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The ARRL Contest Update
Published by the American Radio Relay League
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August 29, 2012
Editor: Ward Silver, N0AX
==> IN THIS ISSUE
- Closing the Season - ARRL September VHF Contest
- Continental Contests - Worked All Europe and All-Asia Phone
- A Flare for Predictions
- The Wayback Machine
- K6Z CQP Expedition Webpage
- ARRL Contest Branch Update
- A Totting Up of Tall
- Chat With the Designers
- Accounting for Technology
NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
The Worked All Europe contest is a great way to make some DX contacts
from North America with a novel twist - the QTC feature in which lists
of previous contacts are exchanged for extra points. Check it out on
the WAE website. There are several state QSO parties, as well -
Colorado, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
BULLETINS
Hurricane Isaac is due to make landfall on the evening of August 28th
near New Orleans. The Hurricane Watch Net is active on
14.325 MHz with 7.268 MHz and 3.950 MHz as backup or reporting
frequencies. It may still be active through the weekend as well as
local and regional emergency nets responding to communications
emergencies. Please avoid all frequencies with emergency traffic.
BUSTED QSOS
Nothing seriously amiss was reported for the previous issue.
CONTEST SUMMARY
Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section
Sep 1-2
- All-Asian DX Contest--Phone
- Russian Radio RTTY WW
- DARC 10-Meter Digital "Corona"
- CWops CW Open
- Colorado QSO Party
- IARU Region I Field Day--Phone
- Straight Key Party
- Tennessee QSO Party
- OK1WC Memorial Contest (Sep 3)
- Labor Day Sprint--CW (Sep 3)
- ARS Spartan Sprint--CW (Sep 4)
Sep 8-9
- ARRL September VHF Contest
- North American Sprint--CW
- 070 Club KA3X Memorial Sprint--Digital (Sep 7)
- SNS and NS Weekly Sprints--CW, Digital (Sep 7)
- QCWA Fall QSO Party (Sep 7)
- Worked All Europe DX Contest--Phone
- Arkansas QSO Party
- QRP ARCI Two Sidebands Sprint--Phone
- Ohio State Parks On the Air
- SKCC Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon
==> NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
"Don't look back, something might be gaining on you!" so sayeth the
great Satchel Paige. If that something was a solar flare, this new
method of using radioactive decay rates
to predict flares could at least give you a little warning. Just 13
years ago, a huge flare
had a
dramatic affect on not only the ionosphere but integrated circuits so
the ability to look ahead for the effects of solar neutrinos can pay
big benefits right here on Earth.
Times Microwave (Wallingford, CT) has
been announced as the supplier of feed line for WRTC2014
, donating the necessary cable for all WRTC
stations. Station Committee leader, Mark Pride K1RX, notes "It is mind
boggling to realize that the 59 WRTC stations will need almost 6 miles
of coax cable. The support of Times Microwave is a tremendous help in
our efforts to equip each station with first-rate materials and stay
within our budget." Times LMRŽ-400 cable will be used for the low-loss
feed line to the Cycle 24 model TX38
tribander. LMRŽ-240 cable will be used for the 80 meter and 40 meter
dipoles. WRTC2014 Chairman, Doug Grant, K1DG says, "We are very pleased
to have the support of a New England company for this critical station
component. It is a great example of companies in the local community
coming together to help make WRTC2014 successful." Robert Perelman,
Director, Commercial Sales and Marketing at Times Microwave Systems,
explained the decision to be involved with WRTC2014, "This is a great
opportunity to demonstrate the quality and value of our products to the
Amateur Radio community in such a prestigious event." (Thanks, WRTC2014
Co-Chair, Randy K5ZD)
Contest Club Finland
PileUP! magazine's latest issue is out and includes a number of thought
provoking articles on the future of contesting, contest ethics, and a
historical review of the first six WRTC events. (Thanks, Editor-in
Charge, Timo OH1NOA/OJ0M)
The CW Open contest has been moved
to the coming weekend (Sep 1-2) and has added support for live contest
score reporting on the On-line Contest Score Server!
website. Al AD6E reports, "Dmitri RW4WM has
graciously added "CWOPS-CWOPEN" as a (supported) contest... (it) should
work with N1MM and TR4W. WinTest and Writelog are not compatible at
this point." During supported contests, anyone can watch the scores
pile up in near real time on Dmitri's website.
