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   The ARRL Contest Update   
      
   August 26, 2015   
   Editor: Brian Moran, N9ADG   
      
      
   IN THIS ISSUE   
      
   ú I Did this Contest and All I Got Was This T-Shirt   
   ú "We Love Contesting to the Moon.... and Back"   
   ú Do Not Jam WiFi, Do Not Get Fined $750,000   
   ú News in Briefs   
   ú Mountain-top this!   
   ú WRTC Standings Updated   
   ú WiFi is Easy to Add to Your Project   
   ú Almost anything   
   ú Rehab   
      
      
   NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO   
      
   If you've not done a Sprint before, you should! It's only four hours long,   
   fast paced, and a lot of fun. The contest is a bit different than all other   
   formats, as there is a mandatory QSY rule after one contact. There are also   
   protocols for the exchange depending on whether you are the caller or callee,   
   so that others tuning by know who to call. Sound complicated? It's not,   
   really; check out the SSBSPRINT web site, and also N6TR's Sprint Survival   
   Guide.   
      
   The next weekend, a couple of QSO parties are available; if you're on the West   
   Coast of the US, the All Asian DX Contest could be fun if the bands are open.   
   The CWOps CW Open provides multiple sessions over the weekend, each   
   counting as a separate contest if CW is more to your liking.   
      
      
   BULLETINS   
      
   Danny, K7SS submits: "The 2nd running of the newly refurbished North America   
   SSB SPRINT will be held August 30, 0000-0400 UTC (Saturday August 29th evening   
   in the US) with a great new added feature - T-SHIRTS ! ICOM has come   
   up with a cool NA SSB T-shirt. Everyone that submits a log with at least 1500   
   points (e.g. 50 Qs x 30 mults) will be entered into a drawing for one of 25   
   shirts. See SSBSPRINT.COM for more details and contest info. Saturday   
   evening 00-04z, on 20m, 40m, and 75m. The fastest four hours in radiosport!   
   The North American SSB Sprint ! SEE YOU THERE !"   
      
      
   BUSTED QSOS   
      
   The term "WKCs" was left in a photo caption in the last issue... that meant   
   "Well-Known Contesters", but it was redundant with the text that was there   
   already.   
      
      
   CONTEST SUMMARY   
      
   Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section   
      
   August 26   
      
    *  SKCC Sprint   
    *  Phone Fray   
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
      
   August 27   
      
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
    *  RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB   
      
   August 28   
      
    *  QRP Fox Hunt   
    *  NCCC RTTY Sprint   
    *  NCCC Sprint Ladder   
      
   August 29   
      
    *  Feld Hell Sprint   
    *  ALARA Contest   
    *  YO DX HF Contest   
    *  W/VE Islands QSO Party   
    *  SCC RTTY Championship   
    *  Kansas QSO Party   
      
   August 30   
      
    *  ALARA Contest   
    *  Kansas QSO Party   
    *  North American SSB Sprint Contest   
    *  SARL HF CW Contest   
      
   September 2   
      
    *  Phone Fray   
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
    *  UKEICC 80m Contest   
      
   September 3   
      
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
    *  NRAU 10m Activity Contest   
      
   September 4   
      
    *  QRP Fox Hunt   
    *  NCCC RTTY Sprint Ladder   
    *  NCCC Sprint   
    *  G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest   
      
   September 5   
      
    *  Russian RTTY WW Contest   
    *  ARRL EME Contest   
    *  CWOps CW Open   
    *  All Asian DX Contest, Phone   
    *  Wake-Up! QRP Sprint   
    *  RSGB SSB Field Day   
    *  IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB   
    *  Colorado QSO Party   
    *  AGCW Straight Key Party   
    *  PODXS 070 Club Jay Hudak Memorial 80m Sprint   
      
   September 6   
      
    *  WAB 144 MHz QRO Phone   
    *  DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest   
    *  Tennessee QSO Party   
      
   September 7   
      
    *  MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint   
      
   September 8   
      
    *  ARS Spartan Sprint   
      
      
   NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST   
      
   The FCC is remaining tough on WiFi jamming, with a recent $750K fine announced   
   for actively blocking access to the usage of the spectrum. Earlier this year,   
   Marriott Hotels were fined for the similar activities. The method used to   
   'jam' the spectrum involved sending 'disconnect' packets to clients of 'rogue'   
   access points.   
      
