Contester's Rate Sheet for September 20, 2006

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          CONTESTER'S RATE SHEET
              20 September 2006

        Edited by Ward Silver N0AX

Published by the American Radio Relay League
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SUMMARY
o Diddle or Die!  CQ WW RTTY Contest
o TX and AR QSO Parties, 222 MHz Fall Sprint
o KC1J New ARRL Contest Manager
o K7JA Moves to Heil Sound
o VHF Contest Rumor Web Page
o Corrosion Blocking Goop
o Digging a Round Hole
o An Easy Thing to Do

BULLETINS
o No bulletins this issue

BUSTED QSOS
o A golden issue last time! 

CONTEST SUMMARY (Rules follow Commentary section)

Sep 23-26
- CQ WW RTTY
- Scandinavian Activity Contest, CW
- Texas QSO Party
- Classic Exchange, AM/SSB
- Fall QRP Homebrewer Sprint
- VHF Fall Sprint, 222 MHz
September 30 - October 3
- AR QSO Party
- TOEC WW Grid Contest, CW
- RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest
- Classic Exchange, CW
- YLRL Anniversary Party, CW

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NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
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ARRL Contest News

Just in time to pick up the reins for Sweepstakes, Tom Hogerty KC1J,
is now managing the ARRL Contest Branch within the Membership
Services Department.
(http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/12/100/?nc=1) Tom has been
around ARRL HQ for quite a while - nearly 19 years - and his
experience with software and Web development will help keep the
increasingly technical tasks of contest administration running
smoothly.

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More moves in the contest industry as Chip Margelli K7JA joins Heil
Sound (http://www.heilsound.com/) as VP of Sales and Marketing. 
Formerly the Customer Service manager for Yaesu America, Chip has an
extensive contest resume and is a well-known figure at conventions
and hamfests. Chip will be staying in Los Angeles where his wife
Janet KL7MF is the manager of the Anaheim HRO store.

If you have a video camera and would like to contribute to the small,
but growing, amount of ham radio footage, media professionals W6AQ,
W6RCL, and WA6ITF have started an organization called The Ham Radio
Video Corps.  The goal is to produce more footage that can be used
for new and documentary projects.  You need not be a professional
camera operator! For more information and training on what and how to
shoot suitable videos, subscribe to the mailing list at
http://yahoogroups.com/  The address of the group's mailing list is
thehrvc@yahoogroups.com or contact Bill WA6ITF at
newsline@ix.netcom.com.

In recognition of the Scandinavian Activity Contest, the Contest Club
of Finland has made available a special issue of their club's
magazine, PileUP!. You are welcome to download the PDF version at
http://www.helsinki.fi/~korpela/PU/PU2_2006.pdf (Thanks, Timo OH1NOA)

CQP Strategy for Little Pistol Stations, an article by Rob K6RB, is
available at http://www.cqp.org/pdf/cqp_strategy_k6rb.pdf  This is
intended to help those that may be new to contesting and is broadly
applicable to other state QSO parties. (Thanks, Marc W6ZZZ)

The Worked All Europe log mailing address has changed this year and
has been published incorrectly by various sources.  The WAE Web site
(http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcw.htm) has been updated to show
the correct address as WAEDC Contest Committee, PO Box 2141, D-64532
Moerfelden-Walldorf, Germany. (Thanks, Ben DL6RAI)

For those who already own Fred K1VR's book, Antenna Zoning, an Errata
and Addenda are now posted at (http://www.arrl.org/notes  He's added
an especially long section on how to submit an application, a section
on testimony at the state legislature (if, for example, you are
seeking a state emulation of PRB-1 - and 27 states do not have one),
and some elaborations for the index making it easier to find things
in the book. 

