Contester's Rate Sheet for May 30, 2007
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CONTESTER'S RATE SHEET
30 May 2007
Edited by Ward Silver N0AX
Published by the American Radio Relay League
Free to ARRL members - tell your friends!
(Subscription info at the end of newsletter)
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SUMMARY
o Special Dayton Hamvention 2007 Report - This issue contains mostly
stories and features about things seen and heard and done at the
Hamvention on May 18-20. Time-sensitive material is included, too.
The regular format will resume with the 13 June issue.
NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
o Put Dayton Hamvention 2008 on your calendar now! And for on the
air fun, try the ARRL June VHF QSO Party. Some simple dipoles are all
you need to join the fun in this most popular of the ARRL VHF+
contests. Horizontal antennas give best results on SSB or CW with
most activity near "weak-signal" calling frequencies that you'll find
at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/bandplan.html
BULLETINS
o No bulletins in this issue.
BUSTED QSOS
o A golden issue last time!
CONTEST SUMMARY (Rules follow Commentary section)
June 2-3
- Digital Pentathlon - PSK
- Alabama QSO Party
- SEANET Contest
- IARU Region 1 Field Day - CW
- Look Around In the Field - CW
June 9-10
- ARRL June VHF QSO Party
- Digital Pentathlon - MFSK
- ANARTS WW RTTY / Digital Contest
- Asia-Pacific Sprint - SSB
- Portugal Day Contest - SSB
- GASW CW DX Contest
- Bill Windle QSO Party - CW
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NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
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Congratulations to the Potomac Valley Radio Club on their 60th
anniversary. Members will be signing "/60" including during their
on-the-air reunion on June 2nd and 3rd. Look for the historic call
signs W3GRF, W4KFC, and W3AU, too. Complete information is available
at
http://pvrc.org/PVRC60/pvrc_reunion_announcement_2007.html (Thanks,
Howie N4AF)
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Contest University - Dayton 2007
By Tim Duffy K3LR - CTU Chairman
After a year of preparation, 150 students and 11 professors
participated in 10 hours of intense contesting instruction covering
some 22 topics. CTU students came from all over the USA and from DX
QTHs like DL, YV, G, GU and GD. The youngest student was 9 year old
W9JJC! Sixteen dual-track classes and seven common courses were
completed, including a "working" lunch and a live K1DG Sprint conteSt
I'd like to thank CTU Professors of Contesting N6BV, K1DG, M0DXR,
W9ZRX, N5OT, N5TJ, K8MR, K5ZD, N6AA and N2NT. The CTU Board of
Directors are N9JA, K1AR and K1DG. CTU 2007 would have never happened
without the help of Ray Novak, N9JA and Icom America. CQ Magazine, DX
Engineering and the ARRL all stepped in to help make CTU 2007 a huge
success.
Planning and Preparation has already started for Contest University
2008, again on Thursday before the main Dayton hamfest, including a
full graduate school program for returning CTU students that
graduated this year. Stay tuned to the official CTU web site
http://www.contestuniversity.com/ and mark 15 May 2008 on your
calendar!
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Companion to the new Elecraft K3 transceiver (see the 2 May issue of
this newsletter), two new HF rigs made an appearance at Dayton:
- Icom's booth (http://www.icomamerica.com/) was full of hams wanting
to take a look at the new IC-7700 HF+6m, 200 W output "Contester's
Rig", expected to be available this winter. Taking advantage of the
company's advanced receiver technologies that were introduced in the
IC-7800, IC-756PROIII, and IC-7000 transceivers the IC-7700
literature touts rock-solid linearity and all the DSP filter
functions you could imagine. Look for this radio to quickly
establish a presence as a "Top Gun."
- Pushing the envelope of software-defined radios, FlexRadio Systems
(http://www.flex-radio.com/) also made an entry into the
competition-grade field with its HF+6m Flex-5000. This
software-defined radio's most exceptional specification is the >105
dB two-tone, 3rd-order, dynamic range at a mighty tight 2 kHz
spacing. The Flex-5000D includes a fully-independent second receiver
and automatic antenna tuner, as well. The radio is a combination of
"black box" and PC graphical interface. Will this combination work
for top-of-the-line HF contesting? We'll probably find out before
too long.
