[LeArc] ARRL Contest Rate Sheet for May 07, 2003
Joe Rossmiller
[email protected]
Wed, 7 May 2003 20:21:27 -0500
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Contester's Rate Sheet
7 May 2003
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Edited by Ward Silver, N0AX
SUMMARY
o Nevada and Oregon QSO Parties -- Work the Wild West=20
o High-Speed Meteor Scatter Rally
o Pre-Dayton Product Info from Elecraft and MiLog
o Extreme Metric Prefixes and Trap Troubleshooting
o More Logs in the Woodpile
BULLETINS
o The US Counties QSO Party-SSB is May 17 and 18. This is a revamped
version of the old MARAC County Hunters Contest. Some magazines and
websites have incorrectly listed the dates as April 5/6. (Thanks,
Scott VE1OP)
BUSTED QSOS
o The 10-10 Contest listings in QST refer to incorrect pages of
previous QST issues. Just refer to the Contest Corral column in the
referenced issue. (Thanks, Steve N0WY)
ANNOUNCEMENT & NOTICES FOR 7 MAY TO 20 MAY 2003
Logs are due for the following contests:
o May 10 - EA RTTY Contest, email to: [email protected], paper logs to:
Antonio Alcolado, EA1MV, PO Box 240, E-09400 Aranda de Duero
(Burgos), Spain
o May 10 - DX YL to NA YL Contest, CW, email to: [email protected], paper
logs to: Jeanie Parker, WA6UVF, 28400 Vista del Valle, Hemet, CA
92544, USA =20
o May 10 - 222 MHz Spring Sprint, email to: [email protected],
paper logs to: 222 MHz Spring Sprint, ETDXA/WU4O, Jeff J. Baker, 8218
Foxworth Trail, Powell, TN 37849, USA =20
o May 13 - QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party, email to: [email protected],
paper logs to: Randy Foltz, K7TQ, Attn: Spring QSO Party, 809 Leith
St., Moscow, ID 83843, USA =20
o May 17 - Georgia QSO Party, email to: [email protected], paper
logs to: Jeff Short, KD3UC, 5106 Cypress Ct., Alpharetta, GA 30005,
USA =20
o May 17 - YLRL DX to NA YL Contest, SSB, email to: [email protected],
paper logs to: Jeanie Parker, WA6UVF, 28400 Vista del Valle, Hemet,
CA 92544, USA =20
o May 17 - TARA Spring Wakeup PSK31 Rumble, enter results using:
http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/score.html, paper logs to: Ernest Mills,
WM2U, 9 Morningside Dr., Ballston Lake, NY 12019-1531, USA =20
o May 17 - 432 MHz Spring Sprint, email to: [email protected],
paper logs to: 432 MHz Spring Sprint, ETDXA/WU4O, Jeff J. Baker, 8218
Foxworth Trail, Powell, TN 37849, USA =20
o May 19 - Michigan QSO Party, email to: [email protected], paper logs
to: Mad River Radio Club, c/o Dave Pruett, 2727 Harris Road,
Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA =20
o May 20 - YU DX Contest, email to: [email protected], paper logs to:
Savez radio-amatera Jugoslavije, YU DX Contest, PO Box 48, 11001
Beograd, Yugoslavia =20
The following contests are scheduled:
Note that the following abbreviations are used to condense the
contest rules summaries:
SO - Single-Op; M2 - Multiop - 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; LP - Low Power; Entity - DXCC Entity
HF CONTESTS
Nevada QSO Party - CW/SSB/RTTY - sponsored by the Frontier Amateur
Radio Society from 0000Z May 10 - 0600Z May 11. Frequencies: 160 --
6 meters, CW 15 kHz and SSB 25 kHz above General class band edge.=20
Exchange: RST and S/P/C or Nevada county. QSO Points: SSB - 1 pt,
CW/RTTY - 2 pts. Score is QSO Points x Nevada counties or S/P/C
counted only once. Logs due June 15 to [email protected] or Jim Frye
NW7O, 4120 Oakhill Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89121-6319.
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Oregon QSO Party - CW/SSB - sponsored by the Central Oregon DX Club
from 1400Z May 10 - 0200Z May 11. Frequencies (MHz): 80 -- 10
meters, CW - 40 kHz above band edge, SSB - 3.870, 7.270, 14.270,
21.370 and 28.470, no repeater QSOs. Exchange: RS(T) and OR county
or SPC. QSO Points: SSB - 1 pt, CW - 2 pts. Score: QSO points x OR
counties (OR stations add S/P/C), mults counted only once. One extra
multiplier for every 8 QSOs with the same county. 100 bonus points
for working K7O. For more information -- http://www.codxc.com. Logs
due June 10 to [email protected] or to Oregon QSO Party, c/o CODXC, 19821
Ponderosa St, Bend, OR 97702.=20
FISTS Spring Sprint--CW - sponsored by the FISTS International CW
Club from 1700Z - 2100Z May 11. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters, work
US/VE stations. Categories: SOAB-QRP (<5W), SOAB-QRO, Club. Exchange:
Name, RST, SPC, members send FISTS number, nonmembers send power
output. QSO Points: FISTS members - 5 pts, nonmembers - 2 pts. Score:
QSO points =D7 SPC (count each only once). For more information -
http://www.FISTS.org. Logs due 30 days after the contest to
[email protected] or Dan Shepherd N8IE, 1900 Pittsfield St, Kettering,
Oh 45420.
Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest - sponsored by COMO and ARI from
1200Z May 10 -- 1200Z May 11. Frequencies: 80 -- 10 meters.
Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MS, SWL. Exchange: RST, serial number, CQ
Zone. QSO Points: see table on Web site. Score: QSO points x DXCC
entities + W/VK/VE/JA/ZL call areas x Total QSOs. For more
information -- http://www.contestvolta.com/. Logs due July 31 to
[email protected] or to Francesco Di Michele I2DMI, PO Box 55,
I-22063 Cantu, Italy.
CQ-M International DX Contest - CW/SSB/SSTV - sponsored by the
Krenkel Central Radio Club from 2100Z May 10 - 2100Z May 11.=20
Frequencies: 160 -- 10 meters including satellites, which count as a
separate band; remain on a band for at least 10 min. Categories:
SOSB (CW, SSB, Mixed, Satellites), SOAB (CW, SSB, Mixed, QRP must
sign "/QRP"), MS-Mixed, SWL-Mixed, WWII Veteran, SSTV, Victory.=20
Exchange: RS(T) and serial number. QSO Points: Using P-150-C award
countries, own country - 1 pt, same cont. - 2 pts, different cont. -
3 pts. Score: QSO points x countries counted once per band. For
more information -- http://www.mai.ru/~crc/cq-m/cqmain_e.htm. Logs
due July 1 to [email protected] or to CQ-M Contest Committee, Krenkel
Central Radio Club of Russia, PO Box 88, Moscow, 123459, Russia.
Armed Forces Day, 1300Z May 10 -- 0600Z May 11. Not all stations
maintain the same schedule, see
http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/af-day/armdfrcs-2003.html
for the complete information on stations, frequencies, and times.
Baltic Contest--CW/SSB - sponsored by the Lithuanian Radio Sports
Federation from 2100Z May 17 - 0200Z May 18. Frequencies (MHz): CW
3.510-3.600, SSB 3.600-3.650 and 3.700-3.750. Categories:
SO-CW/SSB/Mixed, MS, SWL. Exchange: RS(T) and serial number. QSO
Points: Baltic (YL/ES/LY) stations count EU - 1 pt and non-EU - 2
pts, EU stations count Baltic - 10 pts, non-Baltic - 1 pt; non-EU
stations count Baltic - 20 pts, non-Baltic - 1 pt. Score: total QSO
points. For more information -=20
http://www.lrsf.lt/BContest/index2.htm. Logs due July 1 to
[email protected] or PO Box 210, LT-3000 Kaunas, Lithuania.
His Majesty King of Spain Contest - CW - sponsored by the Union de
Radioaficionados Espa=F1oles (URE) from 1800Z May 17 - 1800Z May 18
(SSB is June 21-22). Frequencies: 160-10 meters using IARU Region 1
band plan. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, and MS. Exchange: RST and serial
number or EA province. QSO Points: 1 pt/QSO. Score: QSO points x EA
provinces counted once per band. For more information, send email to
[email protected]. Logs due 25 June (SSB by 30 July) to [email protected] or
[email protected] or Vocalia Concursos URE, Apartado Postal 87, 12200
Onda, Castellon, Spain.
US Counties QSO Party--SSB - sponsored by The Mobile Amateur Radio
Awards Club from 0000Z May 17 - 2400Z May 18. Frequencies (MHz):
3.880, 7.240, 14.275, 21.340, 28.340. Work fixed stations once/band
and mobiles once for each county and band. Categories: Mobile, Fixed.
Exchange: RST and county or S/P/C. County line QSOs count as one QSO
but separate multipliers. QSO Points: US fixed stations - 1 point, US
mobile - 15 points, all others - 5 pts, one station must be in a US
county. Score is QSO Points =D7 US counties (counted only once).
Mobiles sum score from each state. For more information --
http://www.stpaulisland.net/countycontest.html. Logs due June 18 to
(US logs) [email protected] or Duane Traver, WV2B, 99
Oregon Hill Rd, Lisle, NY 13797-1002, non-US logs to
[email protected] or Scott Nichols, VE1OP, 387 Rudderham Rd,
Point Edward, NS B2A 4V6, Canada.
