From bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net  Fri Sep  6 13:14:59 2002
From: bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net (bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 12:14:59 +0000
Subject: [BCVHFA] [NJQRP] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar, Sept 6-30 (fwd)
Message-ID: <20020906121500.GQUN11091.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@webmail.worldnet.att.net>

I'll send this on to whoever is interested.  I know all 
of you are not interested in running QRP but most of 
these contest (except those sponsored by various QRP QRP 
clubs) have classes for higher output power.  For those 
not into contesting, here is a change to maybe pick up a 
few new countries or states.

--
73,72, OO  
FP #41 NJQRP #338 Fists #2360
ARCI #9606 SOC #336 Norcal ARRL
Hamilton, Ohio EM79ri
Tom, K8CZ
----------------------  Forwarded Message:  ---------------------
From:    "Ken Newman" <n2cq@dandy.net>
To:      "W3BG" <W3BG@arrl.net>, "EPA-QRP Club" <EPA-QRP@yahoogroups.com>, "NJ-QRP Club" <NJQRP@njqrp.org>, "QRP-L Reflector" <QRP-L@lehigh.edu>
Subject: [NJQRP] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar, Sept 6-30
Date:    Fri, 6 Sep 2002 07:54:53 -0400


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                    N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR  

                       September 2002

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

All Asian DX Contest (SSB)  

Sep 07 - 0000z to Sep 08 - 2400z

Rules: http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/0-2.htm

"Big Asian activity"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

IARU Region 1 Fieldday (SSB) ... QRP Category

Sep 07 - 1300z to Sep 08 - 1300z

Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/iarur1fd.htm

"Logs for NA hams to RAC or ARRL" 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AGCW Straight Key Party (CW - 40 Meters) ... QRP Category

Sep 7 - 1300z to 1600z

Rules: http://www.agcw.de/

"Mostly EU Participation but work anyone"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NA Sprint (CW)... QRP Category

Sep 08 - 0000z to 0400z

Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php

"Short, intense competitions that challenge the best"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

End of Summer PSK-31 Sprint (14.070 mhz)*** QRP Contest ***

Sep 08 - 2000z to 2400z

Rules: http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/psk31.htm

"Warble Away with QRP"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Worked All Europe DX Contest (SSB)   100W> Low Power Category

Sep 14 - 0000z to Sep 15 - 2400z

Rules: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcw.htm

"THE most challenging DX contest in the world..." 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ARRL September VHF QSO Party (All)  Low Power Category

Sep 14 - 1800z to Sep 16 - 0300z

Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2002/VHFQSO.pdf

"Work the most Grids"
       
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Second Class Operator Club Marathon (CW) *** QRP Contest ***

Sep 14 - 1800z to 2400z

Rules: http://www.qsl.net/soc/020914.htm

"Left-foot keying not required for event"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NA Sprint (SSB)... QRP Category

Sep 15 - 0000z to 0400z

Rules: Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php

"Short, intense competitions that challenge the best"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tennessee QSO Party 

Sep 15 - 1800z to Sep 16 - 0100z

Rules: http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/tqp.html

"/QRP entries so listed"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Scandinavian  Activity Contest (CW) ... QRP Category

Sep 21 - 1200z to Sep 22 - 1200z

Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/text/sacnsc.txt

"Work as many Scandinavian stations as possible"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

QRP Afield (All) *** QRP Contest ***

Sep 21 - 1500z to Sep 22 - 0300z     (Enter your best 6 hours)

Rules: http://www.qsl.net/wq1rp/qrpaf02r.htm

"Granddaddy' of the outdoor QRP events"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Washington State Salmon Run (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category

Sep 21 - 1600z to Sep 22 - 0700z
Sep 22 - 1600z to Sep 22 - 2400z

Rules: http://www.wwdxc.org/salmonrun/rules.htm

"Work WA stations. Plaques, Trophies, and Packages of Smoked Salmon"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fall QRP Homebrewer Sprint (CW/PSK31) ***QRP CONTEST***

Sep 23 - 0000z to 0400z (Sunday evening in US/Canada)

Rules: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html

"Prizes for the winner(s) and special certificates for all"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CQWW RTTY DX Contest ... <150w Category

Sep 28 - 0000z to Sep 29 - 2400z

Rules: http://www.rttyjournal.com/rules/cqww.html

"Big RTTY contest. LOTSA fun on QRP frequencies for CW (NOT!)" 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tesla Cup  ... QRP Category