The article "Plug-and-Play Satellites
"
in the August issue of IEEE Spectrum discusses the new small-satellite
architecture. This modular approach enables a much wider range of
organizations to participate in satellite technology. The article also
includes the CubeSats that frequently incorporate Amateur Radio for
control, telemetry, or communication.
A great example of John Troster W6ISQ's legendary wit appeared in the
September issue of the Potomac Valley Radio Club newsletter
, entitled "Beat PVRC...But Not
Too Badly". Searching for W6ISQ articles in the online QST archives
available to ARRL members will turn up many of his articles - both
technical and funny-bone tickling.
The dates of the Classic Exchange
antique radio contests have been swapped in September since the QST
column was published - the phone weekend is now Sep 16-17 and the CW
weekend Sep 23-24. Since these rigs can take a while to warm up and
stabilize, we thought you might want to get started in plenty of time!
(Thanks, Ron K2RP)
QST Managing Editor, Joel Kleinman N1BKE
,
died from injuries sustained in a house fire on August 18th. Joel
managed a lot of competing interests to make QST consistently readable
and enjoyable to ARRL members. As reported in the Record-Journal story
on this tragedy, ARRL Publishing Manager Steve Ford said, "He was the
quiet man behind the scenes, shouldering much of the burden that comes
with creating 164 pages of new content every month. Joel set a high
standard for all who may follow him."
Web Site of the Week - If a favorite website seems to be gone, offline,
reworked, or you just plain forgot how to find it, the Wayback Machine
is your friend. The Internet Archive
organization's goal is to capture and store everything - text,
graphics, music, anything that existed in digital format online. Be
careful as you can spend hours in the "stacks"! (Thanks, Derward
KD5WWI)
WORD TO THE WISE
Unique - when you get your log checking report and it shows a call in
your log as "unique" it means that the log-checking software was unable
to find any other log claiming a contact with that call nor could it
determine conclusively that it was miscopied. Most contests give full
credit for contacts with unique call signs although most of the them
are too badly miscopied to cross-reference.
==> SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
Tim N6WIN has published a webpage for the K6Z 2011 California QSO Party
Multi-Multi County Expedition
to Inyo County,
California. An all time new record was set for the category, beating
the old record set in 1999 by over 200k points. Pictures, station
description, link to the 3830 write up, and final results after log
checking are included. The CQP is coming up at the beginning of
October.
I guess a lightning strike webpage counts as "sights and sounds" - if
you're close enough! Several websites about lightning were contributed
as inspiration struck last week:
- Strikestar
- Vaisala STRIKEnet
- TOGA Network Global Lightning Map
- Intellicast
- StormVue
Lots of these sites have more to look at then lightning, as
well...what's that I hear? (Thanks, Jim W1FMR, Bud W2RU, Paul WB2ABD)
This video demonstrates
that there is no power greater than sibling rivalry. (Thanks, Tim K3LR)
On August 15, 1977, the "Big Ear" antenna at Ohio State University, now
decommissioned, detected the "Wow!" signal
.
Even today, we are still unsure whether the signal was of
extraterrestrial origins.
==> RESULTS AND RECORDS
ARRL Contest Branch Manager, Sean KX9X checks in with an update from
Newington. "Certificates for the 2011 ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest were
shipped on Monday, 20 August. The next contest awards to be processed
will be the 2011 September VHF Contest and the 2011 ARRL EME
Competition. The log submission deadline for the 2012 IARU contest has
passed and log checking is now in full swing. The Contest Branch is now
preparing for the 2012 Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes Manager, Larry K5OT is
working the field to ensure every op that's interested will be QRV for
the November event. Speaking of Sweepstakes, the 2011 SS plaques have
been ordered! Once they arrive from the engraver (about 6 weeks or so),
we'll begin shipping them out. Sweepstakes certificates aren't far
behind, either, and like all of the other contest awards we've issued
this year, the Sweepstakes certificate has been redesigned. We hope you
like 'em.
