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The ARRL Contest Update
Published by the American Radio Relay League
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April 11, 2012
Editor: Ward Silver, N0AX
==> IN THIS ISSUE
- Between 6 and 2 - the 222 MHz Spring Sprint
- MT, NM, MI, SD, VE3 QSO Parties
- AD1C Selected for CQ Hall of Fame
- Windy Web Site
- The Recumbenator Strikes!
- Poisson d'Avril - Zut Alors!
- Remote Island Remote
- GRAFEX Propagation Prediction Tool
- On Your Marks
NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
Definitely make a hole in your schedule to give the ARRL Rookie
Roundup's SSB edition a try - it's
a contest specifically for new hams. If you want to give DXing a try,
tune for the Japan International DX or YU DX Contest and listen for
these stations calling CQ.
BULLETINS
The ARRL Frequency Measuring Test
(next Thursday evening
in North America, April 19th) will use an 80 meter frequency near 3575
kHz (not 3569 kHz as in the text of the QST article - the schedule
table is correct). The ending announcement of the 40 meter segment will
include the approximate frequency on 80 meters.
The MT QSO Party is on Apr 14/15, not Apr 7/8, and has shortened the
log deadline significantly to 7 days.
BUSTED QSOS
The NEQP was the first of the large regional QSO parties to sustain a
presence on the bands, first running in 2002, followed by the 7QP in
2006. (Thanks, Tom K1KI)
John KS6M reminds your editor that it was the Ditto machine - not a
mimeograph - that required the use of solvent to transfer the
usually-purple wax to our tests and handouts. Relive those days of
yesteryear via the Wikipedia entry on spirit duplicators
.
And of course, in the table of SS results, there were five entries, not
three. Three remains not equal to five, even for very large values of
three.
CONTEST SUMMARY
Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section
April 14-15
- NAQCC Monthly QRP Sprint--CW (Apr 11)
- CWops Monthly Mini-CWT Test (Apr 11)
- ARRL Rookie Roundup--Phone
- EU Spring Sprints--CW
- Montana QSO Party
- Japan International DX Contest--CW
- New Mexico Centennial QSO Party
- EU Spring Sprints--Phone
- QCWA Spring QSO Party
- Georgia QSO Party
- Yuri Gagarin DX Contest--CW
- Run For the Bacon--CW
- International Vintage Contest
- VHF Spring Sprints (Apr 17)
April 21-22
- Holyland DX Contest (Apr 20)
- TARA Skirmish Dig Prefix Contest
- ES Open HF Championship
- CQMM Contest--CW
- Michigan QSO Party
- EA QRP Contest--CW
- South Dakota QSO Party
- Ontario QSO Party
- Feld-Hell New Member Sprint
- YU DX Contest--CW
==> NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
Congratulations to Jim Reisert AD1C on his
election to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame
! Jim was nominated by the
Southeastern DX Club for this most prestigious
honor. Jim is best known for his long and careful maintenance of the
CTY files used by nearly every contest logging program. Jim will be
inducted at the Dayton Contest Dinner during the Hamvention. (Thanks,
Bill N4NX)
The ARRL Rookie Roundup takes to
the airwaves on April 15th - with this running come the new categories
of multioperator entries and Rookie team competition. Implemented after
requests from all of you out there in radiosport land, both are great
ways to get new operators on HF, especially clubs. The April edition of
Rookie Roundup takes place using SSB (Aug is RTTY and Dec is CW) so
limber up those PTT switches. You can use a standalone logging program
(N1MM supports RR, for example) or use the new In The Log
online logger.
All of those big QSO parties (NEQP, 7QP, INQP) on the first weekend
of May can accept combined logs and will sift out "their" QSOs for you.
N1MM software can handle the multiple QSO parties by choosing QSOPARTY
under Log Type, then pick the IN7QPNE under "State for log type". CQ/X
also supports several other combinations of QSO
parties and will split the log into individual contest submissions.
