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The ARRL Contest Update
Published by the American Radio Relay League
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August 15, 2012
Editor: Ward Silver, N0AX
==> IN THIS ISSUE
- Calling All Rookies - To the Keyboards!
- Barefoot but Loud Anyway - NAQP SSB
- Oh My Ontario!
- Ham At the Bottom of the World
- W1AW/7 Report from the AOCC
- CQ WPX Online Certificates and Overlays
- A Six Meter Conversion
- E Pluribus Unum in a Box
- Broom For Improvement by WM5R
NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
Don't miss the RTTY edition of the ARRL Rookie Roundup coming this
Sunday afternoon! It's a great opportunity for you to exercise those
digital muscles and learn a new mode or get better at RTTY contesting
if you're already active on HF digital. Those of you licensed for a
while can mentor a Rookie (or a team of Rookies in the new
multioperator category) or if you haven't tried RTTY contesting, get
the rig interfaced to your computer and have fun!
BULLETINS
There are no bulletins in this issue.
BUSTED QSOS
A golden issue last time!
CONTEST SUMMARY
Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section
Aug 18-19
- ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest
- ARRL Rookie Roundup--Digital
- North American QSO Party--Phone
- NAQCC Monthly QRP Sprint--CW (Aug 15)
- Dominican Republic Contest--Phone
- SARTG WW RTTY Contest
- Russian District Award Contest
- Keymen's Club of Japan Contest--CW
- Feld-Hell Gridloc Sprint
- SARL Digital Contest--Digital
- Run For the Bacon--CW (Aug 20)
Aug 25-26
- YO DX Contest
- ALARA Contest,
- Hawaii QSO Party
- SCC RTTY Championship
- Kansas QSO Party
- Ohio QSO Party
- South Africa DX CW Contest
==> NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
The ARRL has recognized the four new Ontario sections announced by the
RAC and shown in this map
.
The new sections will be used in the exchanges for this year's ARRL
November Sweepstakes. Several vendors of regular and contest logging
software have announced upgrade plans - please verify that the new VE3
section abbreviations (GTA, ONE, ONN, and ONS) will be supported well
in advance of the ARRL Sweepstakes (Nov) and 160 Meter Contest (Dec),
both of which use ARRL/RAC sections as multipliers. (Thanks, Doug
Mercer VO1DTM/VO1DM CEC, RAC Chief Field Services Officer)
Rich VE3KI provides a convenient list of the the Ontario
counties/districts/regional municipalities in the four new sections
will be as follows:
- GTA = Durham, Halton, Peel, Toronto, York
- ONE = Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Kawartha Lakes, Lanark,
Leeds-Grenville, Lennox-Addington, Northumberland, Ottawa,
Peterborough, Prescott-Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew,
Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, and the parts of Nipissing District that are
within and south of Algonquin Park
- ONN = Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Rainy River, Sudbury,
Thunder Bay, Timiskaming, and the parts of Nipissing District that are
north and west of Algonquin Park
- ONS = Brant, Brantford, Bruce, Chatham-Kent, Dufferin, Elgin, Essex,
Grey, Haldimand, Hamilton, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Muskoka, Niagara,
Norfolk, Oxford, Parry Sound, Perth, Simcoe, Waterloo, Wellington
How many stations from each section have been active? Well, here's how
many were active last year:
2011 ARRL 160: GTA-11, ONS-10, ONE-7, ONN-1(VE3CX)
2011 ARRL SS SSB: GTA-7, ONS-11, ONE-3, ONN-1(VE3XTI)
2011 ARRL SS CW: GTA-9, ONS-5, ONE-6, ONN-0
Look for some "expedition-style" operations from ONN this year!
There is a new CQ World Wide Contest rule: "13.
Post-contest correcting of call signs by using any database, recordings
or confirming QSO's is not allowed (Rule XII.2 always applies)" reads
the new language in the CQ rules. From the radio-sport.net article
about the rule change,
"The message there is very clear, that post-contest log cleanup by
using outside aid - whether it is call sign databases or recordings of
the contest are now clearly considered against the rules." Let's not
make this too complicated - identify your station, log what is sent,
send the complete exchange, and don't change your log after the contest
except for notes made during the contest period. Period.
