[Elecraft] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar: Mar 8 - Apr 11, 2010

Mon Mar 8 09:38:34 EST 2010

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N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR
March 9 - April 11, 2010
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80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
Each Tuesday to Mar 16 
9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
Each Thursday to March 18
9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW) ... QRP Category
Mar 10, 1100z to 1200z and
Mar 10, 1900z to 2000z and
Mar 11, 0300z to 0400z
Rules: http://www.cwops.org/onair.html
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AGCW QRP Contest (CW) ... QRP/QRPp Category
Mar 13, 1400z to 2000z
Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-Contest
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QRP ARCI HF Grid Square Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
Mar 13, 1500z to 1800z
Rules: http://www.qrparci.org
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Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell) ... QRP Category
Mar 13, 1600z to 1800z
Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home
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EA PSK31 Contest 
Mar 13, 1600z to Mar 14, 1600z
Rules: 
http://www.ure.es/contest/428-ea-psk31-contest-english-version.html
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Estimated:
Elecraft QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category
Mar 13, 1800z to Mar 14, 1800z
Rules: http://www.elecraft.com/
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Estimated:
Second Class Operator's Club Marathon Sprint (CW) .. QRP Contest!
Mar 13, 1800z to 2400z
Rules: http://www.qsl.net/soc/contests.htm
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Idaho QSO Party (Ph/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category
Mar 13, 1900z to Mar 14, 1900z 
Rules: http://www.nx7tt.com/main_page_link/rules.htm
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SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category
Mar 14, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/
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North American Sprint (RTTY) ... QRP Category
Mar 14, 0000z to 0400z
Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
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Daylight saving starts Mar 14, 2010 - 0200 AM
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Wisconsin QSO Party (CW/SSB)...QRP Category
Mar 14, 1800z to Mar 15, 0100z
Rules: http://www.warac.org/index.htm
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NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint *** QRP CONTEST! ***
EDT: Mar 17, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
UTC: Mar 18, 0030z to 0230z
Rules: http://home.windstream.net/yoel/contests.html
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Ten-Ten Mobile QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category
Mar 20, 0001z to 2359z
Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/calendar.html
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BARTG Spring RTTY Contest 
Mar 20, 0200z to Mar 22, 0200z
Rules: 
http://www.bartg.org.uk/documents/Contests/HF/BARTG%20HF%20Rules%202010.pdf
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Russian DX Contest (SSB/CW) ... QRP Category
Mar 20, 1200z to Mar 21, 1200z
Rules: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp
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Oklahoma QSO Party (CW/Digital/Phone) ... QRP Category
Mar 20, 1300z to Mar 21, 0100z and
Mar 21, 1300z to Mar 21, 1900z
Rules: http://www.okdxa.org
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AGCW VHF-UHF Contest (CW)...QRP Category
Mar 20, 1400z to 1759z
Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:VHF-UHF_Contest
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North Dakota QSO Party (CW/PH) ... QRP Category
Mar 20, 1800z to Mar 21, 1800z
Rules: http://k0ln.com/ndqsop.pdf
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Virginia QSO Party (CW/SSB/Dig) ... QRP Category
Mar 20, 1800z to Mar 22, 0100z
Rules: 
http://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2010_VQP/2010_VQP_Rules.html
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Spring QRP Homebrewer Sprint (CW/PSK31) ... QRP Contest!!!!
UTC: Mar 22, 0000z to 0400z
EDT: Mar 21, 8PM to Midnight EDT)
Rules: http://www.njqrp.org/data/qrphomebrewersprint.html
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RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST ***
EDT: Mar 21, 9 PM to 11 PM
UTC: Mar 22, 0100z 0300z
Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/
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SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW)  ... QRP Awards
Mar 24, 0000z to 0200z
Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/
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CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category
Mar 27, 0000z to Mar 28, 2359z
Rules: http://www.cqwpx.com/index.htm
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LZOCC 40m CW Sprint ... QRP Category
Apr 3, 0400z to 0800z
Rules: http://www.lzopen.com/lzocc40/indexF.htm
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QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party (CW) ......QRP Contest!!!
Apr 3, 1200z to Apr 4, 2359z
Rules: http://www.qrparci.org
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SP DX Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category
Apr 3, 1500z to Apr 4, 1500z
Rules: http://www.spdxcontest.info/reg/spdxc_g.pdf
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EA RTTY Contest
Apr 3, 1600z to Apr 4, 1600z
Rules: http://www.ure.es/contest/430-ea-rtty-contest.html
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Missouri QSO Party (ALL) 
Apr 3, 1800z to Apr 4, 0500z 
Apr 4, 1800z to Apr 4, 2359z
Rules: http://www.w0ma.org/mo_qso_party.htm
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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Event!
EDT: Apr 5, 9 PM to 11 PM (First Monday each month)
UTC: Apr 6, 0100z to 0300z 
Info: http://adventure-radio.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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PSK Flavors Contest ... QRP Category
Apr 10, 12:00 to 18:00 YOUR LOCAL TIME
Rules: http://www.podxs070.com/31-flavors
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Georgia QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category
Apr 10, 1800z to Apr 11, 0359z
Apr 11, 1400z to Apr 11, 2359z 
Rules: http://gqp.contesting.com
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SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category
Apr 11, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/
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UBA Spring Sprint (80m SSB) ... QRP Entries Noted
Apr 11, 0600z to 1000z
Rules: http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules
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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/