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   The ARRL Contest Update   
      
   August 24, 2016   
   Editor: Brian Moran, N9ADG   
      
      
   IN THIS ISSUE   
    *  New HF Operators: HI, KS, OH QSO Parties, RTTY, and more   
    *  Bulletins: Bay Area Ops - 2M FM Contest   
    *  Contest Summary   
    *  News: Ron, Win4K3Suite, W3LPL Tower, and more   
    *  Word to the Wise: Prosign   
    *  Sights and Sounds: "Why We Lie" and more   
    *  Results: WRTC Standings Updated   
    *  Operating Tip: Ask Them to Call Again Later   
    *  Technical Topics and Information: SDR Book, OAM, Antenna Comparisons,   
       and more   
    *  Conversation: Learning Opportunities   
    *  Contests   
    *  Log Due Dates   
      
      
   NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO   
      
   Aloha! This weekend will be a wonderful opportunity to get Hawaii into your   
   logbook, as the Hawai`i QSO Party happens then. Kansas and Ohio will also have   
   their events. If you're chasing NPOTA stations, all ten Kansas NPOTA sites   
   will be on the air! If RTTY is more your style, the Slovenia Contest Club's   
   RTTY Championship runs for 24 hours. The KCJ contest is potentially a good   
   place to find the less common Japanese prefectures. If you work all 47 of   
   them, you can apply for the WAJA award from the Japanese Amateur Radio League.   
      
   During Labor Day weekend, there are Colorado and Tennessee QSO parties, and if   
   you're working on your CW skills the CWops CW OPEN provides three separate   
   sessions of four hours each over the weekend. Especially on the west coast,   
   there will be plenty of stations involved in the All Asia DX Contest, phone.   
   The three-day weekend could also be a good time to get outside antenna work   
   done for the upcoming contest "season".   
      
      
      
   BULLETINS   
      
   Attention Bay Area Amateurs: The San Francisco Radio Club (SFRC) is holding   
   the 2nd annual San Francisco 2M FM QSO party on Saturday August 27, 2016, from   
   10AM to 2PM Pacific Time (1700z - 2100z). ZIP codes are like grid squares and   
   are multipliers. There are categories for mobile and fixed stations just like   
   the ARRL UHF/VHF contests. Even with a handheld, you can participate in a fun   
   contest. More info can be found on the club website. If you have any   
   questions, please contact Robert, AD6I.   
      
      
      
   BUSTED QSOS   
      
   IARU Region 2 encompasses the Americas, as Ramon, XE1KK, kindly pointed out.   
      
      
      
   CONTEST SUMMARY   
      
   Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section   
      
   August 25   
      
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
    *  RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB   
      
   August 26   
      
    *  QRP Fox Hunt   
    *  NCCC RTTY Sprint   
    *  NCCC Sprint   
      
   August 27   
      
    *  Hawaii QSO Party   
    *  ALARA Contest   
    *  YO DX HF Contest   
    *  W/VE Islands QSO Party   
    *  SCC RTTY Championship   
    *  Keyman's Club of Japan Contest   
    *  Kansas QSO Party   
    *  Ohio QSO Party   
    *  CVA DX Contest, SSB   
      
   August 28   
      
    *  Kansas QSO Party   
    *  SARL HF CW Contest   
      
   August 31   
      
    *  Phone Fray   
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
      
   September 1   
      
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
    *  NRAU 10m Activity Contest   
      
   September 2   
      
    *  QRP Fox Hunt   
    *  NCCC RTTY Sprint   
    *  NCCC Sprint   
    *  G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest   
      
   September 3   
      
    *  Russian RTTY WW Contest   
    *  CWOps CW Open   
    *  All Asian DX Contest, Phone   
    *  Wake-Up! QRP Sprint   
    *  RSGB SSB Field Day   
    *  IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB   
    *  AGCW Straight Key Party   
    *  Colorado QSO Party   
    *  PODXS 070 Club Jay Hudak Memorial 80m Sprint   
      
