Contester's Rate Sheet for July 25, 2007
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CONTESTER'S RATE SHEET
25 JULY 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 Islands and Hilltops - IOTA, Flight of the Bumblebees, ARRL UHF
o New Filters and Amplifiers
o Propagation Files from W4RNL
o K8GP 10th Anniversary Recordings
o Gin Poles and Cable Loops - Must Be Antenna Season
o VHF/UHF Stub Filters
o Coax Calculators
o The Best Contest Ever
NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
o If you'd like to start bumping your code speed up a notch or two,
there's nothing better than a CW contest! While the Big Ones are
full of hyper-speed stations, you'll find the smaller contests much
more relaxed. Try the Flight of the Bumblebees and listen for
portable stations in the field somewhere. Then jump into the NAQP CW
contest on the following weekend. Great summertime CW exercise!
BULLETINS
o Authors of logging software that supports the ARRL EME contest
should review the new rules
(http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/eme.html) for the 50 through
1296 MHz weekends.
BUSTED QSOS
o The time and date for the FISTS Summer Sprint were incorrect and
should have been 0000Z - 0400Z Jul 14. Apologies!
CONTEST SUMMARY (Rules follow Commentary section)
July 28 - 29
- Flight of the Bumblebees, CW
- RSGB Islands On the Air Contest
August 4 - 5
- ARRL UHF Contest
- North American QSO Party, CW
- SARL HF DX Contest, SSB
- Ten-Ten Summer Phone QSO Party
- European HF Championship
- TARA Grid Dip Contest, PSK and RTTY
- National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend
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NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
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Did you know that you can hear radio noise from Jupiter on 15-meters?
It's true! With the MUF so low, point your antenna at Jupiter as it
rises in the southeast and listen for a slight rise in the noise
floor. You'll need a quiet location and a good beam to hear it,
though. In the absence of those, how about listening to Saturn
instead? The July 15th AMSAT bulletin (http://www.amsat.org/) provided
this URL
(http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia07966.html)
for a NASA recording from the Cassini spacecraft. That's some real
DX!
International Radio (http://www.qth.com/inrad) is now selling a
roofing filter mod for the IC-756PRO2. This roofing filter can help
reduce the third order Intermodulation from multiple strong signals
in the 2 to 20 kHz region either side of the tuned frequency. If
you're confused about roofing filters and what they do, there is a
PDF document titled "A few words about Roofing Filters" on the Inrad
Web site in the Icom section. (Thanks, Trey N5KO and Mark AG9A)
One contest-worthy product I somehow overlooked at Dayton was the SPE
1K-FA amplifier available from Array Solutions
(http://www.arraysolutions.com/). Phil AD5X (http://www.ad5x.com/) has
posted a detailed review of the amp. "It includes an internal
auto-tuner and a 4-port antenna switch. You can connect it to two
transceivers and it will automatically pick the transceiver that is
keyed and switch it to the antenna you've specified for that
transceiver."
Jim K8MR posted a link (http://tinyurl.com/yugurz) to a New York
Times on-line review of eight different models of noise-canceling
headphones. You'll have to register on the NYT site, but it's free.
The review includes the gold-standard Bose model and several other
models costing as little as $40.
CT users that are fans of the "Enter-Sends-Message" mode in TR-LOG
and N1MM Logger contest software may find this combination of
remapped keys useful. Use the CT DEFINEKEY command to remap:
semicolon (;) Sends call+exchange (remapped INSert)
quote (') Send TU message (remapped + key)
period (.) Calls CQ (remapped F1)
comma (,) Sends a Question Mark (remapped F7)
backslash (\) Sends my call (remapped F4)
Bob N6TV finds this combination to require a lot less hand motion
than the usual CT keys. Or you can try your hand at making up your
own set of preferred key-function combos.
Here's another useful analysis of the open CQ WW contest logs -
duration of operation. Chris DL8MBS has posted some interesting
histograms of on-time for the RDXC 2005-2007 and CQ WW SSB 2006
contests. For all the interest in "going the distance", not very
many of us crack the 90% on-time barrier!
