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The ARRL Contest Update
January 24, 2018
Editor: Brian Moran, N9ADG
IN THIS ISSUE
* New HF Operators: Scaleable Improvements
* Bulletins
* Contest Summary
* News: Contest Due Dates, Spring Contest Events Galore, FT8 Operating
Guide
* Word to the Wise: Adaptive Filter
* Sights and Sounds: When Fire Strikes, FT8 Uptake, and more
* Results: January ARRL VHF Content Wanted, ARI Contest, 2017 IARU Results
* Operating Tip: Avoid a Pain In the Neck
* Technical Topics and Information: IEEE Call for Papers, Exploring the RF
Layer with SDRs, and more
* Conversation: He's a Contesting Machine!
* Contests
* Log Due Dates
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NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
What are the top three achievable things that you can do in one hour, one day,
one week, one month, or one year to improve your HF station? Here are a few
ideas to get you started:
* Add some radials to any vertical antennas you may have
* Use an HF receiver (borrow one if you have to) that works on batteries
to look for RFI sources in your operating location by turning off
circuit breakers and noting the change in band noise
* Inspect and repair any outdoor feedline, rotator, or ground connections
* De-clutter your operating position
* Improve your operating ergonomics. Invite someone else over to operate
for an hour, and see how easily they can perform common contest
operations like band changes
* Choose which contests you'll focus on this year, circle them on the
calendar, and start planning for them. Start negotiating with others in
your household who will be impacted by your participation
* Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your station. If you really
enjoy 160-meter contests and want to score well, but you're on a small
city lot, you might want to plan to operate from somewhere else that has
fewer potential RFI sources and can accommodate big transmitting
antennas and receiving antennas that make big contest scores possible on
that band. Don't wait until the first week in December to start calling
around.
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CONTEST SUMMARY
Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section
15 Jan - 29 Jan 2018
January 25
* CWops Mini-CWT Test
January 26
* NCCC RTTY Sprint
* QRP Fox Hunt
* NCCC Sprint
* CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
January 27
* Montana QSO Party
* REF Contest, CW
* BARTG RTTY Sprint
* UBA DX Contest, SSB
* Winter Field Day
January 31
* QRP Fox Hunt
* Phone Fray
* CWops Mini-CWT Test
* UKEICC 80m Contest
February 1
* CWops Mini-CWT Test
* NRAU 10m Activity Contest
February 2
* NCCC RTTY Sprint
* QRP Fox Hunt
* NCCC Sprint
* YLRL YL-OM Contest
February 3
* Vermont QSO Party
* 10-10 Int. Winter Contest, SSB
* Black Sea Cup International
* F9AA Cup, CW
* Mexico RTTY International Contest
* FYBO Winter QRP Sprint
* Minnesota QSO Party
* British Columbia QSO Party
* AGCW Straight Key Party
* FISTS Winter Slow Speed Sprint
February 4
* British Columbia QSO Party
* North American Sprint, CW
February 5
* RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB
February 6
* ARS Spartan Sprint
February 7
* QRP Fox Hunt
* Phone Fray
* CWops Mini-CWT Test
* UKEICC 80m Contest
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NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
If you worked digital modes in the January ARRL VHF Contest, know this about
your log: 'For Cabrillo file mode definitions, Digital modes can be represented
as "RY" (all things digital) or "PH" as digital modes are transmitted via Phone
audio.' See the January VHF Contest web page for more information. The log
submission deadline for the 2018 January VHF Contest is 0359 UTC February 1,
2018.
Mark, K6UFO, NAQP RTTY Contest Manager, notes that February's NAQP RTTY is
coming up February 24-25, 2018. The July event will be held July 21-22, which
is a correction to previously published dates for this contest. This correction
will also appear in NCJ: The National Contest Journal.
Dave, NK7Z, is collecting RFI samples for 'display' on his website. He's
organized them into categories for the sources that are known, and is
soliciting additional RFI samples in the form of screenshots taken from SDRs.
Don't forget about the the ARRL Sounds of RFI web page, where you can also hear
and see various types of RFI.