A new release of the Super Check Partial database files are available
at http://www.k5zd.com/scp/  This set of files was created out of
3,131,081 QSOs from 2,641 logs. The full data set contained 114,862
unique calls resulting in a master.dta file of 39,982 calls after
filtering. (Thanks, Randy K5ZD)

The Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio, SPAR, declares
October 2006 to be Key Month by sponsoring a homebrew key competition
and an operating championship. The details can be found at
http://www.spar-hams.org/index.php by selecting the "Key  
Month" link under "Activities/Contests." (Thanks, Walt W5ALT)

Tom K1KI sends word of a new product from WA1JOS called a Touch
Paddle.   No mechanical paddles - it uses capacitance. It should have
a very light touch! http://www.cwtouchkeyer.com/P1PADK.htm (Thanks,
Tom K1KI)

WRTC Chairman Oms PY5EG writes to say, "We are pleased to announce
that we have the QSL cards for the WRTC2006 stations printed and
ready to be mailed. If you are interested in receiving a QSL card
confirmation for any of the WRTC2006 stations please take a look at
WRTC2006 Release 070/06 at http://www.wrtc2006.com/release70.html"

The new officers for the Central Texas DX & Contest Club for Sept
2006 through August 2007 are as follows:
- President, Jay Sewell, W5SL
- Vice-President, Larry Hammel K5OT
- Secretary, Jim George N3BB
- Treasurer, Jim Wallgren K5WWT
- Web-master and Reflector Support - Ken Harker WM5R
(Thanks, Jim N3BB)

URL of the Week - Another composite list this time to help you brush
off the summer rust (or winter, for readers in the southern
latitudes) and get ready for contest season.  You can copy these
contest audio files to a hard drive or portable music player and
practice pileups during the morning commute!
http://k5zd.contesting.com/live/wwph05/audio_wwph05.html
http://www.sral.fi/kilpailut/harjoitukset/

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RESULTS AND RECORDS
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The complete list of logs received for ARRL Field Day 2006 has been
posted at http://www.arrl.org/contests  It includes all electronic,
paper and Web applet submissions. Report any errors or omissions to
ARRL Contest Branch Manager Tom Hogerty, KC1J. If you submitted
electronically, have your receipt available. The Contest Soapbox
includes comments and photographs posted by Field Day 2006
participants - another good opportunity for some PR for your group.

After VHF+ contests, check out the contest score rumors at 
http://www.newsvhf.com/contests.html  Note these pages are for
entertainment only and do not replace submitting your logs to ARRL.
Thanks to Matt KB1VC for authoring. (Thanks, Ron WZ1V)

Thanks to the policy of the WRTC 2006 to make all logs public and
thus offering a data pool of about 85000 QSOs, it is possible to
generate a lot of interesting statistics. By using the data from all
46 WRTC logs and the spots from the OH2AQ-Database for all
WRTC-Stations, I generated an analysis of correlation of DX spots of
WRTC stations, and the appearance of call signs in the WRTC logs
shortly after. The results of the analysis, along with all raw data
and the source code used to generate it can be found here: 
http://tinyurl.com/fr48h and also at
http://www.wrtc2006.com/release69.html (Thanks, Fabian DJ1YFK)

A list of received logs for the Tennessee QSO Party is available at
http://www.w9wi.com/ham/entries.txt  If you've submitted an entry and
it isn't in this list, or if your category or club/team name is
wrong, please contact W9WI at w9wi@earthlink.net.  This list will of
course be updated periodically as additional entries are received.
(Thanks, Doug W9WI)

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TECHNICAL TIPS AND INFORMATION
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Have you ever recorded yourself on the air for practice?  The little
Sony minidisc recorders are really super for this.  In the LP4
recording mode they'll go for over 6 hours in stereo on one disc with
very good quality, and a single AA battery seems to last forever. 
You can insert a track mark very easily to highlight problem areas
for review.  Listening to yourself struggle with keystrokes and call
signs is painful, but illuminating. (Thanks, Paul K5AF)

Don W7WLL discovered a new corrosion-prevention product highly touted
by the local fishing fleets who use it to ensure that salt and
corrosion do not compromise their electrical and RF connectors, among
other things.  It is called CorrosionBlock and comes in 2-oz squeeze
tubes as well as an aerosol.  It's made by Lear Chemical Research
Corporation (http://www.learchem.com/) and may be available at marine
supply stores.  Don has used it on connectors and pulley pins,
finding it a lot easier to work with than silicon grease.