Kit builders will enjoy taking a look at the QRP offerings at
http://kitsandparts.com/rftoolkits.asp where numerous modules are
available. There is also a Google group for the kits at
http://groups.google.com/group/RF-toolkits for user support and
ideas. (Thanks, Doug N6TQS and Bob KC5WA)
Jim WI9WI wrote to point out that a number of IARU zone maps show "an
incorrect boundary between zones 7 and 8 in the US. The correct
boundary is 90 deg of W longitude, not the St Croix/ Mississippi
River system as it is shown there and on many zone maps. Thus several
states are divided into 2 zones."
LB Cebik W4RNL has made available 9 collections containing 252
Type-13 antenna modeling files for propagation prediction on the
antenneX Guest Rooms (www.antennex.com) Info about the files can be
found on the software download index page. (Thanks, AntenneX Online
Magazine)
Regarding broadcast towers with lights out, Fred K9VV suggests that
we first contact the tower owner directly. How to find them? "It is
easy to find this information at the FCC's Antenna Structure
Registration page (http://tinyurl.com/zpdqh). You can search for
towers by the following search parameters:
* Registration Number, or Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) number
(Sometimes also called a FCC tower ID number)
* Coordinates
* City & State
* Zip Code
Once you find the correct tower, look under the "Owner & Contact
Information" section for contact information." Fred also reports
that you can check to see if a NOTAM (Notice to Air Men) has been
opened on the tower in question by checking
https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/geo/radiusForm.html "It's a bit tricky,
but here's what you have to do:
Enter the following - a 3 letter airport code and the center point
coordinates for a circle search & radius in nautical miles. Then do a
text search for the ASR, sometimes called the FCC tower ID. (Its a 7
digit number beginning with "1"). If you find the ASR, there is a
NOTAM opened. If not, no NOTAM has been opened." (Also thanks to
Mike K1MK)
Brian K6STI is widely known for his antenna modeling programs, now
unfortunately off the market due to excessive piracy. Brian is still
busy - take a look at http://ham-radio.com/k6sti - generating good
stuff like antenna models, circuits, and calculator programs.
(Thanks, Bob N6TV)
URL of the Week - For those who interested in imagining what
WRTC-2010 will look like, take a look at the Russian Championship
photo gallery (http://photo.prk.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=5044) with
many well-known operators. The text is in Russian, but we all speak
radio! (Thanks, Yuri VE3DZ)
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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
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To celebrate K8GP's 10 years of VHF contesting atop Spruce Knob, WV
(FM08fq) 4,863', Andy K1RA set up MP3 recorders on all the bands - 50
MHz to 10 GHz. This year's ARRL June 2007 VHF contest audio is
available through similar station highlights and an online search
engine. The contest weekend recap article is available at
http://www.k8gp.net/?page_id=87 including links at the bottom of the
page to subsequent picture, video, audio and analysis pages.
How many of us look at construction-site cranes and think, "What a
good tower that would make!" Here's a link
(http://www.pd1dx.com/mast2/mast2.htm) to a fellow that did more than
think about it! (Thanks, Hector XE2K)
Some techies just have TOO much time on their hands as evidenced by
this (http://tinyurl.com/33ps7o) video that would make Rube Goldberg
blush.
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RESULTS AND RECORDS
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ARRL Contest Results
To date 3600 IARU, 1864 June VHF QSO Party and 3397 Field Day logs
have been received. Plaques and pins for the 2007 ARRL RTTY Roundup
and ARRL DX Contest will be hitting the mail shortly. (Thanks, Tom
KC1J)
Soapbox comments for the IARU HF Contest
(http://www.eskimo.com/~mwdink/3830/) have been compiled by Dink N7WA
for your reading pleasure.
