 28 1200z Rules: http://www.g4tsh.demon.co.uk/HFCC "IOTA DXpeditions Encouraged" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flight of the Bumblebees (CW) ... QRP Contest! Jul 28 - 1700z to 2100z Rules: http://www.natworld.com/ars/pages/bumblebees/bb_rules.html "Most outrageous venture for QRP Portable" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, ARRL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Please foreward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ at ARRL.NET and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) **** QRP Contest Calendar **** http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html 72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ N2CQ at ARRL.NET ++++++++++++++++++ Reply-To: "Ken Newman" From: "Ken Newman" To: "W3BG" , "Norm Into" , "N4SO" , "List Elecraft" , "QRP-L Reflector" , "NJ-QRP Club" , "EPA-QRP Club" Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:53:30 -0500 Subject: [Elecraft] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar Feb 13-28 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR February 13-28, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNTS Fox Hunt - Thursdays - 9 pm EST, 8 PM CST, 7 PM MST and 6 PM PST. Info: http://www.cqc.org/fox Truffle Hunt - Thursdays - 30 min before Fox Hunt Info: http://fpqrp.com/pig_hunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARRL International DX Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Feb 15 - 0000z to Feb 16 - 2400z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/intldx.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW 160-Meter DX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 22 - 0000z to Feb 23 - 2359z Rules: http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/infoc.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA DX Contest - Belgium (CW) ... QRP Category Feb 22 - 1300z to Feb 23 - 1300z Rules: http://www.uba.be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYBO Winter QRP Field Day (CW/SSB) ... QRP Contest! Feb 22 - 1600z to 2400z Rules: http://www.extremezone.com/~nk7m/fybo2003.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High Speed CW Club Contest ... QRP Category Feb 23 - 0900z to 1100z Feb 23 - 1500z to 1700z Rules: http://www.morsecode.dutch.nl/hscindex.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North Carolina QSO Party (CW/SSB) Feb 23 - 1700z to Feb 24 - 0300z Rules: http://www.w4nc.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorado QRP Club Winter QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Contest! Feb 23 - 2200 Local to Feb 24 - 0359 Local Rules: http://www.cqc.org/contests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please send your sprint or contest info to: N2CQ at ARRL.NET We will include it in the calendar. Thanks to WA7BNM, SM3CER, N0AX/ARRL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ N2CQ at ARRL.NET **** N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar **** http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html ++++++++++++++++++++ Reply-To: "Ken Newman" From: "Ken Newman" To: "W3BG" , "Norm Into" , "N4SO" , "List Elecraft" , "QRP-L Reflector" , "NJ-QRP Club" , "EPA-QRP Club" Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:52:48 -0500 Subject: [Elecraft] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar - March 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR March 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNTS (Ends Mar 20) Fox Hunt - Thursdays - 9pm EST, 8PM CST, 7PM MST and 6PM PST. Info: http://www.cqc.org/fox Truffle Hunt - Thursdays - 30 min before Fox Hunt Info: http://fpqrp.com/pig_hunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 1 - 0000z to Mar 2 - 2400z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/intldx.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Society - Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! Mar 4 - 0200z to 0400z (Monday evening in US/Canada) Rules: http://www.natworld.com/ars/pages/spartan_sprints/ss_rules.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CZEBRIS Contest (CW) ... QRP Contest! Mar 7 - 1600z to Mar 10 - 2359z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/czebris.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW QRP-Contest (CW) ... QRP Contest! Mar 8 - 1400z to 2000z Rules: http://www.agcw.de ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elecraft QSO Party (CW/SSB) ...QRP Category Mar 8 - 1500z to Mar 9 - 1500z Rules: http://www.elecraft.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Second Class Operator's Club (SOC) Marathon Sprint (CW) .. QRP Contest! Mar 8 - 1800z to 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/soc/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (RTTY) ... QRP Category Mar 9 - 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA (Belgian) Spring Contest (CW-80m) ... QRP Category Mar 9 - 0700z to 1100z Rules: http://www.uba.be/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wisconsin QSO Party (CW/SSB)...QRP Category Mar 9 - 1800z to Mar 10 - 0100z Rules: http://www.warac.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Somerset Homebrew Contest (CW/SSB - 80 Meters) ...QRP Contest! Mar 15 - 0000z to 2400z (Any 4 hours) Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/somerset.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Virginia QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 15 - 1800z to Mar 17 - 0200z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/sterling/uf1.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma QSO Party (CW/Digital/Phone) ... QRP Category Mar 22 - 1100z to Mar 23 1100z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/okdxa/OKQP.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spring QRP Homebrewer Sprint (CW/PSK31) ... QRP Contest!!!! Mar 24 - 0000z to 0400z (Sunday evening in US/Canada) Rules: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATLANTICON - Mar 28/29, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 29 - 0000z to Mar 30 - 2400z Rules: http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to WA7BNM, SM3CER, N0AX-(ARRL) and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Anyone may use this "QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ N2CQ at ARRL.NET http://www.njqrp.org/data/contesting.html http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html ++++++++++++++++++++