   September 4   
      
    *  WAB 144 MHz QRO Phone   
    *  DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest   
    *  Tennessee QSO Party   
      
   September 5   
      
    *  MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint   
      
   September 6   
      
    *  ARS Spartan Sprint   
      
   September 7   
      
    *  Phone Fray   
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
    *  UKEICC 80m Contest   
      
      
   NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST   
      
   There's a new release of the Win4K3Suite, software dedicated to the control of   
   your K3 series of transceivers from your Microsoft Windows computer.   
   Win4K3Suite provides a software panadapter using SDRPlay (showing up to 1.8   
   MHz bandwidth), LP-PAN, or a video capture board for the P3. This new release   
   has improved SDRPlay performance and fixes an issue with the Elecraft   
   Frequency Memory Editor files.   
      
   During the recent NAQP Phone contest on August 20th and 21st, you likely heard   
   members of the Florida Contest group using "Ron" as part of the exchange, in   
   memory and honor of Ron Weitjen, WD4AHZ, who succumbed to cancer earlier this   
   year. Ron was known to many in the WCF section and beyond as a friend and   
   worthy competitor.   
      
   On June 21st, an EF0 tornado cut a twelve-mile path across western Howard   
   County. One of the casualties of the storm was the tower for the ten meter   
   antenna at W3LPL. Frank Donovan reports that thanks to very generous volunteer   
   help by dozens of members of the Potomac Valley Radio Club and The Columbia   
   Amateur Radio Association, a new 200 foot tower has gone up in its place. The   
   new tower will be the home of an 8-element ten meter Optimum Wideband Array   
   (OWA) Yagi designed by W8WWV, it itself a refinement of previous designs by   
   K3LR, WA3FET, and NW3Z. The antenna is expected to be up by September, just in   
   time for the upcoming contest season.   
      
   Contact with the STEREO-B (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories)   
   satellite, which NASA used in the past to obtain greater insight into our   
   sun's behavior, has been re-established after nearly two years of silence.   
   STEREO-B and it's twin, STEREO-A, provide insight on CMEs (Coronal Mass   
   Ejections) and other sun phenomena which are important to radio propagation.   
   NASA's Deep Space Network was used to reach the spacecraft.   
      
   A new Yahoo group dedicated to QSO parties has been in existence since April   
   2015. With the numbers of members currently near one hundred, the group   
   includes those that are interested in participating, as well as many state QSO   
   party administrators and team members. Dave, WN4AFP, who is the Team Leader of   
   the South Carolina QSO Party, values "the opportunity to share ideas with   
   active QPers. For state QSO party leaders, this is an excellent way to obtain   
   feedback following your event, exchange new rule ideas and more. You can find   
   out what works and what needs to be re-tooled. It's also a great way to build   
   relationships in this contest niche."   
      
      
      
   WORD TO THE WISE   
      
   Prosign - Accepted as short for "Procedural Signal": In CW, a sequence of dots   
   and dashes that are used to convey a particular meaning about the   
   communication itself, such as end of transmission, "SK", over, "K", or wait,   
   "AS". They are written as the concatenation of one or more regular characters,   
   sent or received with no intervening spaces. In contests, you might hear the   
   "AS" prosign being sent by an operator when she can't yet log a contact due to   
   a rebooting computer or other problem.   
      
      
      
   SIGHTS AND SOUNDS   
      
   The Shack Shine doorknob hanger appeard on my front door last month. It's   
   found a new home hanging off of various knobs in my shack.   
      
   Last weekend, while driving to a Multi/2 for the NAQP Phone contest and   
   listening to the radio, I happened on this week's Ted Radio Hour episode, "Why   
   We Lie", which provided some insights into why people can be dishonest. Dan   
   Ariely, a speaker in the show, has suggested some techniques that could be   
   adapted to the contesting context to discourage cheating: before starting to   
   operate, have the logging program ask the contester to explicitly promise that   
   they will operate within the bounds the rules, and then before they submit   
   their log, promise that their log follows all of the rules.   
      