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The first set of logs received as of July 11th has been posted for
the RAC 2007 Canada Day contest. Look at
http://www.rac.ca/service/infocont.htm and look for the RAC 2007
Canada Day Logs Received link. (Thanks, Roger VE5CPU)
The results of the 2007 UBA SSB Contest can be found on the UBA Web
site at http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/results/2007/uba_2007_ssb.html
This represents of a great effort from ON6LY who cross-checked all
the logs manually! (Thanks, Marc ON7SS)
The results of the 2006 YO DX contest are available at
http://www.radioamator.ro/contest/us/yodxhf2006/dx-results.pdf
(Thanks, Ovidiu YO2DFA)
Scores for the 2007 Minnesota QSO Party have been posted on the
Minnesota Wireless Association web page at
http://www.w0aa.org/mnqp.htm (Thanks, Mark WA0MHJ)
Results for neighboring state Wisconsin's 2007 QSO Party are also
available on the West Allis RAC club Web site http://www.warac.org/
(Thanks Lynn K9KR)
The BERU and Commonwealth contest Web site
(http://uk.geocities.com/beru2004@btinternet.com) has a complete list
of results along with a new CD with the complete history of the
contests. (Thanks, Tom K1KI)
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OPERATING TIP
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Avoid unpleasant post-contest surprises by reviewing contest rules
carefully for on-time and band-change restrictions! Don't assume you
know the rules. Your editor speaks from experience.
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TECHNICAL TIPS AND INFORMATION
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The use of a gin pole is a "given" to hoist heavy antennas and tower
sections into place above the lower tower sections. But how do you
move the gin pole, itself? Rusty K0FE asked just such a question on
the Towertalk reflector and was answered by Dave K1TTT as follows:
1. Loosen the tower leg clamps on the gin pole (not on the tower) and
slide it down through the clamp so the top pulley of the gin pole is
just above the clamp of the gin pole (it's still firmly clamped to
the tower leg).
2. Tie the top of the gin pole to your belt (if it's light enough -
Ed) or have some other clamping arrangement to hold it while you move
it up the tower, then disconnect the clamps on the tower leg. The gin
pole is now free and hanging from your belt or the tower.
3. Hoist the gin pole up to the top of the section you just installed
and clamp it on. It should be easy to clamp on because most of the
weight is below the tower leg clamp (keeping it vertical).
4. Push the gin pole's pipe up through the tower leg clamp so it is
sufficiently above the top of the tower and tighten the clamps.
5. Disconnect the gin pole from the supporting rope or strap.
The key is lowering the gin pole through the tower leg clamp so that
it hangs in the proper and stable position while being lifted and
repositioned.
Here's alternative to the "rotation loop" of coax at the tower top,
used to allow the antennas to turn without pulling on the feed line.
Coil the coax loosely around the mast a couple of times between the
antenna and where the cable is attached to the tower. As the mast
rotates one way, the cable will loosen and in the other direction
tighten - that's why it should be quite loosely wrapped. You may
have seen a similar arrangement on TV camera trucks where the
microwave feed line is coiled around an extendable mast. That's done
because of vertical extension and has many more turns, but the mental
picture is similar. Tangling may result if more than a couple of
cables are coiled this way without bundling the cables together.
(Thanks, Towertalk reflector readers)
Gary K4FWX contributes this pointer to the results of N7WS's tests
(http://www.k6mhe.com/:80/n7ws/supp-1a.htm) of different types of
parasitic suppressors for tube amplifiers. Homebrew amplifier
builders will find this very interesting!
Stub filters are common in HF stations to prevent inter-station
interference. What about VHF/UHF interference to consumer FM and TV
receivers? Stub filters can be put to work there just as well, as
pointed out by this useful Web article (http://tinyurl.com/2d6hkx) by
G4SWX. (Thanks, John W0UN)
If you're fresh out of UV-resistant cable ties, why not raid the junk
box? You'll probably find a few feet of solid copper wire, such as
from short pieces of house wiring cable that you, like me, are too
cheap to throw away because, "They might be good for something!"
Here's what they're good for - strip out the wire and use it as a
twist-tie. I guarantee it will never wear out from UV.
Users of computer software to generate schematics and PC board
layouts may be interested in another of the many open-source software
projects.
The gEDA project (http://www.geda.seul.org/) offers a mature suite of
free software applications for electronics design, including
schematic capture, attribute management, bill of materials (BOM)
generation, netlisting into over 20 netlist formats, analog and
digital simulation, and printed circuit board (PCB) layout.
