Contester's Rate Sheet for January 10, 2007

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          CONTESTER'S RATE SHEET
              10 January 2007

        Edited by Ward Silver N0AX

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SUMMARY
o DC to Daylight - NAQP Phone/CW and ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes
o New Sights & Sounds and Operating Tip Sections
o FT2000 Transceiver Review in February QST
o Morse Ring Tones
o EU Sprint Contest Results Available
o RFI Tutorial by K9YC
o HF Propagation Information from Down Under
o Stop Painting?

BULLETINS
o No bulletins in this issue

BUSTED QSOS
o Contest Corral in QST printed the date of the DARC 10m contest as
Jan 7th, but the contest actually takes place on the second Sunday in
January, the 14th. (Thanks, Ulrich DG1EH)

CONTEST SUMMARY (Rules follow Commentary section)

January 13-14
- NAQP CW
- DARC 10-meter
- NAQCC Monthly Straight Key Sprint
- Winter Field Day
- Midwinter Contest
- Hunting Lions In the Air
- 070 PSKFest
January 20-21
- ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes
- NAQP Phone
- HA DX Contest - CW
- LZ Open Championship - CW
- International United Teenager Contest
- UK DX RTTY Contest

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NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
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ARRL Contest News

Membership Services Division head Wayne Mills N7NG has resigned
effective 16 January.  Wayne has been with the ARRL for the past
6-1/2 years. He managed major upgrades of the DXCC and ARRL Contest
programs and shepherded Logbook Of The World to fruition, now well
over 100 million QSOs and counting.  Wayne's keen understanding of
the DXer and contester and his steady hand at the tiller will be
missed.  One bright spot - he will be back on the air from his home
in Jackson Hole, Wyoming making those SS sweeps a little easier. 
Best wishes, Wayne!

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Henry K4TMC alerts us that the ARRL Lab's review of the new Yaesu
FT-2000 transceiver is on-line
(http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/) for ARRL members and will
be published in the February 2007 issue of QST.

The Microsoft Robotics Studio (http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/)
commercial tool kit version 1.0 is now available, as is a free
non-commercial version.  I include this announcement not so much
because I think the readers are robot builders, but to perhaps spark
some thinking about the possibilities of Ham Radio Studio-style tool
kits.  Perhaps a digital radio add-on for the Microsoft product would
be useful.  There are plenty of hybrid applications of radio and
robotics.  I think contesters can appreciate the parallels between
Battle Bots and a big contest.  I can also think of no reason why ham
radio wouldn't benefit from a similar package of tools.

The New York Times ran a good article
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/business/27morse.html) called "A
Fading Signal".  It features WZ8C, W6LD, and W6NL and captures some
of CW's mystique and attraction to hams. (Thanks, John N2NC)

More reading about ham radio surfaces in the form of a book by
Kristen Haring, "Ham Radio's Technical Culture" (MIT Press, ISBN
978-0262083553).  The book is about ham radio in the mid-twentieth
century and its many contributions to radio and electronics.  Haring
has also written an article about the culture of ham radio at home,
"The "Freer Men" of Ham Radio: How a Technical Hobby Provided Social
and Spatial Distance" in the Journal of Technology and Culture,
October 2003.  You can likely find the article by interlibrary loan
or through a professional society. (Thanks, Eric N0HHS)

We have all heard of the Ironman Triathlons and the Olympic
biathlons, so how about a ham radio equivalent?  Ed WA3WSJ has pulled
together one interesting idea called The Polar Bear Challenge
(http://www.wa3wsj.com/PBChallenge2007.html) that involves swimming,
running/hiking/walking, cycling/skiing, and radio.  For those that
need an incentive to get out of the shack chair now and then, this
might just be the ticket.  How about some other similar programs from
the creative minds of Rate Sheet readers?

Where's the Real DX?  Look up - and out!  The latest issue of
Microwaves & RF magazine contains an overview of the new ALMA
millimeter-wave radio telescope (http://tinyurl.com/y4hapb) that is
under construction in the northern Chilean desert.  There will be 66
dishes operating from 31.3 - 950 GHz!  CQ Dog-Xray!