Instead of calculations, is there an on-line table of radiation
resistance versus vertical length in degrees?  Sure there is!  Browse
at http://www.w8ji.com/radiation_resistance.htm (Thanks, Tom W8JI)

Gene K2QWD reminds us that when running ac power through an
underground conduit, whether to a tower, outbuilding, or garage, it's
important to protect the circuit (and you, too) with a Ground-Fault
Interrupter (GFI) outlet or circuit breaker.  The protection can be
installed at either end of the circuit, but it is important!  If you
have problems with RF tripping the circuit, a hospital-grade unit may
solve the problem.

What to do with a microwave dish when faced with high winds or
roving? Face it straight up - that's what satellite users with big
dishes do for hurricane protection. Broadcast satellite trucks also
stow their dishes "face down" on the top of the vehicle.  Any other
orientation will most certainly rip the antenna off the mount.
(Thanks, Gil W1RG and Joe W4TV)

To take advantage of inexpensive RG-6 coaxial cable, Charles K5ZK has
found it best to use high quality type-F connectors and then use the
appropriate adapter to mate with the connector style required. You'll
also need to invest in a good-quality crimping tool as they use an
entirely different fastening method from ordinary video crimp-on
connectors.

On the topic of screw eyes in trees, Tom W7WHY (who?) opines that it
is a good idea to run the shank of the screw eye through a 2x4 or
other thick piece of wood as a spacer.  That prevents (or at least
delays) the tree from growing around the screw eye over time.

Several years ago Larry W6FUB wrote a series of emails about the use
of Kellems grips. These grips are used not only for initial pulling
of cables but also for permanent installations. He's still
enthusiastic about their use. You can review some Towertalk reflector
discussion, and the emails, by using the TowerTalk Archives at:
http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/  From there, search for
Kellems. Craig K1QX also notes that Kellem Grips are sold by The
Wireman at http://thewireman.com/

For deep tower foundations, consider drilling a cylindrical hole
versus a square one.  It is hard for a backhoe to dig a narrow,
square hole that is very deep.  A big drilling rig (if you can get it
into location) can dig a VERY deep hole in normal soil in a matter of
minutes once it's set up. Check with the engineer for your particular
project, but either a square hole or a round hole with diameter equal
to the side of the original square should be good.  Obviously, the
Square hole holds more concrete, but the foundation's weight isn't
the main thing supporting it. (Self-supporting towers do require a
minimum amount of foundation weight to maintain the proper
center-of-gravity.)  If you want, it is easy to go deeper with the
drilling rig. (Thanks, JC K0HPS)

TECHNICAL URL OF THE WEEK -- With mobile and rover operation becoming
more popular every day, the opportunity for RFI or EMC problems
increases, too. Bill NE1B refers us to a useful source of information
on radios and cars.  It's on the ARRL's Technical Information Service
Web site at http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/carproblems.html   Happy
mobiling!

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CONVERSATION
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An Easy Thing To Do

In a recent post to the cq-contest reflector, John K1AR gave a short
overview of the CQ World Wide Contest's plaque program.  This is a
BIG program with almost 150 plaques awarded (and shipped) each year. 
There are many, many more certificates with nine bands, forty zones,
and 150 countries active each year in the WW contests.  That's a ton
of work for what is a mostly volunteer operation and for which the
contest community is grateful.

Most of CQ WW's plaques are sponsored, meaning that an individual,
organization, or company covers the cost of the plaque.  Many of
these sponsors have supported the CQ program literally for decades. 
The ARRL contest program also enjoys considerable support from
sponsors for its plaques, including two new company sponsors, Icom
America and West Mountain Radio.  While the cost for one plaque is
not high, the reward to the recipient can be priceless - remember the
first time a certificate showed up in your mail?

Most contesters are too busy to volunteer for a position on a contest
committee, whether large like CQ WW or ARRL, or one of the
innumerable smaller contests.  Your organization may already be quite
busy putting on its own events or performing services. Sponsorship,
though, takes little time and benefits the entire contest community.

There is certainly no shortage of opportunities as nearly every
contest program offers prizes and awards.  Many contests will even
let a sponsor define a special award!  If sponsoring a plaque is a
bit rich for your personal budget, maybe pairing with a friend or two
is the way to go.

