Contester's Rate Sheet for January 28, 2004
*********************** Contester's Rate Sheet 28 January 2004 *********************** Edited by Ward Silver, N0AX SUMMARY o New feature - NCJ News by K9LA, once monthly o Encourage young contesters in the School Club Roundup, Feb 9 - 14 o Minnesota, Delaware, and Vermont QSO Parties o Lots of results information! o Resistor Color Code Mnemonics That You Can Tell Your Kids o Canada, Explained! BULLETINS o CW Sprint moved to 1 February this year - see http://www.ncjweb.com/ for long-term schedule - and logs due 7 days after the contest. o The correct CQ WW RTTY contest dates are 14-15 Feb, not 7-8 Feb as originally published in several venues. BUSTED QSOS o The dates of the Michigan QRP Contest should have been 17 - 18 Feb, not 18 - 19 Feb (Thanks, Dale KG5U) ANNOUNCEMENT & NOTICES FOR 28 JANUARY TO 10 FEBRUARY 2004 Logs are due for the following contests: January 31 - TOPS Activity 80m Contest, email to: helmut.klein@chello.atpaper logs and diskettes to: Helmut Klein, OE1TKW, Nauseagasse 24/26, A-1160 Wien, Austria January 31 - RAC Winter Contest, email to: ve7cfd@rac.capaper logs and diskettes to: Radio Amateurs of Canada, 720 Belfast Road, Suite 217, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 0Z5, Canada January 31 - Stew Perry Topband Challenge, email to: tbdc@contesting.compaper logs and diskettes to: Boring Amateur Radio Club, 15125 SE Bartell Rd., Boring, OR 97009, USA January 31 - Original QRP Contest, email to: oqrpc@qrpcc.depaper logs and diskettes to: Dr. Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST, Schlesierweg 13, D-38228 Salzgitter, Germany January 31 - SARTG New Year RTTY Contest, email to: sm7bhm@svessa.sepaper logs and diskettes to: SARTG Contest Manager, Ewe Hakansson, SM7BHM, Pilspetsvagen 4, SE-291 66 Kristianstad, Sweden January 31 - AGCW Happy New Year Contest, email to: hnyc@agcw.depaper logs and diskettes to: Werner Hennig, DF5DD, Am Cappeler Freistuhl 33, D-59556 Lippstadt, Germany January 31 - NRAU-Baltic Contest, CW, email to: la9hw@arrl.netpaper logs and diskettes to: Jan Almedal, LA9HW, Odinsg 7 C, N-4631 Kristiansand, Norway January 31 - NRAU-Baltic Contest, SSB, email to: la9hw@arrl.netpaper logs and diskettes to: Jan Almedal, LA9HW, Odinsg 7 C, N-4631 Kristiansand, Norway January 31 - DARC 10-Meter Contest, email to: 10m-contest@dxhf.darc.depaper logs and diskettes to: Frank Steinke, DL8WAA, PO Box 1188, D-56238 Selters, Germany February 1 - International Naval Contest, email to: ON4CJJ@pandora.bepaper logs and diskettes to: BMARS, PO Box 1006, B-8300 Knokke, Belgium February 1 - Holiday Milliwatt CW Contest, email to: n7ri@earthlink.netpaper logs and diskettes to: Ralph Irons, N7RI, 1119 Avon St., Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA February 1 - North American QSO Party, SSB, email to: ssbnaqp@ncjweb.compaper logs and diskettes to: Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, 4225 Farmdale Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604, USA February 3 - ARRL RTTY Roundup, email to: RTTYRU@arrl.orgpaper logs and diskettes to: RTTY Roundup, ARRL, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111, USA February 10 - UK DX Contest, SSB, email to: srars@srars.orgpaper logs and diskettes to: Scottish-Russian ARS, PO Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, UK There's no official due date, but if you participated in the Kid's Day Contest, email your log to: kids@contesting.com or send a paper log or diskette to: Boring Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1357, Boring, OR 97009, 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 UBA Contest - Phone, sponsored by the Royal Union of Belgian Amateur Radio from 1300Z Jan 31 - 1300Z Feb 1. Frequencies: 80 - 10-meters, according to the IARU band plan. Categories: SOAB, SOAB-QRP, SOSB, MS, packet is allowed for all classes. Exchange: RST and serial number, ON stations add their province abbr. QSO Points: QSOs with ON stations - 10 pts, with other EU - 3 pts, outside EU - 1 pt. Score: QSO points X ON provinces + ON prefixes + European DXCC entities counted once per band. For more information: http://www.uba.be/. Logs due 30 days after the contest to berger@cyc.ucl.ac.be or Michel Le Bon, ON4GO, UBA HF Contest Manager, Chée de Wavre 1349, B-1160 Bruxelles, Belgium. North American Sprint - CW - sponsored by the National Contest Journal, from 0000Z - 0400Z, Feb 1. Frequencies (MHz) - 3.540, 7.040, 14.040, work stations once per band. North American stations work everyone, others work NA stations only. Exchange: other station's call, your call, serial number, name, S/P/C. 