I also paid a short visit to the QRP gang's quickly growing "Four
Days In May" event at the Holiday Inn in Fairborn. The conference
room was packed for the technical and operating features. I
particularly enjoyed W7EL's introduction lauding Wes W7ZOI for his
accomplishments as a long-time leader in the QRP world. Later, AA6DY
won the bidding for a mint copy of long-out-of-print "Solid State
Design for the Radio Amateur", signed by Wes, to benefit the event.
If you have an interest in QRP, keep this event on your radar screen
for next year.
MFJ Enterprises (http://www.mfjenterprises.com/) had several new
products; a Super Battery Booster, the Auto Tuner, and a Digital
Wattmeter. For PC users with a need for WiFi DX, the 15 dB 2.4 GHz
antenna looks like a winner, too.
Down on the Hara Arena floor, Kanga US (http://www.kangaus.com/)
introduced the microT2 transmitter (see Dec 2006 QST) module, the
companion to the microR2 receiver. Roger KA7EXM has also upgraded his
power meter to include peak readings, as well as maximum and minimum
power over a fixed interval. Kanga also had a stock of Tormet
Engineering's fine "Electronic Bench Reference" in both print and CD
form.
VHF+ contesters miss the old C3i antenna manufacturer, but take heart
because Arian Arrays (http://www.ariane-arrays.com/) has picked up the
product line. In fact, the new triband (6/2/70cm) modular antenna
should definitely attract some intereSt The antenna can be assembled
in any combination of bands with the full set of sections making a
13-foot boom. If you need a solid antenna for your new all-band
radio, check it out!
KK7UQ's latest digital operating creation, the Navigator Interface
(http://www.usinterface.com/), is now available. The Navigator
bypasses the need for a host sound card with that function built in.
Everything connects to your PC via a USB cable. The USB interface
also supplies power to the interface and you can run a pair of
Navigators on a single PC, a unique feature.
Timewave (http://www.timewave.com/) was touting their new HamLinkUSB
(tm) Rig Controller Plus. It is a USB to logic level conversion
device for CAT-/CI-V enabled transceivers that provides PTT output,
keying output or foot switch input options.
In line with the upsurge of interest in all things Morse, Vibroplex
(http://www.vibroplex.com/) was selling a new "Know Code Key" with a
bright red base and solid feel. Nearby, the Begali booth
(http://www.i2rtf.com/index.html) was continually drawing a crowd
with their line of precision keys and paddles. Who says Morse is
dying out?
Polyphaser (http://www.polyphaser.com/) has introduced a new lightning
protector module for onwners of SteppIR antennas. It has a position
for every one of the motor control cable's 22 conductors. This
product is not yet on the company's Web site, but SteppIR owners
should contact a Polyphaser dealer (called "Partners" on the Web
site) for more information.
Dishtronix (http://www.dishtronix.com/) was drawing attention with
their legal-limit solid-state amplifier, the Prometheus DX2400L1. A
pair of business-like black boxes, the amplifiers put out 1500 W
continuously, just the thing for digital mode contesting!
URL of the Week - In the "We Can Dream, Can't We?" department, Scott
W3TX was busy describing his Super Bertha rotating antenna pole - up
to 215' high and supporting wind loads as high as 300 square feet!
Wouldn't that look great in the back yard? Dreams are launched at
http://www.superbertha.com/ where an Internet remote "test drive" will
soon be available.
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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
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Uli KK8I has posted a selection of the pictures taken at Dayton onto
a Web site at http://tinyurl.com/2e2tpq See Jay WX0B at the keyboard
and Krassi K1LZ belting out the tunes at the Crowne Plaza!
An ever-popular site is hosted by Tom K8CX at http://hamgallery.com/
for photos from Dayton Hamventions since 1997. While the 2007 photos
aren't yet available (and Tom took a LOT!), keep checking!
Long-time Dayton-goers will remember ogling the original Voice of
America station in West Chester, OH not far from Cincinnati. While
the big towers are gone, the transmitter building is still there and
the facility is now a park and museum. A volunteer group
(http://www.veteransvoa.com/) maintains the site, including the active
radio club WC8VOA. Tours are given during the Hamvention every year,
so you might want to leave a little time for this stop next year.
The http://www.contesting.com/ Web site would like to see YOUR Dayton
2007 photos. Look for the appropriate link on the right-hand side of
the home page. (Thanks, Steve N2IC)
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RESULTS AND RECORDS
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The preliminary results of the January 2007 NAQP CW and SSB contests
are now available on the NCJ web site. CW Results at
http://www.ncjweb.com/naqpcwprelim.php and SSB Results at
http://www.ncjweb.com/naqpssbprelim.php Since the submission
deadline for the printed results is rapidly approaching, please let
contest manager Bruce WA7BNM (bhorn@hornucopia.com) know as soon as
possible of any perceived errors in the results.
