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The ARRL Contest Update
Published by the American Radio Relay League
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March 28, 2012
Editor: Ward Silver, N0AX
==> IN THIS ISSUE
- Peanut Whistle Parade - QRP ARCI, ARS Spartan and LP Spring Sprints
- VHF Spring Sprints - 2 Meter
- Ex-state-ic About QSO Parties
- Colossal Construction
- A Score of Silent Sounds
- 2011 Sweepstakes and EME Online Writeups
- Give Sore Feet the Boot
- Handling Harmonics Handily
- A Call From A Two
==> NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
Why not give QRP contesting a try during the next couple of weekends?
The QRP ARCI has one of its biggest QRP contests of the year in April
(the other is in October) and there are a pair of fun sprints, too.
VHF+ contesters get a sprint of their own, too, with the 2 meter
edition.
BULLETINS
There are no bulletins in this issue.
BUSTED QSOS
PU5DCB was operating on 10 meters - not 15 meters. PU-prefix stations
are not permitted to operate on 15 meters and are limited to 100 watts.
(Thanks, Luc PY8AZT)
CONTEST SUMMARY
Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section
March 31 - April 1
- Worldwide EME Contest
- FOC QSO Party--CW
- Lighthouse Spring Lites QSO Party
- MO QSO Party
- ARS Spartan Sprint--CW (Apr 3)
- OK1WC Memorial Contest (Apr 3)
April 7 - 8
- SNS and NS Weekly Sprints (Apr 6)
- Montana QSO Party
- LZ Open 40 Meter Contest--CW
- PODXS 31 Flavors Contest
- QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party--CW
- SP DX Contest
- EA RTTY Contest
- VHF Spring Sprints (Apr 9)
- Low Power Spring Sprint--CW (Apr 9)
- NAQCC Monthly QRP Sprint--CW (Apr 11)
==> NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
State QSO parties are getting more popular every year with the bands
taking on the sounds of a major domestic contest during the largest of
them. This spring also features a pair of the new breed - regional QSO
parties. Pioneered by the 7th district's 7QP
and now joined by the New England QSO Party , the
first weekend in May has become a "mini-Sweepstakes" of sorts with the
Indiana QSO Party joining the fun, as well.
Several of the individual states in the 7th and 1st districts have had
irregular sponsorship for QSO parties and the solution has been to
combine forces into a larger contest. To help sort out the location
codes, county codes have been devised by each contest. If you plan on
participating, it would be a good idea to check these out ahead of
time! In fact, for any state QSO party using counties or parishes as
multipliers, be sure you use the right abbreviations as they are not
always just the first three letters of the name! You'll also have to
figure out a logging strategy as your logging software is designed to
do one contest at a time - one PC log, two paper logs? Three laptops
and three CW interfaces all "Y-ed" together? The mind boggles! At any
rate, have fun as you put some of the nation's more interesting
counties in your logs.
June may be the start of summertime here in the northern hemisphere
but it is the dead of winter south of the equator and prime Top Band
season! To take advantage of those good conditions "down under", Tree
N6TR has announced the "Summer Stew
" version of the Stew Perry
contest to run on June 16th and 17th. As regulars on the band will
attest, there is DX to be worked year-round on 160 meters and with the
improvements in receiver and antenna technology of recent years, the
band can be lively at any time of year.
CQ Magazine has announced a short delay
in the launching of support for the CQ WPX award program through the
ARRL's Logbook of the World (LOTW). Watch for additional updates on the
status of this long-awaited expansion of LOTW with more support for CQ
awards on the way.