      
      
   RESULTS AND RECORDS   
      
   The WRTC 2018 qualification standings have been updated to reflect the 2016   
   ARRL DX Phone and CW final scores, the EU HF 2016 claimed scores, and 2016   
   IARU Region 1 Field Day final scores.   
      
      
      
   OPERATING TIP - Call Again Later   
      
   Dennis, N6KI, suggests that when running, when you can't copy a station   
   despite multiple attempts, do not just abandon them by just calling CQ. Dennis   
   suggests saying "I can't copy you well right now, please call again later, or   
   if my signal fades up." He wants that station to know they are very important   
   to him and not just dismiss them with a "Sorry, no copy....CQ Contest!" He   
   finds that most will come back due to that courtesy. "This technique could   
   really pay off when you are winning contests by a small margin of QSOs."   
      
      
      
   TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION   
      
   Jim, KA2RVO, via the Elecraft mailing list, suggested the free online book   
   Signal Processing For Communications. I skimmed the introductory chapters, and   
   it is interesting enough to add to my reading list, in my case as a potential   
   good review of the mathematical underpinnings for DSP, and how they relate to   
   practical real-world characteristics of communications channels. The book   
   builds on the theory introduced in early chapters to ultimately discuss the   
   design of a modem that provides 2400 baud communications over a    
   elephone-grade channel.   
      
   Back in February, AMSAT announced it is seeking volunteers to assist with the   
   technical details and development of Phase 4 "Five and Dime" ground terminals.   
   The satellite will be using the 5 and 10 GHz bands, with an underlying digital   
   transmission transport layer. The technical details are to be "open source,"   
   and the project's source files are kept on Github. It's interesting to read   
   the weekly progress reports in that portion of the repository, and some of the   
   source code for various DSP receivers that will eventually be posted may find   
   crossover application for controlling skimmer hardware.   
      
   Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) is a characteristic of electromagnetic waves   
   that is starting to garner interest as a means to increase the number of   
   signals using a single frequency. Individual signals with different OAM values   
   can be distinguished and apparently do not interfere with one another,   
   according to an article in IEEE Spectrum. (Ward, N0AX)   
      
   If you'd like maximum life from your lithium ion batteries, charge them   
   slowly, and try not to continually charge them, according to this article in   
   the New York Times.   
      
   VE7BQH maintains UHF/VHF antenna comparison spreadsheets. Recently they've   
   been updated, and uploaded to W7GJ's website. They are also available with an   
   HTML view via dxmaps.com. The tables include information on expected gain   
   figures when stacking them in different common configurations.   
      
   Steve, K6OIK, as part of a presentation to the Foothills Amateur Radio   
   Society, has prepared a paper entitled "Amateur Radio Resources that Save   
   Space". His secret is to store radio-related books, articles, papers, and so   
   on electronically, or take advantage of resources available online. He also   
   updated a list of radio-useful software on the club's website.   
      
      
      
   CONVERSATION   
      
   Learning Opportunity   
      
   After I drove with my daughter from Seattle to San Diego late last week in   
   advance of her junior year of college, I had the opportunity to participate in   
   the NAQP contest as part of the M/2 effort of NX6T. Dennis, N6KI, coordinated   
   the operators from the San Diego Contest Club (SDCC). The station location was   
   on a hilltop, and originally the QTH of Nash, W6HCD (SK). Like many in our   
   hobby, and especially those in southern California, Nash was an engineer,   
   involved in the defense and aircraft industry and even space launches as the   
   Launch Logistics Specialist for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was   
   consistently generous to the SDCC.   
      
   Over the years the noise floor at his location increased, making it   
   increasingly difficult to pick out the weak ones on the low bands. Small lot   
   sizes and development of adjacent properties make low-noise receiving antennas   
   a challenge.   
      
