THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM January 20 - 27, 2020 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: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL January VHF Contest: 1900Z, Jan 18 to 0359Z, Jan 20 Geographic Focus: United States/Canada Participation: Worldwide Mode: Any Bands: 50 MHz and up Classes: Single Op (Low/High) Single Op Portable Single Op 3 Band Single Op FM Rover Limited Rover Unlimited Rover Multi-Op Limited Multi-Op Max power: (see rules) Exchange: 4-character grid square Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 1 point per 50 or 144 MHz QSO 2 points per 222 or 432 MHz QSO 4 points per 902 or 1296 MHz QSO 8 points per 2.3 GHz or higher QSO Multipliers: Grid squares once per band Rovers: grid squares operated from once regardless of band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 0359Z January 30, 2020 E-mail logs to: (none) Upload log at: http://contest-log-submission.arrl.org Mail logs to: January VHF ARRL 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 USA Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0200Z-0400Z, Jan 20 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: January 26, 2020 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, Jan 22 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 January 24, 2020 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/ QRP Fox Hunt: 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 22 Geographic Focus: United States Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 40m Only Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound) Max power: 5 watts Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: (none) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points Submit logs by: 0330Z January 23, 2020 E-mail logs to: (see rules) Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 22 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 January 24, 2020 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, Jan 22 and 1900Z-2000Z, Jan 22 and 0300Z-0400Z, Jan 23 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 January 25, 2020 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/ NAQCC CW Sprint: 0130Z-0330Z, Jan 23 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 160m Only Classes: (none) Max power: 5 watts Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + (NAQCC No./power) Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member 2 points per QSO with member Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once Key Type Mult: 2x if straight key, 1.5x if bug, 1x if other Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x key type mult Submit logs by: 2359Z January 26, 2020 E-mail logs to: naqcc33[at]windstream[dot]net jcoreyc[at]gmail[dot]com Upload log at: http://naqcc.info/sprint_submit_log.html Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://naqcc.info/sprint/sprint201901_160.html NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Jan 24 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: January 26, 2020 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 QRP Fox Hunt: 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 24 Geographic Focus: United States Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 80m Only Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound) Max power: 5 watts Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: (none) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points Submit logs by: 0330Z January 25, 2020 E-mail logs to: (see rules) Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 24 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: January 26, 2020 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 CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW: 2200Z, Jan 24 to 2200Z, Jan 26 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Awards: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 160m Only Classes: Single Op (Low/High) Single Op Assisted (QRP/Low/High) Multi-Op (High) Max operating hours: Single Op: 30 hours Multi-Op: 40 hours Max power: HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: W/VE: RST + (state/province) DX: RST + CQ Zone QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with own country 5 points per QSO with other countries on same continent 10 points per QSO with other continents 5 points per QSO with maritime mobile Multipliers: Each US state + DC (excluding KH6/KL7) Each VE province Each DXCC+WAE country (including KH6/KL7) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 2200Z January 31, 2020 E-mail logs to: (none) Upload log at: https://www.cq160.com/logcheck/ Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm REF Contest, CW: 0600Z, Jan 25 to 1800Z, Jan 26 Geographic Focus: France + overseas territories Participation: Worldwide Awards: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op All Band Single Op Single Band Multi-Single Club SWL Max operating hours: Single Op: 28 hours in no more than 3 increments of at least 1 hour each Max power: HP: >100 Watts LP: 100 Watts QRP: 5 Watts Exchange: French: RST + Department/Prefix non-French: RST + Serial No. Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: French: 6 points per QSO with French station same continent French: 15 points per QSO with French station on different continent French: 1 point per QSO with non-French station same continent French: 2 points per QSO with non-French station on different continent non-French: 1 point per QSO with French station same continent non-French: 3 points per QSO with French station on different continent Multipliers: French/Corsica departments once per band French overseas prefixes once per band non-French DXCC countries once per band (available only to French stations) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: February 3, 2020 E-mail logs to: (none) Upload log at: http://concours.r-e-f.org/contest/logs/upload-form Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://concours.r-e-f.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhf_dx.pdf BARTG RTTY Sprint: 1200Z, Jan 25 to 1200Z, Jan 26 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Mode: RTTY Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op Expert Single Op (High/Low/QRP) Multi-Op SWL Max power: HP: >100W LP: 100W QRP: 5W Exchange: Serial No. (no signal report) Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: DXCC countries once regardless of band JA, W, VE and VK areas once regardless of band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x continents Submit logs by: February 2, 2020 E-mail logs to: (none) Upload log at: http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://bartg.org.uk/wp/bartg-sprint-contest/ UBA DX Contest, SSB: 1300Z, Jan 25 to 1300Z, Jan 26 Geographic Focus: Belgium Participation: Worldwide Awards: Europe Mode: SSB Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op All Band (Low/High) Single Op Single Band (Low/High) Single Op QRP Multi-Op SWL Max power: HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 10 watts Exchange: ON: RST + Serial No. + province non-ON: RST + Serial No. Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 10 points per QSO with Belgian station 3 points per QSO with other EU stations 1 point per QSO with non-EU stations Multipliers: Each Belgian province once per band Each Belgian prefix once per band Each EU DXCC country once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 2359Z February 9, 2020 E-mail logs to: ubassb[at]uba[dot]be Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/uba-dx-contest-rules Winter Field Day: 1900Z, Jan 25 to 1900Z, Jan 26 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Mode: Any (see rules for exceptions) Bands: All, except WARC Classes: Max Simultaneous Xmtrs + Site (Indoor/Outdoor/Home) Max power: HP: >100W LP: 100W QRP: 5W Exchange: Category + ARRL Section (or DX) QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO 2 points per CW/digital QSO Bonus: 1500 points if commercial power not used Bonus: 1500 points if outdoors Bonus: 1500 points if not at home Bonus: 1500 points for at least satellite QSO Multipliers: One for each mode operated per band Power: QRP:4x, LP:2x, HP:1x Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x band/mode mults x power mult) + bonus points Submit logs by: 2359Z February 29, 2020 E-mail logs to: wfda[at]winterfieldday[dot]com Post log summary at: (see rules) Mail logs to: Tom Phelps, WD8MBE 235 Leonard Ave NW Massillon, OH 44646 USA Find rules at: https://www.winterfieldday.com/ QCX Challenge: 1300Z-1400Z, Jan 27 and 1900Z-2000Z, Jan 27 and 0300Z-0400Z, Jan 28 Geographic Focus: Worldwide Participation: Worldwide Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes: Single Op Max power: HP: >5 watts QRP: 5 watts Exchange: RST + Name + (state/province/country) + Rig Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 3 points per QSO with QCX station 1 point per QSO with non-QCX station Multipliers: (none) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points Submit logs by: 0400Z January 30, 2020 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QCX Challenge 1300Z-1400Z, Jan 27 1900Z-2000Z, Jan 27 0300Z-0400Z, Jan 28 QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 29 Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 29 CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Jan 29 1900Z-2000Z, Jan 29 0300Z-0400Z, Jan 30 UKEICC 80m Contest 2000Z-2100Z, Jan 29 NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Jan 31 QRP Fox Hunt 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 31 NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 31 Vermont QSO Party 0000Z, Feb 1 to 2400Z, Feb 2 10-10 Int. Winter Contest, SSB 0001Z, Feb 1 to 2359Z, Feb 2 Mexico RTTY International Contest 1200Z, Feb 1 to 2359Z, Feb 2 Black Sea Cup International 1200Z, Feb 1 to 1159Z, Feb 2 F9AA Cup, CW 1200Z, Feb 1 to 1200Z, Feb 2 Minnesota QSO Party 1400Z-2400Z, Feb 1 FYBO Winter QRP Sprint 1400Z-2400Z, Feb 1 AGCW Straight Key Party 1600Z-1900Z, Feb 1 British Columbia QSO Party 1600Z, Feb 1 to 0359Z, Feb 2 1600Z-2359Z, Feb 2 FISTS Winter Slow Speed Sprint 1700Z-2100Z, Feb 1 North American Sprint, CW 0000Z-0400Z, Feb 2 RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB 2000Z-2130Z, Feb 3 ARS Spartan Sprint 0200Z-0400Z, Feb 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- YB DX Contest: January 18, 2020 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: http://ybdxcontest.com/logs/log-submission/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://ybdxcontest.com QRP Fox Hunt: January 18, 2020 E-mail: (see rules) Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm CWops Mini-CWT Test: January 18, 2020 Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: January 19, 2020 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: January 19, 2020 E-mail: (none) Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html NRAU-Baltic Contest, CW: January 19, 2020 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: http://www.nraubaltic.eu/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://www.nrau.net/nrau-baltic-contest/rules.htmll NRAU-Baltic Contest, SSB: January 19, 2020 E-mail: log-(none) Upload log at: http://www.nraubaltic.eu/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://www.nrau.net/nrau-baltic-contest/rules.html DARC 10-Meter Contest: January 19, 2020 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: https://www.dxhf.darc.de/~d10mlog/upload.cgi?form=referat&lang=de Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-10m-contest/regeln/ NCCC RTTY Sprint: January 19, 2020 E-mail: (none) Post web summary: http://www.3830scores.com/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html UBA PSK63 Prefix Contest: January 19, 2020 E-mail: ubapsk63[at]uba[dot]be Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/uba-psk63-prefix-contest-rules RSGB AFS Contest, SSB: January 19, 2020 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl Mail: (none) Find rules at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2020/rafs.shtml NAQCC CW Sprint: January 19, 2020 E-mail: naqcc33[at]windstream[dot]net jcoreyc[at]gmail[dot]com Upload log at: http://naqcc.info/sprint_submit_log.html Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://naqcc.info/sprint/sprint202001.html AGB New Year Snowball Contest: January 22, 2020 E-mail: eu1eu[at]mail[dot]ru Mail: Igor "Harry" Getmann, EU1EU P.O.Box 143 Minsk 220005 BELARUS Find rules at: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu/agb_nysb.htm PRO Digi Contest: January 25, 2020 E-mail: digi[at]procontestclub[dot]ro Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.procontestclub.ro/PDC%20Rules.html Old New Year Contest: January 26, 2020 E-mail: contest[at]radio[dot]ru Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.radio.ru/cq/contest/rule-results/index7.shtml IQRP Quarterly Marathon: January 26, 2020 E-mail: iqrpclub[at]arimontebelluna[dot]it Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.arimontebelluna.it/news/news_maratona_uk.htm LZ Open Contest: January 27, 2020 E-mail: LZ1GL[at]yahoo[dot]com Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.lzopen.com/lz-open-contest/rules/rulesF.htm RAEM Contest: January 28, 2020 E-mail: (none) Upload log at: http://ua9qcq.com/ Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://raem.srr.ru/en/main/ WAB 1.8 MHz Phone/CW: January 28, 2020 E-mail: aebbooks[at]ntlworld[dot]com Mail: Tony Beardsley, G3XKT 14 York Avenue Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB United Kingdom Find rules at: http://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Rules.php#OtherRules Bogor Old and New Contest: January 31, 2020 E-mail: log[at]orari-bogor[dot]org Upload log at: http://contest.orari-bogor.org/log-submission Mail: (none) Find rules at: http://www.orari-bogor.org/contest/#!/rules RAC Winter Contest: January 31, 2020 E-mail: canadawinter[at]rac[dot]ca Mail: Radio Amateurs of Canada 720 Belfast Road, Suite 217 Ottawa, Ontario K1G 0Z5 Canada Find rules at: https://wp.rac.ca/rac-canada-winter-contest-rules-2019/ SARTG New Year RTTY Contest: January 31, 2020 E-mail: contest[at]sartg[dot]com Upload log at: http://ua9qcq.com Mail: SARTG Contest Manager Ewe Hakansson, SM7BHM Pilspetsvagen 4 SE-291 66 KRISTIANSTAD SWEDEN Find rules at: http://www.sartg.com/contest/nyrules.htm Original QRP Contest: January 31, 2020 E-mail: oqrpc[at]qrpcc[dot]de Mail: Lutz Gutheil, DL1RNN Bergstrasse 17 D-38446 Wolfsburg Germany Find rules at: http://www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/oqrpr.html AWA Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest: February 1, 2020 E-mail: W1GIG[at]att[dot]net Mail: Tim Walker 309 Harvest Commons Westport, CT 06880 USA Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/event-details-for-lc-cw-contest.html ARRL Kids Day: February 3, 2020 E-mail: (none) Mail: (see rules) Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/kids-day EUCW 160m Contest: February 6, 2020 E-mail: f6cel[at]free[dot]fr Mail: Ghislain BARBASON 5 rue de l'Ecluse F-02190 PIGNICOURT France Find rules at: http://www.eucw.org/eu160.html Classic Exchange, CW: March 18, 2020 E-mail: k2rp[at]arrl[dot]net Mail: K2RP 659 Shanas Lane Encinitas, CA 92024 USA Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /NNNN