The 44th annual Eastern VHF/UHF/Microwave Conference will be held Friday
through Sunday, April 20-22, 2018, in Manchester, Connecticut. Of particular
interest to UHF/VHF contesters may be two of the scheduled talks: "WSJT-X
MSK144 and VHF Contesting" by K8ZR, and the "222 MHz and Up Distance Contest
Forum" moderated by W9JJ. There are plenty of other talks, and the location of
the event makes it easy to combine with a visit to ARRL Headquarters
beforehand.
Registration is open for the International DX Convention in Visalia, California
on April 20-22, 2018. In past years, a pre-weekend contest-focused seminar has
been offered. According to Program Chair Bill, N6RV, "We are trying to put
together a contest workshop on Friday." Watch the conference website for
evolving information.
The Seventh Area QSO Party aka the 7QP will be held May 5-6, 2018. In 2017 a
new "Open" class category was added to the County Expedition category to cover
any novel operating configurations that don't fit in the other categories. All
mobile stations are now allowed to use APRS position reporting, see the rules
for the details.
The Southeastern VHF Society Conference will be held in Valdosta, Georgia,
April 26 through 28, 2018. Papers are currently being solicited for the
conference in many topic areas, including contesting.
Gary, ZL2IFB, submits: "It's not exactly contest oriented but I think some of
your Contest Update readers will be interested to read my FT8 Operating Guide.
I'm promoting better FT8 operating standards on HF, partly in the hope that
more of us will make it into the log at 3Y0Z later this month." - Thanks Gary!
Doug, K1DG, Chair of the Hamvention Contest Forum, wrote: "I am looking for a
couple more papers to complete the program for the Contest Forum. Please let me
know if you are interested in participating. Any contest-related topic is
welcome. The Hamvention folks are looking for tie-ins to Emergency
Communications, so if you have used your contest station and skills to help out
in such a situation, let me know. If there is a specific topic you would like
to see covered, let me know that, and suggest a speaker if you think you know
the right person. Thanks and 73."
The 20th Annual DX & Contest Meeting, organized by the OH DX Foundation, will
be held March 10-11, 2018 in Turku, Finland. According to the organizers, the
event focuses on "the very latest in DXing and Contesting." As far as
contesting goes, WRTC 2018 will be emphasized, with presentations by Chris,
DL1MGB, and two of the competing teams: Finland's Kim, OH6KZP and Pasi, OH6UM
and Sweden's Ingo, SM5AJV and Gunnar, SM3SGP. Both teams will "discuss and
compare their Preparation And Competition Strategies." Representatives from
contest stations OH5Z and OH0Z will also be presenting on the evolution of
their stations, culminating with an optional visit on Sunday, March 11, to the
OH0Z site. For a complete list of activities, please see the event website.
Recent changes to the ARRL DXCC program open the door to potential new
'counters' for DXCC, and that means new multipliers for contests, too. If and
when new entities are recognized, look for updates to your logging program(s)
to reflect them.
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WORD TO THE WISE
Adaptive Filter
A filter controlled by variable parameters derived from one or more
optimization algorithms. Typically it is implemented as a digital filter where
an error function is continuously calculated based on samples of input and
reference signals, and in turn used to dynamically modify filter parameters for
subsequent samples, seeking to minimize the calculated error.
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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
Sonoma County resident Saraj, KU6F, received the "Evacuate Now!" robo-call
message at 11:02 PM, October 8, 2017. Within minutes she'd personally prompted
the closest neighbors to leave, then telephoned additional ones. By 11:26pm she
departed her home with her pets as the Tubbs Fire approached. During the next
few hours, the fire destroyed her home. Her account in the December 2017 NCCC
Jug is harrowing, yet inspirational as she recounts how she is able to draw
support from many people in the Amateur community. Since the fire, equipment
like her Elecraft K-Line that she lost in the fire has been supplanted by the
generous lending of radios and equipment from other hams. Today, although she
and her family are about to move into a new home in an HOA neighborhood, she
looks to the possibility of someday putting up a 'ham shack' on the old
property.
