~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR February 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 1, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 2, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 3, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 4, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10-10 Int. Winter Phone QSO Party ... QRP Category Feb 5, 0001z to Feb 6, 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSOPartyRulesRevised.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black Sea Cup International (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 5, 1200z to Feb 6, 1159z Rules: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/index/0-21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EPC WW DX Contest (BPSK63) ... 10W LP Feb 5, 1200z to Feb 6, 1200z Rules: http://www.epcwwdx.srars.org/index.php/contest-rules.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vermont QSO Party (CW/PH/Dig) ... QRP Category Feb 5, 1300z to Feb 6, 0300z and Feb 6, 1300z to Feb 7, 0300z Rules: http://vtqsoparty.westriverradio.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minnesota QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category Feb 5, 1400z to 2359z Rules: http://www.w0aa.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYBO Winter QRP Field Day (CW/SSB) ... QRP Contest! Feb 5, 1400z to 2400z Rules: http://www.azscqrpions.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW Straight Key QSO Party (CW 80M) ... QRP Category Feb 5, 1600z to 1900z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:Straight_Key_Party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ British Columbia QSO Party (CW/PH/Dig) ... QRP Category Feb 5, 1600z to Feb 6, 0759z Rules: http://www.deltaamateurradio.com/bcqsoparty/Delta_Amateur_Radio/Rules.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delaware QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category Feb 5, 1700z to Feb 6, 2359z Rules: http://www.fsarc.org/qsoparty/qsohome.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category Feb 6, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! EST: Feb 7, 9 PM to 11 PM (First Monday each month) UTC: Feb 8, 0200z to 0400z Rules: http://www.arsqrp.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Feb 7, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 8, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 9, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 8, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Feb 9, 0130Z to 0330Z Rules: http://naqcc.info/contests.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW) ... QRP Category Feb 9, 1100z to 1200z and Feb 9, 1900z to 2000z and Feb 10, 0300z to 0400z Rules: http://www.cwops.org/onair.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 10, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 11, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valentine Sprint (PODXS) (PSK-31) ... QRP Category Feb 11, 8 PM to Feb 12, 2 AM LOCAL TIME Rules: http://www.podxs070.com/valentine-sprint ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest ... QRP Category Feb 12, 0000z to Feb 13, 2359z Rules: http://www.cqwpxrtty.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dutch PACC Contest (SSB/CW) ... QRP Category Feb 12, 1200z to Feb 13, 1200z Rules: http://pacc.veron.nl/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Louisiana QSO Party (Ph/CW-Dig) Feb 12, 1500z to Feb 13, 0300z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/kd5wdy/LAQSO_/laqso_.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Hampshire QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category Feb 12, 1600z to Feb 13, 0400z and Feb 13, 1200z to Feb 13, 2200z Rules: http://www.w1wqm.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/NH_rules1.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS Winter Sprint (CW of course) ...QRP Category Feb 12, 1700z to 2100z Rules: http://www.fists.org/sprints.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Feb 13, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 13, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Feb 14, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 15, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 16, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 17, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 18, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russian PSK WW Contest Feb 18, 2100z to Feb 19, 2100z Rules: http://www.epc-ru.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=562&Itemid=192 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARRL International DX Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Feb 19, 0000z to Feb 20, 2359z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell) ... QRP Category Feb 19, 2000z to 2200z Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EST: Feb 20, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: Feb 21, 0200z 0400z Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Feb 23, 0000z to 0200z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Feb 21, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 22, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 23, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 24, 9 PM to 10:29 PM UTC: Feb 25, 0200z to 0329z Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW 160-Meter DX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 25, 2200z to Feb 27, 2200z Rules: http://www.cq160.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REF (French) SSB Contest Feb 26, 0600z to Feb 27, 1800z Rules: http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhfdx.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA DX Contest - Belgium (CW) ... QRP Category Feb 26, 1300z to Feb 27, 1300z Rules: http://www.uba.be/sites/default/files/uploads/hf_contests/ubatest_dx.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mississippi QSO Party (Ph/CW) Feb 26, 1500z to Feb 27,0300 Rules: http://www.arrlmiss.org/2011MsQSOPartyRules.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American QSO Party (RTTY) ... 100W Max Feb 26, 1800z to Feb 27, 0600z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High Speed CW Club Contest ... QRP Category Feb 27, 0900z to 1100z and 1500z to 1700z Rules: http://www.dl3bzz.de/html/hscconte.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North Carolina QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 27, 1700z to Feb 28, 0300z Rules: http://www.w4nc.com/2011ncqsoparty.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorado QRP Club Winter QSO Party (CW) ... QRP Contest! Feb 28, 0100z to 0259z Rules: http://www.cqc.org/contests/winter11.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA Foxhunt (CW/PSK31/SSB) *** QRP Contest *** Feb 28, 1930z to 2030z Rules: http://www.on5ex.be/foxhunt/foxhunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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