Along with the new rules and the shorter log submission deadline noted
in the previous issue of this
newsletter, CQ magazine will be
publishing contest results as much as four months sooner than at
present. The new schedule will be phased in over the course of 2013 and
will be fully in place by 2014. Editor Dick Moseson W2VU notes, "For
one year only (2013), the CQ World Wide VHF Contest results will be
published in CQ VHF magazine , and will return
to CQ as of 2014, appearing in the January issue."
Jim AD1C reports that, "The Country (CTY) files
were updated on 10 August 2012. To
install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the
page." A bigger CTY.DAT is also
available for everyday logging."
InnovAntennas is now stocking and
supporting the Sky Sat Communications filter products and will be
making available the balance of the product line during the second half
of 2012. Available immediately are the High Power 5-pole and 3-pole
Monoband Band Pass Filters (Series S & Series L) for the HF contest
bands: 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m, and the High Power HF
Triplexer/Combiner. All 4O3A filters, including the Triplexer/Combiner,
are rated for full legal power at high duty cycle modes such as RTTY.
(Thanks, Bill AA7XT)
The semi-annual July 2012 report
to the ARRL Board by the Contest Advisory Committee is available
online. A list of your CAC and VUAC representatives
is also available for your
thoughts and suggestions.
The Elecraft KX3 checked in at the very top of the Sherwood Engineering
receiver rankings . The performance
of this small radio that you can hold in your hand is pretty amazing -
strong work by the SDR design team! ARRL Lab Manager, Ed Hare W1RFI
notes that if you would like more information about these measurements,
check out this 2004 QST article
and the ARRL Lab Test Procedures Manual
.
The 902 MHz edition of the Fall VHF Sprints
has been moved to September 29 from its original October date. (Thanks,
Bruce NT4RT)
The DX Sherlock web site of real-time QSO maps has a new URL:
www.dxmaps.com . (Thanks, Dave N7DB)
The NCDXF, Northern California DX Foundation, has two new directors
: ND2T, Tom Berson and K6NA,
Glenn Rattmann. You have worked these two fellows from numerous
DXpeditions and in lots of contests over the years. Congratulations to
both and thanks for your service to the DX and contest communities!
Web Site of the Week - Yes, there was a time when presentations about
expeditions and ham radio did not begin with "Here we are at the
airport..." For an example of those days when no scientific expedition
worth its salt was without a ham, check out this article
on Admiral Byrd's South Pole trip by John AE5X!
WORD TO THE WISE
Lockout - a device, hardware or software, that prevents a
multi-operator, single-transmitter entry from transmitting more than
one signal at a time.
==> SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
Sandy N7RQ has just finished an update of the Arizona Outlaws
Contest Club website detailing all of
the recent W1AW/7 activity in the IARU HF Championship. On the home
page, scroll down to the tabulation of W1AW/7 statistics and as
instructed, "Click on a station, operator or score below to learn more
and see exclusive photos". It sounds like everybody had a great time
handing out the multiplier and putting W1AW on the air all across the
state. (Thanks, Bob K8IA)
Raytheon has announced its new "Space Fence
" radar system for tracking the
innumerable tiny bits of space junk in orbit. The existing Air Force
Space Surveillance Radar in Texas provides some neat opportunities to
listen in on meteor pings as described on Spaceweather.com
. With the Perseid meteor shower still
active, take a listen and see if you can hear some of the music of the
spheres. (From AMSAT Bulletin ANS-225)
We'll be seeing a lot of this code for the coming months as the Mars
Rover, Curiosity
,
generates the Morse characters for "JPL" in its wheel tracks. In theory
it's for distance calibration as Doug K1DG describes in his EDN blog
- but we all know it was a great hack, too! (Thanks, Paul AA9GG)
==> RESULTS AND RECORDS
Online certificates for the CQ WPX
Contest SSB/CW have been enhanced to provide separate certificates for
those entrants that participated in one of the Overlay categories
(Tribander/Single-Element or Rookie). Online certificates are available
for all entries from 2007 and later. Go to the online score database
and search for your entry. Follow
the [Cert] link at the right side of the score line to go to the
Certificates page. Entrants that entered their log in an Overlay
category will see a second link on the certificate printing page that
enables them to view their Overlay category certificate. (Thanks, CQ
WPX Director, Randy Thompson, K5ZD)
Stan EI6DX/UA1OUT has just released a big report
analyzing the 2011 CQ World Wide contests. The website has a "live"
analyzer and there are lots of statistics on the contests from 2007
through 2011 that make fascinating reading. Bob N6TV finds, "...to me
the most useful and fun is to seethe band openings to a specific area,
from a specific area and gives the following instructions:
1. From the EI6DX website, launch the analyzer
2. On the *Source* tab, uncheck *All Zones Available*
3. Click on the little arrow next to *North America* (not the checkbox)
to
expand the list
4. Select your CQ WW Zone
5. Click on the *Destination* tab and pick any area using the same
method, e.g. Europe or Japan
6. Click the *Refresh* button
7. At the bottom of the graph, click the last button to Maximize Chart
8. Click the next button to the left, *Show/Hide Configuration View*
9. Change Aggregation Interval to 10 minutes and pick any band you
want, click Apply to see more detailed band openings
10. Other buttons let produce a nice rate sheet grid instead of graph.
Tack JE1CKA has uploaded the 2011 JIDX-PHONE contest results
to the web. He reports that the 2012 JIDX-CW results
will be available in a month or so.
Bank Error In Your Favor - CQ magazine reports that a glitch in the
software used to analyze logs submitted for the CQ World Wide DX
Contest has resulted in errors in final scores for
some participants in the 2011 CQWW DX SSB and CW competitions. (No
earlier contests were affected.) The errors - in which a good call sign
was flagged as bad - do not affect the order of finish except in very
rare instances and correcting the error actually raises scores.
Corrected scores for the SSB contest have been posted with CW scores to
follow.
The photos, scores, and prize winners of the WRTC Station Test
during the
IARU HF Championship are now available. WRTC 2014 Co-Chair, Randy K5ZD
says, "The station tests provided everything the organizing committee
was looking for. We learned a lot, we have a list of things to improve,
and we are more excited than ever to host a great event in 2014. If you
won one of the prizes for contacting the WRTC test stations, please
send an email to mailto:k5zd@wrtc2014.org to claim your prize."
Adventure Radio Society Spartan Sprinters
took to the airwaves the evening of
August 6 for the eighth SP of 2012. In the Skinny Division, Andy
MacAllister, W5ACM, of Houston, Texas, took top honors with 64 QSOs per
pound. Remarkable! Topping the Tubby Division is John Laney, K4BAI, of
Columbus, Georgia who amassed 40 contacts. (Thanks, Richard KI6SN)
OPERATING TIP
In the past, there has been some confusion about Rookie Roundup
participants identifying properly. This is particularly important when
the Rookie is a Technician operating on the HF bands. If you are a
Rookie holding a Technician class license, you can either identify
using the control operator's call sign or by using your call sign
followed by a slash character (this weekend is the RTTY edition of
Rookie Roundup) and the call sign of the control operator. For example,
to use my station with me being the control operator, Technician class
operator KD0SJF must identify as "N0AX" or as "KD0SJF/N0AX". (The
latter assumes that I have "loaned" KD0SJF my station for the duration
of the contest but am still acting as control operator.) The applicable
FCC rule is 97.119 . If you
hear a Technician call sign operating outside the Technician class
privileges, don't be rude - politely inform them that they must use the
call sign of the control operator as described in rule 97.119.
==> TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION
The SB-1000 linear amplifier is a good candidate for conversion to 6
meters as described by Bill W6WRT. "I used the technique of stepping
down the plate impedance with a small inductor so I could use the
original tune and load capacitors. (I also) homebrewed a new tank coil,
plate choke and filament choke and installed a pi-net impedance
matching circuit in the input." Pictures of the converted amplifier
are available online.