There are other opportunities besides the visible awards.  I don't
know of a single sponsor that wouldn't mind a donation to cover
mailing or other administrative expenses.  Each certificate must be
individually printed and a donation would help pay for that expensive
colored toner or ink cartridges. A certificate is printed on fancy
heavyweight paper that doesn't grow on trees, you know!

The fall contest season is upon us and our weekends will be spent in
friendly (well, mostly) competition with our fellow contesters for
the coveted top spots.  A few weeks or a few months hence, the final
results will be published, followed by the delivery of rewards to the
lucky and hardworking few.  While we can't make our own band
openings, we certainly can help create another type of opening--the
one that follows a visit from the postman!

73, Ward N0AX

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CONTESTS -- 20 SEPTEMBER TO 3 OCTOBER 2006
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Note that the following abbreviations are used to condense the
contest rules summaries: SO - Single-Op; M2 - Multi-Op - 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 (>100 W); LP -
Low Power; QRP (5W or less)

HF CONTESTS

CQ Worldwide RTTY DX Contest--sponsored by CQ Magazine from 0000Z Sep
23 - 2400Z Sep 24. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters. Categories: SOAB (LP,
HP>150W), SOSB, Assisted (AB only), MS (LP, HP), M2, MM. Exchange:
RST + CQ Zone (W/VE stations also send state/province). QSO Points:
own country--1 pt, different country, same continent--2pts, diff.
cont.--3pts. Score: QSO points x S/P/C (incl. WAE countries) + CQ
Zones counted once per band. For more information:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/  Logs due 29 Oct in Cabrillo format
to rtty@cqww.com.

Scandinavian Activity Contest--CW, sponsored by the Experimenterende
Danske Radioamatorer (EDR) from 1200Z Sep 23 - 1200Z Sep 24.
Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters. Categories: SOAB (QRP <5W, LP <100W,
HP), MS, SWL. Exchange: RST + serial number. QSO Points: EU
stations--1 pt, Non-EU--1 pt on 20--10, 3 pts on 80 - 40. Final score
is QSO pts × Scandinavian call areas counted once per band. For more
information: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacsc.htm  Logs due Oct 31
to saclogs@oz5wq.dk or to EDR HF Contest Manager, Peter Vestergaard,
OZ5WQ, Vestervej 74, DK-4960 Holeby, Denmark.

Texas QSO Party--CW/Phone/Digital, sponsored by the Northwest Amateur
Radio Society (NARS) from 1400Z Sep 23 - 0200Z Sep 24 and 1400Z -
2000Z Sep 24. Frequencies (MHz): CW--40 to 60 kHz above bottom of
band, Phone--25 kHz above edge of General segments and 28.300 -
28.500, VHF--50.2, 144.2. Categories: Fixed Stns--SO-Mixed (HP and
QRP <5W CW, <10W Phone), SO-CW, MO; Mobile (Texas Only)--SO-Mixed,
SO-CW, MO. Exchange: RST + TX County or S/P/C or MM region. QSO
Points: Phone--2 pts, CW/Digital--3 pts. Score: QSO points x TX
counties (TX stations add S/P/C). Multipliers counted only once. Add
500 points for every 5 counties from which a specific TX Mobile is
worked. Texas mobiles add one thousand (1000) points to final score
for every county activated with five or more QSOs. For more
information: http://www.txqp.org/  Logs due 31 Oct to k5cx@arrl.net or
Texas QSO Party Committee, 16880 East Maglitto Cir, Tomball, TX
77377-8414.

Classic Exchange--AM/SSB, from 1300Z Sep 24 - 0700Z Sep 25. (CW is
Oct 1-2) Frequencies (Mc); AM--1.890 3.880 7.290 14.286 21.420 29.000
50.300 144.300. SSB--1.885, 3.870, 7.280, 14.270, 21.370, 28.390,
50.125, 144.200. Exchange RS, name, QTH, TX, RX, XCVR. QSO Points: 1
pt/QSO. Total Score: QSOs per mode × CX multiplier (age of all RX TX
and XCVR used for at least 3 QSOs). For more information:
http://qsl.asti.com/CX  Logs to wq8u@arrl.net or WQ8U, 104 W Queen
St, Hillsborough, NC 27278.