   In a tantalizing historical tidbit, it appears that HF propagation was pretty   
   good from the US East Coast to Europe during 1941 to 1945, so much so that   
   even battlefield communications could be monitored. A farm in Scituate,   
   Rhode Island, was set up as a listening post. The location turned out to be   
   stellar, and was instrumental in providing a wide range of radio-derived   
   intelligence information during WWII.   
      
   Jameco recently did a survey of Electronic Hobbyists (PDF), and while it's   
   market research oriented, it reflects the population of their most avid   
   customers. The profile of their typical customer is one that has been involved   
   in their hobby for 35 years (so, older), and has twice as much education as   
   the average American, among other characteristics. The report identifies   
   popular technologies, future hobbyist intent, and expectations of   
   how the hobby will evolve.   
      
   U.S. Hams may be getting new allocations soon in the 2200m and 630m bands.   
   Band noise and propagation is different at VLF. 'Natural' RF noise has been   
   the subject of enthusiast interest for a long time. Emanating from lighting,   
   geomagnetic events, and other known and unknown sources, and then subject to   
   the propagation effects of the Earth's magnetic field, different words are   
   used to describe the received noises: 'sferics', 'tweeks', and 'whistlers.'   
      
   Sure the bands have been a bit lacking lately, but what if Earth were directly   
   in the path of a really big Coronal Mass Ejection? More folks are realizing   
   that it could be very bad news.   
      
   If you're looking for the right tool for the job of finding out what's under   
   various potting compounds on pc boards, you might use a laser cutter.   
      
   Wireless Power Transfer is going to be tested in England for vehicles while   
   the vehicles are moving. "Dynamic wireless power transfer" is the term used to   
   describe the technology, which in real use would be targeted to specific   
   routes, and enable the use of electric versions of vehicles which aren't today   
   viewed as suitable for electrification - examples include buses and large   
   trucks.   
      
   Which state has the least expensive electrical power? The US Energy   
   Information Administration has profiles on each state. Oh, and it's Louisiana   
   at 6.9 centers per kWh.   
      
   Most cellular carriers allow for 'overlay' networks on their network. They   
   effectively wholesale minutes to MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators).   
   These operators in turn provide services to consumers, differentiated in many   
   ways. MVNO examples in the US include Boost Mobile and Credo Mobile. A company   
   recently announced something that could be a 'stealth play' for this business   
   model, but for electrical power - a Virtual Utility Operator perhaps. SunPort   
   is providing electrical sockets that communicate with their servers while   
   supplying electricity from your normal utility, to specify that the devices   
   you are plugging in have a preference for Solar generated   
   energy. In this fashion, SunPort can continuously inform your utility of the   
   consumer-driven demand for solar. Other utilities (e.g. Green Mountain Power)   
   already offer their customers the choice of paying a little more for   
   specialty generation (cow-manure generated power), but on a monthly-bill basis.   
      
   If you live in California, and want to be on the "supply side" vs. the demand   
   side, Google is making it easier to determine if your location will work.   
   (Thanks N6KI)   
      
   You're working the 15 meter multiplier station. You're on the ball, and you   
   see a spot for the 3W multiplier, so you swing your big stack around... you   
   want to get in and out before too many callers pile on. You know your   
   conditions are not ideal, as you'll be beaming directly through the shack, and   
   there're birdies from a network switch you replaced just before the contest.   
   You hear him; you thrust your call into the fray; you get a tingly feeling   
   just before you hear him return your call. That's odd. You're a seasoned   
   contester, and 3W is not THAT rare... perhaps you need "the first shielded   
   underpants that (supposedly) protect male fertility." Using a special fabric,   
   the stylish briefs claim the ability to block up to 99.7% of all WiFi signals   
   (as well as other electromagnetic radiation). Despite no conclusive scientific   
   evidence that this is a problem in search of a solution, the company states   
   "if it comes out that EM radiation is not bad for us then people still have   
   very comfortable underwear with all the other beneficial properties of   
   silver." No word yet on whether they'll be showing at Dayton next May. (Thanks   
   to Elektor & N0AX)   
      