   The subject of "How to be a Good Guest Operator" has been covered in past   
   presentations at Contest University and beyond, and to me it boils down to   
   using guest etiquette, with particular attention to operating as the host   
   desires. I arrived on time, with everything I needed for self-maintenance:   
   water and a sandwich. Dennis provided operator introductions, and a tour of   
   the grounds, and a rundown of the equipment and antenna topology. While the   
   Elecraft K3s were familiar to me, the logging software, Wintest, was not.   
   Thankfully, most logging programs are similar in concept, and my N1MM skills   
   translated well enough. I even learned the hand signals I needed to make or   
   recognize when a new multiplier needs to be worked.   
      
   Dennis expressed disappointment in the band conditions - ten meters wasn't   
   opening, and fifteen was marginal. He put me on the 20 meter run station,   
   where I thought the band was great, compared to recent not-as-great conditions   
   in the Pacific Northwest.   
      
   Later in the day, the rate went down, and I was moved to the multiplier   
   station. Dennis took the run position. There was time to have snippets of   
   discussion between the contacts, and for us to pay more attention to one   
   another's operating as we had to coordinate to get multipliers.   
      
   The exchange for NAQP is name and the state. At one point, I received the name   
   "Victor" as the name of the other operator, and I asked for a phonetic   
   spelling, as I have friends who are named Victor and others named Viktor.   
   After I completed the contact, Dennis told me to log what the name sounded   
   like for phone, and to not waste time getting the exact spelling - the SSB log   
   scoring process would accept alternative spellings. Between contacts, I   
   expressed my incredulity that this would actually occur. Dennis was "staunch   
   in his conviction." I didn't ask for any more spellings of names that had   
   alternatives.   
      
   After the contest, I followed up with Bill, AC0W, NAQP SSB Contest Manager,   
   with this particular example. His response was thoughtful, detailed, and   
   insightful. I'll summarize, and any mistakes are mine, and mine alone. Note   
   that this absolutely does NOT apply to the CW and RTTY NAQP contests, because   
   in those events, you are copying the actual letters of the names in the   
   exchange.   
      
   FOR PHONE NAQP ONLY, it turns out that for many common names, the log checking   
   software will accept alternative spellings. For example, "Brian" could be the   
   operators name, but the receiving operator could log "Bryan" and still be   
   credited with the QSO.   
      
   The alternate-name database is likely not exhaustive, and probably only covers   
   common names. So if someone gives you a name that is uncommon, it's best to   
   ask for a phonetic spelling.   
      
   Note that this only works for sound-alike alternatives. For example, if you   
   know the other operator by their call, and their real name is "Richard" but   
   they're sending "Dick," you have to log "Dick" to be credited for the contact.   
   Log what is sent!   
      
   Sometimes in a contest, an operator will start out with one name, realize it's   
   too long or too difficult to communicate, and then change their exchange in   
   the middle of the contest. The log checking software can detect this   
   situation, and QSOs made with the fickle station both before and after the   
   change will be credited.   
      
   Remember, these are the guidelines for PHONE NAQP only, as I think understand   
   them. Wow! Here's another example of the care, dedication, and thoroughness   
   that a contest sponsor employs when scoring your logs. And, while Dennis was   
   right, I was also a little right in the case of "Victor" as it's likely not a   
   common name.   
      
   That's all for this time. Remember to send contesting related stories, book   
   reviews, tips, techniques, press releases, errata, schematics, club   
   information, pictures, stories of improvements to your contest station, and   
   blog links to contest-update@arrl.org   
      
   73, Brian N9ADG   
      
      
      
   CONTESTS   
      
   25 Aug - 7 Sep   
      
   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   
      
   CWops Mini-CWT Test, Aug 24, 1300z to Aug 24, 1400z, Aug 24, 1900z to Aug 24,   
   2000z, Aug 25, 0300z to Aug 25, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;   
   Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs   
   due: August 27.   
      
   RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB, Aug 25, 1900z to Aug 25, 2000z; SSB; Bands: 80m   
   Only; [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name]; Logs   
   due: September 1.   
      
   QRP Fox Hunt, Aug 26, 0100z to Aug 26, 0230z; CW; Bands: 20m Only; RST +   
   (state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: August 27.   
      
   NCCC RTTY Sprint, Aug 26, 0145z to Aug 26, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules);   
   Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: August 28.   
      