The Potomac Valley Radio Club took the difficult, but high road
recently after discovering scores submitted for club credit were more
than 175 miles from the center of the "club circle" as stipulated in
the ARRL Club Competition Rules (http://www.arrl.org/contests).
Forfeiting a hard-won gavel to an arch rival (Northern California
Contest Club) is not an easy decision
(http://pvrc.org/2006_ss_gavel.html), but it was the Right Thing to
do. This might be a good time for your contest club to check to be
sure all of the required information (circle center coordinates and
member locations) is up to date. (Thanks, PVRC President Jim WX3B)
If you had trouble trying to submit your JIDX contest logs, you may
have tried while the committee was moving the Web and email servers
to a new computer. http://jidx.org/ is probably up and running again
by now, so try again. (Thanks, Tack JE1CKA)
Soapbox comments about CQ WPX CW that were made to the 3830 reflector
have been compiled and are available at the following URL
http://www.eskimo.com/~mwdink/3830 courtesy of Dink N7WA. Look for
the file WPX CW SOAPBOX May 28 2007.txt.
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OPERATING TIP
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Falling asleep at the radio? Try operating standing up! If that's
too difficult, try just changing the height of your operating chair -
a good reason to have an adjustable chair in the shack. Make any
change in your position or what you see - sometimes even moving the
logging software windows around helps. Open a window or turn on a fan
- or the reverse. Just keep changing things so that your mind is
busy! And there's always a 15-minute catnap.
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TECHNICAL TIPS AND INFORMATION
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Roy W7EL's EZNEC antenna modeling program (http://www.eznec.com/) was
upgraded to version 5.0 at the Hamvention! The new version can model
transformers, L networks, and transmission line loss, extending its
scope to the entire antenna system. The new version also supports
higher-precision calculation, import and of NEC-format wire files,
circular polarization, more SWR type displays, more frequency sweep
steps, and other improvements. There are five versions with various
capabilities, including a free demo package, depending on your needs.
Two engineering-type booths caught my eye during my travels around
the Hara Complex. The SerialWombat (http://www.serialwombat.com/) is
a novel module that connects to the serial port of any computing
device and provides interfaces to analog and digital electronics.
Elsewhere on the premises, Winford Engineering offered a large
selection of breakout boards and adapters for a variety of popular
interfaces. If you build or test prototype equipment, you recognize
the value of these handy gadgets.
A new Yahoo! Group has been formed for users of digital modes and
data communications techniques. Check out
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/illinoisdigitalham for more information
on this fast-growing segment of ham radio and radiosport operating.
Another interesting software product, RadioCom 6, was released by
Bonito (http://www.bonito.net/). It performs DSP and signal decoding
functions on a PC. The program handles a plethora of signal types,
all sorts of interesting analysis functions including
oscilloscope-like displays, and has full-featured memory management.
It's easy to see how one could dive into the world of signal decoding
and never come back up!
TECHNICAL URL OF THE WEEK -- The coolest gadget that I saw at the
hamfest was the Clamptite (tm) clamp-making tool
(http://www.clamptitetools.com/). You can make all kinds of sturdy
clamps from whatever solid wire is handy, even coat hangers! I could
immediately see a lot of ham radio utility in this product.
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CONVERSATION
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The Foundation
As we gain more experience in the hobby, the social aspects of an
event like the Dayton Hamvention become more and more important.
It's not unusual for experienced contesters to just hang out at the
Crowne Plaza hotel all day long, meeting and greeting friends.
They've already got a shack full of goodies - it's the friendly faces
that bring them to southwestern Ohio every year.
I've got my ever-widening circle of friends with more hands to shake
and events to attend than ever. It's becoming my reason to enjoy
Dayton as much as I do. And every year there is a new face to go
with a familiar call. Those are exceptional moments! Sometimes the
face matches what you expected and sometimes there is a big surprise.
Either way, it's fun.
It's important to all of us to remember that ham radio contacts - and
contesting specifically - require us to reach out and make a
connection with another ham, if only for a short 5NN. There are no
solo contacts. Long after the new-radio smell fades and our latest
acquisition has been relegated to the lower shelf in obsolescence our
memories of each other will remain fresh and true, forming the
foundation of our ham radio world.
