THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM October 22 - 29, 2018 Edition NOTICE: The WA7BNM Contest Calendar has permanently moved to: http://www.contestcalendar.com/ Please update any links to the calendar. The web versions of this contest calendar can be found at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/ You can also access a text version of the weekly calendar at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycal.txt Please send corrections and additions directly to me. The web calendars are updated as new contest information is received. If you wish to unsubscribe, please notify me and you'll be immediately removed from the mailing list. 73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn@hornucopia.com) This e-mail is divided into three sections: - Details of this week's contests - List of following week's contests - Contest log submittal addresses and deadlines for recent contests ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois QSO Party: 1700Z, Oct 21 to 0100Z, Oct 22 Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW/digital, Phone Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m Classes: Fixed (High/Low) Mobile Portable Rover Non-IL (High/Low) Max power: HP: >200 watts LP: 200 watts Exchange: IL: RS(T) + County non-IL: RS(T) + (state/province/country) Work stations: Once per band per mode per county QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO 2 points per CW/digital QSO Multipliers: IL Stations: Each IL county, state, VE province once IL Stations: Each DXCC country (max of 5) once non-IL Stations: Each IL county once Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: November 22, 2018 E-mail logs to: n9jf[at]arrl[dot]net Mail logs to: WIARC P.O. Box 3132 Quincy IL 62305-3132 USA Find rules at: http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP%202018%20Rules.pdf Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0100Z-0300Z, Oct 22 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Band All Band Max power: 5 watts Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + (Member No./power) Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member 3 points per QSO with member on same continent 5 points per QSO with member on different continent Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once Multiply mults by 2 if >50 members worked Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: October 28, 2018 E-mail logs to: (none) Upload log at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/autolog.php Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/ SKCC Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 24 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Awards: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: (none) Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./power) Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: (see rules) Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points Submit logs by: 2359Z October 28, 2018 E-mail log summary to: (none) Post log summary at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/submit-display.php Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/ Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 24 Geographic Focus: North America Participation: Worldwide Mode: SSB Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m Classes: Single Op Max power: 100 watts Exchange: NA: Name + (state/province/country) non-NA: Name Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: NA station: 1 point per QSO non-NA station: 1 point per QSO with an NA station Multipliers: Each US state (including KH6/KL7) once per band Each VE province/territory once per band Each North American country (except W/VE) once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 0300Z October 26, 2018 E-mail logs to: (none) Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Oct 24 and 1900Z-2000Z, Oct 24 and 0300Z-0400Z, Oct 25 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Awards: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High) Max power: HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: Member: Name + Member No. non-Member: Name + (state/province/country) Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: Each call once Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 0400Z October 27, 2018 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/ RSGB 80m Autumn Series, SSB: 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 25 Geographic Focus: United Kingdom Participation: Worldwide Mode: SSB Bands: 80m Only Classes: 100W 10W Exchange: [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name] QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: (none) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points Submit logs by: 2359Z October 28, 2018 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/rautumn.shtml NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Oct 26 Geographic Focus: North America Participation: Worldwide Mode: RTTY Bands: (see rules) Classes: (none) Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: October 28, 2018 E-mail logs to: (none) Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/ Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 26 Geographic Focus: North America Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: (see rules) Classes: (none) Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: October 28, 2018 E-mail logs to: (none) Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/ Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html ARRL EME Contest: 0000Z, Oct 27 to 2359Z, Oct 28 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW, Phone, Digital