The photos of ebay item 110932148153
show a great way to re-use some of the old computer cases stacked up in
your garage or basement. While we're on the subject, watch for the
terrific cabinets and enclosures of obsolete lab equipment and
instruments at swap meets. They are incredibly sturdy and very well
made - a new equivalent would cost hundreds of dollars. For the price
of new front and back panels, you can have a terrific looking,
heavy-duty cabinet. (Thanks, Paul K0UYA)
The Instructables website and weekly project compendium just keep on
producing a lot of fun projects from silly to sublime. Here are my
favorites over the past month or so:
Metal Bending Tool
Dry Film Solder Mask for Homebrew PC Boards
Bending Copper Pipe (good for making high-Q coils)
Understanding Motor and Gearbox Design
Have you ever wondered just which satellite it is that you sighted
sliding along the stars overhead on a dark night? Surprise, surprise -
there's an app for that! WhatSat - Satellite Explorer
helps you identify and learn about satellites that you see passing
overhead in the night sky. It can also be used as a satellite spotting
aid. The satellite catalog includes 150 or so of the brightest orbiting
objects as identified by NORAD. For each satellite listed there is a
description and an image (when available). You can tell which
satellites are currently visible or when a specific satellite will be
visible. Search for visible ISS passes and impress your friends!
WhatSat requires cell service or WiFi to access the server that does
satellite flyby calculations. (From AMSAT
Bulletin ANS-225)
Bill KB8WYP describes a useful tool, "I use a wire pulling tool called
a "creep-zit" to pull radials under fallen trees and logs in the woods.
I basically just take one a 6-foot long fiberglass rods (a little over
1/8" diameter), tape the radial to one end, and then I can push it
under fallen debris easily. With a little practice you can even get
around hidden obstructions in the ground this way.
Technical Web Site of the Week - Mark K6UFO spotted the new Radio
Boss
product from Green Heron Engineering. In line with Green Heron's
universal rotator control box, Radio Boss integrates a number of
different interfaces for different manufacturer protocols. This
simplifies the problem of rig control and signal interfacing
considerably. Another interesting product is the Green Heron Everywhere
line of
wireless relay and control interface links.
==> CONVERSATION
Broom For Improvement
The lead news story in this issue refers to four new sections created
by the RAC and that will be making life interesting for the November
ARRL Sweepstakes savants searching for
their yearly Clean Sweep mug. We're all going to learn a lot about the
geography of Ontario!
This sort of thing has happened before - for example, in 2000 the West
Central Florida section was created from the North and South Florida
sections, leading to a lot of "West Central What?" comments on the air.
In light of the sudden interest in where sections come from and how
they were added to (or subtracted from) the Clean Sweep threshold, Ken
Harker WM5R took it upon himself to collect this issue's interesting
history of the Sweepstakes sections - read on!
73, Ward N0AX
The first "All-Section Sweepstakes" was held in January, 1930 and there
were 68 sections. In addition to the sections we know today, there were
some interesting differences. The ARRL Field Organization actually
covered four countries at the time: the US, Canada, Newfoundland and
Labrador, and Cuba. The US territorial possession of the Philippine
Islands was its own section (part of the Pacific Division). But the
most interesting of the 68 sections in 1930 was probably Georgia-South
Carolina-Cuba-Isle of Pines. The Isle of Pines is an island off the
coast of Cuba (today known as Isla de la Juventud or Isle of Youth).
After the Spanish-American War was concluded in 1898, the sovereignty
of the island remained in dispute. American commercial agricultural
interests on the island urged the US to pursue a claim on the island
against the newly independent Cuba. However, the U.S. Senate ratified a
treaty recognizing Cuban sovereignty over the island in 1925.
Nonetheless, "Isle of Pines" continued to show up in the ARRL section
list until 1940.
Date
Event
Total Sections
18-31 Jan 1930
First All-Section Sweepstakes
68
15 Oct 1930
San Joaquin Valley (SJV) section created from counties previously
assigned to Los Angeles (LAX) and Santa Clara Valley (SCV) sections.
69
Dec 1930
Porto Rico-Virgin Islands (PRVI) section deleted; the two territories
are consolidated into the Georgia-South Carolina-Cuba-Isle of Pines
(GASC) section, which is now listed as "Ga-S.C.-etc." in contest
results.
68
14-28 Feb 1931
Second All-Section Sweepstakes
68
1 Mar 1931
Florida (FL) section deleted.