(Thanks, Tom K1KI, Dick K7XU, Steve N2IC, and Chuck NO5W)
WRTC 2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship
competition, is pleased to announce that the tribander antennas to be
used for the competition will be the Cycle 24 Antenna Products Company
TX38. The antenna has 8
full-sized elements (2 elements each on 20 and 15 meters and 4 elements
on 10 meters) on a 14.5 foot (4.4 meter) boom and weighs only 30
pounds. It will be commercially available in July. (Thanks, WRTC 2014
Co-chair, Randy K5ZD)
The revised rules for the 2012 IOTA Contest
now appear on the
RSGB Contest Committee website. The World Multi-Operator category has
been discontinued, Island Multi-Operator stations must observe a "6
band mode/band changes per hour" rule and must identify Run and
Multiplier stations in their log. The score for non-island to
non-island QSOs is reduced from 3 points to 2 points and Low Power
island expedition stations can now choose any antenna that they want.
(Thanks, IOTA Contest Manager, Don G3XTT)
A video presentation on digital-mode contesting by ARRL Publications
Manager, Steve WB8IMY was recorded and has been posted to the Potomac
Valley Radio Club's website . It is accessible
via the Recorded Webinars link. (Thanks, PVRC President, Ken K4ZW)
A recent EE Times "Ham Radio Today
"
column details one route into the engineering field - ham radio - as
taken by Jack N3ALO who also writes the "Break Points
" column for
Embedded System Design. (Thanks, Dave KU4B)
Here are some guidelines for RTTY contesting by Ed W0YK. They are aimed
at CW/SSB contesters to help them learn the "ways and means" of digital
contests.
1. Although strange to CW/SSB Sprinters, it is common practice in all
RTTY contesting to end CQ messages with 'CQ', and only 'CQ' after your
call sign(s).
2. Just send your call sign once or twice depending on the specific
situation. No need to send it twice if once will get through. You just
need to balance brevity (speed) vs. reliable communication.
3. Generally send unique exchange elements twice. This definitely
applies to the serial number in RTTY contests but use judgment for the
NAME and QTH.
RTTY serial numbers really do need to be sent twice because a small
noise spike could transform one number and you'd never know it by ear
like you do on CW and SSB.
Web Site of the Week - Here's another interactive map - this one shows
"live" wind predictions across the US. Click on
the map to zoom in and click the "Unzoom" button at left to restore the
original view. This map does put a load on the web browser software so
it might bog down with an older PC. (Thanks, Bob N6TV)
WORD TO THE WISE
Self-spotting - the practice of posting your own call sign and
frequency on the spotting networks (or asking someone else to do it for
you) is specifically not allowed in nearly all contests - even for
Assisted, Unlimited, and multi-operator entries. Why? Because it's a
form of CQing that takes place outside the amateur bands. This includes
websites like Facebook, Twitter feeds, chat rooms, instant messaging
and other Internet gadgets. Don't do it!
==> SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
Rem K6BBQ produced a YouTube video
of his
recumbent bicycle mobile QRP operation in last year's Salmon Run,
a.k.a. the Washington State QSO Party. He logged some miles alongside
San Francisco Bay, ate carnitas, and contacted several stations in
Washington - all on the go!
The K5QE team has been making a lot of noise and working hard in
recent VHF+ contests. Here's a video
all about this big and
growing station. (Thanks, Dick N6AA)
If you're getting ready for the Dayton Hamvention
in May here's a video about the early years
of this super-sized ham
radio convention and hamfest. (Thanks, Tim K3LR)
April 1st isn't so far gone that a chuckle's not still in order. Take a
look at this Wouff Hong garden .
Got several thousand diskettes full of logs and don't have time to
transfer them? Try this handy diskette reading robot
! (Thanks, Sean KX9X)
==> RESULTS AND RECORDS
The world has returned to normal with the publication of the Poisson
d'Avril Contest results
. I believe sponsor, log
checker, and prize manager Doug K1DG is already hard at work on next
year's results, too!
Results from the 2011 New England QSO Party have
been posted. Certificates will be mailed out during the next week and
plaques shortly afterwards. (Thanks, Tom K1KI)
The CWJF Group has released results of the 2011 CQMM DX Contest
. (Thanks, Luc PY8AZT)
The results of the 2011 JIDX CW contest have been
posted. The JIDX committee is processing the 2011 SSB logs and expects
to have them online before long. (Thanks, Tack JE1CKA)
Online databases of contest results are yours for the browsing. Steve
N2IC recommends Pileup and Bob N6TV the DXwatch
3830 report finder .