   KO7X, Silent Key. One of the most active Wyoming voices is no more. From   
   Alan's Facebook page, he died unexpectedly on Aug 15th. He was formerly K6QPH   
   and K6XO. More recently, Alan had been active from Wyoming since 2003. Alan   
   was a frequent attendee of the Dayton Hamvention and many other conventions   
   and hamfests. (N0AX)   
      
   Web Site of the Week - The Spark Museum of Electrical Invention   
      
   If you can't travel to Bellingham, Washington to visit it in person, check out   
   their excellent web site, for example "The Beginning of Radio and the Wireless   
   Era." Beautiful photography and easy navigation make for a great experience.   
   If you visit in person, you may find the museum's Tesla coil in operation -   
   It's capable of 10 foot sparks. Licensed amateurs may be able to operate the   
   museum's amateur station, W7MRE.   
      
      
   WORD TO THE WISE   
      
   3830 - The term "3830" used to (and still can) refer to the 80m frequency   
   where contesters gathered after the contest to compare scores. It was   
   particularly lively on the east coast of the US, where the very competitive   
   multi-multi stations would share their unverified QSO counts, multiplier   
   counts, and scores. With the advent of email and the internet, it then evolved   
   to be the 3830 email reflector on contesting.com, where Dink, N7WA posts   
   contest summaries for many contests. Bruce, WA7BNM made it easier to post   
   scores through his website, which is (now) 3830scores.com. With any change,   
   things are lost, and things are gained. While 3.830 MHz is generally empty   
   post-contest, contest summaries and commentary are available any time (and   
   potentially in perpetuity) via the reflector and web site, and provide   
   thoughtful and useful information that can improve your contest scores.   
      
      
   SIGHTS AND SOUNDS   
      
   N6KW reports: "Scott Charles VE7FYC climbed Hollyburn Mountain (4350 feet)   
   just north of Vancouver BC in CN89 for the 2015 August ARRL UHF Contest. He   
   only made one QSO, but it was a doozy. 234 miles (377 km) to WW7D/R in CN86 on   
   223.5 MHz FM HT."   
      
   Scott, VE7FYC describes the moment: "My family and I took a little bit of hike   
   to the peak of Hollyburn Mtn. (4350' in CN 89) I brought along 2 HT ( Icom   
   IC-03AT for 223.5Mhz and a Wouxun KG-669P for 446mhz.) WW7D/R was breaking the   
   squelch on 223.5mhz as we made our way to the top. Once at the peak I made QSO   
   with Darryl WW7D/rover and then tried a 70 cm contact but was not successful.   
   He was in CN86 some 234 miles / 377Km away. Not bad for a 30 year old HT."   
      
   Darryl, WW7D/R reports: "He had a great signal for a hand-held! And we were   
   probably cross-polarized, unless he was holding his radio sideways, so that   
   was an amazing way to finish off the contest." Darryl also has an excellent   
   write-up of his 2015 ARRL UHF contest operation on his blog.   
      
   (Thanks to N6KW, VE7FYC, and WW7D)   
      
   NPR's 2014 "Only A Game" broadcast on WRTC was recently rebroadcast as a "Best   
   Of" episode.   
      