Fall QRP Homebrewer Sprint--CW/PSK31, sponsored by New Jersey QRP
Club from 0000Z - 0400Z Sep 25. Frequencies: QRP CW and PSK31
frequencies on 80 - 10 meters. CW and PSK31 are considered separate
bands. Exchange: RST + S/P/C + Output Power. QSO Points: Commercial
Equipment--2 pts, Homebrew Xmtr or Rcvr--3pts, Homebrew Xmtr and Rcvr
or Xcvr--4 pts. Kits ok as homebrew. Power Multiplier: 0>250 mW = x
15, 250 mW>1W = x10, 1-5W = x7, >5W = x1. Score: QSO Points x S/P/C
(counted once per band) x power multiplier. For more information:
http://www.njqrp.org/  Logs due 30 days from the contest to
n2cq@arrl.net (text format) or Ken Newman, N2CQ, 81 Holly Drive,
Woodbury, NJ 08096.

Arkansas QSO Party--CW/SSB/PSK31, sponsored by K1ARK, from 1600Z Sep 
30 -- 0600Z Oct 1 and 1800Z Oct 1 -- 0200Z Oct 2.  Frequencies (MHz):
CW--50 kHz above band edge; Phone--3.980, 7.260, 14.260, 21.360,
28.360, 145-147; PSK--3.580, 7.070, 14.070, 21.080, 28.120. 
Categories: SO and MS (HP/LP,QRP, Mixed, CW, Phone), Mobile, PSK. 
Work mobiles in each county. Exchange: RST, state or province, DX
stations send "DX."  Arkansas stations send county.) QSO Points:
PSK--3 pts, CW--2 pts, SSB--1 pt. Score: QSO points × AR counties (AR
station count states, provinces and AR counties). For bonus points
and more information: http://www.arkan.us/  Logs due 30 days after the
contest to k1ark@arrl.net or to Bill Smith, K1ARK, 3032 Strawberry
Drive, Fayetteville, AR, 72703.

TOEC WW Grid Contest--CW, sponsored by the Top of Europe Contesters
(TOEC) from 1200Z Sep 30 - 1200Z Oct 1. Frequencies: 160-10 meters.
Categories: SO (no packet) -AB, -SB, LP-AB, QRP-AB), MS (10 min band
change rule), MM, Mobile (SOAB) -- work mobiles from each grid field
(i.e. -- JP, KO, EM). Exchange: RST + grid square, i.e.--JP73 (log
must show all grid fields activated). QSO Points: own continent -- 1
pt, other cont--3 pts, QSOs with mobiles--3 pts. Score: QSO points ×
two-letter grid fields. For more information:
http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/toecwwgc.htm  Logs due 30 days after the
contest to contest@toec.net or to TOEC, Box 178, SE-83122 Ostersund,
Sweden.

RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest--SSB/CW, sponsored by the RSGB, 0700Z - 1900Z
Oct 1. Frequencies: 15 and 10 meters (see Web site for band plan),
work UK stations only. 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 2128.logs@rsgb.org.uk or
to RSGB--G3UFY, 77 Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7
7AF, England.

Classic Exchange--CW, 1300Z Oct 1 - 0700Z Oct 2 (see Sep 24-25)

YLRL Anniversary Party--CW, sponsored by the YLRL, 1400Z Oct 3 -
0200Z Oct 5. (phone Oct 10 - Oct 12) 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.ylrl.org/  Logs due 30 days
after the contest to kc4iyd@yahoo.com or to Nancy Rabel Hall, KC4IYD,
PO Box 775, 
North Olmsted, OH 44070.

VHF+ CONTESTS

VHF Fall Sprints--CW/Phone/Digital--sponsored by the Southeastern VHF
Society from 7-11 PM Sep 26. Frequencies: 222 MHz. Categories: Fixed
and Rover. Exchange: Grid Square. QSO Points: 1 pt/QSO. Score is QSO
Points x Grid Squares, score each sprint separately. Rovers add all
grids worked from each grid. For more information:
http://svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules.htm. Logs must be emailed or
postmarked within four weeks of the contest. 222 MHz logs to
k4sz@arrl.net or Bob Lear K4SZ, PO Box 1269, Dahlonega, GA 30533.