If you live near an airport and are considering putting up a tower,
the FAA on-line calculator for determining whether notice is required
can be found at http://tinyurl.com/37xxrl If you need the exact text
of the rules, those are found at http://tinyurl.com/3bjcpk and should
you need to give notice, the appropriate form is FAA Form 7460-1 is
online at http://forms.faa.gov/forms/faa7460-1.pdf (Thanks, Dave
AB7E)
Building with SMT parts can be "exciting" when mixing them with a
through-hole PC board or in a prototype. Adapter boards can obtained
from both Sparkfun
(http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?cPath=20) and Far
Circuits (www.farcircuits.net/brdbd.htm) (Thanks, Bill KD5TFD and
Mike AE6WA)
When waterproofing coax connections, a self-vulcanizing wrap is
recommended, but where to find the tape? George N4UA recommends
Scotch 130C Linerless Splicing Tape. It's available at electrical
distributors and often at Lowe's and Home Depot.
Pat AA6EG contributes an interesting Web site
(http://www.lbagroup.com/) with lots of RF tidbits, products, and
papers. Look for the "Learning Services" link.
TECHNICAL URL OF THE WEEK -- If you're trying to decide whether a new
run of low-loss coax is a good investment, here are a few "coax
calculators" that compare different types of cable.
http://www.timesmicrowave.com/cgi-bin/calculate.pl
http://www.rfparts.com/commcoax.html
http://harriscountyares.org/resources/training/training_coax_comp_chart.pdf
(Thanks, Ev W2EV and Mike KA5CVH)
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CONVERSATION
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The Best Contest Ever
Which contest was the best one ever? Why, it's obvious - the best
one was the one that ran the year before *you* started contesting! I
can't tell you how many times I've seen grown men misting up over the
famed 1959 sunspot peak or the 1960-something ARRL DX or the
1970-something CQ WW. Always prior to *my* start on the bands in
1972. This past week, the VHF+ reflector has been full of reminiscing
about the famed 1987 June QSO Party with the big openings on all
bands, for example. Of course, I can't claim not to have been guilty
of the very same thing!
Having just put the final coat of paint on this year's ARRL DX Phone
results and put in some time during the IARU HF Championship, my
sensitivity to the ho-hum (some might use stronger language)
conditions on the HF bands is acute. For those of us that have been
around through the peak conditions such as 2002's exciting weekends,
it's hard to get excited about the lower scores and sparser activity.
Well, so what? I believe we could perhaps recalibrate a bit and not
be so negative about conditions. After all, they're bad all over and
not just at our location. There is no point in getting all
sentimental over weekends of contesting that will literally never
return. Certainly enjoy the good memories, but don't be such a wet
blanket about the fun that can be had right now.
Try to adopt the attitude of the newcomer to contesting. When that
starting bell goes off and the stampede begins, it's the same
excitement every time! I can recall being tremendously excited to
operate in a big DX contest back in the mid-1970's when I was just
getting started. I had no idea conditions at the solar minimum were
stink-o, I just got on and operated. Every station that went in the
log was an exciting QSO. Wow, Africa!
After a couple of years, things started getting better. Higher bands
opened and lower bands opened earlier and longer. I learned more
about where to tune and when. One snowed-in Thanskgiving CQ WW CW as
N1EUZ and I got a taste of a deep, over-the-pole run of stations from
Central Asia, it was as if the heavens had parted! Little did I know
how much better things could be and I didn't care. Luckily, I didn't
have some old grouch telling me how rotten conditions were.
We have a bunch of new HF operators headed down the bands to try
their hand at operating below 30 MHz. They are excited to make
contacts way beyond their usual radio horizons and having a good
time. It's our job to show them how to find the open bands, taking
advantage of the shorter, weaker openings characteristics of low
sunspot numbers. Educate them as to history and expectations, of
course, but try to show a little enthusiasm, would ya? After all,
for many of those new folks, this is, in fact, the best contest ever!
73, Ward N0AX
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CONTESTS -- 25 JULY THROUGH 7 AUGUST 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
Flight of the Bumblebees--CW, sponsored by the Adventure Radio
Society, 1700Z - 2100Z Jul 29. Bumblebees are low power portable
stations that walk, bike, or boat to their sites and sign "/BB" after
their calls. Frequencies (MHz): 7.040, 14.060, 21.060, 28.060.
Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and Bumblebee Number or power (5 watts
maximum). Score: QSOs x number of different Bumblebees contacted x 3.
For more information -
http://www.arsqrp.com/ars/pages/bumblebees/bb_rules.html. Logs due 9
Aug via the ARS Web site.