      
   RESULTS AND RECORDS   
      
   According to Ulf, DL5AXX, WRTC current qualification standings now contain   
      
   ú ARRL-DX-CW 2015, final scores   
   ú ARRL-DX-SSB 2015, final scores   
   ú RDXC 2015, claimed scores   
   ú CQWPX-SSB 2015, claimed scores   
   ú CQWPX-CW 2015, claimed scores   
   ú IARU R1 FD, final scores   
   ú EU HF 2015, claimed scores   
      
   The results of the UBA Contest CW 2015 are published on the UBA website.   
   Contest certificates can also be downloaded. Make sure that in the field   
   "call" there is only your call and nothing else. 73 cu next year - Marc, ON7SS   
      
   The 2015 CQ 160 Contest Results have been posted:   
      
    *  2015 CQ WW 160-Meter Contest Complete CW & SSB Line Scores (PDF)   
    *  2015 CQ WW 160-Meter Contest Expanded Results - Soapbox Comments (PDF)   
    *  2015 CQ WW 160-Meter Contest Expanded Results - Guest Ops (pdf)   
      
   (JN3VQM via TopBand reflector)   
      
      
   OPERATING TIP   
      
   If you're new to a particular contest, you can research how others approach it   
   by examining past years' post-contest commentaries on 3830scores.com. Even the   
   shaggy dog stories are helpful, for humor or counter-example.   
      
      
   TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION   
      
   2.4 GHz WiFi falls within the 2.4 GHz Amateur Radio band. If you're building a   
   project that requires WiFi connectivity, you might like this survey of   
   embedded WiFi development boards. While it's not all-encompassing, it does   
   have a few you're likely to come across, some you should know about, including   
   the nearly-ubiquitous ESP8266, with which you can add connectivity to your   
   project for under $6 from some sources.   
      
   DefCon is an increasingly important conference which started as an annual   
   gathering of blackhat and whitehat hackers. It's still that, but now the   
   corporations and press have discovered it, and it's a bigger deal. The   
   electronic threats and vulnerabilities that attendees talk about which were   
   once seen as merely interesting are ever more mainstream. One of the   
   presentations that was to occur, but which was pulled, had an intriguing name   
   -- "ProxyHam". From early descriptions, the talk was described a means to set   
   up a combination wireless link and repeater and web proxy to allow the use of   
   public WiFi points to disguise the true physical location of the user. Not   
   that big a deal to folks that set up wireless infrastructure, but it was a   
   press darling for being cancelled.   
      
   High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is all about being able to faithfully   
   capture all of the distinct light levels in a given image. One way that   
   cameras do it today is by taking multiple varying exposures, and combining   
   them. That method has downsides, including accounting for motion of the   
   subject between exposures. Doing it a different way, researchers at MIT now   
   claim a "Near infinite dynamic range camera." Understanding that the way   
   sensors work is by accumulating light as represented by electron charge, the   
   MIT innovation is that during any particular exposure, each sensor capacitor   
   is monitored for when it 'fills up' (reaches maximum charge). The sensor is   
   reset, and allowed to continue to fill up. This fill-the-bucket,   
   empty-the-bucket cycle continues until the exposure time is complete; the   
   number of resets and the amount of charge finally accumulated is used to   
   calculate the actual amount of light detected.   
      
   Unless you're a filmmaker, perhaps you've not noticed the revolution in the   
   shooting of video at higher resolutions, like 4K and above - arguably, better   
   than film. Here's an article on the use of RED cameras. These are some amazing   
   devices.   
      
   Elecraft has a nice application note describing how to use Virtual Serial   
   Ports in conjunction with its products, but the information could be useful in   
   other remote applications.   
      
   If you'd like to get the signal strength of your iPhone's base station in dB,   
   you can enable a field test mode just by dialing a special number. And it's   
   not 867-5309.   
      
   DARPA sees future for electron tubes, in the high millimeter-wave frequencies.   
   Using newer technologies for manufacturing, such as 3D printing, they hope to   
   cut costs and increase reliability. (N6KI)   
      
   MIT and Samsung teamed up to find a way to extend the shelf life on batteries   
   - potentially indefinitely. Solid Electrolyte leads to batteries with   
   indefinite shelf life   
      
   Amazon just opened up voice control of arbitrary devices through their API   
   (the API is for lighting, but 'turn on', 'turn off', and brightness levels can   
   be repurposed for other control tasks)... the voice controlled ham shack   
   control scenario I mentioned a few issues back is getting closer.   
      