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. (see http://www.contesting.com/articles/198 for beginner's guide) Score: QSOs X S/P/C (count each only once). For more information: http://www.ncjweb.com/. Logs due 7 days after the contest to cwsprint@ncjweb.com or Boring ARC, 15125 Bartell Road, Boring, OR 97009. Spartan Sprint - CW - sponsored by the Adventure Radio Society, 0200Z -- 0400Z Feb 3 (Monday). The contest is held on the first Monday of every month. Frequencies (MHz): 3.560, 7.040, 14.060, 21.060, 28.060. Categories: SOAB. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and power output. For more information: http://www.arsqrp.com/. Logs due following Wednesday afternoon to hjohnc@core.com or via automated scoring system on ARS Web site. School Club Roundup - CW-Digital/SSB - sponsored by the Council for the Advancement of Amateur Radio in the New York City Schools (CAAR/NYCS), the ARRL and its Hudson Division Education Task Force, from 1300Z Feb 9 - 0100Z Feb 14. Operate for 24 hours maximum during that period, work stations once per mode, data and RTTY count as CW. Frequencies: all amateur bands, no repeater contacts, use recognized simplex frequencies on VHF and UHF. Categories: Individual (I), Club (C), or School (S). Exchange: RS(T) and S/P/C. QSO Points: Phone - 1 pt/QSO, CW - 2 pts/QSO. Score: QSO Points x S/P/C + 2 x C Class QSOs + 5 x S Class QSOs. For more information: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/scr.html. Logs due 30 days after the contest to School Club Roundup, c/o Lew Malchick, N2RQ, Brooklyn Technical HS, 29 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217 (disk or paper only, no email). Minnesota QSO Party - CW/Phone - sponsored by the Minnesota Wireless Association, 1400 - 2359Z Feb 7. Frequencies (MHz): CW - 1.810, 3.550, 7.050, 14.050, 21.050, 28.050, SSB - 1.870, 3.890, 7.230, 14.290, 21.390, 28.420. Categories: QRP, SOLP, SOHP, VHF, MN Mobile/Portable and MN MS. Exchange: Name and MN county or S/P/C. QSO Points: SSB - 1 pt, CW - 2 pts. Score: QSO points x MN counties (87 max, MN stns add States and Provinces), each counted only once. For more information and MN QSO Party software: http://www.w0aa.org/. Logs due Mar 15 to WA0MHJ@arrl.net or MNQP, 4745-170th Lane NE, Ham Lake, MN 55304-5233. Ten-Ten International Winter Phone QSO Party - sponsored by Ten-Ten, International, from 0001Z Feb 7 - 2359 Feb 8, 10-meters only. Exchange: Callsign, name and 10-10 number (if a member). QSO Points: nonmembers - 1 pt, members - 2 pts. Score: total points. For more information: http://www.ten-ten.org/. Logs due Feb 23 to tentencontest@alltel.net or Steve Rasmussen, N0WY, #68684, 312 N 6th St, Plattsmouth, NE 68048. North American Sprint - SSB - from 0000Z - 0400Z, Feb 8 (see Feb 1 for rules). Frequencies (MHz): 3.850, 7.225, 14.275. Logs due 7 days after the contest to ssbsprint@ncjweb.com or Jim Stevens, K4MA, 6609 Vardon Ct., Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526. XE International RTTY Contest, sponsored by FMRE, from 1800Z Feb 7 to 1759Z Feb 8. Frequencies: 80 -- 10 meters. Categories: SO-1 Radio, SO-2 Radio. Exchange: RST and serial number or XE state/district. QSO Points: own country - 2 pts, DX - 3 pts, XE stations - 4 pts. Score: QSO points x XE states + DXCC entities from each band. For more information: http://www.fmre.org.mx/. Logs due 8 Mar to xe1j@ucol.mx or Jose Levy XE1J, Dirección de Concursos FMRE, Clavel 333, Colima, Col 28030, Mexico. Delaware QSO Party - CW/Phone/Digital/RTTY - sponsored by the First State ARC (FSARC), 1700Z Feb 7 to 0500Z Feb 8 and 1300Z Feb 8 to 0100Z Feb 9. Frequencies (MHz): CW - 1.825, 3.550, 7.050, 14.050, 21.050, 28.050, Phone - 1.860, 3.960, 7.260, 14.260, 21.360, 28.360, Novice & Technician - 25 kHz above the sub-band edge. One class for all entries, no time limit. CW/Digital/RTTY count as separate modes. Exchange: RST and DE county or