73, Ward N0AX
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CONTESTS -- 30 MAY THROUGH JUNE 12 2007
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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
Digital Pentathlon, sponsored by the Digital QSO Club (D-QSO-C) 1800Z
- 2200Z; PSK Jun 1, MFSK Jun 8, Olivia Jun 15, Hellschreiber Jun 22,
Throb Jun 29. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters, work stations once per
band/mode. Categories: SO, 50 watt max. Exchange: Serial number,
6-digit grid locator, power. QSO Points: distance in km divided by
product of powers. Score: total of QSO points. For more information:
http://dqso.net/start.html. Logs due 30 Jul in Cabrillo format to
club@dqso.net.
2007 Alabama QSO Party--SSB/CW, sponsored by the Alabama Contest
Group from 1600Z Jun 2 - 0400Z Jun 3. Frequencies: 160 - 10 meters.
Categories: SO, MS, MM, Mobile, QRP/LP (<150W)/HP all categories.
Exchange: RST and County or S/P/C. QSO Points: CW - 2 pts, SSB - 1
pt. Score: QSO Points x AL counties (AL stations count S/P/C) x
power multiplier (QRP x3), LP x1.5). For more information:
http://www.AlabamaQSOParty.org/. Logs due 30 days after the contest to
logs@alabamaqsoparty.org or Jim Johnson KC4HW, 6274 South CR 49,
Slocomb, AL 36375
SEANET Contest--CW/SSB/Digital, sponsored by the SEANET Convention,
1200Z Jun 2 - 1200Z Jun 3. Frequencies (MHz): CW -- 160m, 3.525,
7.025, 14.025, 21.025, 28.025, SSB -- 7.090, 14.320, 21.320, 28.320.
Categories: SO, MS, AB, SB, Mixed and Single Mode all categories.
Exchange: RS(T) and serial number. QSO Points: SEANET-SEANET--10 pts
(5 pts if same country), SEANET--World -- 10pts. Score: QSO points x
DXCC entities for SEANET entrants, QSO points x SEANET entities for
non-SEANET entrants, counted once per band and mode. For more
information and list of SEANET countries:
http://www.sabah.net.my/seanet/contest_rules.htm. Logs due Jul 31 to
e21eic@gmail.com or SEANET Contest 2007, Champ Muangamphun E21EIC,
PO.BOX 1090, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10903, Thailand.
IARU Region 1 Field Day--CW, sponsored by IARU Societies, from 1500Z
Jun 2 - 1459Z Jun 2 (SSB--Sep 2 - 3). Frequencies: 160 - 10 meters.
Categories: SOAB (LP, QRP), MS (HP, LP). Exchange: RST and serial
number. QSO Points: EU to EU fixed stations - 2 pts, non-EU to EU - 3
pts, with portable EU stations - 4 pts. Score: QSO points x DXCC and
WAE entities counted once/band. See IARU Region 1 society Web sites
for more information. Send logs to the appropriate national societies
- not ARRL. NA hams to nfd.logs@rsgbhfcc.org or RSGB G3UFY, 77
Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF, England.
Look Around In the Field Contest--CW & SSB, managed by NJ2OM from
1600Z - 2200Z Jun 2. Frequencies: 160-10 meters. Categories: Home
QRP, Home QRO, Field QRP, Field QRO. Exchange: Call + RS(T) + S/P/C +
Op name + wildlife name. QSO Points: CW -- 2 pts, SSB -- 1 pt.
Score: QSO points × wildlife sent or received (see Web site) x S/P/C
x category multiplier + bonus points. For more information:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7v384/nj2om/index.html. Logs due Jun 16
to mikekopacki@verizon.net.
ANARTS WW RTTY / Digital Contest--sponsored by Australian National
Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society (ANARTS), from 0000Z Jun 9 - 2400Z
Jun 10. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters. Categories: SO, MS, and SWL, SO
and SWL only operate 30 hours. Exchange RST, CQ zone and Time (UTC).
QSO Points are determined by an exchange table available from ANARTS.
Score is QSO points x DXCC entities + VK, JA, VE, and W call
districts + continents (counted only once, not incl. Antarctica). For
more information: http://anarts.com.au/rules2007.htm. Logs due Sep 1
to ctdavies@bigpond.net.au or Contest Manager-Colin Davies VK2CTD, PO
Box 93, Toongabbie, NSW 2146, Australia.