Eastern Florida (EFL) section created.
Western Florida (WFL) section created.
69
12-21 Nov 1932
Third All-Section Sweepstakes
69
9-18 Dec 1933
Fourth All-Section Sweepstakes
69
17-26 Nov 1934
Fifth All-Section Sweepstakes
69
Nov-Dec 1935
Sixth ARRL Sweepstakes
"All-Section" dropped from contest name. Separate CW and phone
certificates are issued. The contest is still two weeks long, but now
all operators have a 90-hour time limit.
69
Nov 1936
Seventh ARRL Sweepstakes
Contest now has a 40 hour total time limit across two weekends. All
Sweepstakes contests from this point onward use a "two weekends in
November" format.
69
15 Jun 1937
South Carolina (SC) section created. Georgia-South Carolina-Cuba-Etc
section becomes Georgia-Cuba-Etc (GA) section.
70
14 May 1938
West Indies (WI) section created, removing Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands from the Georgia-Cuba-Isle of Pines (GA) section.
71
5 Jun 1940
FCC issues Order No. 72, prohibiting U.S. amateurs from communications
with foreign stations except those operating under U.S. operating
authority in U.S. territories. Cuba and Isle of Pines are effectively
removed from the Georgia-Cuba-Isle of Pines section, which becomes
simply the Georgia (GA) section.
71
4 Jul 1946
Philippine Islands (PI) gains independence, but remains an ARRL
section. KA1 series calls continued to be used by US military
servicemen in the Philippine Islands as Auxillary Military Radio System
(AMRS) calls.
71
15 Oct 1946
Northern Minnesota (NMN) section deleted. Southern Minnesota (SMN)
section deleted. Minnesota (MN) section created.
70
1 Feb 1947
Yukon Territories (YT) section created.
71
7 May 1948
Canal Zone (CZ) section created. Prior to this date, U.S. amateur radio
operators in the Canal Zone were represented by the Southeastern
Division, but not assigned to any section.
72
31 Mar 1949
Newfoundland and Labrador becomes the tenth province to enter the
Canadian Confederation. VO1 and VO2 stations remain in the Maritimes
(MAR) section.
72
1 Jul 1949
Philippine Islands (PI) section deleted.
71
21 Oct 1949
Utah-Wyoming (UTWY) section deleted.
Utah (UT) section created.
Wyoming (WY) section created.
72
1 Apr 1951
Hawaii (HI) section expanded. U.S. possession in the Pacific Ocean
previously represented by the Pacific Division but not assigned to any
section are now assigned to the Hawaii Section. This includes the
islands of Guam, Canton, Baker, Enderbury, Gardner, Howland, Jarvis,
Johnston, Midway, Neeker, Palmyra, American Samoa, Tutuila, and Wake.
72
12 Apr 1953
Santa Barbara (SB) section created from counties previously assigned to
the Los Angeles (LAX) section.
73
3 Apr 1961
Yukon Territories (YT) section deleted. The announcement of the change
in the April, 1962 QST notes that "in contests, the Yukon-NWT will be
recognized for multiplier credit as may be warranted."
73
1 Nov 1962
ARRL November Sweepstakes rules specify that Yukon-NWT (YT/NWT) counts
as a section multiplier.
73
10 Oct 1962
Maryland-Delaware-DC (MDDC) section deleted. Maryland-DC (MDC) section
created. Delaware (DE) section created.
74
1 Mar 1965
Orange (ORG) section created from counties previously assigned to the
Los Angeles (LAX) and San Diego (SDG) sections.
75
2 Sep 1967
Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (CARF) formed. Canadian sections
organization continues to be managed by the Canada Division of the
ARRL.
75
1 Jan 1973
Eastern Florida (EFL) section deleted.
Western Florida (WFL) section deleted.
Northern Florida (NFL) section created.
Southern Florida (SFL) section created.
75
Sep 1975
Hawaii (HI) section renamed Pacific (PAC) section. Change first appears
in the September, 1975 issue of QST, but Hawaii (HI) continues to be
used in ARRL contest results until the 1976 ARRL November Sweepstakes
results are published in the May, 1977 issue of QST.