   Technical Web Site of the Week - Instructables.com   
      
   Whether you need to know how to shave with an Axe (getting ready for the Field   
   Day Press onslaught, perhaps?), make your own locknuts, get your workshop   
   organized, or thousands of other topics, this site has it. There's even one   
   for becoming one of us - How to Talk to Someone using Ham Radio. As it's all   
   user-generated content, you too can help others by sharing your knowledge.   
      
      
   CONVERSATION   
      
   Rehab   
      
   Technology has brought many changes to our hobby. The recent spate of   
   revelations of logging improprieties... no, let's use the right word, the   
   harsh word, the word that creates the more visceral reaction - cheating - has   
   been argued more effectively, more definitively, by using technology. The   
   ability to analyze cumulative log data allows contest sponsors to present   
   evidence which indicates that some individual winning logs contain an   
   over-abundance of erroneous information. If left to stand, awards to cheaters   
   devalue and diminish the experience of everyone participating.   
      
   The CQWW committee announced recently that it is examining the last four years   
   of CQWW logs for evidence of log padding. If a winning entrant is found to   
   have violated the rules, he/she will lose the award, and be subject to varying   
   levels of future disqualification.   
      
   Besides the loss of standing in the contest results, what about the hit to   
   character points that the cheater faces? What is the road back?   
      
   Over the past few years we've seen a number of public figures and celebrities   
   who have fallen from high esteem. There's an industry built around the   
   rehabilitation of character; according to one expert in sports marketing, Paul   
   Swangard of the University of Oregon, one formula is to "... apologize, then   
   act responsibly and then get back to what people liked watching you do --   
   compete and win."   
      
   Individually, and as a community, we must not accept the charade of "I made a   
   mistake..." as if the competitor intended to do the right thing and somehow,   
   improbably, just didn't. Their hands did not just slip on the power control or   
   amplifier switch, or "mistakenly" enter tens or hundreds of bogus ("wishful   
   thinking") contacts; the logging program did not malfunction and suddenly   
   display the band map window loaded with spots. Baloney! Intentional and   
   willful transgressions are not mistakes. Errors in judgment are more difficult   
   to admit both to oneself and to one's community.   
      
   While it's doubtful that Oprah will invite a fallen contester onto her show   
   for a mea culpa and heart-felt apology, there will have to be a conversation   
   between the disqualified and the contest community. The first step, apology,   
   could be the hardest, and perhaps insurmountable. An ego may just not be able   
   to withstand it. It requires the acknowledgement that willful, conscious   
   violations of the rules - cheating - occurred.   
      
   The contest community should be dismissive of the unrepentant, of those who   
   don't take the difficult first steps, and understandably wary of those who do.   
   Actions and motives of the previously disqualified will be highly scrutinized   
   for a long time, as the trust deficit is diminished.   
      
   The words of the contest community to "follow the rules, and be ethical in   
   your contesting" only have the power and meaning that we as a community give   
   them through our actions and follow-through.   
      
   73, Brian N9ADG   
      
      
   CONTESTS   
      
   28 Aug through 8 Sep 2015   
      
   An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral in PDF format is   
   available. Check the sponsor's Web site for information on operating time   
   restrictions and other instructions.   
      
   HF CONTESTS   
      
   SKCC Sprint, Aug 26, 0000z to Aug 26, 0200z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15,   
   10m; RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./power); Logs due:   
   August 28.   
      
   Phone Fray, Aug 26, 0230z to Aug 26, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m;   
   NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: August 28.   
      
   CWops Mini-CWT Test, Aug 26, 1300z to Aug 26, 1400z, Aug 26, 1900z to Aug 26,   
   2000z, Aug 27, 0300z to Aug 27, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;   
   Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs   
   due: August 29.   
      
   RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB, Aug 27, 1900z to Aug 27, 2000z; SSB; Bands: 80m   
   Only; [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name]; Logs   
   due: September 3.   
      
   QRP Fox Hunt, Aug 28, 0100z to Aug 28, 0230z; CW; Bands: 20m Only; RST +   
   (state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: August 22.   
      