From the CQ World Wide Contest Direct, Bob K3EST, "The *official,
corrected* *final results
*
for the *SSB *CQ WW contest are now posted on the CQ magazine website.
The *official, corrected final results* for the *CW* CQ WW contest will
be posted on the CQ magazine website to coincide with the release of
the September digital edition, on or around September 1, 2012. [The CW
results
are now available - Ed.] *The **official, corrected UBN/NIL SSB and CW
reports* *are now available**at CQWW.com * (*NO new
passwords are required*)." I think he *means* it!
The results of the 2011 Radio Amateurs of Canada, Canada Winter Contest
have been posted online. (Thanks, RAC Canada Winter Contest Manager,
Sam VE5SF)
The results of the 2012 Minnesota QSO Party have
been published on the Minnesota Wireless Association home page.
Participation was just a wee bit up but nevertheless at an all time
high with some incredibly close races in several categories. We had
quite a few in-state and out-of-state multi-operator efforts including
some special event call signs; resulting in some obviously enjoyable
group events. An article from Kenny K2KW is included, offering his
insights on how he approached MNQP as a first timer and he was a
category winner. (Thanks, Mark WA0MHJ)
The results of the 2012 DRCG Long Distance Contest - LDC RTTY
are online and certificates can be downloaded from the same web page.
(Thanks, LDC Contest Director, Goetz DJ3IW and Bernd DC3HB, DRCG
Contest Manager)
OPERATING TIP
Your logging software may have some sample message or macro files to
ease the process of configuring the program for a new contest. For
example, in the recent ARRL Rookie Roundup RTTY
contest, Larry K8UT created some
function key messages aimed at the newcomer - both to RTTY contesting
and to the Rookie Roundup, specifically. There are files for both N1MM
and
Writelog . Your editor made
good use of these for both reasons! The use of the files in N1MM has
been added to N4ZR's "Quick Start
" guide
to N1MM, as well. Check around on the home page for your software or
ask fellow club members if they might have some files to help get you
started.
==> TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION
Up, up, and away! Steve NU7T has collected sources of extendable and
fixed antenna support poles from
a few feet to 65 feet and up. You will be amazed at the variety and
resourcefulness of what can be used to hang a skyhook!
Troubleshooting is hard enough without having to follow 10-mil (or
smaller) PCB traces under and around other components. This
Instructables project
shows you how to put your finger right on the desired trace!
Everybody can get in on geomagnetic field measuring - all you need is
this handy proton precession magnetometer
!
It's actually quite buildable - did I hear someone say, "Science
project!"? From the EDN description, "This article describes a proton
precession magnetometer (PPM) for monitoring the Earth's magnetic
field...By measuring very small changes in the Earth's magnetic field,
one can also observe the diurnal variation of the geomagnetic field,
typically on the order of tens of nano Tesla. Larger changes in the
geomagnetic field are often related to solar activity. The Sun can send
out massive amounts of charged particles as a Coronal Mass Ejection
(CME)." Kind of a seismograph for the ionosphere!
Gregg W6IZT has a good way of using inexpensive plastic "dog bone"
insulators to hold up Beverages and other low horizontal wires. "I use
a bolt that has a machine screw thread on one end and a wood screw
thread on the other (available at hardware stores). Drill the end of
the dog bone to accept the machine thread and thread the wood screw
into a post, tree or whatever."
When you are trying to disassemble triband Yagi traps and find the
manufacturer has "dimpled" them to secure the cover in place, John
G3JVC/GM3JVC turns to the advice of Ron GW3YDX. "Drill out the dimples,
taking care not to drill into the internal concentric plastic insulator
of the traps. Then by using blocks of wood and applying gentle force,
slide the traps apart without resorting to bending the contact strip
between the element and the outer cover of the trap, and thereby
risking its fracture.."