The current edition of the Twin City DX Association's Grey Line Report
includes an interview
with two members of the HK0NA team that set a new record of more than
190,000 QSOs from a "tent and generator" DXpedition. In the same issue
is the story of how an existing Rohn 55 tower is converted into a
rotating tower without having to take it down and reinstall it from
scratch. This "in place" conversion was even done solo! Olé! (Thanks,
Lynn W4NL)
Where do I point the beam? A perennial (if not daily) question for the
DXer - which direction - is often answered by an "azimuthal" map
showing the great-circle path to anywhere from your QTH. You can buy
one but the AZ_PROJ web site can
whip up a custom map for you in a few minutes. Start with the "Short
Form" version to get a feel for the program - enter your latitude and
longitude, select "Whole World" and 2500 km/cm for the whole map to fit
on one sheet of letter-sized paper. Press "Generate Map" and voila! The
"Long Form" process allows much more customization - warning - making
custom maps is quite addictive!
Thanks to the efforts of Don KQ6FM and Kevin N0IRW there are four new
30-second video PSA's available from
the ARRL Public Relations Department. These can serve double-duty as
the sound track alone is also good for radio PSAs all by itself. There
is also a 15-second PSA. (Thanks, ARRL PR Manager, Allen W1AGP)
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology in conjunction with the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Strategic Planning
recently hosted a two-day workshop
discussing the characteristics of receivers and how their performance
can affect the efficient use of spectrum and opportunities for the
creation of new services. Key topics included current practices for
receiver design, case studies involving interference due to receiver
characteristics, and approaches for promoting interference avoidance
and efficient use of spectrum, given the current receiver base and
potential future deployments. (Thanks, Steve K9HY)
Those West Coasties not making the the trek to the Dayton Hamvention
this year might consider the Bay Area's May 19th and 20th Maker Faire
. Attracting huge crowds over the past couple
of years, a Maker Faire features all manner of do-it-yourself (DIY) and
hands-on activities, including ham radio. There are a number of
mini-Faires springing up everywhere from China to Lubbock, TX - there's
one in Los Angeles as you can see on the web site. If a Faire is coming
to your area, why not sponsor a ham radio exhibit? The DIY community is
a motivated, interested population who would be very interested in ham
radio!
Sky and Telescope magazine recently noted the passing of Norman Edmund
, founder of Edmund Scientific. During
my (and I suspect other's) early days in ham radio, the Edmund
Scientific catalog with all of its lenses and magnets was nearly as
well-thumbed as those from Fair Radio Sales, Burstein-Applebee, Allied
Electronics, to name a few. Edmund Scientific
is still busily stimulating young
minds although their product line has a much broader focus these days,
so to speak.
Thanks to Mark K6UFO, I just completed reading The Sun Kings
by Stuart Clark. It's a very well-written history of how sunspots were
discovered to be linked to geomagnetic disturbances here on Earth
through the actions of solar flares. This was heady stuff in the days
before the electron was even known to exist! The book begins with a
recounting of the October 2003 flares, one of which occurred during CQ
WW SSB when I was on the air - it was a memorable experience.
No, not an April Fool's article - Cambridge University researchers have
figured out how to "unprint
"
laser-printed documents by using - not surprisingly - a laser to
vaporize the toner. No word on what happens to said vaporized toner but
the process doesn't seem to hurt the paper.
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine features a regular historical
column and the Dec 2011 issue's was particularly good - "The Father of
Radio: A Brief Chronology of the Origin and development of Wireless
Communications
".
While most radio histories look back no farther than Maxwell, this
paper takes the story all the way back to 1785 when Coulomb's
experiments with static electricity. IEEE members may be able to access
this paper directly and others can request it through their local
library.
Hank N8XX checks in with the news that "DL8WAA has created a free
software application called LM
that makes it very easy and fast to type in a paper log and convert it
into a Cabrillo file that can be mailed to the log robot. The LM
software can also read ADIF files and convert them to Cabrillo format."
Web Site of the Week - Colossus was the world's first electronic,
programmable computer, built to decipher encrypted messages during
World War II. England's National Museum of Computing is rebuilding
Colossus
and needs sponsors to help fund the project. Would you like to sponsor
a "valve"? (British jargon for vacuum tube) See if you can find the
Contest Update on the sponsorship page - I think I funded one cathode.
WORD TO THE WISE
Social climber - a helper that talks incessantly while on the tower.
==> SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
If you are of an age when just the word "mimeo" evokes certain aromas,
you will recognize all the sounds in this article about "tech sounds
"
that have vanished but are still around as sound clips here and there.
That one lost sound is that of manually tuning an AM radio through the
band says a lot about why people don't "get" radio they way they used
to. How many hams got their first glimmer of DX Goodness listening for
thosea fluttery AM signal after sunset?
The Northern California Contest Club (NCCC) held it's annual awards
dinner on March 12th and handed out a lot of recognition! This online
album of photos
by Bob N6TV captured a lot of familiar call signs.
The Contest University travels
around the world and the most recent campus appeared in Italy as shown
by this collection of photographs
. (Thanks,
Tim K3LR)
When your gift is misunderstood there are
usually some interesting moments. (Thanks, Trey N5KO)
From the "We Can Dream" department come these photographs
of the world's largest fully rotatable shortwave antenna in the world.
If you've wondered why 5N7Q is so loud, you might be able to find out
here.
==> RESULTS AND RECORDS
The PDF version of Initial Results
for the 2011 ARRL
November Phone Sweepstakes has been posted. An expanded writeup with a
searchable online database and the Log-checking Reports will be made
available sometime in early May. Sweepstakes pins have all been shipped
and Clean Sweep mugs should ship in early April. The web version of the
ARRL's 2011 EME Contest by Jeremy W7EME is also online. (Thanks ARRL
Contest Branch Manager, Sean KX9X)
How is activity holding up in Sweepstakes
? Here are the submitted log totals
for the past three years:
YEAR CW PHONE
2007 1261 1571
2008 1420 1871
2009 1553 2047
2010 1464 1783
2011 1404 1826
That's a ~10% increase for CW and ~14% increase for Phone. In all ARRL
contests, submitted logs are up by ~19% over the same period.
Please upload your ARRL DX CW and Phone contest pictures and stories to
the ARRL Soapbox web page! This is a
great time to do it while the weekends are still fresh in your mind -
and you can still find the photos on your hard drive. The results
authors (N4YDU for CW and N0AX for Phone) can use your material to add
color to the writeups. Regional authors for the Phone version can
really make good use of these interesting local and regional stories!
Congratulations to the Potomac Valley Radio Club
for a third-straight Unlimited Sweepstakes Gavel
with nearly 300 logs. Participation is crucial - the NCCC and the SMC
have also grabbed some gavels with a big turnout strategy. Plus - it's
a heckuva lotta fun, expecially for new contesters who can definitely
make a contribution to their clubs!
Preliminary results for the recent North American RTTY Sprint are
posted on the National Contest Journal website and
the final results article will be in the May/June issue. LCRs (Log
Check Reports) can be requested from NA RTTY Sprint Manager, Ed W0YK
to understand how your raw score was
modified by log checking and how to improve your technique for the next
contest!
Much is made of high-rate operation and that set George W2VJN to musing
about rates in prior years. "In the mid to late 60s I had a rate meter
in the center console of my station. It incremented each time I sent
the QSL msg. The full scale was based on 50 QSOs/hr and it reset to
zero every 15 minutes...it was a good incentive to watch while
operating. Later, I redesigned it to go to 100." These were the days
when 40 QSOs was a great hour!
OPERATING TIP
Another rule reminder - as remote operating becomes easier, note that
there are specific rules about using remote stations for ARRL, CQ, and
other contests. Read those rules! If you have questions about what is
and is not allowed, contact the sponsor of the contest for
clarification.
==> TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION
Climbing season is almost upon us and little is more aggravating aloft
than sore feet. Popular Mechanics recently reviewed eight brands of
work boots
for different jobs. While none of the reviewed models has a steel shank
- very useful for standing on tower rungs for hours - the companies
represented here have a wide variety of boots that may provide a "best
fit" to your preferences.
Online Tutorial Department
- Ohm's law and basic circuit operation is relatively straightforward
from the electronic point of view but magnetic circuits are much less
familiar. This online tutorial about magnetic circuits
by Kevin Craig,
PhD will help explain some of the terms and how they relate to more
familiar electronic analogs.