Bands: 50-1296 MHz Classes: (see rules) Exchange: Signal report Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 100 points per QSO Multipliers: Each US state, VE province and DXCC country once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 2359Z December 25, 2018 E-mail logs to: (upload preferred) Upload log at: http://contests.arrl.org/arrlemescoresubmission.php Mail logs to: EME Contest ARRL 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 USA Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB: 0000Z, Oct 27 to 2400Z, Oct 28 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Awards: Worldwide Mode: SSB Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High) Single Op Single Band (QRP/Low/High) Single Op Assisted All Band (QRP/Low/High) Single Op Assisted Single Band (QRP/Low/High) Single Op Overlays: (Classic/Rookie) Multi-Single (Low/High) Multi-Two Multi-Multi Max power: HP: 1500 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: RS + CQ Zone No. Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 0 points per QSO with same country (counts as mult) 1 point per QSO with different country same continent 2 points per QSO with different country same continent (NA) 3 points per QSO with different continent Multipliers: Each CQ zone once per band Each country once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 2359Z November 2, 2018 E-mail logs to: (web upload preferred) Upload log at: http://www.cqww.com/logcheck/ Web-to-Cabrillo form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/cqwwssb_cab.php Mail logs to: CQ WW DX Contest Box 481 New Carlisle, OH 45344 USA Find rules at: http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 31 CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Oct 31 1900Z-2000Z, Oct 31 0300Z-0400Z, Nov 1 UKEICC 80m Contest 2000Z-2100Z, Oct 31 NRAU 10m Activity Contest 1800Z-1900Z, Nov 1 (CW) 1900Z-2000Z, Nov 1 (SSB) 2000Z-2100Z, Nov 1 (FM) 2100Z-2200Z, Nov 1 (Dig) SKCC Sprint Europe 2000Z-2200Z, Nov 1 NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Nov 2 NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Nov 2 Jakarta RTTY Contest 0000Z-2359Z, Nov 3 IPARC Contest, CW 0600Z-1000Z, Nov 3 1400Z-1800Z, Nov 3 Ukrainian DX Contest 1200Z, Nov 3 to 1200Z, Nov 4 ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW 2100Z, Nov 3 to 0300Z, Nov 5 IPARC Contest, SSB 0600Z-1000Z, Nov 4 1400Z-1800Z, Nov 4 EANET Sprint 0800Z-1200Z, Nov 4 High Speed Club CW Contest 0900Z-1100Z, Nov 4 1500Z-1700Z, Nov 4 ARS Spartan Sprint 0200Z-0400Z, Nov 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTEST LOG SUBMITTAL DEADLINES FOR RECENT CONTESTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consult the individual contest rules to determine what log documentation must be submitted (i.e. summary sheet, dupe sheets, etc.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint: October 21, 2018 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: http://hamclubs.info/scorer/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.podxs070.com/o7o-club-sponsored-contests/160m-great-pumpkin-sprint SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: October 21, 2018 Post web summary: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/submit-display.php Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/ NCCC Sprint: October 21, 2018 E-mail: (none) Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html International HELL-Contest: October 21, 2018 E-mail: DARC-Hell-Contest[at]mail[dot]de Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/ Makrothen RTTY Contest: October 21, 2018 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: https://www.pl259.org/makrothen/log-submission/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.pl259.org/makrothen/makrothen-rules/ NCCC RTTY Sprint: October 21, 2018 E-mail: (none) Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html IQRP Quarterly Marathon: October 21, 2018 E-mail: iqrpclub[at]arimontebelluna[dot]it Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.arimontebelluna.it/news/news_maratona_uk.htm Peanut Power QRP Sprint: October 21, 2018 E-mail: pete[at]nogaqrp[dot]org Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.nogaqrp.org/PeanutPower/rules.pdf AGB NEMIGA Contest: October 21, 2018 E-mail: eu1eu[at]mail[dot]ru Mail: Igor "Harry" Getmann, EU1EU P.O.Box 143 Minsk 220005 BELARUS Find rules at: http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/agb_nemiga.htm California QSO Party: October 22, 2018 E-mail: (see rules, web upload preferred) Upload log at: http://robot.cqp.org/cqp/logsubmit-form.html Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.cqp.org/Rules.html RSGB RoLo CW: October 22, 2018 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/rolo.shtml Feld Hell Sprint: October 24, 2018 Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/spooky-sprint Arizona QSO Party: October 24, 2018 E-mail: logs[at]azqsoparty[dot]org Mail: Radio Society of Tucson PO Box 57315 Tucson, AZ 85732-7315 USA Find rules at: http://www.azqsoparty.org/ Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest: October 26, 2018 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: https://www.avhfc.com/sendlog Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://www.avhfc.com/rules/en.pdf QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party: October 27, 2018 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: http://www.qrpcontest.com Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.qrparci.org/ UBA ON Contest, SSB: October 28, 2018 E-mail: ubaon[at]uba[dot]be Mail: Welters Leon, ON5WL Borgstraat 80 B-2580 