Asia-Pacific Sprint--SSB, from 1100Z to 1300Z Jun 10. Frequencies: 20
and 15 meters only, NA stations work Asia-Pacific countries only.
Categories: SO only, 150 watts max. Exchange: RST and serial number.
Sprint QSY rule applies--see NA Sprint, Feb 3-4. Score: total QSOs x
WPX prefixes (counted once). For more information:
http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt. Logs due 7 days after the
contest to apsprint@jsfc.org (no paper logs).
Portugal Day Contest--SSB, sponsored by Rede dos Emissores
Portugueses (REP), from 0000Z -- 2400Z Jun 9. Frequencies: 80 -- 10
meters. Categories: SOAB only. Exchange: RS + serial number or CT
district or region abbreviation. QSO Points: different country - 3
pts, CT stations - 6 pts. Score: QSO points x CT districts counted
once per band. For more information:
http://www.rep.pt/pdf/contest_portugalday.pdf. Logs due 1 Sep to
rep-concursos@rep.pt or REP - Rede dos Emissores Portugueses,
Award/Contest Manager, Rua D. Pedro V, Nº.7 - 4º, 1250-092 Lisboa,
Portugal.
GACW WWSA CW DX Contest--sponsored by Grupo Argentino de
Radiotelegrafia (GACW), from 1500Z Jun 9 - 1500Z Jun 10. Frequencies:
80 - 10 meters. Categories: SOAB and SOSB (QRP, LP, HP), MS, MM.
Exchange: RST and CQ Zone. QSO Points: own country--0 pt (mult credit
only), different country--1 pts, diff. continent--3 pts, non-SA to
SA--5 pts. Score is QSO points x zone + countries from DXCC/WAE/GACW
lists. For more information: http://gacw.no-ip.org/. Logs due 15 Jul
to auranito@speedy.com.ar or GACW DX Contest, PO Box 9, B1875ZAA
Wilde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bill Windle QSO Party--CW, sponsored by First Class Operator's Club
(FOC), from 0000Z -- 2359Z Jun 9 (also on Oct 13). Frequencies: 160
-- 10 meters, 6 & 2 meters. Call "CQ BW" from 15 to 45 kHz above band
edge, open to all hams, not just FOC members. Exchange: RST and name
or FOC number, if member. Report total QSOs with FOC members, counted
once per band, FOC members report total QSOs and total FOC QSOs. For
more information: http://www.firstclasscw.org.uk/. QSO totals due 1
week after to contest to k5zd@aol.com.
VHF+ CONTESTS
ARRL June VHF QSO Party--from 1800Z Jun 9 - 0300Z Jun 11.
Frequencies: all bands 50 MHz and higher. Categories: SO-LP, SO-HP,
SO-Portable, Rover, MO, Limited-MO. Exchange: 4-digit grid square
locator. QSO Points: 50 & 144 MHz -- 1 pt, 222 & 432 MHz -- 2 pts,
906 & 1296 MHz -- 3 pts, 2.3 GHz and higher -- 4 pts. Total score:
QSO Points x grid squares (counted once per band). For Rovers: QSO
Points x unique grid squares + grids activated with at least one QSO.