"CQ 10 centimeters, CQ 10 centimeters..." Two articles in Popular
Science
and Nature
describe a room-temperature MASER (Microwave Amplification by the
Stimulated Emission of Radiation) built 60 years after the first MASERs
were constructed. It won't be long until these find their way into the
ham shack - probably of VHF+ contesters trying for a few extra grids!
Gene AD3F's Trylon tower has angle steel legs, making securing cables
to the leg a breeze. "To attach (the cables) to the tower I wrapped a
single length of #12 solid insulated house wire around the coax bundle,
twisted it a couple of times, then ran a wire end through a pre-drilled
hole and twisted both ends together. With this method I can re-enter
the bundle to change or add cables, then reseal a few more times before
I have to replace the wire."
Bonding coax shields to a tower at top and bottom is good practice for
preventing lightning damage but doing so without an expensive grounding
kit or letting water into the braid is not simple. Dick WC1M suggests
this procedure: "It consists of a long UHF barrel connector with a
metal spring clamp (a U-shaped piece of metal) tightly wrapped around
the middle and screwed down. The other end of the spring clamp is
screwed to a ground rod clamp large enough to go around a tower leg.
The interface between the barrel connector and the metal clamp is
waterproofed with coax seal and tape. I cut the feed line to the
antenna near the fitting, attach PL-259 connectors to each free end,
screw them into the barrel connector, and waterproof."
Here's another handy cheap-and-effective project that uses a single hex
inverter IC
to make four different test gadgets!
Technical Web Site of the Week - The podcast "Chat With the Designers
" often has
a lot of good material to share. For example the last two "issues" on
troubleshooting are sub-titled, "Basic guidance on troubleshooting
circuits that should be working ... but are not." I think we all have a
few of those. There are more than 30 other podcasts available!
==> CONVERSATION
Accounting for Technology
Much is made lately about the problems created by too many stations
pouncing on a high-precision spot at once. Even highly skilled
operators find the ensuing blur of zero-beat signals impossible to
unravel quickly. Without a reliable rhythm, the callers get
increasingly out of sync until no one can hear the CQing station or the
answering station and the whole pileups dissolves in chaos. Rate for
everyone falls to zero and that's no fun! This has always been a
problem with 'phone operation since the voices are all spread across
the same spectrum but now it's an issue with CW and RTTY contesting,
too.
We have an embarrassment of riches - radios with master oscillators
accurate to plus or minus 10 Hz, worldwide spotting networks
distributing spotting information in milliseconds to thousands of
stations, and automated decoders using sophisticated signal processing
to simultaneously translate hundreds of transmissions. Not to mention
effective antennas and receivers and transmitters enabling us to hear
and call stations around the world. These are the right problems to
have! But they are still problems. Technology isn't going to go away
(hopefully) and participation in radiosport of nearly all types is up
so how do we manage the problem of "too many, too close"? By changing
our strategies and tactics.
We've talked about this problem from the search-and-pounce
perspective before. You probably can't count on jumping on a spot
before anybody else - the information is basically available
instantaneously everywhere there is Internet connectivity. i.e. - 95%
of contest stations. With modern radios, you can't count on being the
most accurate because everyone will be transmitting within 100 Hz of
the frequency in the spot. Unless you have an RBS (Really Big Station)
or you probably won't be much louder than the rest of the pileup on a
consistent basis, either.
Your strategy has to be "stand out in the crowd" and the tactics
available to you are timing and pitch, just as they have always been.
Call a little behind everybody else: not so much that you cover up the
CQing station but enough so that a letter or two sticks out. QNY -
spread out! On phone - maybe a few hundred hertz. On CW - one or two
hundred hertz. I'm not sure what works on digital! Hit 'em where they
ain't, said Hall of Famer Wee Willie Keeler. Who knew he was a
contester, too!
If you are a CQing station, just being loud isn't enough anymore, you
have to worry about workability, too. To be sure, "alligators" have
always been with us - a loud station with an operator not up to the
task of unwinding a big pileup. It's just that technology has amplified
and spread the problem. Previously, being loud also generally meant
being workable. Now the CQing station has to actively manage the
zero-beat issue. (This is not just a problem for rare stations - even
garden-variety stations can experience it, particularly when they are
"fresh meat" on a band.)