   NCCC Sprint, Aug 26, 0230z to Aug 26, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial   
   No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: August 28.   
      
   Hawai`i QSO Party, Aug 27, 0400z to Aug 29, 0400z; CW, Phone, RTTY, PSK;   
   Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; HI: RS(T) + QTH ID, non-HI W/VE: RS(T) +   
   (state/province), DX: RS(T); Logs due: September 30.   
      
   ALARA Contest, Aug 27, 0600z to Aug 28, 0559z; CW, Phone; Bands: 80, 40, 20m;   
   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 27, 1200z to Aug 28, 1200z; CW, SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20,   
   15, 10m; YO: RS(T) + county, non-YO: RS(T) + Serial No.; Logs due: September   
   27.   
      
   W/VE Islands QSO Party, Aug 27, 1200z to Aug 28, 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 27, 1200z to Aug 28, 1159z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40,   
   20, 15, 10m; RST + 4-digit year license first issued; Logs due: September 5.   
      
   Keyman's Club of Japan Contest, Aug 27, 1200z to Aug 28, 1200z; CW; Bands:   
   160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; JA: RST + prefecture/district code, non-JA: RST +   
   continent code; Logs due: September 29.   
      
   Kansas QSO Party, Aug 27, 1400z to Aug 28, 0200z, Aug 28, 1400z to Aug 28,   
   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 1.   
      
   Ohio QSO Party, Aug 27, 1600z to Aug 28, 0400z; CW, SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20,   
   15, 10m; OH: RS(T) + county, non-OH: RS(T) + (state/province/"DX"); Logs due:   
   September 26.   
      
   CVA DX Contest, SSB, Aug 27, 2100z to Aug 28, 2100z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20,   
   15, 10m; RS + type/UF(see rules); Logs due: September 15.   
      
   SARL HF CW Contest, Aug 28, 1300z to Aug 28, 1630z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20m;   
   RST + Serial No.; Logs due: September 4.   
      
   Phone Fray, Aug 31, 0230z to Aug 31, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m;   
   NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: September 2.   
      
   CWops Mini-CWT Test, Aug 31, 1300z to Aug 31, 1400z, Aug 31, 1900z to Aug 31,   
   2000z, Sep 1, 0300z to Sep 1, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;   
   Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs   
   due: September 3.   
      
   NRAU 10m Activity Contest, Sep 1, 1700z to Sep 1, 1800z (CW), Sep 1, 1800z to   
   Sep 1, 1900z (SSB), Sep 1, 1900z to Sep 1, 2000z (FM), Sep 1, 2000z to Sep 1,   
   2100z (Dig); CW, SSB, FM, Digital; Bands: 10m Only; RS(T) + 6-character grid   
   square; Logs due: September 15.   
      
   QRP Fox Hunt, Sep 2, 0100z to Sep 2, 0230z; CW; Bands: 20m Only; RST +   
   (state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: September 3.   
      
   NCCC RTTY Sprint, Sep 2, 0145z to Sep 2, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules);   
   Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: September 4.   
      
   NCCC Sprint, Sep 2, 0230z to Sep 2, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No.   
   + Name + QTH; Logs due: September 4.   
      
   G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest, Sep 2, 2300z to Sep 4, 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 4.   
      
   Russian RTTY WW Contest, Sep 3, 0000z to Sep 3, 2359z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40,   
   20, 15, 10m; RU: RST + 2-letter oblast, non-RU: RST + CQ Zone; Logs due:   
   September 18.   
      
   CWOps CW Open, Sep 3, 0000z to Sep 3, 0359z, Sep 3, 1200z to Sep 3, 1559z, Sep   
   3, 2000z to Sep 3, 2359z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; Serial No. +   
   Name; Logs due: September 17.   
      
   All Asian DX Contest, Phone, Sep 3, 0000z to Sep 5, 0000z; Phone; Bands: 80,   
   40, 20, 15, 10m; RS + 2-digit age; Logs due: October 5.   
      