75
Sep 1979
Canadian Radio Relay League (CRRL) incorporated as a self-governing and
self-administering division of the ARRL. CRRL now manages Canadian
sections.
75
1 Oct 1979
Canal Zone returned to Panamanian sovereignty. Canal Zone (CZ) section
deleted.
74
1 Jan 1987
West Texas (WTX) created from counties previously assigned to North
Texas (NTX) and South Texas (STX) sections.
75
23 Jan 1988
West Indies (WI) section deleted.
Puerto Rico (PR) section created.
Virgin Islands (VI) section created.
Guantanamo Bay assigned to Virgin Islands section.
76
6 Feb 1989
Washington (WA) section deleted.
Eastern Washington (EWA) section created.
Western Washington (WWA) section created.
77
2 May 1993
Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) formed, merging the Canadian Amateur
Radio Federation (CARF) and the Canadian Radio Relay League (CRRL). RAC
now manages Canadian sections.
77
1 Jan 1996
Northern New York (NNY) created from counties previously assigned to
Western New York (WNY) section.
78
1 Apr 1996
Two counties (Herkimer and Otsego) assigned to the newly-created
Northern New York (NNY) section are returned to the Western New York
(WNY) section.
78
1 Jan 1998
Newfoundland-Labrador (NL) section created, removing that province from
the Maritimes (MAR) section.
79
1 Apr 1999
Nunavut separates from the Northwest Territories but there is no new
section created for the territory. ARRL contests continue to count
Nunavut as part of the YT/NWT section multiplier.
79
15 Jan 2000
West Central Florida (WCF) section created from counties previously
assigned to Northern Florida (NFL) and Southern Florida (SFL) sections.
80
1 Nov 2003
The section multiplier for the Yukon Territories, Northwest
Territories, and Nunavut is renamed to Northern Territories (NT).
80
12 Sep 2012
Ontario (ON) section deleted.
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) section created.
Ontario East (ONE) section created.
Ontario North (ONN) section created.
Ontario South (ONS) section created.
83
==> CONTESTS
15 August through 28 August
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 10 GHz and Up Contest-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Aug 18, 6 AM to
Aug 19, 12 AM. Bands (MHz): 10G+. Exchange: 6-character grid locator.
Logs due: Oct 19. Rules
ARRL Rookie Roundup-- Digital, from Aug 19, 1800Z to Aug 19, 2359Z.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: Both calls, name, check, S/P/XE or "DX".
Logs due: See website. Rules
North American QSO Party-- Phone, from Aug 18, 1800Z to Aug 19, 0600Z.
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: Name and state. Logs due: 14 days. Rules
NAQCC Monthly QRP Sprint-- CW, from Aug 15, 0030Z to Aug 15, 0230Z.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-14. Monthly on 2nd Tuesday or 3rd Wednesday local time
(alternating). Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and NAQCC member number or power.
Logs due: 4 days. Rules
Dominican Republic Contest-- Phone, from Aug 18, 0000Z to Aug 19,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-7. Exchange: RS and serial. Logs due: Sep 2.
Rules http://www.hi8ud.org
SARTG WW RTTY Contest-- Digital, from Aug 18, 0000Z - see website.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Multiple operating periods. Exchange: RST and
serial. Logs due: Oct 10. Rules
Russian District Award Contest-- Phone, CW, from Aug 18, 0800Z to Aug
19, 0800Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T), serial or Russian
district. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Keymen's Club of Japan Contest-- CW, from Aug 18, 1200Z to Aug 19,
1200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST and JA pref/dist or
continent. Logs due: Sep 21. Rules
Feld-Hell Gridloc Sprint-- Digital, from Aug 18, 2000Z to Aug 18,
2200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Monthly on 3rd Saturday. Exchange: RST,
S/P/C, Feld-Hell nr, 4-char grid square. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
SARL Digital Contest-- Digital, from Aug 19, 1300Z to Aug 19, 16009Z.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-14. Exchange: RST and serial. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
Run For the Bacon-- CW, from Aug 20, 0100Z to Aug 20, 0300Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28. Monthly on 3rd Sunday night (local). Exchange: RST,
S/P/C,
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