It is often said that the optimum size pileup is one station calling:
no interference, no disruption, one caller with every CQ. Somewhere
between that elusive optimum and chaos lies a manageable pileup. If
your pileups are packed too tightly, think about how to limit the
number of callers that will come to your frequency or figure out how to
get them to call across a small range of frequencies. There isn't much
you can do about operators posting spots to your station but if
automated spots are causing trouble, think about how you can operate to
minimize being detected by the decoders - not sending CQ, just your
call sign, for example. Combined with occasional small shifts in
transmit frequency, that may spread the pileup just enough keep things
moving. This is just one of many possible techniques.
What about a station that is not loud - such as on a long or
particularly difficult path? A DXpedition will operate split when
pileups are large or signals are weak. This generally isn't a desirable
option during contests, but sometimes there may be no other way to work
stations. If you have to, you have to - just try not to clobber
somebody else's run frequency and do it only when you feel you have no
other choice.
The point is not to write a manual for operating with big pileups. The
point is that we are going to have to accommodate new technology by
devising operating strategies and tactics that account for that new
technology. It's not enough to demand that other operators behave as if
there wasn't any new technology - and you won't be successful anyway.
Bright, savvy operators are already thinking and planning for it.
73, Ward N0AX
==> CONTESTS
29 August through 11 September
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
North American Sprint-- CW, from Sep 9, 0000Z to Sep 9, 0400Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-14. Exchange: Call signs, serial, name, and state. Logs due:
7 days. Rules
All-Asian DX Contest-- Phone, from Sep 1, 0000Z to Sep 2, 2400Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RS, operator age (YL may send 00). Logs due:
Oct 31. Rules
Russian Radio RTTY WW-- Digital, from Sep 1, 0000Z to Sep 1, 2400Z.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST and oblast or WAZ zone. Logs due:
Oct 1. Rules
DARC 10-Meter Digital "Corona"-- Digital, from Sep 1, 1100Z to Sep 1,
1700Z. Bands (MHz): 28. Exchange: RST and serial. Logs due: 2 weeks.
Rules
CWops CW Open-- CW, from Sep 1, 1200Z - multiple operating periods -
see website. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: Serial and name. Logs due:
Sep 20. Rules
Colorado QSO Party-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 1, 1200Z to Sep 2,
0400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, Frequencies: CW--50 kHz above band
edge; Phone--1.870, 3.850, 7.250, 14.250, 21.350, 28.450. Exchange:
Call sign, name, and county or S/P/C. Logs due: Oct 5. Rules
IARU Region I Field Day-- Phone, from Sep 1, 1300Z to Sep 2, 1300Z.
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS and serial. Logs due: 16 days. Rules
- see IARU Society web pages
Straight Key Party-- CW, from Sep 1, 1300Z to Sep 1, 1600Z. Bands
(MHz): 7. Exchange: RST, serial, category, name, age. Logs due: Sep 30.
Rules
Tennessee QSO Party-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 2, 1800Z to Sep 3,
0300Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, Frequencies: See website. Exchange:
RS(T) and county or S/P/C. Logs due: Oct 3. Rules
OK1WC Memorial Contest-- Phone, CW, from Sep 3, 1600Z - multiple
operating periods - see website. Bands (MHz): 3.5, 50, 144, see website
for bands. Exchange: RS(T) and serial. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
Labor Day Sprint-- CW, from Sep 3, 2300Z to Sep 4, 0300Z. Bands (MHz):
1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, MI QRP nr or power. Logs due: Oct 5.
Rules
ARS Spartan Sprint-- CW, from Sep 4, 0200Z to Sep 4, 0400Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Frequencies: Monthly on the first Monday evening local
time. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and power. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
070 Club KA3X Memorial Sprint-- Digital, from Sep 7, 8 PM to Sep 8, 2
AM. Bands (MHz): 3.5. Frequencies: 3.580. Exchange: Call sign, RST and
S/P/C. Logs due: Sep 21. Rules
SNS and NS Weekly Sprints-- CW, Digital, from Sep 7, 0200Z to Sep 7,
0300Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-14. Every Thursday evening (local). Exchange:
Serial, name, and S/P/C. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
QCWA Fall QSO Party-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 7, 1800Z to Sep 8,
1800Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: Call sign, year lic'd, name,
chptr or S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Worked All Europe DX Contest-- Phone, from Sep 8, 0000Z to Sep 9,
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RS and serial. Logs due: 2 weeks.