RSGB Islands-On-The-Air Contest--CW/SSB, sponsored by the RSGB from
1200Z Jul 28 - 1200Z Jul 29. Frequencies: 80-10 meters. Categories:
SOAB and SOAB-Assisted (SSB/CW/Mixed, 12 & 24 hour entries,
High/Low/QRP Power), MS. All categories Island or World (non-Island).
Exchange: RS(T) and serial number, Island stations add IOTA reference
number. QSO Points: Contacts with own IOTA--3 pts, with other
IOTA--15 pts, non-island--3 pts. Score: QSO points x IOTA refs,
counted once per band and mode. For more information:
http://www.rsgbhfcc.org/. SDI by EI5DI uses custom Island/Prefix
reference files and is recommended for SO entrants in the rules. It
runs on any Windows PC and is free from
http://www.ei5di.com/sd/sdisetup.exe. Logs due Sep 1 to
iota.logs@rsgbhfcc.org or RSGB IOTA Contest, PO Box 9, Potters Bar,
Herts EN6 3RH, England.
North American QSO Party--CW, sponsored by the National Contest
Journal from 1800Z Aug 4 - 0600Z Aug 5. 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 14 days
after the contest 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.
SARL HF DX Contest--SSB, sponsored by the Bloemfontein Radio Amateur
Club from 1300Z -- 1630Z Aug 5 (CW is Aug 26). Frequencies: 80 -- 20
meters. Categories: SOAB, MS. Exchange: RS(T) + serial number. QSO
Points: SSB -- 1 pt, CW -- 2 pts. Total score: QSO points + ZS call
areas and South African countries (see Web site). For more
information: http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests. Logs due 14 days
after the contest to zs4bs@netactive.co.za or PO Box 12104, Brandhof
9324, Republic of South Africa.
Ten-Ten International Summer Phone QSO Party -- sponsored by Ten-Ten
International from 0001Z Aug 4 - 2359Z Aug 5, 10-meters only.
Exchange: call, name, state and 10-10 number (if available). QSO
Points: nonmembers--1 pt, members--2 pts. Total score: sum of QSO
points. For more information: http://www.ten-ten.org/. Logs due Aug 20
to tentencontest@alltel.net or Steve Rasmussen N0WY, 312 N 6th
Street, Plattsmouth, NE 68048-1302.
European HF Championship--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Slovenian Contest
Club from 1200Z - 2359Z Aug 4. EU to EU contacts only. Frequencies:
160-10 meters. Categories: SOAB only--CW, SSB, and Mixed Modes, HP
and LP. Exchange: RS(T) and last two digits of first year licensed.
Score: QSOs x number of different years received, counted once per
band. For more information: http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/euhfc.html.
Logs due Aug 31 to euhfc@hamradio.si (Cabrillo format preferred) or
Slovenia Contest Club, Saveljska 50, 1113 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
TARA "Grid Dip" Contest--PSK and RTTY, sponsored by Troy ARA from
0000Z -- 2400Z Aug 4. Frequencies: 160-6 meters, work stations once
per band, work Rovers again from new locators. Categories: SOAB
only--QRP, LP (<20W or RTTY <100W), HP (100W max. or RTTY legal
limit), Rover (50W max. or RTTY legal limit) operating from more than
one Grid Locator, SWL. Exchange: Name and 4-digit grid locator. QSO
Points: 1 pt/QSO. Total score: QSO points x Grid Locators counted
once per band. For more information:
http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_grid_rules.html. Scores due 2 Sep
via online submission form at
http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_grid_score.html.
National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend--all modes, sponsored by the
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society from 0001Z Aug 4 - 2359Z Aug 5.
Frequencies (MHz): CW -- 1.830, 3.530, 7.030, 14.030, 21.030, 28.030;
SSB -- 1.970, 3.970, 7.270, 14.270, 21.370, 28.370. Exchange: Serial
number or ARLHS member or lighthouse number, name, and S/P/C. For
more information: http://arlhs.com/. Logs due 30 Aug to Dave Ruch,
NF0J, PO Box 20696, Bloomington, MN 55420-0696.