Occasionally, the Rate Sheet lists Lighthouse contests, popular as a
casual event for the novelty or to collect the great souvenirs. If
you follow these operations, there's a new Yahoo! Group
(http://www.yahoogroups.com/) titled "IARC-USLHS" for the
International Amateur Radio Chapter -  US Lighthouse Society.
(Thanks, Don W7WLL)

To really impress your friends, and keep CW alive in the bargain, you
need Morse Code ring tones for your phone!  You can even get the
phone to send the call of the person calling with a little trickery. 
For the Motorola Q phones and possibly others, try
http://tinyurl.com/yjnlgk. (Thanks, Lynn N7CFO)

URL of the Week - From Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.com/) comes word
of a free 2007 astronomical naked-eye observing calendar
(http://www.astrowhatsup.com/download-the-book) by Tammy Plotner,
called "What's Up? 365 Days of Skywatching".  Hams tend to have a
passing interest in skyward events so this might be an interesting
item to have on one's hard drive.

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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
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This is a new section of the Rate Sheet for interesting on-line items
for listening to or watching.  Got a video or photo or recording of a
QSO?  This is the place for a URL to your creation!

A new NCDXF promotional video is available on Google Video, courtesy
of Bob N6TV.  You'll recognize the masterful work of James 9V1YC in
this 10-minute presentation about what NCDXF is and does - a
must-watch at http://tinyurl.com/yn3bsz or http://www.ncdxf.org/ in
the Videos area. (Thanks, Tim N4GN)

These are some of the new antennas making the Big Noise from RD3A:
http://www.rz3az.atk.ru/RZ3AXX/5_sloper_160m.JPG
http://www.rz3az.atk.ru/RZ3AXX/stack_4_7ele_20m.JPG
http://www.rz3az.atk.ru/RZ3AXX/stack_3_8ele_10m_15m.JPG
(Thanks, Yuri VE3DZ)

OK - no excuses for not working Russia on 40-meters:
http://ru1a.ru/new/rus/photoalbum.php?antennas/40m_4x4y/
(Thanks, John N2NC)

Mobileers and rovers, take note:
http://www.k0bg.com/
(Thanks, Paul WN7T)

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RESULTS AND RECORDS
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The results of the EU Sprint Contest - Autumn SSB have just been
released at: http://www.eusprint.com/  Once again both the UBN and the
logs are public; just click on a callsign to see the UBN report or to
download the log in ASC format. (Thanks, Paolo I2UIY)

2006 Vermont QSO Party results are now on-line at the W1BD club Web
site, http://qsl.net/w1bd (Thanks, Allen W1AAT)

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OPERATING TIP
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This section will be an opportunity to pass on those little bits of
enlightenment that help us improve our skills and have more fun
contesting.

Trying to keep one's mind on the job is difficult in almost any
competition, but in radio contesting, it's crucial.  For a whole
collection of ideas, browse to the January 2007 archives of
cq-contest at http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/
then click "Thread" and search for "Improving Concentration".

Thanks to Marc W6ZZZ for the idea!

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TECHNICAL TIPS AND INFORMATION
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The HF Systems section of the Australian Government IPS Radio and
Space Systems Web site (http://www.ips.gov.au/HF_Systems) makes quite
a bit of tasty ionospheric and propagation data available with a
couple of mouse clicks.  The North America section will be of
interest to most Rate Sheet readers, but the coverage is worldwide. 
Of particular interest at the HAP charts that indicate the preferred
band to contact mobile stations from a particular city, a situation
typical of most contest operations.

Lots of answers to questions about RFI are addressed in the tutorial
that has just been published by Jim K9YC. He says it's not finished,
but far enough along to publish. Grab a copy at
http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf (Thanks, Jim K9YC)

If you are using a modern spectrum analyzer at work or have one in
your club or other facilities, you might be interested in the
Microwaves & RF article "Beware Of Spectrum Analyzer Power Averaging
Techniques" (http://tinyurl.com/u3yzg). The author addresses several
common techniques and the different results and errors they present.

Here's a source for small hobby tools - "Micro-Mart" <
http://micromart.com/> - and they also carry PC board supplies such as
ferric chloride and carbide drill bit assortments. (Thanks, Steve
KD1JV)

Paul AD4IE tips us off to a good source of odd-length rebar bits and
pieces that are just the ticket for portable and Field Day operating.
"I got rebar from an industrial construction site where they throw
the excess out!  I got a load of 5/8 and one inch thick rebar for the
club for free before they threw it in the dumpster.  All that it took
was a quick explanation that it could be used for emergency
communications by a non-profit group of volunteers. I cut the rebar
into manageable lengths with a metal blade on my circular saw."

TECHNICAL URL OF THE WEEK -- No doubt you have been presented with
one or more broken gifts to fix or at least to perform last rites
upon.  As a ham, you can fix stuff, right?  You'll get a chuckle out
of WA1LOU's ARRL Web column at
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2006/12/22/1/ on that very subject.
 Plus, Stan tosses in a couple of handy Web sites, as well. (Thanks,
Keith WB2VUO)

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CONVERSATION
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Stop Painting?

