~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR March 12 - April 12, 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Each Tuesday to Mar 24 9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Each Thursday to March 26 9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA (Belgian) Spring Contest (CW-80m) ... QRP Category Mar 14, 0700z to 1100z Rules: http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/rules/uba_spring_en.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI HF Grid Square Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 14, 1500z to 1800z Rules: http://www.qrparci.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW QRP Contest (CW) ... QRP/QRPp Category Mar 14, 1400z to 2000z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Second Class Operator's Club Marathon Sprint (CW) .. QRP Contest! Mar 14, 1800z to 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/soc/contests.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elecraft QSO Party (CW/SSB/Dig) ... QRP Category Mar 14, 1800z to Mar 15, 1800z Rules: http://www.elecraft.com/Awards/eqp_2009.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Idaho QSO Party (Ph/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category Mar 14, 1900z to Mar 15, 1900z Rules: http://www.nx7tt.com/main_page_link/rules.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (RTTY) ... QRP Category Mar 15, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wisconsin QSO Party (CW/SSB)...QRP Category Mar 15, 1800z to Mar 16, 0100z Rules: http://www.warac.org/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EDT: Mar 15, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: Mar 16, 0100z 0300z Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint *** QRP CONTEST! *** EDT: Mar 18, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Mar 19, 0030z to 0230z Rules: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/contests.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten Mobile QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 21, 0001z to 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/calendar.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BARTG Spring RTTY Contest Mar 21, 0200z to Mar 23, 0200z Rules: http://www.bartg.org.uk/contests.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russian DX Contest (SSB/CW) ... QRP Category Mar 21, 1200z to Mar 22, 1200z Rules: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma QSO Party (CW/Digital/Phone) ... QRP Category Mar 21, 1300z to Mar 22, 0100z and Mar 22, 1300z to Mar 22, 1900z Rules: http://www.okdxa.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW VHF-UHF Contest (CW)...QRP Category Mar 21, 1600z to 2100z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:VHF-UHF_Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North Dakota QSO Party (CW/PH) ... QRP Category Mar 21, 1700z to Mar 22, 0100z Rules: http://k0ln.com:80/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Virginia QSO Party (CW/SSB/Dig) ... QRP Category Mar 21, 1800z to Mar 23, 0100z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2009_VQP/2009_VQP_Rules.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spring QRP Homebrewer Sprint (CW/PSK31) ... QRP Contest!!!! UTC: Mar 23, 0000z to 0400z EDT: Mar 22, 8PM to Midnight EDT) Rules: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Mar 25, 0000z to 0200z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Mar 28, 0000z to Mar 29, 2359z Rules: http://www.cqwpx.com/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MQFD Monthly Sprint (CW/PH/Digital) *** QRP Contest *** Mar 28, 1800z to 2200z Rules: http://w2agn.net/mqfdsprint.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LZOCC 40m CW Sprint ... QRP Category Apr 4, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.lzopen.com/lzocc40/indexF.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party (CW) ......QRP Contest!!! Apr 4, 1200z to Apr 5, 2359z Rules: http://www.qrparci.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SP DX Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 4, 1500z to Apr 5, 1500z Rules: http://www.spdxcontest.info/reg/spdxc_g.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA RTTY Contest Apr 4, 1600z to Apr 5, 1600z Rules: http://www.ure.es/contest/430-ea-rtty-contest.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missouri QSO Party (ALL) Apr 4, 1800z to Apr 5, 0500z Apr 5, 1800z to Apr 5, 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/w0ma/contests.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Event! EDT: Apr 6, 9 PM to 11 PM (First Monday each month) UTC: Apr 7, 0100z to 0300z Info: http://arsqrp.pbwiki.com:80/Spartan+Sprints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PSK Flavors Contest ... QRP Category Apr 11, 12:00 to 18:00 YOUR LOCAL TIME Rules: http://www.podxs070.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Georgia QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 11, 1800z to Apr 12, 0359z Apr 12, 1400z to Apr 12, 2359z Rules: http://gqp.contesting.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Apr 12, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Spring Sprint (80m SSB) ... QRP Entries Noted Apr 12, 0600z to 1000z Rules: http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/calendar_en.html# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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