For more information - http://www.arrl.org/contests. Logs due 11 Jul
to JuneVHF@arrl.org (Cabrillo format only) or June VHF, ARRL, 225
Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
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LOG DUE DATES - 30 MAY THROUGH JUNE 12 2007
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May 30 - Helvetia Contest, email logs to: contest@uska.ch, paper logs
and diskettes to: Georges Strub, HB9DUH, 54 rue de St-Jean, 1213
Petite-Lancy, Switzerland. Find rules at:
http://www.uska.ch/contest/hf/reglement_2006_e.pdf
May 31 - Nebraska QSO Party, email logs to: nqp@alltel.net, paper
logs and diskettes to: Nebraska QSO Party, c/o Steve Rasmussen N0WY,
312 N 6th Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048-1302, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.qsl.net/hdxa/neqso/neqso.htm
May 31 - JIDX CW Contest, email logs to: cw@jidx.org, paper logs and
diskettes to: JIDX CW Contest, c/o Five-Nine Magazine, PO Box 59,
Kamata, Tokyo 144-8691, Japan. Find rules at:
http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html
May 31 - Holyland DX Contest, email logs to: 4Z4KX@iarc.org, paper
logs and diskettes to: Contest Manager 4Z4KX, Israel Amateur Radio
Club, Box 17600, Tel Aviv 61176, Israel. Find rules at:
http://hamradio.iarc.org/contests/holy2007rules.html
May 31 - Ontario QSO Party, email logs to: va3nr@arrl.net, paper logs
and diskettes to: Ontario QSO Party, c/o C. Lorantfy, PO Box 732,
Petrolia, Ontario N0N 1R0, Canada. Find rules at:
http://cco.ve3xd.com/oqp/oqprules.htm
May 31 - Montana QSO Party, email logs to:
normsclassicradio@yahoo.com, paper logs and diskettes to: Norm Palin
K7NCR, 68 Silver Leaf Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.fvarc.org/Events/events.htm
May 31 - AGCW QRP/QRP Party, email logs to: qrp-party@agcw.de, paper
logs and diskettes to: Manager, Werner Hennig, DF5DD, Am Cappeler
Freistuhl 33, D-59556 Lippstadt, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.agcw.org/agcw-con/2007/Englisch/agcw-dl_e.htm
May 31 - QRP Minimal Art Session, email logs to: dj7st@darc.de, paper
logs and diskettes to: DJ7ST, Dr. Hartmut Weber, Schlesierweg 13,
D-38228 Salzgitter, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/mas/qrpmasr-e.html
June 1 - Radio Maritime Day, email logs to: F6DGU@cyberelec.fr, paper
logs and diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
http://www.radiomaritimeday.org/
June 1 - Portuguese Navy Day Contest, CW/SSB/PSK31, email logs to:
contest@nra.pt, paper logs and diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
http://www.nra.pt/php/bdContestRules.php?lang=en
June 1 - QRP to the Field, email logs to: n0qt@arrl.net, paper logs
and diskettes to: Jan Harden, N0QT, QRPTTF 2007, PO Box 1768,
Socorro, NM 87801, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.zianet.com/QRP/2007/qttfruls.html
June 5 - New England QSO Party, email logs to: logs@neqp.org, paper
logs and diskettes to: NEQP, PO Box 3005, Framingham, MA 01705-3005,
USA. Find rules at: http://www.neqp.org/rules.html
June 5 - ARI International DX Contest, email logs to:
aricontest@ari.it, paper logs and diskettes to: ARI DX Contest, c/o
ARI, Via Scarlatti 31, 20124 Milano, Italy. Find rules at:
http://www.ari.it/hf/contests/rules/ari-international-dx.pdf
June 7 - VK/Trans-Tasman 80m Contest, Phone, email logs to:
vktasman@hotmail.com, paper logs and diskettes to: VK/trans-Tasman
Contest, 28 Crampton Crescent, Rosanna, VIC 3084, Australia. Find
rules at: http://home.iprimus.com.au/vktasman/RULES.HTM
June 9 - MARAC County Hunter Contest, CW, email logs to:
aa8r@aol.com, paper logs and diskettes to: Randy Hatt, AA8R, 7878 W
County Line Rd, Howard City, MI 49239, USA. Find rules at:
http://marac.org/cwrules.htm
June 9 - NA High Speed Meteor Scatter Spring Rally, email logs to:
wa5ufh@ykc.com, paper logs and diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
http://www.ykc.com/wa5ufh/Rally/2007SpringRules.htm
June 10 - 7th Call Area QSO Party, email logs to: 7qplogs@codxc.org,
paper logs and diskettes to: 7th Call Area QSO Party, c/o CODXC,
61255 Ferguson Rd, Bend, OR 97702, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.codxc.org/new/Page.asp?Content=DRYLAND7S&Page=2
June 10 - His Maj. King of Spain Contest, CW, email logs to:
smreycw@ure.es, paper logs and diskettes to: URE HF Contests, PO Box
220, 28080 Madrid, Spain. Find rules at:
http://www.ure.es/hf/concursos/smelrey/basessmreyingles.pdf
June 11 - FISTS Spring Sprint, email logs to: W8PIG@yahoo.com, paper
logs and diskettes to: Dan Shepherd, N8IE, 1900 Pittsfield St,
Kettering, Oh 45420, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.fists.org/sprints.html
June 12 - Mid-Atlantic QSO Party, email logs to:
logs@walterobrien.com, paper logs and diskettes to: Mid-Atlantic QSO
Party (MAQP), PO Box 4922, Clinton, NJ 08809, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.qsl.net/maqso
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