S/P/C. QSO Points: CW/RTTY/digital - 2 points, phone - 1 pt, work each station once per band and mode (CW/RTTY/digital are separate modes). Score: total of QSO points (no multiplier). For more information: http://www.fsarc.org/. Logs due Mar 11 to QSOparty@fsarc.org or Contest Chairman - FSARC, Inc., PO Box 1050, Newark, DE 19715. Vermont QSO Party - CW/Phone/Digital - sponsored by the Central Vermont Amateur Radio Club, 0000Z Feb 7 - 2400Z Feb 8. Frequencies: 160-10 meters and VHF/UHF, CW - 40 kHz up from band edge (20 kHz Novice/Tech bands), Phone - lowest 25 kHz of the General privileges and entire Novice/Tech 10-meter band, VHF SSB - 50.200 and 144.200 MHz, FM - 146.49 and 146.55 MHz. Categories: SOAB, MO, Club, and Rover. Exchange: RST and VT county or S/P/C. QSO Points: Phone - 1 pt, CW or digital - 2 pts. Work stations once per mode up, up to 4 QSOs per band. Score: QSO points x VT/NH/ME counties + Vermont club stations + S/P/C (VT only), each counted only once. For more information and list of club stations: Davidca@wpgate1.ahs.state.vt.us. Logs due Mar 1 to Steven Board, KA1LHZ, Vermont QSO Party Coordinator, Central Vermont Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1817, Roxbury, VT 05669 Classic Exchange - CW/Phone - from 1400Z Feb 8 to 0800Z Feb 9. Frequencies (MHz): CW - 1.810, 3.545, 7.045, 14.045, 21.135, 28.180; AM - 1.890, 3.880, 7.290, 14.280, 21.380, 28.320, 29.000; SSB - 3.870, 7.280, 14.270, 21.370, 28.490. Exchange: Name, RST, S/P/C, and mfr/model of transmitter and receiver. Work stations again with different radios. Score is determined by the age of your equipment. For complete information: http://qsl.asti.com/CX. Send logs and comments to WQ8U@arrl.net or J.D. "Mac" MacAulay, WQ8U, 6235 Wooden Shoe Lane, Centerville, OH 45459. QRP ARCI Winter Fireside SSB Sprint, sponsored by the QRP ARCI, 2000Z - 2400Z, Feb 8. Frequencies (MHz): 3.865, 7.285, 14.285, 21.385, 28.385. Exchange: RST, S/P/C and Pwr or QRP ARCI number. QSO Points: members - 5 pts, non-members/different continent - 4 pts, non-members/same cont. - 2 pts. Score: QSO points x total S/P/C x power mult (<250mW x 15, 250mW - 1W x 10, 1 - 5W x7, >5W x 1). For more information: http://2hams.net/ARCI/index.htm. Send logs to the new QRP ARCI Contest Manager at wb5khc@2hams.net or Tom Owens, WB5KHC, 1916 Addington St, Irving, TX 75062-3505. FYBO (Freeze Your Butt Off) Winter QRP Field Day - CW - sponsored by the AZ ScQRPions from 1500Z - 2300Z Feb 7. Use QRP calling frequencies on HF bands, work stations once per band. Categories are SO, MS, MM, and Novice/Tech - indicate home or field. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, name, power, and temperature in degrees F at operating position. Score: total QSOs x S/P/C (counted only once) x Temperature multiplier x 4 (if field location) x 2 (if alternative pwr) x 2 (if QRP). Temp mult - 65+ x1, 50-64 x2, 40-49 x3, 30-39 x4, 20-29 x5, <20 x6. Add 10,000 points for a QSO with NQ7RP. For more information: http://www.extremezone.com/~nk7m. Logs due 30 days after the contest to AzScQRPions@cavad.net or to John Stevens, 21457 N. 91st Dr., Peoria, AZ 85382. VHF CONTESTS 6-Meter Mileage Marathon - WSJT modes, sponsored by the Six Club, 0000Z Jan 31 - 0000Z Feb 9. SOLP (<200 W), SOHP. Use JT44, FSK441, JT6M modes. Exchange: full call signs, four-digit grid square, and acknowledgement. Score: sum of distances between stations for all QSOs. For more information: http://6mt.com/. Logs due 1 Apr to contests@6mt.com or Wayne Lewis W4WRL, Contest Director, 3338 South Cashua Dr, Florence SC 29501-6306 NEWS & PRESS RELEASES NCJ News (by NCJ Editor, Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA) - Included in the Jan/Feb 2004 issue of NCJ are the official results for the January 2003 NAQP CW and SSB contests, the September 2003 CW and Phone Sprints, along with the 2004 rules for the NAQPs and Sprints. Rusty W6OAT complements the Sprint results with a retrospective look at the Sprints. Scott VE1OP discusses getting started in SO2R contesting and ON4UN reviews the new TenTec Orion. Kevin W9GKA discusses the trends in VHF contesting from the late 1940s to the present. Mel KJ9C pens an interesting story about the trials and tribulations of mobile contesting. And Eric K3NA continues with