- This great three-part series on impedance matching was published by
Lou Frenzel W5LEF in Electronic Design magazine. Part 1
,
Part 2
,
Part 3
.
(Thanks, Al AB2ZY)
- All you ever wanted to know about coordinate systems
is explained in this
tutorial by Associate Professor Dan Fleisch of Wittenberg University
- The "2012 Annual Reference Guide" from In Compliance magazine has an
informative tutorial
entitled "Using Ferrites to Suppress EMI". More interesting material
for your interference toolbox! (Thanks, Dave K1FK)
Mike W0BTU has created an informative web page on Beverage antennas
- especially how to build
and control a two-wire Beverage. Everything from binocular-core
transformers to an explanation of how to use a pulley to equalize
tension on parallel wires is covered here.
(c)Alan Friedman/ avertedimagination.com
Solar activity may have been "spotty" lately but when a big spot
group like 1429 comes roaring around the limb of the Sun, it's fun to
watch them. Solar watcher Cliff Shuttlewood describes this "plant pot"
solar telescope that
can be made with a prism, eyepiece, and a little shop work. Solarscope
kits are also selling briskly these days.
What watts are inside a 40-watt LED bulb? You can find out from this
EDN "teardown "
of a typical LED bulb.
Another "Oh, By The Way" from Glenn K6NA about using Nyloc nuts -
"Always have a few regular hex-nuts in your shirt pocket, so when the
antenna comes up to you on the tower you can quickly spin on a couple
of regular nuts to hold things together. Then you can relax and add all
the Nylocs to finish it off. If using stainless steel hardware, you
must use some anti-seize on the threads... but now you have a problem.
The compound should be confined to just the seating area where the
Nyloc nut will reside (i.e. below the nylon). The controlled
application on the male thread should be done with a very small
acid-brush so the nylon part of the nut will not reach the anti-seize.
If you later back-off the nut, it will drag a little anti-seize up the
entire thread (good, during removal). Ideally a new Nyloc nut should
replace the old one, after cleaning the bolt-threads first." Glenn also
recommends the Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook by Carroll
Smith.
Steve K1SG recommends the Brother P-Touch Label Printer for equipment
labeling. "You can connect it to your computer via a USB port, change
font and size, print onto either white or clear substrate, and all the
letters come out in nice, straight lines. After applying the labels to
a panel, I give them a couple of light coats of Krylon for protection."
Steve Watkins recommends the decal kits
from Pulsar Professional.
Lynn N7CFO noted this interesting soldering aid from Schmartboard
that helps
out with learning to solder closely-spaced leads. While it's pricey, it
may be a good way to help get started until you develop the skill. In
fact, the small loop technique used by the kit can be used with
small-diameter solder off a spool, as well.
If you are concerned about animals stepping into holes for conduit
or other vertical rods and tubes, Bob W7LR describes "metal mushrooms"
made from farm castoffs that cover his winter-time Beverage support
pipes. "The covers are made of farm harrow disks with a metal rod
welded on to go down into antenna support pipes. The pipes stick up a
bit and so the cover keeps the horses from tripping on the pipes, and
are sturdy enough if they walk on them."
Trying to figure out where to place your tower? Debby N7FL has solved
her problem, "I find it handy to have my tower close to the house so
when elements blow off the beam in high winds, the gutter catches
them."
Technical Web Site of the Week - Tracking down a knotty sub-harmonic
problem
led to David K1TTT discovering unbypassed diodes and poor shielding
techniques in a Daiwa power meter's 12-volt power input circuit. RF
picked up by the power cord was rectified and mixed by the diodes,
generating all manner of products. A single 0.01 uF capacitor at the
connector solved the problem. This reinforces the need to bypass diodes
and rectifiers connected unfiltered to external leads of any sort in
order to prevent creating your own RFI. (Thanks, Tim K3LR)
==> CONVERSATION
With the annual tomfoolery festival at hand, what better than a bit of
lyrical licentiousness from L1AR?