Regarding the end of CW testing and the future of CW on the airwaves,
I thought this statement from Paul W9AC was worth consideration, "An
artist does not stop painting because cameras can more accurately
capture an image."  Nor does a fly fisherman stop fishing because
there are fish in the store or a sailor scrap his sailboat because a
power cruiser can go faster.

Morse will be a part of ham radio for a long time, as long as someone
wants to use it.  Well, as long as TWO people want to use it.  The
question is whether it will drift off into obscurity or stay healthy.
 For inspiration, we can look to RTTY - the fastest growing contest
mode of all!  Who would have thought ten years ago that would be the
case today?  RTTY required an external gadget, cables everywhere,
strange filtering, and so forth.  Today, with a simple audio
interface, a computer sound card, and free or cheap software, anybody
can get on RTTY.  Wow!  Looked at the RTTY contest scores lately?

In the CW universe, high-speed Morse competition based on RUFZ and
other programs is attracting some good young operators.  The speeds
are ridiculous - 200 wpm has been reached - and I don't expect to
hear dots and dashes flying by quite that fast on 40 meters.  In
fact, I can't hear dots and dashes AT ALL at 200 wpm.  It's like bar
code!  Nevertheless, there is plenty of interest to be tapped.

That's where you come in, of course.  Lift that chin up and let's see
if we can't actually make a compelling story out of Morse on the
airwaves.  I can say for sure that we won't convince a single person
to take it up by loudly claiming that the hobby is all "dumbed down."
 When a prospective customer hears that sort of talk, the chances are
pretty good that they'll just keep their money in their pocket as
they walk on down the street.

Lately I've been looking at some pretty funny pictures of Novices
that have all grown up into serious operators.  They're sitting in
front of ancient gear all lashed together and it's a wonder that they
didn't all get electrocuted.  What sold these kids on ham radio?  It
sure wasn't a bunch of old timers telling them how everything was
better twenty years ago.  It was pictures and stories of other people
having what looked like fun and was something they could join on
their own terms.

Well, back to trying to find a clear frequency in between all those
obsolete Morse signals!  Seems like a guy can't hardly find a spot to
call CQ anymore with all the signals on the band...

73, Ward N0AX

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CONTESTS -- 10 JANUARY TO 23 JANUARY 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

North American QSO Party--CW, sponsored by the National Contest
Journal from 1800Z Jan 13 - 0600Z Jan 14. Frequencies: 160 -
10-meters. Categories: SOAB and M2, 100 W power limit, operate a
maximum of 10 hours (off times must be at least 30 min and M2 entries
may operate the entire contest). Exchange: Name and S/P/C. Score:
QSOs X States + Province + NA DXCC countries (count each once per
band). For information: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php. Logs due
Jan 28 via Web entry form at http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit.php,
to cwnaqp@ncjweb.com or Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, 4225 Farmdale Avenue,
Studio City, CA 91604.

DARC 10-meter Contest--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Deutscher Amateur
Radio Club from 0900Z -1059Z Jan 14. Frequencies: CW 28.000 - 28.200
MHz, SSB 28.300 - 28.700 MHz, work stations once only. Categories:
SO-Mixed Mode and SO-CW. Exchange: RS(T) and serial number, DL
stations add DOK code. QSO points: 1 pt/QSO. Score: QSOs x WAE and
DXCC entities + DOK codes. For more information:
http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcz.htm. Logs due 22 Jan to
10m-contest@dxhf.darc.de or Frank Steinke, DL8WAA, PO Box 1188,
D-56238 Selters, Germany.

NAQCC Monthly Straight Key Sprint--sponsored by the North American
QRP CW Club from 0130Z - 0330Z Feb 14. Frequencies (MHz): 3.560,
7.040, 14.060. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and NAQCC member number (Pwr for
non-members). QSO Points: member--2 pts, non-member--1 pt. Score: QSO
Points x S/P/C, multiply by 2 if all straight key or by 1.5 if all
bug. For more information and the yearly contest schedule:
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel. Logs 6 days after the contest to
naqcc33@alltel.net or Tom Mitchell, KB3LFC, RD6 Box 122A, Kittanning,
PA 16201.