Part 4 of his informative Antenna Interactions series. Finally, Gary W9XT contributes his 100th Contest Tips, Tricks, and Techniques column with his readers' all-time favorite tips. The index of Gary's 100 columns is on the NCJ web site - http://www.ncjweb.com/. the National Contest Journal, published by the ARRL. This week's "Amazing Amateur Radio Trick" goes to N4PYI and W4BZU. Their exploits are detailed in the newsprint of the The Tennessean. http://www.tennessean.com/williamsonam/archives/04/01/45868679.shtml?E. No mention in the story that they are hams, however, but you can tell. (Thanks, Tad K7RA) For those of you gearing up to send your CQ WW 160 log to the sponsor, "I am using the restrictive Cabrillo robot at kkn.net starting this year. Make sure your log is in Cabrillo format. I found in testing that the name must be correct (CQ-160-CW or CQ-160-SSB) and check the category. If mode (CW or SSB) is shown then edit this out SINGLE-OP 160M HIGH is correct and SINGLE-OP 160M HIGH CW is not. Several logging programs add mode and are incorrect according to Cabrillo specs. The correct e-mail addresses are 160cw@kkn.net and 160ssb@kkn.net - use of the old cq160 or cq160cw or cq160ssb addresses will cause the e-mail to be kicked back." (Thanks, Dave K4JRB CQ 160 Contests Director) The Asia-Pacific Sprint rules have been changed to allow for the use of high power by stations outside the Asia-Pacific geographical region. This should encourage operators outside the A-P region to take part in the A-P Sprints. The Single-Op category has been clarified to prohibit use of a 2nd transmitter, although a second receiver is OK. The full rules are available at http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt. (Thanks, Tack JE1CKA, John K4BAI, and Ken K4ZW) Sponsors of the REF French contest (CW was last weekend, but the Phone weekend is Feb 21 - 22), developers of the Win-Test have released a freeware software package aimed at the DX (non-F) operator, downloadable at http://download.wintest.online.fr/wt-2.0_ref-dx-side.exe. The software, similar to CT, and host Web site http://www.win-test.com/ are in French only, but will be translated into English soon. (Merci, Larry F6FVY) Randy K5ZD has released a new set of Super Check Partial database files dated 17JAN2004. The files can be downloaded from http://www.k5zd.com/scp. The data base was created out of 1,888,577 QSOs from 1183 logs. The full data set contained 92492 unique calls which were filtered to create the master files. The files are date-stamped in the format "VERyyyymmdd" so you can be sure to use the latest files. RESULTS AND RECORDS The Web results for the 2003 September VHF Contest by Jeff K1TEO (including regional coverage and nice sidebars on K2DRH and KA1ZE/K3EAR) and the 10 GHz and Up Contest have been released and are available at http://www.arrl.org/contests. The 10 GHz writeup was authored by ARRL Executive VP Dave K1ZZ and includes a really cool photo of using a water tower as an X-Band reflector! (Thanks, N1ND) A partial listing of the CQ WPX SSB results were posted a couple of days ago at http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/2003_ssb_results.htm. This should be considered a work in progress until the final results are announced. The list of Logs Received for the 2003 ARRL International EME Competition has been posted at http://www.arrl.org/contests/claimed/. If you find an error in your listing or your entry is not listed, please contact Dan Henderson N1ND at n1nd@arrl.org or by phone at 860-594-0232. (Thanks, Dan N1ND) The results of the EU Sprint Contest - Autumn CW have just been released. The UBN log checking reports for everyone are available as well on the new EU Sprint Web page at http://www.qsl.net/eusprint. Publishing UBN reports is a good idea and I hope more sponsors decide to follow suit. (Thanks, Paolo I2UIY) The EU HF Championship 2003 & SCC RTTY 2003 results are now published and available on the SCC Home page at http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/. (Thanks to the EU HFC and SCC RTTY Committees) The scores database for the 2003 IARU HF World Championship is now online, along with the Web Report for the contest at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests. (Some of the HQ stations scores were corrected, requiring the results to be off-line for a while.) If the classes in the scores database search engine form are confusing,here is their translation, courtesy of Ken WM5R. Search Form Category - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 IARU HQ Stations A Single Op CW Only B Single Op Phone Only C Single Op Mixed Mode D Multi-Single Mixed Mode R IARU Administrative Council Single Ops If you are the frequency-measuring type, the ARRL has posted the preliminary results of the FMT at http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/fmt/PrelimfmtRsts03.pdf. Seven different stations reported frequency within 1 ppm on all four bands - quite an accomplishment. (Thanks, Jim N5IB) TECHNICAL & TECHNIQUE The beacon network operated by the IARU and the Northern California DX Foundation deserves a mention every once in a while. The 18 beacon stations operate all over the world on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters. Details are at http://www.ncdxf.org/beacons.html. The NCDXF website lists many software tools for use with the beacon network at http://www.ncdxf.org/Beacon/BeaconPrograms.html. In the "Place on ground, light fuse, retire quickly" department, a good set of instructions with pictures and part numbers for using the Cadweld conductor-welding system can be found at http://services.erico.com/products/GNkits.asp. (Thanks, Pete K4OM) Hans K0HB contributes a link to a very nice Web site with band plan charts by W1CGS. Each band plan is a full page and shows the privileges of each license class plus the "Gentlemen's agreements" on where the different modes usually operate. The file is downloadable in PDF format and can be printed one page at a time - http://www.yankeecruisah.com/w1cgs/hfband.html. Here's one that I couldn't pass up - The International Slide Rule Group's (ISRG) at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/. The ISRG has had a couple of circular rules custom manufactured. It also turns out that the Koh-I-Noor slide rule manufacturing plant in India is still in business. (Thanks, Ron W2IOL) The 160 meter contest is over, but Norm W7LFA reports that he has purchased weather balloons for antenna use at http://www.scientificsonline.com/. Search for "weather balloons" and you will find balloons of three-foot diameter and up. To help you remember the resistor color code with a politically-correct mnemonic, the ops on the QRP-L mailing cooked up the following: Better Be Right (Ready) Or Your Great Big Project Goes West (Wrong) Big Boys Race Our Young Girls, But Violet Generally Wins Bad Boys Race Our Young Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls Big Beautiful Roses Occupy Your Garden But Violets Grow Wild And less politically-correct: Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well Here is a Web site with LOTS of battery charging circuits for all sorts of applications - http://www.discovercircuits.com/B/batt-chrg.htm. The "Discover Circuits" site is a good one for general electronics info. (Thanks, Alan KB7MBI) If you're planning a contest DXpedition, this on-line currency converter might come in handy - http://www.xe.com/. CONVERSATION Canada Explained by Marc Zeigler W6ZZZ and Rob Brownstein K6RB (There is a fair amount of confustion on the part of contesters about what exactly IS the list of provinces, territories, islands, sections, postal codes, and prefixes up there in the Great White North known as Canada. Marc and Rob wrote this piece for the NCCC "Little Brown Jug" and graciously provide it for your education, as well. No excuses for not knowing the difference between VO1 and VO2! Exhaustive, eh? - Editor) Canadian amateur radio has: - 8 RAC sections - 10 provinces and 3 territories - 13 postal codes corresponding to the 10 provinces and 3 territories. - one province that has 2 common name areas (Newfoundland and Labrador) - call sign prefix VE0 for stations at sea making international voyages Many contests treat the Canadian multipliers differently (with as few as 8 multipliers and as many as 14 mults), just like for the USA some contests treat the District of Columbia as part of Maryland and some treat it as a separate multiplier. RAC Section Call Prefixes Province/Territory & Postal Code - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maritimes VE1,VA1,CY0,CY9 Nova Scotia NS Maritimes VE9 New Brunswick NB Maritimes VY2 Prince Edward Island PE Newfoundland VO1,VO2 Newfoundland & Labrador NL Quebec VE2,VA2 Quebec QC Ontario VE3,VA3 Ontario ON Manitoba VE4,VA4 Manitoba MN Saskatchewan VE5,VA5 Saskatchewan SK Alberta VE6,VA6 Alberta AB British Columbia VE7,VA7 British Columbia BC Alberta VE8 Northwest Territories NT Alberta VY0 Nunavut NU British Columbia VY1 Yukon YT (Note that your logging software will likely have some combination of these and other abbreviations that you will have to know to enter the correct multiplier. - Editor) - - - - - Sources of information: http://www.rac.ca/ http://www.rac.ca/fieldorg/racfoo.htm http://canada.gc.ca/othergov/prov_e.html http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE/sf01862e.html http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/vwapj/ric9.pdf/$FILE/ric9.pdf - - - - - Here is how the various contest rules specify Canadian multipliers. Many of them have some conflicting/confusing statement about Canada, using the word Maritime to also include the RAC section of Newfoundland or saying Province and having 14 mults. 8 mults: California QSO Party - "eight Canadian areas: Maritime (VE1, VE9, VO1, VO2 and VY2), VE2 through VE7, and Northern Territories (VY0, VY1, VE8)" http://www.cqp.org/Rules.html - dated October 8, 2003 8 mults: North American Sprint - "The eight Canadian multipliers are Maritime (VE1, VE9, VO1, VO2 and VY2), VE2 through VE7, and Yukon-NWT (VY0, VY1 and VE8)." http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php - dated December 10, 2003 9 mults: ARRL Sweepstakes - "RAC Section plus the Canadian NT (Northern Territories - encompassing VE8 / VY1 / VY0)" http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/novss.html - dated September 8, 2003 13 mults: RAC Canada Day - "Canada's 10 provinces and three territories, and may be counted once on each mode on each of the eight contest bands. The multipliers, with their postal abbreviations and prefixes are: Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, CY9, CY0); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario [ON] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4,VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5,VA5); Alberta [AB] (VE6,VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7,VA7); Northwest Territories [NT] (VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [NL] (VO1, VO2); Nunavut [NU] (VY0); Yukon [YT] (VY1); and Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2)." http://www.rac.ca/CANDAY.htm - date unknown 13 mults: RAC Canada Winter - "Canada's 10 provinces and three territories, and may be counted once on each mode on each of the eight contest bands. The multipliers, with their postal abbreviations and prefixes are: Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CY0); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario [ON] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4, VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5, VA5); Alberta [AB] (VE6, VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7, VA7); Northwest Territories [NT] (VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [NL] (VO1, VO2); Nunavut [NU] (VY0); Yukon [YU or YT] VY1; and Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2)" http://www.rac.ca/downloads/racwinterrules3.pdf - date unknown 13 mults: North American QSO Party - "Canadian provinces/territories (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland/Labrador, Yukon, NWT and Nunavut)" http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php - dated November 24, 2003 14 mults: ARRL 10 Meter Contest - "Canada [NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF, (VO1), LB (VO2)], YT (VY1), PEI (VY2) NU (VY0)." http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/10-meters.html - dated December 17, 2003 14 mults: ARRL RTTY Round Up - "Canadian provinces/territories: NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF (VO1), LB (VO2), NU (VY0), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2)" http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2004/rtty.html - dated November 13, 2003 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/