OPERATING TIP
How do you hear through static crashes? The Topband reflector
tackled that
topic in March and you can follow the discussion via the online
archives . Search for
"static" in the thread view and you'll find the messages.
==> TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION
Radio Arcala team member Toni OH2UA
was at the controls of CQ8X for a serious contest operation in the
Azores for WPX SSB. That's not unusual. What was unusual is that the
4543 contacts were made over a remote link across the Internet - 4500
kilometers from the actual station! Remote operation is becoming more
and more common. Big scores like CQ8X's 15 million points show that
remoting can work well!
Magazine Roundup
- QEX for March and April contains a
terrific article by Rudy N6LF on elevated radials and the many factors
that affect their performance. (Rudy also added a great deal of
material on radials and the effects of ground to the 22nd edition of
the ARRL Antenna Book.)
- Electronic Design's Louis Frenzel (also known as W5LEF) covers
digital modulation with a nice survey of techniques and performance
in the February 9, 2012 issue and the "Ideas for Design" section
includes a useful passive circuit for audio tone control
.
- Gary K9AG's new magazine RF Technology International includes a
tutorial or introduction every month. February's tutorial was titled
"The Characteristics and Causes of Phase Noise
". The
issue also included a forward-looking article on energy-efficient
transmitters
by
Earl McClune.
- Popular Mechanics for April
includes a way to make good use of that old barbeque cart - as a
rolling workbench - in "The Recycler". In the same issue, the NES
ThreadMate gets a nod as an effective
universal thread cutter to repair damaged bolts - a handy thing to have
in the tower-top tool bucket!
The Instructables website
features a nice
application of 3D printing with a combination printed-circuit board
holder and parts drawer. If you have access to one of these handy
devices - I think I need one! - you can soon have yourself a new
workbench gadget.
Ken W0LSD offers an inexpensive method of improving your rotator's grip
on the antenna mast. "Go to your local tire shop and get an old inner
tube. Cut a piece that will fit in the area between the rotor clamp and
the mast. When you tighten the clamps it is almost impossible for the
mast to turn. It also seems to act as somewhat of a cushion for
vibration and I have not had nuts loosen on the U bolts." Dan N5AR
observes that baler belting is another similar material and widely
available in hay country.
Pat AA6EG discovered a source of HV air-dielectric capacitors. His
local Goodwill store has large numbers of air cleaners, each of which
includes a low-current HV supply, for a few dollars. The capacitor
consists of a stack of well-insulated interlaced metal plates with 1/8
to ¼-inch spacing through which the fan pulls incoming air to trap the
dust.
To minimize noise conducted from a tower attached to a building, John
NA6L recommends some form of sound insulation between the tower and the
house brackets or between the brackets and the structure. He added some
1/4" thick by 2" wide strips of neoprene between the tower legs and the
house bracket and that got rid of about 70% of the noise. Perhaps this
is another use of that baler belt mentioned previously!
Jim VE7RF points out that a safety choke at the output of an
amplifier's pi network may not work when the amplifier is in receive
mode. To function in both receive and transmit, the choke should be
connected directly to the center conductor of output coax connector.
This point is in-circuit at all times.
A cheap heat gun (~$20) can make quick work of desoldering a PCB, says
MAKE author Steve Hobley. Place the PCB upside
down over a bucket, heat the board with a stream of hot air, and listen
to the parts drop off.
Tim K3LR reports clearing an audio distortion problem on an IC-7700 by
resetting the radio's firmware. Some configuration setting had been
changed - no one remembers which or why - causing problems with the
output audio. Now added to the Pre-Contest K3LR Checklist - resetting
all of the radio firmware to the factory defaults so that changes made
(and forgotten) in the heat of the contest are not carried forward
unwittingly to cause problems in the next contest. That returns all
filters back to "normal", clears VFO settings, all examples of the
innumerable small details that you never think of when sitting down to
the radio with the pre-contest adrenaline pumping.
