Contester's Rate Sheet for October 8, 2003
*********************** Contester's Rate Sheet 8 October 2003 *********************** Edited by Ward Silver, N0AX SUMMARY o October brings on contest season o Danny Weil VP2VB - Silent Key o ARRL contest write-up authors announced o Logs Received: ARRL UHF, EU HF, and IOTA o Daniel Bradke W2AU - Winner of VP5 Expedition Trip o The Passing of Giants BULLETINS o No bulletins in this issue. BUSTED QSOS o Obviously, last issue's Summary item proclaiming that the California QSO Party was "this weekend" was erroneous. I trust the subsequent announcement to the reflectors with the correct dates was sufficient to prevent any wasted weekends. As penance, I forced myself to watch an entire episode of the California recall election debates. ANNOUNCEMENT & NOTICES FOR 8 OCTOBER TO 21 OCTOBER 2003 Logs are due for the following contests: October 10 - SARTG WW RTTY Contest, email to: sm7bhm@svessa.se, paper logs to: SARTG Contest Manager, Ewe Hakansson, SM7BHM, Pilspetsvagen 4, SE-29166 Kristianstad, Sweden October 10 - Quick PSK63 Contest, email to: obrienaj@netsync.net, paper logs to: Quick PSK Contest, Andrew O'Brien, 9082 Concord Dr., Fredonia, NY 14063, USA October 10 - AGB NEMIGA Contest, email to: eu1eu@qsl.net, paper logs to: Igor Getmann, EU1EU, P.O. Box 143, Minsk 220005, Belarus October 12 - YLRL Howdy Days, email to: wa6uvf@pe.net, paper logs to: Jeanie Parker, WA6UVF, 28400 Vista del Valle, Hemet, CA 92544, USA October 14 - FISTS Coast to Coast Contest, e-mail score summary: FistsC2C@yahoo.com, paper logs to: (none) October 14 - QRP ARCI End of Summer PSK31 Sprint, email to: rfoltz@turbonet.com, paper logs to: Randy Foltz, K7TQ, Attn: End of Summer PSK31 Sprint, 809 Leith St., Moscow, ID 83843, USA October 15 - WAE DX Contest, SSB, email to: waedc@dxhf.darc.de, paper logs to: WAEDC Contest Manager, Bernhard Buettner, DL6RAI, Schmidweg 17, D-85609 Dornach, Germany October 15 - ARRL September VHF QSO Party, email to: SeptemberVHF@arrl.org, paper logs to: September VHF QSO Party, ARRL Contest Branch, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111, USA October 15 - QRP Afield, email to: k1cl@arrl.net, paper logs to: Chuck Ludinsky, K1CL, 6 Pracing Rd., Chelmsford, MA 01824-1922, USA October 18 - South Carolina QSO Party, email to: (none), paper logs to: SARA SC QSO Party Entry, PO Box 193, Sumter, SC 29151-0193, USA October 21 - ARRL 10 GHz Cumulative Contest, email to: 10GHZ@arrl.org, paper logs to: 10 GHz Contest, ARRL Contest Branch, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111, USA October 21 - Fall QRP Homebrewer Sprint, email to: n2cq@arrl.net, paper logs to: Ken Newman, N2CQ, 81 Holly Drive, Woodbury, NJ 08096, USA The following contests are scheduled: Note that the following abbreviations are used to condense the contest rules summaries: SO - Single-Op; M2 - Multiop - 2 Transmitters; MO - Multi-Op; MS - Multi-Op, Single Transmitter; MM - Multi-Op, Multiple Transmitters; AB - All Band; SB - Single Band; S/P/C - State/Province/DXCC Entity; HP - High Power; LP - Low Power; Entity - DXCC Entity HF CONTESTS 10-10 Day Sprint--Phone/CW/Digital, sponsored by Ten-Ten International from 0001Z - 2400Z, Oct 10. One QSO per station, regardless of mode. Exchange: call, name, state and 10-10 number (if available). QSO Points: nonmembers -- 1 pt, members -- 2 pts. Total score: sum of QSO points. For more information: http://www.ten-ten.org/. Logs due Oct 27 to Steve Rasmussen N0WY, 312 N 6th Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048-1302. Oceania DX Contest--CW, supported by the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) and New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART), 0800Z Oct 11 - 0800Z Oct 12. Frequencies: 160-10 meters, work VK/ZL/Oceania stations only. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MS, MM, SWL. Exchange: RS(T) and serial number. QSO Points: 160--20 pts, 80--10 pts, 40--5 pts, 20--1 pt, 15--2 pts, 10--3 pts. Score: QSO points × WPX prefixes counted once per band. For more information: http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/. Logs due Nov 16 in Cabrillo format (preferred) to cwoctest@oceaniadxcontest.com or Oceania DX Contest, c/o Wellington Amateur Radio Club Inc., PO Box 6464, Wellington 6030, New Zealand EU Autumn Sprint--CW, sponsored by the EU Sprint Gang from 1500Z - 1859Z Oct 11. Frequencies: 80-20 meters, work EU stations only. SOAB category only. Exchange: your call, serial number, name, other station's call. Special QSY rule--see Web site. Score is number of QSOs. For more information: http://www.qsl.net/eusprint. Logs due 15 days after the contest to eusprint@kkn.net or Karel Karmasin, OK2FD, Gen Svobody 636, CZ-674 01 Trebic, Czech Republic. Pennsylvania QSO Party--CW/Phone, sponsored by the Nittany ARC, 1600Z Oct 11 - 0500Z Oct 12 and 1300Z - 2200Z Oct 12. Frequencies (MHz): CW--1.810 and 40 kHz above band edge; Phone--1.850, 3.980, 7.280, 14.280, 21.380, 28.310; Novice/Tech--10 kHz above edge of segment; mobiles 5 kHz below the listed frequencies. Work mobiles in each county. County lines count for 1 QSO but both counties. Categories: SO (HP >150W, LP, or QRP <5W), MS, MM, SO or MS Portable, Novice/Tech/TechPlus, Mobile, Rover. Exchange: serial number and ARRL/RAC section (PA stations send PA county). QSO Points: CW--2 pts on 160 and 80, 1.5 pts on other bands; Phone--1 pt. Score: QSO points x PA counties (PA stations use PA counties + ARRL/RAC sections + 1 for a DX QSO) x 2 if QRP or x 3 if Novice/Tech. Add 200 points for each QSO with the bonus station (see Web site). PA mobiles and rovers add 500 points for each county with 10 or more QSOs. For more information: http://www.nittany-arc.org/paqso.html. Logs due Nov 15 to PA QSO Party, PO Box 614, State College, PA 16804. YLRL Anniversary Party--CW, sponsored by the YLRL, 1400Z Oct 8 - 0200Z Oct 10. Frequencies: 160 - 10 meters. Exchange: serial number, RS(T), and ARRL section/VE province/country. QSO Points: US or VE YL's--1 pt, DX YLs--2 pts. Score: QSO points x S/P/C. For more information: http://www.qsl.net/ylrl/ylcontests.html. Logs due 30 days after the contest to wa6uvf@pe.net or to Jeanie Parker, WA6UVF, 28400 Vista del Valle, Hemet, CA 92544, USA. FISTS Fall Sprint--CW, sponsored by FISTS International CW Club from 1700Z - 2100Z Oct 11. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters, work US/VE stations. Categories: SOAB-QRP (<5W), SOAB-QRO, Club. Exchange: Name, RST, SPC, members send FISTS number, nonmembers send power output. QSO Points: FISTS members--5 pts, nonmembers--2 pts. Score: QSO points × SPC (count each only once). For more information: http://www.FISTS.org/. Logs due 30 days after the contest to W8PIG@yahoo.com or Dan Shepherd N8IE, 1900 Pittsfield St, Kettering, Oh 45420. North American RTTY Sprint--sponsored by the National Contest Journal, 0000Z - 0400Z Oct 12. Frequencies 80 -- 20 meters. North American stations work everyone; others work NA stations only. Exchange both callsigns, serial number, name, and S/P/C. The same station can be worked multiple times provided 3 contacts separate the contact in both logs, regardless of band. QSY rule: Stations calling CQ, QRZ, etc, may only work one station in response to that call; they must then move at least 1 kHz before working another station or 5 kHz before soliciting another call. Once you are required to QSY, you may not make a new QSO on the previous frequency until you have made a contact at least 1 or 5 kHz (as required) away. For more information: http://www.ncjweb.com/. Logs due 30 days after the contest to rttysprint@ncjweb.com or Douglas McDuff, W4OX, 10380 S.W. 112th Street, Miami, FL 33176, USA. YLRL Anniversary Party--SSB, 1400Z Oct 15 - 0200Z Oct 17 (see Oct 8-10) Worked All Germany--CW/SSB, sponsored by The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club, 1500Z Oct 18 - 1459Z Oct 19. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters, work German stations only. Categories: SOAB (HP >100W , LP, QRP <5W) CW or Mixed Mode, MS, SWL, packet spotting allowed for all classes. Exchange: RS(T) and serial number or DOK code. QSO Points: 3 pts/QSO. Germans count DXCC/WAE countries per band. Score: QSO points x DOK codes (Germans use DXCC entities or WAE countries) counted once per band and mode. For more information: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcg.htm. Logs due Nov 20 to wag@dxhf.darc.de or to Klaus Voigt DL1DTL, PO Box 12 09 37, D-01010 Dresden, Germany. Note that the email address is changed from that previously published. JARTS WW RTTY Contest, sponsored by the Japanese Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society, 0000Z Oct 18 - 2400Z Oct 19. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters. Categories: SOAB (HP >100W, LP), MO, SWL. Exchange: RST and age (Multiop sends 99, YL may send 00). QSO Points: own continent--2 pts, diff cont--3 pts per QSO. Score: QSO points x DXCC entities + JA, W, VE and VK call areas counted once per band. For more information: http://www.edsoftz.com/JARTS. Logs due Nov 30 to jarts@edsoftz.com (email logs only). QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party--CW, sponsored by QRP ARC International, 1200Z Oct 18 - 2400Z Oct 19, operate 24 hrs max. Frequencies (MHz): 1.810, 3.560, 3.710, 7.040, 14.060, 21.060, 28.060. Categories: SOAB, SO-High Band (20-6), SO-Low Band (160-40). QSO Points: member QSOs--5 pts, non-member on same cont--2 pts, non-members on diff cont--4 pts. Score: QSO points x S/P/C x Power Multiplier (< 55 mW x 20, <250 mW ×15, <1 W ×10, <5 W output ×7, >5 W ×1). For more information: http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/arcitst.htm. Logs due 30 days after contest to rfoltz@turbonet.com or QRP ARCI Contest Manager, Randy Foltz, K7TQ, 809 Leith St, Moscow, ID 83843. Asia-Pacific Sprint--CW, sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Sprint Contest Committee, 0000Z - 0200Z Oct 19. Frequencies (MHz): 14.030-14.050 and 21.030-21.050. Categories: SO <150W only. Work Asia-Pacific stations only. Exchange: RST and serial number. Special QSY rule. Score: QSOs x WPX prefixes counted once only. For more information and AP country list: http://jsfc.org/apsprint. Logs due 7 days after contest to apsprint@kkn.net (Cabrillo format encouraged, no paper logs accepted). RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest--CW, sponsored by the RSGB from 0700Z - 1900Z Oct 16. Frequencies: 15 and 10 meters (see Web site for band plan). Categories: UK and DX SO or MS (Open, Restricted, QRP <10W) and SWL (Open and Restricted). Exchange: serial number and UK district. QSO Points: 3 pts/QSO. Score QSO points x UK districts (UK stations use DXCC entities plus JA, W, VE, VK, ZL and ZS call areas) counted once per band. For more information: http://www.rsgbhfcc.org/. Logs due Nov 17 to 2128ssb.logs@rsgbhfcc.org or to RSGB--G3UFY, 77 Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF, England. Illinois QSO Party--CW/Phone, sponsored by the Radio Amateur Megacycle Society (RAMS), 1800Z Oct 19 - 0200Z Oct 20. Frequencies (MHz): 160-2 meters, CW--50 kHz above band edge, Phone--3.890, 7.290, 14.290, 21.390, 28.390; Novice/Tech--30 kHz above edge of segment. Categories: SO, MS, Mobile. Work stations in each county, county line contacts count for 1 QSO from each county. Exchange: RS(T) and S/P/C (IL stations send county). QSO Points: Phone--1 pt/QSO, CW--2 pts. Score: QSO points x IL counties (IL stations use states + IL counties + VE provinces + up to 5 DXCC entities). Count additional DX for points, but not multipliers. One bonus multiplier for each eight QSOs with the same IL county. For more information: http://my.core.com/~jematz/rams.html. Logs due Nov 18 to RAMS, c/o John Matz, KB9II, 7079 West Ave, Hanover Park, IL 60133. USI W/VE Islands QSO Party-- CW/Digital/SSB - sponsored by the US Islands Awards Program from 1600Z Oct 18 to 2359Z Oct 19. Frequencies: 160 -- 6 meters. Categories: W/VE-phone, W/VE-CW/Digital, as Non-Island, Island, or Island Rover, plus DX and SWL. Exchange: RS(T), island name and USI or CISA number (S/P/C for non-island stations). Non-island stations work island stations only. Work stations once per island per mode. QSO Points: island - 5 pts, non-island -- 1 pt. Score: QSO Points x states + provinces. For more information: http://www.eng.mu.edu/~usi. Logs due Nov 30 to wa4ja@arrl.net or to WA4JA, John Almon, 105 Flintlock Drive, Franklin, TN 37064-2351. VHF CONTESTS ARRL International EME Contest, 0000Z Oct 18 - 2400Z Oct 19. Frequencies: any band at or above 50 MHz. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MO, Commercial. Exchange: signal report. QSO Points: 100 pts/QSO. Score: QSO points x W/VE call areas + DXCC entities (counted once per band). For more information: http://www.arrl.org/contests. Logs due 30 days after the contest to emecontest@arrl.org or EME Contest, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. The following are the remaining events in the new series of Fall Sprints sponsored by the Southeastern VHF Society. The rules for all of them are the same and are available at: http://www.svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules.htm. 432 MHz Fall Sprint - Oct 8 - 7 PM to 11 PM local time Microwave (902 MHz and above) Fall Sprint - October 18 - 6 AM to 1 PM local time (Choose any 5 hours, in one hour increments) 50 MHz Fall Sprint - 2300Z Oct 25 - 0300Z Oct 26 Exchange: Call sign and 2x1 degree grid-square locator. Signal report optional. QSO Points: 1 pt/QSO. Total score: QSO points x grid squares. For rovers, count grid squares separately from each new grid square activated and submit separate logs from each grid square. Logs due 4 weeks from the end of the contest in ARRL VHF contest format. 432 MHz Sprint logs to: Jim Worsham W4KXY, 1915 Oak Wind Lane, Buford, GA 30519-6766 or to w4kxy@arrl.net Microwave Sprint logs to: Greg Robinson KB4NVD, 208 Dogwood Acres Rd, Hampton, TN 37658-3348 or to Rover@wireco.net 50 MHz Sprint logs to: Ray Rector WA4NJP, 3493 Holly Springs Rd, Gillsville, GA 30534 or to wa4njp@bellsouth.net NEWS & PRESS RELEASES The ARRL Contest branch announces the following roster of authors that will be writing up the ARRL ontest results for the coming year: June VHF '03 - W3IY IARU '03 - K9LA 10 GHz '03 - K1ZZ August UHF '03 - N1ND September VHF - K1TEO November SS CW - KH6ND November SS Phone - VE4XT 160 Meters - N0FP 10 Meters - N1ND RTTY Roundup - WS7I DX CW - W4PA DX Phone - N0AX EME and January VHF SS authors will be announced soon. Field Day and Straight Key night coverage will continue to be authored by N1ND. In order to improve regional coverage, volunteers are sought to support the main authors with short articles that provide a local perspective on the contest. For examples, check out the ARRL DX Phone 2003 results at http://www.arrl.org/contests/results. If you'd like to see in-depth coverage of the contest from your area, PLEASE consider volunteering by dropping N1ND or the author a note at n1nd@arrl.org. (Thanks, Dan N1ND) The more time I spend handling contest rules, the more interesting and novel contests I stumble across. Particularly interesting are the local and regional contests, sometimes run within a larger contest. Do you know about a neat local competition? Send me a note with a Web URL or the rules at ratesheet@arrl.net. Another legend has passed away. Danny Weil VP2VB became a Silent Key Friday, October 3, 2003, in San Antonio, Texas. He was 85, and had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in December 2002. He is remembered for his operations from many islands in the Caribbean and Pacific from 1955 to 1963, after sailing his small boat, YASME, across the Atlantic in 1954. He was one of the original inductees into the CQ DX Hall of Fame. Born in England, Danny married an American woman, his beloved Naomi, in the early 1960s, settled in Texas, and became a U.S. citizen. He was never again active in amateur radio but remained in DXers' memories as "the first DXpeditioner." A memorial service was scheduled for October 8, in San Antonio. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wild Animal Orphanage, PO Box 690422, San Antonio, TX 78269. You can sign an on-line guest book at http://www.porterloring.com/ by selecting "Visitation and Services," then select "Sign Guestbook." (Thanks Jim Cain, K1TN and see my comments on the YASME book later on in this issue.) CO0US photos at http://frc.co.cu/co0us/index.htm If you think Chip, a sharp operator, can manage hams on the air, you can see how he takes care of DX hogs in the photo labeled FD0021. In the 2003 ARRL DX Phone results write-up (http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/results/2003/DX-Phone/), I posed the question "What scores below 20M points are impossible to achieve?" Mike W1JQ responding with the following correct answer: "The score is 3 x q x m (where q is the number of valid QSOs, and m is the number of multipliers). Therefore all possible scores are divisible by 3. The score 15,000,000 is divisible by three. Therefore, 14,999,999 and 14,999,998 are not; nor are 14,999,996 and 14,999,995; and so on." The Oceania DX Contest Committee announces a new trophy for the Oceania winner in the CW Single Operator All Band category. The intention is to promote more activity from Oceania stations in the CW SOAB category. This new trophy will be applied from the 2002 contest onwards. Mike KH6ND is the winner of the new trophy for the 2002 contest. The Committee is now seeking a sponsor for the new trophy. Interested sponsors are invited to contact the committee. (Thanks, Brian Miller ZL1AZE) If you're wondering which software to use in the EU Sprints, DL2NBU's program has been written specially for this contest. It is very much like K1EA's CT, and it may be downloaded for free from http://www.qsl.net/eusprint. SD by EI5DI and TR-Log by N6TR both support the EU Sprint. (Thanks, Paolo I2UIY, Karel OK2FD, and Dave G4BUO) The free trip to VP5 for CQ WW CW was awarded to fourteen-year-old Daniel Bradke, W2AU, of Niskayuna, New York, who will operate as part of the VP5X Contest Group as the winner of a competition sponsored by VP5X (David Kopacz KY1V). Bradke has held an Amateur Extra class license since age 11 and can handle CW at 30 WPM. He's a member of the ARRL, the Yankee Clipper Contest Club and FISTS. (Thanks, VP5X Contest Group) RESULTS AND RECORDS The list of Logs Received for the 2003 August UHF Contest has been posted at http://www.arrl.org/contests/claimed. It includes all electronic and paper submissions received through the robot and the mail. If you find an error, please contact n1nd@arrl.org. (Thanks, Dan N1ND) A list of the 457 logs received for the EU HF Championship Contest is now available at http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/. Please contact I2UIY if you are not on that list or if you find any mistake! (Thanks, Paolo I2UIY) "Pre-Checked" scores for the IOTA contest are now posted on the RSGB HF Contests Committee Web site http://www.rsgbhfcc.org/. Don is still sorting several scoring problems with incorrect and invalid IOTA designators. Soapbox and photos should be on the same site within the next week. The final tally is about 1241 logs which is just 20 or so shy of last year's record. (Thanks, Don G3XTT) TECHNICAL & TECHNIQUE If you prefer to crimp the terminals for Anderson Power Pole connectors instead of solder them, Chuck NO5W reports that the info at the following link was very helpful and describes how to use a cheap Gardner-Bender crimping tool available at Home Depot.- http://www.westmountainradio.com/. Here are two links that might be of interest to people contemplating using JT44 for another communications mode on VHF and up. Start with http://pulsar.princeton.edu/~joe/K1JT. A dedicated communications link with links to other sites can be found at http://www.chris.org/cgi-bin/jt44talk. Related to the useful indexes in our previous issue, the Inverse Couchy Function calculates how much it will cost to get you out of trouble based on past performance. Start by taking the average of Fc for the previous three contests or one month, whichever is larger. If Fc for the current contest is larger than Fc(avg), then you're already in a huge hole - stop digging. Otherwise, multiply the average by the cost of a good restaurant dinner (D) and (N) the number of nights of penance to be "recaptured", as the accountants say. Add the cost of replacing the oldest or