Clublog's founder Michael, G7VJR, published an 'annual report' of mode usage as
reflected by the uploads of contacts to the Clublog service. According to
Michael: "2017 was, of course, the year when digital modes changed forever with
the advent of FT8. It is a remarkable technical achievement which has breathed
life and enthusiasm into DXing for a whole new audience."
An Australian artist is using Morse Code in her art, with one current piece
entitled "Relay League." It follows a 2012 installation entitled "Citizens
Band." (Kevan, N4XL)
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RESULTS AND RECORDS
The January ARRL VHF Contest has just concluded and Duffy, KK6MC, is looking
for high-resolution photos, stories, and anecdotes of your participation for
potential inclusion in the QST contest summary and web page. He's especially
interested in observations around new digital modes, rover and portable
operations, and how weather played a part in contest operations.
The DX (non-Italy) results for the 2017 ARI International DX Contest have been
published (PDF). The overall number of logs received grew 18% from the previous
year. The next running of the contest will occur 1200z May 5, 2018 through
1159z May 6, 2018.
The 'full results' article for the 2017 IARU HF Contest are now available via
the ARRL results articles web page. The article, written by Doug, K1DG,
discusses the number of operators that traveled to take part in this contest,
including many that may be competing in the WRTC 2018 event in July.
During the January ARRL VHF Contest last weekend, FT8 was the elephant on the
bands. Some lauded the mode's ability to make a contact when it wasn't possible
on alternative mode; others scoffed at the time wasted making FT8 contacts when
conditions would have supported higher rates with SSB and CW. Most agree that
the recent contest reflected an uptick in VHF activity. There's quite a
discussion occurring on the VHF Contesting reflector, one place to start would
be with this message from Duffy, KK6MC.
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OPERATING TIP
Changing A Window Location to Avoid a Pain In the Neck
This tip was prompted by a story appearing in the Northern California Contest
Club's (NCCC) December 2017 JUG newsletter (PDF): Sometimes just moving a
window on the screen of your monitor can change your posture enough to reduce
or eliminate operator pain or fatigue. Hank, W6SX, experienced neck pain after
a RTTY contest, which he solved by changing his screen layout. He moved his
logger's RTTY decoding window to a location higher on this computer monitor,
which changed his neck position, and got rid of the ache.
Bonus: If you need to display a website but it's not in your language, try
using Google Translate (http://translate.google.com). Just type the URL into
the Google Translate page, and you can choose the target language if it is not
detected automatically.
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TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION
The IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation has issued a Call for Papers
for their special issue on Radio Wave Propagation to be published in October
2018. According to the announcement: "The goal is to publish papers which are
based on Maxwellian physics and which address the basic physics related to
propagation modeling that spans from guiding structures to antenna structures
and propagation in complex media and environments and which can duplicate real
experimental data without any massaging or any curve fitting. In addition
applications related to this topic will also be considered." For more
information, see the TAP website. Papers must be submitted by January 31, 2018.
Randy, KQ6RS, has been working through RFI generated from consumer SolarEdge
solar energy installations. He suggests the following steps if you think you
are hearing RFI from one of these systems. First, look for interference by
tuning to USB at 14.198, 21.198, 21.398, and looking for strong interference.
These systems have a distinct signature, with noise occurring every 100 kHz,
with stronger spurs every 200 kHz. If it is a SolarEdge system that is making
the noise, it can be reduced by about 30 dB after a few hours work installing
filters and rewiring, which should be left to
SolarEdge. The SolarEdge starting point of contact is Teff Read. (Randy, KQ6RS,
and Dennis, N6KI)
Universal Radio Hacker (URH) is an open-source project that you can use in
conjunction with SDR hardware to explore and decode RF digital signals. It
helps you explore everything above and including the 'physical layer' of the
protocol stack. Applications could include decoding the protocol a wireless
doorbell is using, or getting your weather station's data into your PC using a
cheap DVB-T dongle.
Forgot your footswitch for a contest, but just happen to have access to a 3D
printer, and have a microswitch in the junk box? Try this 'printable' design
from RemoteQTH.com. You might have to tread lightly to make it to the end of
the contest.
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CONVERSATION
He's a Contesting Machine!