Technical Web Site of the Week - After the story about the Q-Up Now
NVIS propagation prediction tool in ARRL
Propagation Bulletin ARLP014
, Marv N5AW also
recommended the GRAFEX
prediction tool from IPS to get a prediction for conditions over any
path, over the current day. (Not all browsers will recognize the applet
and may require an upgrade of the Java package.) Just click on any two
points of interest on the map, watch the green arc indicating the path,
then click on the "Do Prediction" button. The result is a very basic
rendering using plain ASCII characters. The OWF figure represents
"Optimum Working Frequency." (Thanks, Tad K7RA)
==> CONVERSATION
On Your Marks!
There is nothing better than a good sprint contest...except maybe a
good ramble through a large hardware emporium on a construction safari,
designing as you go. Inspired by the adaptation of a breaker-box ground
lug above, I thought, "Why not combine the two? We've all seen the
videos of "Junkyard Wars" - how about "Hardware Wars"?
Around the ARRL Lab, Zack W1VT is well-known for his "Le Mans Start" to
Field Day - beginning with a pile of parts and assembling a QRP rig
beginning at 1800Z on Saturday. And you thought putting up the antennas
was hard!
So here's the idea and let's run with it, so to speak. On the
appointed day, contestants, spectators, and judges gather in the
parking lot of your favorite hardware emporium. (It might be a good
idea to let the management know what you're up to...) The requirements
are kept secret in sealed envelopes until the teams are allowed to open
them. Only then do they learn what it is that they must build -
antenna, transmitter, tuner, or ???
And they're off! Baskets and carts in hand, they scour the shelves
looking for adaptable and re-purpose-able parts that can be cobbled
together into something approximately the desired result. Are they
going to find proper electronic parts? Not likely! And that's most of
the fun - seeing how creative minds can see the potential in a pile of
plumbing parts.
Assembly - maybe that has to take place in the parking lot, too...with
a strictly limited number of re-entries for additional material. Bring
your own tools and work out of the back of the truck - just like real
field engineers do! Each project should entail a mix of soldering,
cutting, sawing, gluing, and all those things that make homebrewing so
much fun.
Points for presentation? Oh, most definitely! The pattern of
ventilation holes that make a happy face or bending the supports struts
into the classic radio rhombic - extra points for sure! It does still
have to actually, you know, work - but what would a classic
Stratocaster be without its whammy bar and the 1959 Cadillac without
its tail fins?
Devices that collapse, fly apart, melt, or let out the magic smoke -
well, that's all part of the game and should be applauded for audacity.
Just think of it as the homebrewing equivalent of skittles chess - no
time for too much of the furrowed brow. Haul out the pliers and get 'er
done!
Of course, what competition is complete without a post-finish trip to a
local eatery or park for celebratory consumption? Awards, prizes,
photos - all served up with a smile. It might be one of the best
contests your club ever had and it's all within reach on the shelves
and in the bins. Grab your shopping bags - ready, set, build!
73, Ward N0AX
==> CONTESTS
11 April through 24 April
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
ARRL Rookie Roundup--Phone, from Apr 15, 1800Z to Apr 15, 2359Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: Both calls, name, check, S/P XE# or "DX". Logs
due: See web. Rules
NAQCC Monthly QRP Sprint--CW, from Apr 11, 0030Z to Apr 11, 0230Z.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-14. Monthly on 2nd Tuesday or 3rd Wednesday local time
(alternating). Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and NAQCC mbr nr or power. Logs
due: 4 days. Rules
CWops Monthly Mini-CWT Test--CW, from Apr 11, 1300Z to Apr 11, 0400Z,
Multiple operating periods, twice monthly on 2nd and 4th Wed. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28. Frequencies: 18 to 28 kHz above band edge. Exchange:
Name, member number or S/P/C. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
EU Spring Sprints--CW, from Apr 14, 1600Z to Apr 14, 1959Z . Bands
(MHz): 3.5-14. Frequencies: 3.550,7.025,14.040. Exchange: Both
callsigns, serial, name. Logs due: 15 days. Rules
Montana QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 14, 0000Z to Apr 16,
0000Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50-432. Exchange: S/P/C or MT county. Logs
due: 7 days. Rules
Japan International DX Contest--CW, from Apr 14, 0700Z to Apr 15, 1300Z
. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST, JA prefecture or CQ Zone. Logs
due: 30 days. Rules
New Mexico Centennial QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 14, 1400Z
to Apr 15, 0200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50, Frequencies: CW-1.85, 3.55,
7.045, 14.05, 21.05, 28.05, 50.095; SSB-1.85, 3.815, 7.26, 14.28,
21.38, 28.38, 50.13. Exchange: Call sign, name, and NM county or S/P/C.