Beerzel Belgium Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW: October 28, 2018 E-mail: apsprint[at]jsfc[dot]org Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt 10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW: October 29, 2018 E-mail: tentencontest[at]ten-ten[dot]org Upload log at: http://hamclubs.info/scorer/ Mail: Dan Morris, KZ3T 3162 Covington Way Lenoir, NC 28645 USA Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules New Hampshire QSO Party: October 31, 2018 E-mail: NHQP[at]w1wqm[dot]org Mail: Port City Amateur Radio Club PO Box 2060 Seabrook, NH 03874-2060 USA Find rules at: http://www.w1wqm.org/nhqso/NEW_HAMPSHIRE_QSO_PARTY_RULES.pdf Texas QSO Party: October 31, 2018 E-mail: logs[at]txqp[dot]net Mail: TQP Committee 24415 Deep Meadow Dr Tomball, TX 77375 USA Find rules at: http://www.txqp.net/ Oceania DX Contest, Phone: October 31, 2018 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: http://www.b4h.net/ocdx/ Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/oceaniadxssb_cab.php Mail: Oceania DX Contest PO Box 21088 Little Lonsdale Street Victoria 8011 Australia Find rules at: http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Rules/rules.html JARTS WW RTTY Contest: October 31, 2018 E-mail: log[at]jarts[dot]jp Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://jarts.jp/rules2018.html Oceania DX Contest, CW: October 31, 2018 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: http://www.b4h.net/ocdx/ Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/oceaniadxcw_cab.php Mail: Oceania DX Contest PO Box 21088 Little Lonsdale Street Victoria 8011 Australia Find rules at: http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Rules/rules.html Nevada QSO Party: November 1, 2018 E-mail: logs[at]nvqso[dot]com Mail: Nevada QSO Party Sierra Nevada Radio Society PO Box 7727 Reno, Nevada 89510-7727 USA Find rules at: http://nvqso.com/contest-rules/ Classic Exchange, CW: November 1, 2018 E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net Mail: K2RP 659 Shanas Lane Encinitas, CA 92024 USA Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/sep18/Fall_2018_CX_Rules.pdf Classic Exchange, Phone: November 1, 2018 E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net Mail: K2RP 659 Shanas Lane Encinitas, CA 92024 USA Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/sep18/Fall_2018_CX_Rules.pdf ARRL School Club Roundup: November 3, 2018 Post web summary: http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/ Mail: School Club Roundup c/o LIMARC PO Box 392 Levittown, NY 11756 USA Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup New York QSO Party: November 3, 2018 E-mail: logs[at]nyqp[dot]org Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/nyqp_cab.php Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.nyqp.org/ South Dakota QSO Party: November 3, 2018 E-mail: ae0xi69[at]gmail[dot]com Mail: Terry Angel 42578 311 St. Tabor, SD 57063 USA Find rules at: http://www.sdqsoparty.com UBA ON Contest, 6m: November 4, 2018 E-mail: ubaon[at]uba[dot]be Mail: Leon Welters, ON5WL Borgstraat 80 B-2580 Beerzel Belgium Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest UBA ON Contest, CW: November 4, 2018 E-mail: ubaon[at]uba[dot]be Mail: Leon Welters, ON5WL Borgstraat 80 B-2580 Beerzel Belgium Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest Stew Perry Topband Challenge: November 5, 2018 E-mail: tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net Mail: BARC 50335 NW Hayward Rd Manning, OR 97125 USA Find rules at: http://www.kkn.net/stew/ Worked All Germany Contest: November 5, 2018 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: https://www.dxhf.darc.de/~waglog/upload.cgi?form=referat&lang=en Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/worked-all-germany-contest/en/rules/ FISTS Fall Slow Speed Sprint: November 5, 2018 E-mail: n2ed[at]fistsna[dot]org Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints YLRL DX/NA YL Anniversary Contest: November 6, 2018 E-mail: ac7uh[at]arrl[dot]net Mail: Barbara Yasson, AC7UH 13205 NE 5th Ave. Vancouver, WA 98685 USA Find rules at: http://ylrl.org/index.php/contests-and-dx-awards UBA ON Contest, 2m: November 11, 2018 E-mail: ubaon[at]uba[dot]be Mail: Leon Welters, ON5WL Borgstraat 80 B-2580 Beerzel Belgium Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest FISTS Fall Unlimited Sprint: November 12, 2018 E-mail: n2ed[at]fistsna[dot]org Mail: FISTS Sprint Log c/o Ed Wlodarski N2ED 3 Shore Rd. Andover, NJ 07821-2240 USA Find rules at: http://www.fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints Pennsylvania QSO Party: November 14, 2018 E-mail: logs[at]paqso[dot]org Web-to-Cab form: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/paqp_cab3.php Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://paqso.org/pa-qso-party-rules.html Argentina National 7 MHz Contest: November 20, 2018 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://www.lu4aa.org/wp/concursos-nacional-40m/ Telephone Pioneers QSO Party: December 10, 2018 E-mail: n6tpjim[at]gmail[dot]com Mail: Jim Muiter 4233 Wooster Ave. San Mateo, CA, 94403 USA Find rules at: http://www.tpqso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TPQSO-2018-Announcement-1.5.pdf Zombie Shuffle: December 15, 2018 E-mail: na5n[at]zianet[dot]com Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/2018/pg.htm ARRL EME Contest: December 25, 2018 E-mail: (upload preferred) Upload log at: http://contests.arrl.org/arrlemescoresubmission.php Mail: EME Contest ARRL 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 USA Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /NNNN