   Wake-Up! QRP Sprint, Sep 3, 0600z to Sep 3, 0629z, Sep 3, 0630z to Sep 3,   
   0659z, Sep 3, 0700z to Sep 3, 0729z, Sep 3, 0730z to Sep 3, 0800z; CW; Bands:   
   40, 20m; RST + Serial No. + suffix of previous QSO ("QRP" for 1st QSO); Logs   
   due: September 10.   
      
   RSGB SSB Field Day, Sep 3, 1300z to Sep 4, 1300z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15,   
   10m; RS + Serial No.; Logs due: September 12.   
      
   IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB, Sep 3, 1300z to Sep 4, 1259z; SSB; Bands: 160,   
   80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: September 30.   
      
   AGCW Straight Key Party, Sep 3, 1300z to Sep 3, 1600z; CW; Bands: 40m Only;   
   AGCW: RST + Serial No. + "/" + Class + "/" + Name + "/" + Age; Logs due:   
   September 30.   
      
   Colorado QSO Party, Sep 3, 1300z to Sep 4, 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 1.   
      
   PODXS 070 Club Jay Hudak Memorial 80m Sprint, Sep 3, 2000z to Sep 4, 2000z;   
   PSK31; Bands: 80m Only; RST + (state/province/country); Logs due: September 17.   
      
   DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest, Sep 4, 1100z to Sep 4, 1700z; RTTY, Amtor,   
   Clover, PSK31, Pactor; Bands: 10m Only; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: September   
   19.   
      
   Tennessee QSO Party, Sep 4, 1800z to Sep 5, 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 5.   
      
   MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint, Sep 5, 2300z to Sep 6, 0300z; CW; Bands: 160, 80,   
   40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; RST + (state/province/country) + (member no./power   
   output); Logs due: September 19.   
      
   ARS Spartan Sprint, Sep 6, 0100z to Sep 6, 0300z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15,   
   10m; RST + (state/province/country) + Power; Logs due: September 8.   
      
   Phone Fray, Sep 7, 0230z to Sep 7, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m;   
   NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: September 9.   
      
   CWops Mini-CWT Test, Sep 7, 1300z to Sep 7, 1400z, Sep 7, 1900z to Sep 7,   
   2000z, Sep 8, 0300z to Sep 8, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;   
   Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs   
   due: September 10.   
      
   UKEICC 80m Contest, Sep 7, 2000z to Sep 7, 2100z; CW; Bands: 80m Only;   
   4-Character grid square; Logs due: September 7.   
      
      
   VHF+ CONTESTS   
      
   WAB 144 MHz QRO Phone, Sep 4, 1000z to Sep 4, 1400z; SSB; Bands: 2m Only;   
   British Isles: RS + serial no. + WAB square, Other: RS + serial no. + country;   
   Logs due: September 25.   
      
   See W/VE Islands QSO Party, Keyman's Club of Japan Contest, Kansas QSO Party,   
   Colorado QSO Party, Tennessee QSO Party, MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint above.   
      
      
   LOG DUE DATES   
      
   August 26, 2016   
      
    *  Phone Fray   
    *  SKCC Sprint   
      
   August 27, 2016   
      
    *  WAB 144 MHz Low Power Phone   
    *  50 MHz Fall Sprint   
    *  QRP Fox Hunt   
    *  CWops Mini-CWT Test   
      
   August 28, 2016   
      
    *  NCCC RTTY Sprint   
    *  NCCC Sprint   
    *  Run for the Bacon QRP Contest   
    *  SARL HF Digital Contest   
    *  North American QSO Party, SSB   
      
   August 29, 2016   
      
    *  WAE DX Contest, CW   
      
   August 31, 2016   
      
    *  Russian District Award Contest   
      
   September 1, 2016   
      
    *  Portugal Day Contest   
    *  RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB   
      
   September 3, 2016   
      
    *  TARA Grid Dip Shindig   
      
   September 5, 2016   
      
    *  SCC RTTY Championship   
      
   September 6, 2016   
      
    *  August UHF Contest   
      
      
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