Logs due: May 5. Rules
EU Spring Sprints--Phone, from Apr 14, 1600Z to Apr 14, 1959Z . Bands
(MHz): 3.5-14. Frequencies: 3.730,7.050,14.250. Exchange: Both call
signs, serial, name. Logs due: 15 days. Rules
QCWA Spring QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 14, 1800Z to Apr 15,
1800Z . Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: Call,year lic'd,name,QCWA
chap or S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Georgia QSO Party--Phone,CW, from Apr 14, 1800Z to Apr 15, 0359Z and
Apr 15, 1400Z to Apr 15, 2359Z . Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50, Frequencies:
Multiple operating periods; CW 1.815, 3.545, 7.045, 14.045, 21.045,
28.045, 50.095; Phone 1.865, 3.810, 7.225, 14.250, 21.300, 28.450,
50.135. Exchange: RS(T), S/P/C or GA county. Logs due: May 15. Rules
Yuri Gagarin DX Contest--CW, from Apr 14, 2100Z to Apr 15, 2100Z .
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST, ITU Zone. Logs due: May 7. Rules
Run For the Bacon--CW, from Apr 15, 0200Z to Apr 15, 0400Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28. Monthly on 3rd Sunday night (local). Exchange: RST,
S/P/C, Flying Pig nr or power. Rules
International Vintage Contest--Phone,CW, from Apr 15, 0700Z to Apr 15,
1000Z and Apr 15, 1300Z to Apr 15, 1600Z. Multiple operating periods.
Bands (MHz): 7,14. Exchange: RS(T), grid square. Logs due: May 30.
Rules
VHF Spring Sprints--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 17, 7 PM to Apr 17, 11
PM. Bands (MHz): 222. Exchange: Grid square (6-character preferred).
Logs due: 14 days. Rules
http://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints
Holyland DX Contest--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 20, 2100Z to Apr 21,
2100Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T), serial or Israel district.
Logs due: May 31. Rules
TARA Skirmish Dig Pfx Contest--Digital, from Apr 21, 0000Z to Apr 21,
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: Name, prefix. Logs due: May
17. Rules
ES Open HF Championship--Phone,CW, from Apr 21, 0500Z to Apr 21, 0859Z
. Bands (MHz): 3.5,7. Exchange: RS(T), serial, dupes OK once/hour. Logs
due: May 20. Rules
CQMM Contest--CW, from Apr 21, 1200Z to Apr 22, 2359Z. Bands (MHz):
3.5-28. Exchange: RST, continent, and category. Logs due: Jun 30. Rules
Michigan QSO Party--Phone,CW, from Apr 21, 1600Z to Apr 22, 0400Z .
Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Frequencies: CW 45 kHz from band edge, Phone
3.825, 7.200, 14.250, 21.300, 28.450. Exchange: Serial and MI county or
S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
EA QRP Contest--CW, from Apr 21, 1700Z to Apr 22, 1300Z . Bands (MHz):
3.5-28. Exchange: RST, category, M if EA QRP member. Logs due: 30 days.