flakiest home entertainment appliance (A). Fc'(N) = Fc(avg) * D * N + A With any luck, you might even have some money left over for more ham radio stuff! CONVERSATION The Passing of Giants With the news the first week of October that Danny Weil VP2VB has QSYed from the bands of mortals, one must feel an autumnal shiver, sensing the final chapters unfolding in ham radio's longest-running story. Lloyd W6KG, Iris W6QL, Dick KV4AA, Bob W1CW, Don W9WNV and Danny made modern DX-ing, particularly the DX-pedition, much of what it is today. We contesters have our own giants, but, truly, this saga stands alone for sheer personal drama over nearly a half century. "Livin on the road my friend, Was gonna keep you free and clean. Now you wear your skin like iron Your breath as hard as kerosene. You weren't your momma's only boy, But her favorite one it seems. She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into your dreams" (from "Pancho and Lefty" by Townes Van Zandt) Is this about contesting? In many ways, yes, because it captures the independence and spirit of those whom we admire as they cast long shadows across the results and write-ups. Contesting overlaps very much with DX-ing in that the most successful create a lifetime of accomplishments struggling against the elements and their own personal demons. Ponder the roles of the Fates in this tale as Don Miller, now AE6IY, emerges from the shadows following thirty years of legal purgatory to find himself the Last Man Standing. What famous and tragic story is now drawing to a conclusion? Don may prefer "King Richard II". Others might think of Hamlet, King Lear, Prometheus and Loki. This would be a good time, as the world spins into the northern winter, to get a copy of Jim Cain K1TN's "YASME - The Danny Weil and Colvin Radio Expeditions," pour a glass of good wine, and settle back to experience the stories. The YASME foundation has captured well a significant part of our history. For those of you that took part, take some time to recall the years of excitement when the whole DX-ing world was opening up. Can you recall making those QSOs? Still have the QSLs buried in your files? I'm sure the answer is a vivid "Yes!" Those of you on the skinny side of fifty like your editor will get a glimpse into the swirling waters of intrigue and adventure, criss-crossing the oceans to vividly imagined islands and reefs. The book is a virtual time machine, carrying the reader back into the DX world of the late 1950's then forward through the golden years of the 1960's as places never before heard suddenly appeared on the bands. I was licensed only in 1972, missing the grand drama of Danny's marine adventures, Miller's machinations and mastery, and the explosive conclusion that left Lloyd and Iris alone on the stage with a chorus of The Deserving. Yet ever since, I have heard the tales and seen the QSL cards from these legendary days. The book recounts the story of Iris and Lloyd circumnavigating the globe in the decades afterwards, resulting in their collection of a cool half-million of our QSLs. Have you wondered about how Danny got started DX-ing? How did Lloyd and Iris become the famous globetrotting couple? What was the connection between the Colvins and Danny Weil? What caused the collision between Miller and the Colvins? It's all here - the tales, the ghosts, the shipwrecks, the personalities. I can think of no better tribute to all involved. "The poets tell how Pancho fell, And Lefty's living in cheap hotels. The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, And so the story ends we're told. Pancho needs your prayers it's true, But save a few for Lefty, too He only did what he had to do, And now he's growing old." Farewell, Danny. 73, Ward N0AX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Contester's Rate Sheet wishes to acknowledge information from the following sources: WA7BNM's Contest Calendar Web page - http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/ ARRL Contest page - http://www.arrl.org/contests/ SM3CER's Web site - http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/