Sep 28 - 0000z to 2400z  (SSB)
Sep 29 - 0000z to 2400z  (CW)

Rules: http://members.aol.com/k3bu/TeslaCup.htm

"Promote international good will, competition, sportsmanship, 
technical excellence & operating skills"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Scandinavian  Activity Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category

Sep 28 - 1200z to Sep 29 - 1200z

Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/text/sacnsc.txt

"Work as many Scandinavian stations as possible"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Texas QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category

Sep 28 - 1400z to Sep 29 - 0200z
Sep 29 - 1400z to Sep 29 - 2000z

Rules: http://www.k5vuu.com/tqp/

"Contact as many different Texas counties as possible"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Louisiana QSO Party  (CW/PH) ... QRP Category

Sep 28 - 1400z to Sep 29 - 0200z
Sep 29 - 1400z to Sep 29 - 2000z

Rules: http://www.tchams.org/users/contest/laqp

"Work as many Louisiana stations as possible"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alabama QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category

Sept 28 - 1800z to 2400z

Rules: http://web.dbtech.net/~dxcc/rules1.htm

"Work Alabama Counties"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks to K3WWP, SM3CER, WA7BNM, ARRL and others 
for assistance in compiling this calendar. 

Anyone may use this "QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, 
e-mail list or other media as you choose.  
(Include a credit to the source of this material of course.)

72 de
Ken Newman - N2CQ

N2CQ@ARRL.NET        http://www.NJQRP.org 
                     http://www.N3EPA.org
                     http://www.qsl.net/cqrp/contests.html
  


===================== NJ QRP Club Mailing List =====================
To unsubscribe from this list, send email to listserver@applegate.org
and put the text "unsubscribe njqrp" in the message.  To post a
message to the list, send email to njqrp@njqrp.org.

From bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net  Thu Sep 26 13:56:44 2002
From: bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net (K8CM)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:56:44 -0400
Subject: [BCVHFA] F.Y.I.
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020926084838.00a41650@pop-server.cinci.rr.com>

For those of you who may be interested in downloading Kenwood information 
(manuals, service bulletins, etc), here's the web site:

www.kenwood.net

There's a nice frequency chart (in color) that may be downloaded.


From bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net  Fri Sep 27 15:03:28 2002
From: bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net (K8CM)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:03:28 -0400
Subject: [BCVHFA] Special event marks 50th anniversary of RACES
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020927100148.00b0cb18@pop-server.cinci.rr.com>

A special event Saturday, September 28, will mark the golden anniversary 
(50 years) of the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES). Lake 
County RACES/ARES of Illinois will be on the air as W9FVL for nine hours. 
Lake County RACES/ARES invites other ARES/RACES groups, emergency teams and 
their members or participants to get on the air to make contact with W9FVL 
and with other stations in the commemorative event. For more information, 
visit the Lake County RACES/ARES site or e-mail lcares@races.org. Lake 
County RACES/ARES suggests the following frequencies for the RACES golden 
anniversary celebration: SSB: 7.283, 14.283 and 28.383 MHz; CW: 7.037, 
14.037 and 28.037 MHz. Check area repeaters for VHF or UHF activity


From bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net  Fri Sep 27 15:05:20 2002
From: bcvhfa@mailman.qth.net (K8CM)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:05:20 -0400
Subject: [BCVHFA] ARRL requesting JOTA activity registration
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020927100422.02925820@pop-server.cinci.rr.com>

Scouting's annual Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) takes place Saturday October 
19 through Sunday October 20 (local time and always the third weekend of 
October). For the first time, ARRL is requesting that any club or 
individual planning to be active during the 2002 JOTA activity register on 
the "Youth Skeds" page on the ARRL Web site. (Set the expiration for the 
day after JOTA, October 21.) The idea is to provide a database of scheduled 
JOTA activity in advance of the event to help more scouting groups to 
participate in JOTA 2002. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies and Venture 
Scouts soon will take to the airwaves in an effort to communicate with each 
other via Amateur Radio. As many as 400,000 Scouts, scouters and other 
youth have participated in JOTA in the past, and it's become the world's 
largest scouting event! JOTA provides another way to expose youth to 
Amateur Radio by showing them a great time as well as helping them to meet 
new friends, share stories of past scout experiences, and, ultimately, to 
light the spark that inspires them to pursue their own Amateur Radio 
licenses. For more information, visit the JOTA page on the ARRL Web site.