Winter Field Day--all modes, sponsored by the Society for the
Preservation of Amateur Radio (SPAR) from local noon Jan 13 to local
noon Jan 14. Frequencies: 160-10 meters. Categories: SO, Two Op,
Multi, Indoor, Outdoor, Home. Exchange: call sign, RS(T), category,
local outside temperature. QSO Points: 1 pt/QSO. Score: QSO points x
modes operated on each band. For more information and bonus points:
http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/winterfd/index.php. Logs due 15 Feb
to winterfd@spar-hams.org.

Midwinter Contest--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Dutch YL Committee, CW
from 1400Z - 1800Z Jan 13, SSB from 1000Z - 1400Z Jan 14.
Frequencies: 80 - 10-meters, SSB 3.600-3.650, 7.080-7.090,
14.270-14.300, 21.270-21.300, 28.470-28.500 MHz. Categories: YL-SSB,
YL-CW, OM-SSB, OM-CW, SWL. Exchange: RS(T) and serial number, OMs
start with 001 and YLs start with 2001. QSO Points: YL--5 pts, OM--3
pts. Score: QSO points x DXCC entities counted once per mode. For
more information:
http://www.qsl.net/pi4ylc/Engels/midwinter%20contest.htm. Logs due 15
Feb to jckoekkoek@home.nl or PA3GQG - Contestmanager
Midwintercontest, Keulenheide 1, 6373 AP Landgraaf, The Netherlands.

Hunting Lions in the Air--CW/Phone, sponsored by the South African
District 410B of the Int'l Association of Lions Clubs from 0000Z Jan
13 - 2400Z Jan 14. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters, work stations once
per band regardless of mode. Categories: SOAB, MS. Exchange: RST and
serial number, Lion club members also sign /L or "Lion" and send
name, district and club name. The Midrand Lions station ZS6LCM/L will
act as the Melvin Jones Memorial club this year. QSO Points: non-Lion
station--1 pt, with Lions--5 pts, 25 points with ZS6LCM/L. Score: QSO
points X number of Lions clubs worked (count only once). For more
information: http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp. Logs
due Feb 28 to rad.handfield-jones@pixie.co.za or to Lion Rad
Handfield-Jones ZS6RAD, Lions Club of Midrand, PO Box 1548, Halfway
House, 1685, South Africa.

070 PSKFest--sponsored by the Penn-Ohio DX Society (PODXS) from
0000Z-2400Z Jan 13. Frequencies: 80-10m. Categories: SOSB and SOAB
(QRP, MP <50W, HP <100W). Exchange: RST and S/P/C. QSO Points:
1pt/QSO. Score: QSO points x S/P/C (counted only once). For more
information:
http://www.podxs.com/html/pskfest.html. Logs due Feb 14 to
jbudzowski@peoplepc.com or Jay Budzowski N3DQU, 109 S. Northview Ave,
New Castle, PA 16102.

North American QSO Party--Phone, 1800Z Jan 20 - 0600Z Jan 21 (see Jan
13-14). Logs due Feb 4 to ssbnaqp@ncjweb.com or Bruce Horn WA7BNM,
4225 Farmdale Ave., Studio City, CA 91604.

HA DX Contest--CW, sponsored by the Hungarian DX Club from 1200Z Jan
2 - 1200Z Jan 21. Frequencies: 160 - 10-meter bands. Categories:
SOAB, SOSB, MS, MM, and SWL. Exchange: RST and serial number, HA
stations send county or HADXC member number. QSO Points: Own DXCC
entity--1pt, same continent--1 pt, different cont--3 pts, HA
stations--6 pts. Score: QSO points X HA counties and members on each
band. For more information: http://www.mrasz.hu/. Logs due 30 days
after the contest to contest@enternet.hu or MTTOSZ, Gyôr Városi
Rádióclub, 9200 Gyôr, PO Box 79, Hungary.

LZ Open Championship--CW, sponsored by the LZ Open Contest Club from
0400Z - 1200Z Jan 20. Frequencies: 3.5 and 7 MHz. Categories: MS, SO,
and SO-QRP. Exchange: 6-digits, serial number and serial number
received in previous QSO. E.g. - the first QSO exchange is '001 000'.
A station can be worked once every 30 minutes. QSO Points: same
entity--1 pt, different entity--2 pts. Score: total QSO points. For
more information:
http://www.linkove.com/lz-open-contest/rules/rules.htm. Logs in
Cabrillo format due 30 days after the contest to lz1gl@yahoo.com or
PO Box 830, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.