VHF+ CONTESTS
ARRL UHF Contest, 1800Z Aug 4 -1800Z Aug 5. Frequencies: all amateur
bands above 222 MHz. Categories: SO-LP, SO-HP, Rover, MO. Exchange:
Grid Square (signal report is optional). QSO Points: 222 and 432 MHz
- 3 pts, 902 and 1296 MHz - 6 pts, 12 pts on all higher bands. Score:
QSO Points x Grid Squares (total from all bands). Rovers add one
additional multiplier for each grid square activated. For more
information: http://www.arrl.org/contests Logs due Sep 6 by email to
augustuhf@arrl.org or by mail to August UHF Contest, ARRL, 225 Main
St, Newington, CT 06111, USA.
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LOG DUE DATES - 25 JULY THROUGH 7 AUGUST 2007
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July 25 - NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint, email logs to:
naqcc33@alltel.net, paper logs and diskettes to: Tom Mitchell,
KB3LFC, RD6 Box 122A, Kittanning, PA 16201, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/sprint200707.html
July 29 - SKCC Weekend Sprint, email log summary to: bill@nt9k.com,
post log summary at: http://www.nt9k.com/skcc/sf.htm, paper logs and
diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
http://www.nt9k.com/skcc/wknd-sprint-rules.html
July 30 - Manchester Mineira All America CW Contest, email logs to:
cwjf@powerline.com.br, paper logs and diskettes to: CWJF Contest
Committee, PO Box 410, Juiz de Fora - MG 36001-970, Brazil. Find
rules at: http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf/Regulamento_Ing.pdf
July 30 - Digital Pentathlon, email logs to: club@dqso.net, paper
logs and diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
http://dqso.net/index.files/digipen07.html
July 31 - Original QRP Contest, email logs to: oqrpc@qrpcc.de, paper
logs and diskettes to: Dr.Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST, Schlesierweg 13,
D-38228 Salzgitter, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/oqrpr.html
July 31 - All Asian DX Contest, CW, email logs to: aacw@jarl.or.jp,
paper logs and diskettes to: JARL, All Asian DX Contest, CW,
170-8073, Japan. Find rules at:
http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2007AA_Rule.htm
July 31 - RAC Canada Day Contest, email logs to: canadaday@rac.ca,
paper logs and diskettes to: Radio Amateurs of Canada, 720 Belfast
Road, Suite 217, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 0Z5, Canada. Find rules at:
http://www.rac.ca/downloads/2007CanadaDayContestRulesEnglish.pdf
July 31 - VOLTA WW RTTY Contest, email logs to: log@contestvolta.it,
paper logs and diskettes to: Francesco Di Michele, I2DMI, PO Box 55,
22063 Cantu, Italy. Find rules at:
http://www.contestvolta.com/rules2.htm
July 31 - Colorado QSO Party, email logs to: coqplogs@ppraa.org,
paper logs and diskettes to: Colorado QSO Party, PO Box 16521,
Colorado Springs, CO 80935-6521, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.ppraa.org/coqp/Rules%203-31-7%20rev%203-1.pdf
August 1 - SMIRK Contest, email logs to: aa5xe@ktc.com, paper logs
and diskettes to: Dale Richardson, AA5XE, 214 Palo Verde Dr,
Kerrville, TX 78028, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.smirk.org/rules.htm
August 1 - VK/Trans-Tasman 160m 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
August 4 - North American QSO Party, RTTY, email logs to: (see rules,
web upload preferred), upload log at:
http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit.php, paper logs and diskettes to:
Shelby Summerville, K4WW, 6506 Lantana Ct., Louisville, KY
40229-1544, USA. Find rules at: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php
August 4 - MI QRP July 4th CW Sprint, email logs to: k8nwd@arrl.net,
paper logs and diskettes to: Tim Pepper, K8NWD, 4391 Clintonville Rd,
Waterford, MI 48329, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/conteSthtml
August 7 - RSGB Low Power Field Day, email logs to:
lowpower.logs@rsgbhfcc.org, paper logs and diskettes to: RSGB G3UFY,
77 Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF, England. Find
rules at: http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/rqrp.shtml
August 7 - DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest, email logs to:
df5bx@darc.de, paper logs and diskettes to: Werner Ludwig, DF5BX, PO
Box 1270, 49110 Georgsmarienhuette, Germany. Find rules at:
http://www.darc.de/referate/ukw-funksport/sonder/tei-digi.htm
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