~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR October 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fall QRP Homebrewer Sprint (CW/PSK31) ***QRP CONTEST*** Sep 26, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Sep, 28, 0000z to 0200z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW) ... QRP Category Sep 28, 1300z to 1400z and Sep 28, 1900z to 2000z and Sep 29, 0300z to 0400z Rules: http://www.cwops.org/onair.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TARA PSK31 Rumble (PSK31 only) ... QRP Category Oct 1, 0000z to 2400z Rules: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_rumble_rules.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EPC Russia DX Contest (PSK63) ... 100W Category Oct 1, 0400z to Oct 2, 0359z Rules: http://www.epc-ru.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=351&Itemid=113 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worked All Britain HF Contest (Phone) ...10W Category Oct 1, 1200z to Oct 2, 1200z Rules: http://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Rules.php#HFRules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EU SPRINT CONTEST - Autumn (SSB) ... 100W category Oct 1, 1600z to 1959z Rules: http://www.eu-sprint.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ California QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 1, 1600z to Oct 2, 2159z Rules: http://www.cqp.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 2, 0700z to 1900z Rules: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2011/r2128.shtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ German Telegraphy Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 3, 0700z to 0959z Rules: http://kontest.de/dtc/DTC-Rules_e.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 3, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) *** QRP Event! *** Oct 4, 0100z to 0300z (First Monday 9 PM EDT) Info: http://adventure-radio.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spartan_Sprints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scandinavian Activity Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 8, 1200z to Oct 9, 1200z Rules: http://www.sactest.net/#tabs-6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pennsylvania QSO Party (CW/SSB/Digital) ... QRP Category Oct 8, 1600z to Oct 9, 0500z Oct 9, 1300z to Oct 9, 2200z Rules: http://www.nittany-arc.net/PAQSO.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arizona QSO Party (CW/PH) ... QRP Category Oct 8, 1600z to Oct 9, 0600z and Oct 9, 1400z to Oct 9, 2359z Rules: http://www.azqsoparty.org/rules.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EU SPRINT CONTEST - Autumn (CW) ... 100W category Oct 8, 1600z to 1959z Rules: http://www.eu-sprint.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS Fall Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 8, 1700z to 2100z Rules: http://www.fists.org/sprints.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (RTTY) ... QRP Category Oct 9, 0000Z to 0400Z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Oct 9, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/index-wes.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10-10 Day Sprint (All) ... QRP Category Oct 10, 0001z to 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSOPartyRules_082710.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 10, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EDT: Oct 11, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Oct 12, 0030Z to 0230Z Rules: http://naqcc.info/contests.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 12, 1300z to 1400z and Oct 12, 1900z to 2000z and Oct 13, 0300z to 0400z Rules: http://www.cwops.org/onair.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC-EU Monthly Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 12, 1800z to 2000z Rules: http://naqcc-eu.org/sprints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LZ Open 80m Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 15, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.lzopen.com/lzocc80/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten Fall QSO Party (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 15, 0001z to Oct 16, 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSOPartyRules_082710.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 15, 1200z to Oct 16, 2400z Rules: http://www.qrparci.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iowa QSO Party (CW/Ph/Dig) Oct 15, 1400z to 2300z Rules: https://sites.google.com/site/ottumwaamateurradioclub/iaqsoparty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New York QSO Party (Ph/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category Oct 15, 1400z to Oct 16, 0200z Rules: http://www.nyqp.org/rules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worked All Germany Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 15, 1500z to Oct 16, 1459z Rules: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/wag/en/rules/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint (PSK) ... QRP Category Oct 15, 2000 to Oct 16, 0200 (Local Time) Rules: http://www.podxs070.com/160-meter-great-pumpkin-sprint ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell) ... QRP Category Oct 15, 2000z to 2200z Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Illinois QSO Party (CW/PH)... QRP Category Oct 16, 1700z to Oct 17, 0100z Rules: http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP%202011%20Rules.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EDT: Oct 16, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: Oct 17, 0100z 0300z Rules: http://fpqrp.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 17, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STEW PERRY TOPBAND DISTANCE CHALLENGE WARMUP - QRP CATEGORY Oct 22, 1500z to Oct 23, 1500z Rules: http://jzap.com/k7rat/stew.rules.txt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 24, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Oct 26, 0000z to 0200z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 26, 1300z to 1400z and Oct 26, 1900z to 2000z and Oct 27, 0300z to 0400z Rules: http://www.cwops.org/onair.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zombie Shuffle (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** Oct 28, Local Sundown to Local Midnight (Any 4 hour period) Rules: http://www.zianet.com/QRP/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW DX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 29, 0000z to Oct 30, 2359z Rules: http://www.cqww.com/rules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten Fall QSO Party (Digital) ... QRP Category Oct 29, 0001z to Oct 30, 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSOPartyRules_082710.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 31, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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