"A Call From A Two"
Cashed in from Johnny's "A Boy Named Sue
" by Dr Beldar
My Elmer left town in seventy three
And he didn't leave much behind for me
Just a beat-up ol' rig and an case of gassy tubes.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, changed my call to a two!
Well, he must o' thought that was quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lot of folk,
It seems I had to fight each pileup through.
Some four would giggle and I'd get red
And some five would laugh and I'd smack my head,
I tell ya, life ain't easy if your call's a two.
Well, I General'ed quick and I Extra'd mean,
My fist got crisp and my ears got keen,
I'd roam from band to band with maxed-out gain.
But I made a vow on my amplifiers
That I'd put mobile rigs in all my cars
And find that lid who gave me that radio name.
Well, down on 75 in mid-July
And I just tuned up and my log was dry,
I thought I'd go and call a short CQ.
From a one by three all buckshot 'n mud,
There came a signal that chilled my blood
From the dirty, mangy dog who made me a two.
Well, I knew that voice was my Elmer man
From old reel-to-reels I'd kept on hand
And I knew that I could just go and QSY.
He was broad and raw and sounded old,
But I called him back as my blood ran cold
And I said: "My call's a two! How do you do!
Now you're gonna die!!"
Well, I punched up the gain with extra highs
And he started to fade but to my surprise,
He disabled ALC and blasted right into my ear.
But I turned up my drive to red LEDs
And we clobbered a net that was runnin' up three
Yellin' and a' cussin' in the crud like a couple CB'ers.
I tell ya, I've worked bigger lids
But not since you and I were kids
He splattered like a fool, he warn't no audiophile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his key but I used mine first,
He sent a shaky AS and I knew he smiled.
And he sent: "Son, this band is rough
And if a ham's gonna work it, they gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I got ya that call and I moved my hide
To a quiet QTH with no RFI
And it's the number two helped to make you strong."
He sent: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To not send a QSL, I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the contacts in ya log made you Honor Roll high
Cause I'm the son-of-a-lid that got you that two."
I got all choked up over what he'd done,
And I called him Elmer, and he called me his son,
And I came away with a different point of view.
And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I call and every time I win,
And if I Elmer anyone, I think I'm gonna get 'em
An eight or six! Anything but a two! I still hate that call!
73, Ward N0AX
==> CONTESTS
28 March through 10 April 2012
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
FOC QSO Party--CW, from Mar 31, 0000Z to Mar 31, 2359Z. Bands (MHz):
1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: RST, name, FOC nr if member. Logs due: 7 days.
Rules
Lighthouse Spring Lites QSO Party--Phone, CW, Digital, from Mar 31,
0001Z to Apr 8, 2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: ARLHS number or
serial, name, S/P/C. Logs due: 12 days. Rules
MO QSO Party--Phone, CW, from Mar 31, 1800Z to Apr 1, 0500Z and Apr 1,
1800Z to Apr 1, 2359Z, multiple operating periods. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28.
Frequencies: CW 1.820 and 40 kHz from band edge; Phone--1.880, 3.825,
7.220, 14.250, 21.380, 28.350. Exchange: RS(T), serial, MO county or
S/P/C. Logs due: May 1. Rules
ARS Spartan Sprint--CW, from Apr 3, 0200Z to Apr 3, 0400Z. Bands (MHz):
3.5-28. Monthly on the first Monday evening local time. Exchange: RST,
S/P/C, and power. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
OK1WC Memorial Contest--Phone, CW, from Apr 3, 1600Z to Apr 3, 1659Z,
first through fourth Monday of each month; see website for bands. Bands
(MHz): 3.5, 50,144, Frequencies: Exchange: RS(T) and serial. Logs due:
7 days. Rules
SNS and NS Weekly Sprints--CW, from Apr 6, 0200Z to Apr 6, 0300Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-14. Weekly on Thursday evenings local time. Exchange:
Serial, name, and S/P/C. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
Montana QSO Party--Phone, CW, Digital, from Apr 7, 0000Z to Apr 8,
0000Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50-432, Frequencies: CW-1.81, 3.54, 7.035,
14,04, 21.05, 28.05 SSB - 1.845, 3.810, 7.244, 14.262, 21.365, 28.325.