   NCCC RTTY Sprint, Aug 28, 0145z to Aug 28, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules);   
   Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: August 23.   
      
   NCCC Sprint Ladder, Aug 28, 0230z to Aug 28, 0300z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40,   
   20, 15, 10, 6m; Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: August 23.   
      
   Feld Hell Sprint, Aug 29, 0000z to Aug 29, 2359z; Feld Hell; Bands: 160, 80,   
   40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; (see rules); Logs due: September 5.   
      
   ALARA Contest, Aug 29, 0400z to Aug 29, 1359z, Aug 30, 0400z to Aug 30, 1359z;   
   CW, Phone; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 2m; ALARA: RS(T) + Serial No. + ALARA   
   member + Name, non-ALARA: RS(T) + Serial No. + Name + (whether YL/OM/club   
   station); Logs due: September 30.   
      
   YO DX HF Contest, Aug 29, 1200z to Aug 30, 1200z; CW, SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20,   
   15, 10m; YO: RS(T) + county, non-YO: RS(T) + Serial No.; Logs due: September   
   29.   
      
   W/VE Islands QSO Party, Aug 29, 1200z to Aug 30, 0300z; CW, Phone, Digital;   
   Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; Islands: RS(T) + USI/CISA Island   
   Designation, Non-Islands: RS(T) + (state/province/country); Logs due:   
   September 15.   
      
   SCC RTTY Championship, Aug 29, 1200z to Aug 30, 1159z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40,   
   20, 15, 10m; RST + 4-digit year license first issued; Logs due: September 7.   
      
   Kansas QSO Party, Aug 29, 1400z to Aug 30, 0200z, Aug 30, 1400z to Aug 30,   
   2000z; CW, SSB, Digital; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; KS: RS(T) + county,   
   non-KS: RS(T) + (state/VE section/"DX"); Logs due: October 8.   
      
   North American SSB Sprint Contest, Aug 30, 0000z to Aug 30, 0400z; SSB; Bands:   
   80, 40, 20m; [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name]   
   + [your state/province/country]; Logs due: September 6.   
      
   SARL HF CW Contest, Aug 30, 1300z to Aug 30, 1630z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20m;   
   RST + Serial No.; Logs due: September 6.   
      
   Phone Fray, Sep 2, 0230z to Sep 2, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m;   
   NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: August 28.   
      
   CWops Mini-CWT Test, Sep 2, 1300z to Sep 2, 1400z, Sep 2, 1900z to Sep 2,   
   2000z, Sep 3, 0300z to Sep 3, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;   
   Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs   
   due: August 29.   
      
   UKEICC 80m Contest, Sep 2, 2000z to Sep 2, 2100z; CW; Bands: 80m Only;   
   4-Character grid square; Logs due: September 2.   
      
   NRAU 10m Activity Contest, Sep 3, 1700z to Sep 3, 1800z (CW), Sep 3, 1800z to   
   Sep 3, 1900z (SSB), Sep 3, 1900z to Sep 3, 2000z (FM), Sep 3, 2000z to Sep 3,   
   2100z (Dig); CW, SSB, FM, Digital; Bands: 10m Only; RS(T) + 6-character grid   
   square; Logs due: September 17.   
      
   QRP Fox Hunt, Sep 4, 0100z to Sep 4, 0230z; CW; Bands: 20m Only; RST +   
   (state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: August 22.   
      
   NCCC RTTY Sprint Ladder, Sep 4, 0145z to Sep 4, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: 160, 80,   
   40, 20, 15m; Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: September 6.   
      
   NCCC Sprint, Sep 4, 0230z to Sep 4, 0300z; (see rules); Bands: (see rules);   
   Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: September 6.   
      
   G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest, Sep 4, 2300z to Sep 6, 2300z; CW; Bands:   
   80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + name + FISTS No.,   
   non-FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power; Logs due: October 6.   
      
   Russian RTTY WW Contest, Sep 5, 0000z to Sep 5, 2359z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40,   
   20, 15, 10m; RU: RST + 2-letter oblast, non-RU: RST + CQ Zone; Logs due:   
   September 20.   
      