A non-ham friend and I were having a discussion the other day about radio
contesting. Since he's a friend, he's come around to thinking it's more quaint
than bizarre that I sometimes spend weekends in front of the radio. He doesn't
understand why there's such an allure to trying to exchange information through
an imperfect medium - he's definitely a layer 7 and above kind of person.
"Why don't you just write a computer program to do the contest for you? You
told me you were having computer issues the last time you were gone for a
contest weekend, aren't you using computers already?"
Why not indeed? In the name of progress and bigger contest scores, we're
ever-increasing the use of automation and software to assist the operator.
Logging programs today can:
* Keep track of stations we've worked
* Step the operator through the contact process, including asking for
fills automatically
* Send contest information flawlessly, automatically filling in exchange
information like serial numbers and signal reports
* Alert us to a wide range of errors or inconsistencies by checking
information as it is entered
* Tune in stations to work for just the 'burden' of clicking on call signs
in a band map or multiplier window
* Predict correct call signs using Bayesian analysis of decoded characters
* Provide up-to-the-moment information to help the operator balance
multipliers versus rate
* Provide situational awareness through spectrum displays with or without
labeled call signs
The role of the operator has evolved, too. Though for CW and SSB operator
copying ability is important, today's operators must be more skilled in
information management and situational awareness than ever before. Since the
nitty-gritty contact details are handled, the operator is working at a higher
level. We admire the operators that can run pileups on two bands
simultaneously, since they are 'rate machines!' The qualities we admire for
radio contesting prowess implicitly accelerate the dehumanization of radio
contesting.
Machines and robots are not new in radio contesting. Back in 2005, Ward, N0AX,
wrote about WU1F's 'TACO' bot, and N6TR's 'Z80' program that made Field Day
contacts on their own. The Z80 moniker should provide a hint to the 1986
vintage of the code. Ward wrote at the time that: "It's going to take a long
time, though, before machine- and human-copy signals can mix it up together to
the point of a human not realizing that they are communicating with a machine."
In a contest situation, the messages in a QSO are very constrained, and today
there's no difference between the response
you'd expect from a human or a machine. Providing anything but the exchange
even to human operators will more likely than not get a robotic 'agn?' or 'nr?'
What if we have already reached 'peak human' in radiosport?
Many who have used WSJT-X and FT8 comment on how 'auto-sequencing' QSOs is the
only reliable way to make the '15 second window deadline' for the each phase of
a FT8 QSO. Auto-sequencing is normalizing the behavior and acceptability of
letting the computer make the contact, relinquishing the role of the operator
to monitoring the contact and providing the final "OK" to log the QSO. One
person's de-skilling of the QSO process is another person's contesting aid.
Will something like WSJT-X's 'autoseq' functionality turn up in a RTTY-capable
logging program next? A logging program that incorporates such a feature would
be an advantage to an operator. I'd imagine the feature would do the same thing
as a human: After sending a CQ, listen for tones in the decoding channel and
look for calls being decoded; highlight them by matching them to a database of
call patterns, or actual call signs; pick the one that hasn't been worked on
this band mode, or is a juicy multiplier, enter it in the call sign box; wait
for no tones to be detected in the decoding channel, then send the exchange.
That would certainly beat the 'operator skill' of chasing a call sign around
with the mouse in the decoding window under noisy band conditions.
From my own interpretation of the current ARRL RTTY Roundup rules, it does not
appear that a human-supervised RTTY "bot" is forbidden. FCC rules do however
mandate that humans must initiate transmissions when outside the
automatic-control sub-bands. Any bot will have to wait for the human to press
the 'CQ' button.
Is there room in the hobby for those who want to advance the state of the radio
art by building competitive contesting bots?
That's all for this time. Remember to send contesting related stories, book
reviews, tips, techniques, press releases, errata, schematics, club
information, pictures, stories, blog links, and predictions to
contest-update@arrl.org
73, Brian N9ADG
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CONTESTS
15 Jan - 29 Jan 2018
An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral in PDF format is
available. Check the sponsor's Web site for information on operating time
restrictions and other instructions.