Exchange: RS(T), S/P/C or MT county. Logs due: May 31. Rules
LZ Open 40 Meter Contest--CW, from Apr 7, 0400Z to Apr 7, 0800Z. Bands
(MHz): 7. Exchange: 6-digit serial and serial from previous QSO. Logs
due: 10 days. Rules
Japan International DX Contest--CW, from Apr 15, 0700Z to Apr 16, 1300Z
. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST, JA prefecture or CQ Zone. Logs
due: 30 days. Rules
PODXS 31 Flavors Contest--Digital, from Apr 7, 12 Noon to Apr 7, 6 PM.
Bands (MHz): 14. Frequencies: 14.070-14.080. Exchange: S/P/C and name
or 070 number. Logs due: May 9. Rules
QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party--CW, from Apr 7, 1200Z to Apr 8, 2359Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28. Frequencies: QRP calling frequencies. Exchange: RST,
S/P/C, power or QRP ARCI number. Logs due: 14 days. Rules
SP DX Contest--Phone, CW, from Apr 7, 1500Z to Apr 8, 1500Z . Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T), serial or SP province. Logs due: Apr
30. Rules
EA RTTY Contest--Digital, from Apr 7, 1600Z to Apr 8, 1600Z . Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST, serial or EA province. Logs due: Apr 21.
Rules
Low Power Spring Sprint--CW, from Apr 9, 1400Z to Apr 9, 2000Z . Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST, grid square, category. Logs due: 30 days.
Rules
VHF+ CONTESTS
Worldwide EME Contest--Phone, CW, from Mar 31, 0000Z to Apr 1, 2400Z.
Bands (MHz): 144, 10G+. Exchange: TMO/RS(T) and "R". Logs due: Jun 25.
Rules
FOC QSO Party--CW, from Mar 31, 0000Z to Mar 31, 2359Z. Bands (MHz):
1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: RST, name, FOC nr if member. Logs due: 7 days.
Rules
OK1WC Memorial Contest--Phone, CW, from Apr 3, 1600Z to Apr 3, 1659Z,
first through fourth Monday of each month; see website for bands. Bands
(MHz): 3.5, 50,144, Frequencies: Exchange: RS(T) and serial. Logs due:
7 days. Rules
Montana QSO Party--Phone, CW, Digital, from Apr 7, 0000Z to Apr 8,
0000Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50-432, Frequencies: CW-1.81, 3.54, 7.035,
14,04, 21.05, 28.05 SSB - 1.845, 3.810, 7.244, 14.262, 21.365, 28.325.
Exchange: RS(T), S/P/C or MT county. Logs due: May 31. Rules
VHF Spring Sprints--Phone, CW, Digital, from Apr 9, 7 PM to Apr 9, 11
PM. Bands (MHz): 144. Exchange: Grid square (6-character preferred).
Logs due: 14 days. Rules
==> LOG DUE DATES
28 March through 10 April 2012
- March 27 - REF Contest, SSB
- March 28 - CQC Winter QSO Sprint
- March 29 - Bucharest Contest
- March 29 - RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB
- March 30 - OMISS QSO Party
- March 31 - CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB
- March 31 - New Hampshire QSO Party
- March 31 - Mississippi QSO Party
- March 31 - British Columbia QSO Party
- March 31 - EA PSK63 Contest
- March 31 - AGCW QRP Contest
- March 31 - AGCW YL-CW Party
- March 31 - 10-10 Int. Mobile Contest
- April 1 - North Carolina QSO Party
- April 1 - Russian DX Contest
- April 1 - UBA Spring Contest, 6m
- April 2 - AGCW VHF/UHF Contest
- April 2 - SARL VHF/UHF Analogue/Digital Contest
- April 3 - ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB
- April 5 - Open Ukraine RTTY Championship
- April 8 - AWA John Rollins Memorial DX Contest
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