[Elecraft] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar: September 2008

[Ken Newman]

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N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR 
September 2008 
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SLOVENIA CONTEST CLUB RTTY Championship .. 100W Category
Aug 30, 1200z to Aug 31, 1159z
Rules: http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/rtty/htmlrules.htm
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MQFD Monthly Sprint (CW/PH/Digital) *** QRP Contest ***
Aug 30, 1800z to 2200z
Rules: http://w2agn.net/mqfdsprint.html
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Michigan QRP Labor Day Sprint (CW) *** QRP CONTEST! ***
Sep 01, 2300z to Sep 02, 0300z
Rules: http://www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/contest.html
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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) *** QRP EVENT ***
Sep 02, 0100z to 0300z  (First Monday 9 PM EDT)
Info: http://arsqrp.pbwiki.com/Spartan+Sprints
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Summer FOX Hunt - QRP 20M CW
EDT: Tue Sep 2, 9 PM  to 1029 PM
UTC: Wed Sep 3, 0100z to 0229z 
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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FISTS G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest ... QRP Category
Sep 05, 2300z to Sep 07, 2300z
Rules: http://www.fists.org/straightkey.html
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Wake-Up! QRP Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
Sep 06, 0400z to 0600z
Rules: 
http://qrp.ru/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=7&page=1
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IARU Region 1 Fieldday (SSB)... QRP Category
Sep 06, 1300z to Sep 07, 1259z
Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/iarur1fd.htm
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AGCW Straight Key Party (CW - 40 Meters) ... QRP Category
Sep 06, 1300z to 1600z
Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:Straight_Key_Party
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Ohio State Parks On The Air (All) ... QRP Category
Sep 6, 1600z to 2400z
Rules: http://parks.portcars.org/rules.html
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NA Sprint (CW)... QRP Category
Sep 7, 0000z to 0400z
Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
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Tennessee QSO Party (SSB/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category
Sep 7, 1800z to Sep 8, 0100z
Rules: http://www.tnqp.org/
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FISTS: Get Your Feet Wet Weekend ... QRP Category
Sep 12, 0000z to Sep 15, 0000z
Rules: http://www.fists.org/getfeetwet.html
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PODXS 070 Club 80m Autumn Sprint (PSK31) ... QRP Category
Sep 12, 2000 Local to 0200 Local
Rules: 
http://www.podxs070.com//contests/80m_sprint_rules08.htm
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Worked All Europe DX Contest (SSB)   100W Power Category
Sep 13, 0000z to Sep 14, 2400z
Rules: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/xedcwr.htm
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Swiss HTC QRP Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
Sep 13, 1300z to 1859z
Rules: http://www.htc.ch/de/htc_sprint_contest.htm
or: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/htcqrpsp.htm
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Arkansas QSO Party (CW/SSB/PSK31) ... QRP Category
Sep 13, 1400z to Sep 14, 0600z and
Sep 14, 1500z to Sep 14, 2400z
Rules: http://www.arkan.us/
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ARRL September VHF QSO Party (All)  Low Power Category
Sep 13, 1800z to Sep 15, 0300z
Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/sepvhf.html
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Second Class Operator Club Marathon (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
Sep 13, 1800z to 2400z
Rules: http://www.qsl.net/soc/contests.htm#top
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SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category
Sep 14, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/
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NA Sprint (SSB)... QRP Category
Sep 14, 0000z to 0400z
Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
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End of Summer Digital Sprint *** QRP Contest ***
Sep 14, 2000z to 2359z
Rules: http://www.qrparci.org
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NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint *** QRP CONTEST! ***
EDT: Sep 17, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
UTC: Sep 18, 0030z to 0230z
Rules: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/contests.html
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Colorado QSO Party (SSB/CW/Digital) ... QRP Category
Sep 20, 1000z to sep 21, 0400z
Rules: http://www.ppraa.org/coqp/
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Scandinavian  Activity Contest (CW) ... QRP Category
Sep 20, 1200z to Sep 21, 1200z
Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacnsc.htm
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South Carolina QSO Party (ALL) ... QRP Category
Sep 20, 1300z to Sep 21, 2100z
Rules: http://carc.ham-radio-op.net/scqp/scqsoweb2008.shtml
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QRP Afield (All) *** QRP Contest ***
Sep 20, 1500z to 2100z  
Rules: http://newenglandqrp.org/afield
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Washington State Salmon Run (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category
Sep 20, 1600z to Sep 21, 0700z
Sep 21, 1600z to Sep 21, 2400z
Rules: http://www.wwdxc.org/
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Fall QRP Homebrewer Sprint (CW/PSK31) ***QRP CONTEST***
Sep 22, 0000z to 0400z 
Rules: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html
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RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST ***
EDT: Sep 21, 9 PM to 11 PM
UTC: Sep 22, 0100z 0300z
Rules: http://fpqrp.net:80/fpqrprun.php
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SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW)  ... QRP Awards
Sep, 24, 0000z to 0200z
Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/
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CQWW RTTY DX Contest ... <150w Category
Sep 27, 0000z to Sep 28, 2400z
Rules: 
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/RTTY_Rules_July2008ENTIRE.pdf
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Scandinavian  Activity Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category
Sep 27, 1200z to Sep 28, 1200z
Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacnsc.htm
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Texas QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category
Sep 27, 1400z to Sep 28, 0200z
Sep 28, 1400z to Sep 28, 2000z
Rules: http://www.txqp.org/
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AGCW VHF/UHF CW Contest ... QRP Category
Sep 27, 1600z to 2100z 
Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:VHF-UHF_Contest
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MQFD Monthly Sprint (CW/PH/Digital) *** QRP Contest ***
Sep 27, 1800z to 2200z
Rules: http://w2agn.net/mqfdsprint.html
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Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, N0AX(ARRL), VA3JFF & G4GXL (QRPARCI)
N2APB (AmQRP), WB3AAL (EPAQRP) and others 
for assistance in compiling this calendar.

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72 de
Ken Newman - N2CQ 

N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar Links:
http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm
http://www.amqrp.org/contesting/contesting.html
http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/6134/130/lang,en/