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LOG DUE DATES - 20 SEPTEMBER TO 3 OCTOBER 2006
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September 20 - Russian District Award Contest, email logs to:
rx3rc@rdaward.org, diskettes and paper logs to: Roman A. Novikov, PO
Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia. Find rules at:
http://rdaward.org/rdac1.htm 

September 23 - North American Sprint, SSB, email logs to: (see rules,
web upload preferred), upload log at:
http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintlogsubmit.php, diskettes and paper logs
to: Jim Stevens, K4MA, 6609 Vardon Ct., Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526, USA.
Find rules at: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php 

September 25 - Run for the Bacon QRP Contest, email logs to:
W2LJ@arrl.net, upload log at: http://partsandkits.com/fp/autolog.asp,
diskettes and paper logs to: Larry Makoski, W2LJ, 327 Clinton Place,
South Plainfield, NJ 07080, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.fpqrp.com/fpqrprun.html 

September 25 - Ohio QSO Party, email logs to: logs@oqp.us, diskettes
and paper logs to: Ohio QSO Party, c/o Jim Stahl, K8MR, 30499 Jackson
Rd, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022-1730, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.oqp.us/rules 

September 26 - YO DX HF Contest, email logs to:
yodx_contest@hamradio.ro, diskettes and paper logs to: YO DX HF
Contest, PO Box 22-50, Bucharest RO-014870, Romania. Find rules at:
http://www.radioamator.ro/contest/us/yodxhf2006rules.html 

September 26 - Hawaii QSO Party, email logs to: kh6j@karc.us,
diskettes and paper logs to: Hawaii QSO Party, PO Box 8960788,
Wahiawa, HI 96786-0788, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.karc.us/hi_qso_party.html 

September 26 - CQC Summer VHF/UHF QSO Party, email logs to:
contest@cqc.org, diskettes and paper logs to: CQC Contest, PO Box
17174, Golden, CO 80402-6019, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.cqc.org/contests/summer05.htm 

September 30 - Keyman's Club of Japan Contest, email logs to:
kcjlog@freeml.com, upload log at:
http://www.jh3hgi.net/kcj/cgi/e_contestlog/contestlog.html, diskettes
and paper logs to: Masayoshi Namba, JA1FCY, 1420-55 Kibara,
Sambu-town, Sammu City, Chiba 289-1212, Japan. Find rules at:
http://www.jh3hgi.net/kcj/e_kcjrule27.htm 

September 30 - ALARA Contest, email logs to: alaracontest@wia.org.au,
diskettes and paper logs to: Mrs Marilyn Syme, VK3DMS, 99 Magnolia
Avenue, Mildura 3500 VIC, Australia. Find rules at:
http://www.alara.org.au/index.cfm?objectid=C8A1157A-CF1D-76B8-A7EAB43AE367C904&navid=141BF449-CF1D-76B8-A00C3562071EC594


September 30 - IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB, email logs to: (see your
national society rules), diskettes and paper logs to: Your national
society. Find rules at: Your national society web site

September 30 - AGCW Straight Key Party, email logs to: htp@agcw.de,
diskettes and paper logs to: Friedrich W. Fabri, DF1OY, Moselstrasse
17b, D-63322 Roedermark-Urberach, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.agcw.org/agcw-con/2006/Englisch/htp_e.htm 

October 1 - SARL VHF/UHF Contest, email logs to:
derek.gravett@siemens.com, diskettes and paper logs to: VHF Contest
Committee, 69 Erskine Street, Scottburgh 4180, South Africa. Find
rules at:
http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/SARL_Contest_Manual.pdf 

October 2 - Russian RTTY WW Contest, email logs to: contest@radio.ru,
diskettes and paper logs to: Russian RTTY WW Contest, Radio Magazine,
Seliverstov per 10, Moscow 107045, Russia. Find rules at:
http://www.radio.ru/cq/contest/rule-results/index2.shtml 

October 3 - DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest, email logs to:
df5bx@darc.de, diskettes and paper logs to: Werner Ludwig, DF5BX, PO
Box 1270, 49110 Georgsmarienhuette, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.darc.de/referate/ukw-funksport/sonder/tei-digi.htm 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

The Contester's Rate Sheet wishes to acknowledge information from the
following sources:
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