HF CONTESTS
CWops Mini-CWT Test, Jan 24, 1300z to Jan 24, 1400z, Jan 24, 1900z to Jan 24,
2000z, Jan 25, 0300z to Jan 25, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;
Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: January 27.
NCCC RTTY Sprint, Jan 26, 0145z to Jan 26, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules);
Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: January 28.
QRP Fox Hunt, Jan 26, 0200z to Jan 26, 0330z; CW; Bands: 80m Only; RST +
(state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: February 1.
NCCC Sprint, Jan 26, 0230z to Jan 26, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No.
+ Name + QTH; Logs due: January 28.
CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW, Jan 26, 2200z to Jan 28, 2200z; CW; Bands: 160m Only;
W/VE: RST + (state/province), DX: RST + CQ Zone; Logs due: February 2.
Montana QSO Party, Jan 27, 0000z to Jan 28, 0000z; CW, Phone, Digital; Bands:
160 to 70cm; MT: RS(T) + county, non-MT: RS(T) + (state/province/"DX"); Logs
due: February 3.
REF Contest, CW, Jan 27, 0600z to Jan 28, 1800z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15,
10m; French: RST + Department/Prefix, non-French: RST + Serial No.; Logs due:
February 12.
BARTG RTTY Sprint, Jan 27, 1200z to Jan 28, 1200z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15,
10m; Serial No. (no signal report); Logs due: February 4.
UBA DX Contest, SSB, Jan 27, 1300z to Jan 28, 1300z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20,
15, 10m; ON: RST + Serial No. + province, non-ON: RST + Serial No.; Logs due:
February 11.
Winter Field Day, Jan 27, 1900z to Jan 28, 1900z; Any; Bands: All, except WARC;
Category + ARRL Section (or DX); Logs due: March 1.
QRP Fox Hunt, Jan 31, 0200z to Jan 31, 0330z; CW; Bands: 80m Only; RST +
(state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: February 1.
Phone Fray, Jan 31, 0230z to Jan 31, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m;
NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: February 2.
CWops Mini-CWT Test, Jan 31, 1300z to Jan 31, 1400z, Jan 31, 1900z to Jan 31,
2000z, Feb 1, 0300z to Feb 1, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;
Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: January 27.
UKEICC 80m Contest, Jan 31, 2000z to Jan 31, 2100z; CW; Bands: 80m Only;
4-Character grid square; Logs due: January 31.
NRAU 10m Activity Contest, Feb 1, 1800z to Feb 1, 1900z (CW), Feb 1, 1900z to
Feb 1, 2000z (SSB), Feb 1, 2000z to Feb 1, 2100z (FM), Feb 1, 2100z to Feb 1,
2200z (Dig); CW, SSB, FM, Digital; Bands: 10m Only; RS(T) + 6-character grid
square; Logs due: February 15.
NCCC RTTY Sprint, Feb 2, 0145z to Feb 2, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules);
Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: January 28.
QRP Fox Hunt, Feb 2, 0200z to Feb 2, 0330z; CW; Bands: 80m Only; RST +
(state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: January 25.
NCCC Sprint, Feb 2, 0230z to Feb 2, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. +
Name + QTH; Logs due: January 28.
YLRL YL-OM Contest, Feb 2, 1400z to Feb 4, 0200z; CW/Digital, SSB; Bands: All;
QSO No. + RS(T) + (section/province/country); Logs due: March 5.
Vermont QSO Party, Feb 3, 0000z to Feb 5, 0000z; All; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20,
15, 10, VHF/UHF; VT: RS(T) + County, non-VT W/VE: RS(T) + (state/province), DX:
RS(T); Logs due: March 4.
10-10 Int. Winter Contest, SSB, Feb 3, 0001z to Feb 4, 2359z; Phone; Bands: 10m
Only; 10-10 Member: Name + 10-10 number + (state/province/country), Non-Member:
Name + 0 + (state/province/country); Logs due: February 19.
Black Sea Cup International, Feb 3, 1200z to Feb 4, 1159z; CW, SSB; Bands: 160,
80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; HQ: RS(T) + club/org abbreviation, Black Sea Countries:
RS(T) + ITU Zone No., BSCC Members: RS(T) + "BS" + club number, Others: RS(T) +
ITU Zone No.; Logs due: February 14.