   CWOps CW Open, Sep 5, 0000z to Sep 5, 0359z, Sep 5, 1200z to Sep 5, 1559z, Sep   
   5, 2000z to Sep 5, 2359z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; Serial No. +   
   Name; Logs due: September 19.   
      
   All Asian DX Contest, Phone, Sep 5, 0000z to Sep 7, 0000z; Phone; Bands: 80,   
   40, 20, 15, 10m; RS + 2-digit age; Logs due: October 7.   
      
   Wake-Up! QRP Sprint, Sep 5, 0600z to Sep 5, 0629z, Sep 5, 0630z to Sep 5,   
   0659z, Sep 5, 0700z to Sep 5, 0729z, Sep 5, 0730z to Sep 5, 0800z; CW; Bands:   
   40, 20m; RST + Serial No. + suffix of previous QSO ("QRP" for 1st QSO); Logs   
   due: September 12.   
      
   RSGB SSB Field Day, Sep 5, 1300z to Sep 6, 1300z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15,   
   10m; RS + Serial No.; Logs due: September 22.   
      
   IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB, Sep 5, 1300z to Sep 6, 1259z; SSB; Bands: 160,   
   80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: September 30.   
      
   Colorado QSO Party, Sep 5, 1300z to Sep 6, 0400z; CW, Phone, Digital; Bands:   
   160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, VHF/UHF; CO: Name + county, W/VE: Name +   
   (state/province), DX: Name + DXCC prefix; Logs due: October 3.   
      
   AGCW Straight Key Party, Sep 5, 1600z to Sep 5, 1900z; CW; Bands: 80m Only;   
   AGCW: RST + Serial No. + "/" + Class + "/" + Name + "/" + Age; Logs due:   
   September 30.   
      
   PODXS 070 Club Jay Hudak Memorial 80m Sprint, Sep 5, 2000z to Sep 6, 2000z;   
   PSK31; Bands: 80m Only; RST + (state/province/country); Logs due: September 19.   
      
   WAB 144 MHz QRO Phone, Sep 6, 1000z to Sep 6, 1400z; SSB; Bands: 2m Only;   
   British Isles: RS + serial no. + WAB square, Other: RS + serial no. + country;   
   Logs due: September 27.   
      
   DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest, Sep 6, 1100z to Sep 6, 1700z; RTTY, Amtor,   
   Clover, PSK31, Pactor; Bands: 10m Only; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: September   
   21.   
      
   Tennessee QSO Party, Sep 6, 1800z to Sep 7, 0300z; CW, Phone, Digital; Bands:   
   160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, VHF/UHF; TN: RS(T) + county, non-TN: RS(T) +   
   (state/province/country); Logs due: October 7.   
      
   MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint, Sep 7, 2300z to Sep 8, 0300z; CW; Bands: 160, 80,   
   40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; RST + (state/province/country) + (member no./power   
   output); Logs due: September 21.   
      
   ARS Spartan Sprint, Sep 8, 0100z to Sep 8, 0300z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15,   
   10m; RST + (state/province/country) + Power; Logs due: September 10.   
      
   VHF+ CONTESTS   
      
   ARRL EME Contest, Sep 5, 0000z to Sep 6, 2359z; Analog (CW, Phone), Digital;   
   Bands: 50-1296 MHz; Signal report; Logs due: January 1.   
      
   LOG DUE DATES   
      
   28 Aug through 8 Sep 2015   
      
   August 28, 2015   
      
    *  Phone Fray   
    *  SKCC Sprint   
      
   August 29, 2015   
      
    *  TARA Grid Dip Shindig   
      
   August 31, 2015   
      
    *  County Hunters CW Contest   
    *  Russian District Award Contest   
    *  Intercontinental Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend Contest   
      
   September 1, 2015   
      
    *  Portugal Day Contest   
    *  ARRL August UHF Contest   
      
   September 8, 2015   
      
    *  Maryland-DC QSO Party   
      
      
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