~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR April 17 - May 18, 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The HOLYLAND DX CONTEST (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 18, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.iarc.org/wp-content/uploads/awards/HC_2008_2009.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest ... QRP Category Apr 18, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_seasons.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michigan QSO Party (CW/SSB) ...QRP Category Apr 18, 1600z to Apr 19, 0400z Rules: http://www.miqp.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA-QRP Contest (CW) ... QRP Contest! Apr 18, 1700z to 2000z (10, 15 & 20 Mtrs) Apr 18, 2000z to 2300z (80 Mtrs) Apr 19, 0700z to 1100z (40 Mtrs) Apr 19, 1100z to 1300z (10, 15 & 20 Mtrs) Rules: http://www.eaqrp.com/concurso/test_eaqrp_cw-en.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ontario QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Apr 18, 1800z to Apr 19, 0500z Apr 19, 1200z to Apr 19, 1800z Rules: http://cco.ve3xd.com/oqp/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YU DX Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Apr 18, 2100z to Apr 19, 0500z and Apr 19, 0900z to 1700z Rules: http://www.yu1srs.org.rs/dl/yudx/yudxruleseng.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EDT: Apr 19, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: Apr 20, 0100z 0300z Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Apr 22, 0000z to 0200z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MQFD Monthly Sprint (CW/PH/Digital) *** QRP Contest *** Apr 25, 1800z to 2200z Rules: http://w2agn.net/mqfdsprint.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SP DX RTTY Contest Apr 25, 1200z to Apr 26, 1200z Rules: http://www.pkrvg.org/zbior.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florida QSO Party (CW/Phone) ...QRP Category Apr 25, 1600z to Apr 26, 0159z and Apr 26, 1200z to 2159z Rules: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nebraska QSO Party (CW/SSB/Digital) ... QRP Category Apr 25, 1700z to Apr 26, 1700z Rules: http://www.hdxa.net/neqso/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helvetia Contest (CW/SSB) (Swiss) ...QRP Category Apr 25, 1300z to Apr 26, 1259z Rules: http://www.uska.ch/e_index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP To The Field (CW) ...QRP Contest!! Apr 25, 1500z to Apr 26,0300z Rules: http://www.zianet.com/QRP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS/EUCW CW QRS Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Apr 27, 0001z to May 1, 2359z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/eucw/euqrs.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW QRP/QRP Party (CW) ... QRP Contest! May 1, 1300z to 1900z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-QRP-Party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten International Spring Contest (Dig/CW)...QRP Category May 2, 0001z to May 3, 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSOPartyRulesRevised.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7th Call Area QSO Party (Ph/CW) ... QRP Category May 2, 1300z to May 3, 0700z Rules: http://www.7qp.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indiana QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category May 2, 1600z to May 3, 0400z Rules: http://www.hdxcc.org/inqp/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New England QSO Party (Phone/CW) ... QRP Category May 2, 2000z to May 3, 0500z May 3, 1300z to May 3, 2400z Rules: http://www.neqp.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Event! May 5, 0100z to 0300z (First Monday 9 PM EDT) Info: http://arsqrp.pbwiki.com/Spartan+Sprints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VK/trans-Tasman Contests (80 M Ph) ... QRP Category May 9, 0800z to 1400z Rules: http://home.iprimus.com.au/vktasman/RULES.HTM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQM International DX Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category May 9, 1200z to May 10, 1159z Rules: http://www.cq-m.andys.ru/rules_eng.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS Spring Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category May 9, 1700z to 2100z Rules: http://www.fists.org/sprints.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category May 10, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dayton Hamvention (QRP Event - FDIM) May 15-17 Info: http://www.hamvention.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN CONTEST (CW) May 16, 1200z to May 17, 1200z Rules: http://www.ure.es/contest.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EU PSK DX Contest ... Low Power (10W) Category May 16, 1200z to May 17, 1200z Rules: http://www.eudx.srars.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All America Contest (CW) ... QRP Category May 16, 1500z to May 17, 2359z Rules: http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf/Regulamento_Ing.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EDT: May 17, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: May 18, 0100z 0300z Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, N0AX(ARRL), VA3JFF & G4GXL (QRPARCI) N2APB (AmQRP), WB3AAL (EPAQRP) and others for assistance in compiling this calendar.
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