International United Teenager Contest--CW/SSB, sponsored by
"Radio-TLUM" Ukraine, from 0600Z - 1400Z Jan 20 for operators under
18 years of age. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters. Categories: SOSB, SOMB,
MO, RT (veterans). Exchange: RS(T) and age or RS(T) and "RT" for
veterans. For scoring and other information:
http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/utcont.htm. Logs due 30 days after the
contest to CQ UT Contest, Radio-TLUM, PO Box 5000, Vinnytsa, 21018
Ukraine.

UK DX RTTY Contest--sponsored by the Scottish-Russian ARS from 1200Z
Jan 20 - 1200Z Jan 21. Frequencies: 80 - 10-meters. Categories: SOAB
(HP, LP <100 watts), MS. Exchange: RST and serial number, UK stations
send UK region code. QSO Points: Own DXCC entity--1pt, same
continent--2 pts, different cont--3 pts, UK stations--5 pts. Score:
QSO points x UK regions + DXCC entities on each band. For more
information: http://www.ukdx.scotham.net/. Logs in Cabrillo format due
30 days after the contest to ukdxc@scotham.net or UK DX RTTY Contest
Committee, PO Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, UK.

VHF+ CONTESTS

ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes--1900Z Jan 20 - 0400Z Jan 22.
Frequencies: all bands 6-meters and above. Categories:
SO-LP/-HP/-Portable, Rover, MO, Limited MO. Exchange: Grid Square.
QSO Points: 50/144 MHz - 1 pt, 222/440 MHz - 2 pts, 902/1296 MHz - 4
pts, 2.3 GHz and above - 8 pts. Score: QSO Points x Grid Squares
(counted once per band), Rovers count Grid Squares from which they
were able to complete a QSO. For more information and power limits:
http://www.arrl.org/contests. Logs due Feb 21 to januaryvhf@arrl.org
or January VHF Sweepstakes, ARRL, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111.

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LOG DUE DATES - 10 JANUARY TO 23 JANUARY 2007
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January 10 - ARRL 10-Meter Contest, email logs to: 10meter@arrl.org,
paper logs and diskettes to: 10 Meter Contest, ARRL, 225 Main St,
Newington, CT 06111, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/10-meters.html 

January 10 - DARC Christmas Contest, email logs to:
xmas@dxhf.darc.de, paper logs and diskettes to: Markus van Bergerem,
Brandenberg 5, 47533 Kleve, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/xedcxr.htm 

January 15 - OK DX RTTY Contest, email logs to: okrtty@crk.cz, paper
logs and diskettes to: Czech Radio Club, OK DX RTTY Contest, PO Box
69, 113 27 Praha 1, Czech Republic. Find rules at:
http://www.crk.cz/ENG/DXCONTE.HTM 

January 15 - CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW, email logs to: cw@cqww.com,
paper logs and diskettes to: CQWW CW, CQ Magazine, 25 Newbridge Road,
Hicksville, NY 11801, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WW_Rules_20083006.pdf 

January 15 - Russian 160-Meter Contest, email logs to:
contest@radio.ru, paper logs and diskettes to: Radio Magazine, 10
Seliverstov per, 107045 Moscow, Russia. Find rules at:
http://www.radio.ru/cq/contest/rule-results/index11.shtml 

January 15 - New Mexico QSO Party, email logs to: N5KEV@msn.com,
paper logs and diskettes to: Kevin Carr, 5319 Ridge Rock Ave NW,
Albuquerque, NM 87114-4130, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/newmexqp.pdf 

January 16 - Croatian CW Contest, email logs to: 9acw@hamradio.hr,
paper logs and diskettes to: Hrvatski RadioAmaterski Savez, for
Croatian CW Contest, Dalmatinska 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Find
rules at:
http://www.hamradio.hr/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=342 

January 18 - ARCI Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint, email logs to:
contest@qrparci.org, paper logs and diskettes to: ARCI Holiday
Spirits, c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF, 139 Elizabeth St W, Welland,
Ontario L3C 4M3, Canada. Find rules at:
http://www.qrparci.org/component/option,com_extcalendar/Itemid,/extmode,view/extid,43/lang,en/


January 19 - NA High Speed Meteor Scatter Winter Rally, email logs
to: wa5ufh@ykc.com, paper logs and diskettes to: (none). Find rules
at: http://www.ykc.com/wa5ufh/Rally/NewRules.htm 

January 22 - AGCW VHF/UHF Contest, email logs to: vhf-uhf@agcw.de,
paper logs and diskettes to: Manfred Busch, DK7ZH, Ebachstr 13,
D-35716 Dietzhoelztal-Mandeln, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.agcw.org/agcw-con/2006/Englisch/agcw-dl0_e.htm 


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