~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR March 10 to April 11, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Mar 10, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Mar 11, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW QRP Contest (CW) ... QRP/QRPp Category Mar 12, 1400z to 2000z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI HF Grid Square Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 12, 1500z to 1800z Rules: http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/8346/118/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA PSK31 Contest Mar 12, 1600z to Mar 13, 1600z Rules: http://www.ure.es/contest/428-ea-psk31-contest-english-version.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elecraft QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category Mar 12, 1800z to Mar 13, 1800z Rules: http://www.elecraft.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Idaho QSO Party (Ph/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category Mar 12, 1900z to Mar 13, 1900z Rules: http://www.nx7tt.com/main_page_link/rules.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Mar 13, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (RTTY) ... QRP Category Mar 13, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******************************************** Daylight saving starts Mar 13, 2011 - 0200 AM ******************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA (Belgian) Spring Contest (CW-80m) ... QRP Category Mar 13, 0700z to 1100z Rules: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wisconsin QSO Party (CW/SSB)...QRP Category Mar 13, 1800z to Mar 14, 0100z Rules: http://www.warac.org/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC-EU Monthly Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 14 1800z to 2000z Rules: http://naqcc-eu.org/sprints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 14, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Mar 15, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Mar 16, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint *** QRP CONTEST! *** EST: Mar 16, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Mar 17, 0030z to 0230z Rules: http://naqcc.info/contests.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Mar 17, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Mar 18, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten Mobile QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 19, 0001z to 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/calendar.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BARTG Spring RTTY Contest Mar 19, 0200z to Mar 21, 0200z Rules: http://www.bartg.org.uk/documents/Contests/HF/BARTG%20HF%20RTTY%20Contest%20rules%202011.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell) ... QRP Category Mar 19, 12:00 to 2:00 PM Local Time Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russian DX Contest (SSB/CW) ... QRP Category Mar 19, 1200z to Mar 20, 1200z Rules: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma QSO Party (CW/Digital/Phone) ... QRP Category Mar 19, 1300z to Mar 20, 0200z and Mar 20, 1300z to Mar 20, 1900z Rules: http://www.okdxa.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW VHF-UHF Contest (CW)...QRP Category Mar 19, 1400z to 1759z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:VHF-UHF_Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North Dakota QSO Party (CW/PH) ... QRP Category Mar 19, 1800z to Mar 20, 1800z Rules: http://www.w0cq.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Virginia QSO Party (CW/SSB/Dig) ... QRP Category Mar 19, 1800z to Mar 21, 0100z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2011_VQP/2011_VQP_Main.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EDT: Mar 20, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: Mar 21, 0100z 0300z Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 21, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Mar 23, 0000z to 0200z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 26, 0000z to Mar 27, 2359z Rules: http://www.cqwpx.com/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spring QRP Homebrewer Sprint (CW/PSK31) ... QRP Contest!!!! UTC: Mar 28, 0000z to 0400z EDT: Mar 27, 8PM to Midnight EDT) Rules: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 28, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SECOND CLASS OPERATOR'S CLUB CW BASH (CW) QRP Mostly Apr 2, 0000z to 2359 Info: http://www.qsl.net/soc/k8dd_bash.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LZOCC 40m CW Sprint ... QRP Category Apr 2, 0400z to 0800z Rules: http://www.lzopen.com/lzocc40/indexF.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP HOURS CONTEST (CW/PSK31/RTTY/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Apr 2, 1000-1159 UTC Rules: http://home.exetel.com.au/auriga/AR/QRP/QRP_Hours.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party (CW) ......QRP Contest!!! Apr 2, 1200z to Apr 3, 2359z Rules: http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/8347/118/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SP DX Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 2, 1500z to Apr 3, 1500z Rules: http://www.spdxcontest.info/reg/spdxc_g.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA RTTY Contest Apr 2, 1600z to Apr 3, 1600z Rules: http://www.ure.es/contest/430-ea-rtty-contest.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missouri QSO Party (ALL) ... QRP Category (MO Only) Apr 2, 1800z to Apr 3, 0500z Apr 3, 1800z to Apr 3, 2359z Rules: http://www.w0ma.org/mo_qso_party.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Apr 4, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Event! EDT: Apr 4, 9 PM to 11 PM (First Monday each month) UTC: Apr 5, 0100z to 0300z Info: http://adventure-radio.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spartan_Sprints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montana QSO Party (ALL) ... QRP Category Apr 9, 0000z to Apr 11, 0000z Rules: http://www.fvarc.org/?q=libmain/39 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PSK Flavors Contest ... QRP Category Apr 9, 12:00 to 18:00 YOUR LOCAL TIME Rules: http://www.podxs070.com/31-flavors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Mexico QSO Party (CW/PH/Dig) ... QRP Category Apr 9, 1400z to Apr 10, 0200z Rules: http://pages.swcp.com/~n5zgt/nmqsoparty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Georgia QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 9, 1800z to Apr 10, 0359z Apr 10, 1400z to Apr 10, 2359z Rules: http://gqp.contesting.com/Rules.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Apr 10, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Spring Sprint (80m SSB) ... QRP Entries Noted Apr 10, 0600z to 1000z Rules: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hungarian Straight Key Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Apr 10, 1500z to 1700z Rules: http://hskc.ha8kux.com/data/2010/Hungarian%20Straight%20Key%20Contest%202010.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Apr 11, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, N0AX(ARRL), VA3JFF & G4GXL (QRPARCI) N2APB (AmQRP), WB3AAL (EPAQRP) and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. If you wish to subscribe to the Calendar, send an e-mail to n...@arrl.net Please forward the contest info you sponsor to n...@arrl.net and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar Links: http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm http://www.amqrp.org/contesting/contesting.html http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/6134/130/lang,en/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