F9AA Cup, CW, Feb 3, 1200z to Feb 4, 1200z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 2m;
RST + Serial No.; Logs due: March 5.
Mexico RTTY International Contest, Feb 3, 1200z to Feb 4, 2359z; RTTY Only;
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; XE: RST + State, non-XE: RST + Serial No.; Logs
due: March 10.
FYBO Winter QRP Sprint, Feb 3, 1400z to Feb 4, 0000z; CW, SSB, Digital; Bands:
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; RS(T) + (state/province/country)+ name + power out +
temperature(F); Logs due: March 5.
Minnesota QSO Party, Feb 3, 1400z to Feb 4, 0000z; CW (CW/RTTY/PSK), Phone
(FM/SSB); Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; MN: Name + County, W/VE: Name +
(state/province), DX: Name; Logs due: March 15.
British Columbia QSO Party, Feb 3, 1600z to Feb 4, 0400z, Feb 4, 1600z to Feb
5, 0000z; CW, SSB, Digital; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; BC: RS(T) +
District, non-BC: RS(T) + (state/province/"DX"); Logs due: March 6.
AGCW Straight Key Party, Feb 3, 1600z to Feb 3, 1900z; CW; Bands: 40m Only;
AGCW: RST + Serial No. + "/" + Class + "/" + Name + "/" + Age; Logs due:
February 28.
FISTS Winter Slow Speed Sprint, Feb 3, 1700z to Feb 3, 2100z; CW; Bands: 80,
40, 20, 15, 10m; FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + first name + FISTS
No., non-FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + first name + power; Logs due:
March 5.
North American Sprint, CW, Feb 4, 0000z to Feb 4, 0400z; CW; Bands: 80, 40,
20m; [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name] + [your
state/province/country]; Logs due: February 11.
RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB, Feb 5, 2000z to Feb 5, 2130z; SSB; Bands: 80m
Only; RS + Serial No.; Logs due: February 6.
ARS Spartan Sprint, Feb 6, 0200z to Feb 6, 0400z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15,
10m; RST + (state/province/country) + Power; Logs due: February 8.
QRP Fox Hunt, Feb 7, 0200z to Feb 7, 0330z; CW; Bands: 80m Only; RST +
(state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: January 25.
Phone Fray, Feb 7, 0230z to Feb 7, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m; NA:
Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: January 26.
CWops Mini-CWT Test, Feb 7, 1300z to Feb 7, 1400z, Feb 7, 1900z to Feb 7,
2000z, Feb 8, 0300z to Feb 8, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;
Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: January 27.
UKEICC 80m Contest, Feb 7, 2000z to Feb 7, 2100z; CW; Bands: 80m Only;
4-Character grid square; Logs due: January 31.
VHF+ CONTESTS
See F9AA Cup, Montana, and Vermont QSO parties, above.
LOG DUE DATES
15 Jan - 29 Jan 2018
January 25, 2018
* Feld Hell Sprint
* RAEM Contest
* QRP Fox Hunt
January 26, 2018
* Phone Fray
* North American QSO Party, SSB
* SKCC Sprint
January 27, 2018
* QRP Fox Hunt
* CWops Mini-CWT Test
* NAQCC CW Sprint
January 28, 2018
* NCCC RTTY Sprint
* NCCC Sprint
* Old New Year Contest
* NCCC RTTY Sprint
* Run for the Bacon QRP Contest
January 29, 2018
* LZ Open Contest
* DARC 10-Meter Contest
January 31, 2018
* UKEICC 80m Contest
* Bogor Old and New Contest
* RAC Winter Contest
* SARTG New Year RTTY Contest
* Original QRP Contest
February 1, 2018
* QRP Fox Hunt
* ARRL January VHF Contest
February 2, 2018
* CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
* Phone Fray
February 3, 2018
* Montana QSO Party
February 4, 2018
* Hungarian DX Contest
* AWA Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest
* BARTG RTTY Sprint
February 5, 2018
* Kid's Day Contest
February 6, 2018
* RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB
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Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
... The Wal-Mart/SUV mentality is a national cancer.
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