Rules
Arkansas QSO Party-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 8, 1400Z to Sep 9,
0200Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28, 144, Frequencies: CW--40 kHz above band
edge; Phone--3.85, 7.18, 14.28, 21.38, 28.38, 146.55; PSK31--3.58,
7.08, 14.07015, 21.08, 28.08. Exchange: RS(T), county or S/P or "DX".
Logs due: Oct 10. Rules
QRP ARCI Two Sidebands Sprint-- Phone, from Sep 8, 1500Z to Sep 10,
0300Z. Multiple operating periods. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: S/P/C
and ARCI member nr or power. Logs due: 14 days. Rules
Ohio State Parks On the Air-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 8, 1600Z to
Sep 8, 2400Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28, 50, Frequencies: CW--45 kHz above
band edge;Phone--3.825,7.200,14.250,21.300,28.450,50.145. Exchange:
"Ohio" or S/P/DX and Park ID. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
SKCC Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon-- CW, from Sep 9, 0000Z to Sep 9,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, QTH, name, member nr if
member. Logs due: 5 days. Rules
VHF+ CONTESTS
ARRL September VHF Contest-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 8, 1800Z to
Sep 10, 0259Z. Bands (MHz): 50+. Exchange: Grid square. Logs due: Oct
10. Rules
Colorado QSO Party-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 1, 1200Z to Sep 2,
0400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, Frequencies: CW--50 kHz above band
edge; Phone--1.870, 3.850, 7.250, 14.250, 21.350, 28.450. Exchange:
Call sign, name, and county or S/P/C. Logs due: Oct 5. Rules
Tennessee QSO Party-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 2, 1800Z to Sep 3,
0300Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, Frequencies: See website. Exchange:
RS(T) and county or S/P/C. Logs due: Oct 3. Rules
OK1WC Memorial Contest-- Phone, CW, from Sep 3, 1600Z - multiple
operating periods - see website. Bands (MHz): 3.5, 50, 144, see website
for bands. Exchange: RS(T) and serial. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
Labor Day Sprint-- CW, from Sep 3, 2300Z to Sep 4, 0300Z. Bands (MHz):
1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, MI QRP nr or power. Logs due: Oct 5.
Rules
QCWA Fall QSO Party-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 7, 1800Z to Sep 8,
1800Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: Call sign, year lic'd, name,
chptr or S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Arkansas QSO Party-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 8, 1400Z to Sep 9,
0200Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28, 144, Frequencies: CW--40 kHz above band
edge; Phone--3.85, 7.18, 14.28, 21.38, 28.38, 146.55; PSK31--3.58,
7.08, 14.07015, 21.08, 28.08. Exchange: RS(T), county or S/P or "DX".
Logs due: Oct 10. Rules
Ohio State Parks On the Air-- Phone, CW, Digital, from Sep 8, 1600Z to
Sep 8, 2400Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28, 50, Frequencies: CW--45 kHz above
band edge;Phone--3.825,7.200,14.250,21.300,28.450,50.145. Exchange:
"Ohio" or S/P/DX and Park ID. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
==> LOG DUE DATES
29 August through 11 September
- August 31 - Venezuelan Ind. Day Contest
- August 31 - US Counties QSO Party
- September 1 - North American QSO Party, SSB
- September 1 - CQ Worldwide VHF Contest
- September 1 - Portugal Day Contest
- September 1 - TARA Grid Dip Shindig
- September 2 - SARL HF CW Contest
- September 3 - SCC RTTY Championship
- September 4 - ARRL UHF Contest
- September 9 - QRP ARCI Welcome to QRP
- September 11 - Maryland-DC QSO Party
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