Rules
South Dakota QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 21, 1700Z to Apr 22,
1700Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Frequencies: CW - 3.58, 7.035, 14.07; Phone
- 1.845, 3.855, 7.180, 14.255, 21.355, 28.455 on SSB; RTTY - 3.585,
7.038, 14.075, 21.075; PSK - Clg Freq. Exchange: RS(T) and SD county or
S/P/C. Logs due: Jun 1. Rules
Ontario QSO Party--Phone,CW, from Apr 21, 1800Z to Apr 22, 0500Z and
Apr 22, 1200Z to Apr 22, 1800Z . Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50,144,
Frequencies: Multiple operating periods; CW 30 kHz above band edge;
Phone 1.870, 3.735, 3.860, 7.070, 7.260, 14.130, 14.265, 21.260,
28.360; VHF-SSB: 50.130, 52.540, 144.205, 146.550. Exchange: RS(T),
S/P/C or Ontario QTH. Logs due: May 18. Rules
Feld-Hell New Member Sprint--Digital, from Apr 21, 2000Z to Apr 21,
2200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Monthly on 3rd Saturday. Exchange: RST,
S/P/C, Feld-Hell member nr. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
YU DX Contest--CW, from Apr 21, 2100Z to Apr 22, 0500Z and Apr 22,
0900Z to Apr 22, 2100Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Multiple operating
periods. Exchange: RST and ITU zone. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
VHF+ CONTESTS
VHF Spring Sprints--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 17, 7 PM to Apr 17, 11
PM. Bands (MHz): 222. Exchange: Grid square (6-character preferred).
Logs due: 14 days. Rules
Montana QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 14, 0000Z to Apr 16,
0000Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50-432. Exchange: S/P/C or MT county. Logs
due: 7 days. Rules
New Mexico Centennial QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 14, 1400Z
to Apr 15, 0200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50, Frequencies: CW-1.85, 3.55,
7.045, 14.05, 21.05, 28.05, 50.095; SSB-1.85, 3.815, 7.26, 14.28,
21.38, 28.38, 50.13. Exchange: Call sign, name, and NM county or S/P/C.
Logs due: May 5. Rules
QCWA Spring QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 14, 1800Z to Apr 15,
1800Z . Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: Call,year lic'd,name,QCWA
chap or S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
==> LOG DUE DATES
Georgia QSO Party--Phone,CW, from Apr 14, 1800Z to Apr 15, 0359Z and
Apr 15, 1400Z to Apr 15, 2359Z . Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50, Frequencies:
Multiple operating periods; CW 1.815, 3.545, 7.045, 14.045, 21.045,
28.045, 50.095; Phone 1.865, 3.810, 7.225, 14.250, 21.300, 28.450,
50.135. Exchange: RS(T), S/P/C or GA county. Logs due: May 15. Rules
VHF Spring Sprints--Phone,CW,Digital, from Apr 17, 7 PM to Apr 17, 11
PM. Bands (MHz): 222. Exchange: Grid square (6-character preferred).
Logs due: 14 days. Rules
http://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints
TARA Skirmish Dig Pfx Contest--Digital, from Apr 21, 0000Z to Apr 21,
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: Name, prefix. Logs due: May
17. Rules
Ontario QSO Party--Phone,CW, from Apr 21, 1800Z to Apr 22, 0500Z and
Apr 22, 1200Z to Apr 22, 1800Z . Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50,144,
Frequencies: Multiple operating periods; CW 30 kHz above band edge;
Phone 1.870, 3.735, 3.860, 7.070, 7.260, 14.130, 14.265, 21.260,
28.360; VHF-SSB: 50.130, 52.540, 144.205, 146.550. Exchange: RS(T),
S/P/C or Ontario QTH. Logs due: May 18. Rules
11 April through 24 April
- April 11 - RSGB Commonwealth Contest
- April 11 - NSARA Contest, SSB
- April 12 - Wisconsin QSO Party
- April 14 - FOC QSO Party
- April 15 - Classic Exchange, CW
- April 15 - Classic Exchange, Phone
- April 15 - Virginia QSO Party
- April 15 - CLARA HF Contest
- April 15 - UBA Spring Contest, SSB
- April 15 - CQIR - Ireland Calling
- April 17 - LZ Open 40m Sprint Contest
- April 17 - RSGB RoPoCo SSB
- April 18 - CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB
- April 20 - Oklahoma QSO Party
- April 20 - SARL 80m QSO Party
- April 21 - PODXS 070 Club PSK 31 Flavors Contest
- April 23 - QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party
- April 24 - QRP Homebrewer Sprint
- April 24 - 144 MHz Spring Sprint
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