VHF CONTESTS
50 MHz Spring Sprint, sponsored by the Eastern Tennessee DX
Association from 2300Z May 10 - 0300Z May 11. Fixed and Rover
categories. Exchange is Grid Square only, count 1 pt per QSO. Score
is QSO Points x Grid Squares, score each sprint separately. Rovers
and Microwave sprints total all points and all grids worked from each
grid. For more information -- http://www.etdxa.org/vhf.htm. Logs must
be emailed or postmarked within four weeks of the contest to
[email protected] or Jeff J Baker, 8218 Foxworth Trail, Powell,
TN 37849.
For the next week, the "North American HSMS Rally and Contest" will
be active on 6 meters and higher VHF bands during the Eta Aquarids
meteor shower through May 12th. See
http://www.qsl.net/wa5ufh/Rally/NAHSMS.htm and
http://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk. Use the "50" button on
your radio and see what it does! 50.125 is the calling frequency to
get things rolling -- remember to talk fast. (Thanks, Dennis K7BV)
NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
The 2002 10-Meter Contest results are moving into final production.
The new certificates for the ARRL June VHF QSO Party, August UHF
Contests, September VHF QSO Party, EME Competition, and IARU HF World
Championships are being mailed. (Thanks, ARRL Contest Desk)
The boys and girls at Elecraft have been very busy getting ready for
the Dayton Hamvention. At Visalia, Eric WA6HHQ was showing off
several new products:
- The KDSP2 internal module kit for the K2 includes several CW & SSB
filters, some user-configurable, and four different noise-reduction
settings.
- Thinking about VHF contesting? Try three new high-performance
transverter kits for 6, 2, and 1-1/4 meters with 20-25 watts of
output, sequenced amplifier keying, and front-panel wattmeters.=20
Although they don't require a K2 host, integration with the K2
enables daisy-chained, automatic band selection and frequency
display.
- The new KRC2 is an automatic band decoder for external antennas and
Band Pass Filter selection that works with all major radio serial
interfaces, as well as with the K2. It features numerous switching
configuration options, upgradable software, and a hefty drive
capability. The RS-232 configuration and control interface is a nice
feature that makes it easy to set up complex switching functions.
If you haven't taken a look at the K2 and K1 family of products
lately, it will be worth your while to check out how Elecraft has
grown -- http://www.elecraft.com.
MiLog 6.0 (http://www.HamToys.com) is both a general and contest
logging program that is specifically designed for multi-radio and
multi-rotator contest stations. I saw a demo at the Visalia DX
Convention of its native support for Ethernet interfaces to antenna
switching and control accessories such as the Shack-LAN radio and
switching interfaces. With the Ethernet and TCP/IP support, no longer
does everything have to be in reach of an RS-232 or parallel port
cable. In fact, a multi-op team could have members literally anywhere
with an Internet connection. MiLog handles DX cluster connections via
TELNET or RF links, RTTY contest capability with an MMTTY module, and
Cabrillo conversion of contest logs. It also has a superb built-in
voice keyer. (Thanks, John N7ON)
NPR had a nice show about Ham Radio and QSL cards with hams calling
in with their experiences. To listen to the show go to
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=3D1248508 or search
the NPR archives for "Ham Radio". (Thanks, Glenn WA7SPY)
RESULTS AND RECORDS
The 2002 ARRL 160-Meter and November Phone Sweepstakes results are
available in the Members' Only section. (Thanks, ARRL Contest Desk)
The official results for the 2003 Minnesota QSO party are now
available at http://www.w0aa.org. (Thanks Al, K0AD)
CQ WW SSB High-Claimed scores are now available at:
http://cqww.com/hiclaim.htm and all logs submitted are available at
http://www.cqww.com/logs-received_ssb.htm. (Thanks Bill W4ZV and Alan
K6ACZ)
The Forsyth Amateur Radio Club is excited to announce that the
results of the North Carolina QSO Party have been posted on the club
Website, http://www.w4nc.com. (Thanks, Henry W2DZO/W4WS)
If you worked C5P in the recent WPX contest, photos are available at
http://public.fotki.com/C56TA/. (Thanks, Andy LY2TA/C56TA)
TECHNICAL & TECHNIQUE
While you might know a whole lot of metric prefixes, here are some
that I'll bet you were blissfully unaware of. "Yotta (Y)" is 10 to
the 24th power, "Zetta (Z)" is 10 to the 21st, "Zepto (z)" (sounds
like one of the lesser known Marx brothers!) is all the way down to
10 to the negative 21st power and "Yocto (y)" for ten to the negative
24th. These (and more) are found at
http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/large.html. That would make the
Seinfeld Number -- YottaYottaYotta -- bigger than a Google! (Thanks,
Mike WA8MCQ)
If you have a trapped antenna and have gotten the traps mixed up or
maybe need to troubleshoot them, this URL has a section on using a
Grid-Dip Meter to help solve the problem -
http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u/a3refurb.txt. Look for the section "Trap
Troubleshooting." (Thanks, Dale KG5U)
CONVERSATION
More Logs in the Woodpile
As expected, my discussion of logging programs generated some
referrals from satisfied customers. Here are several more candidates
for your logging needs. It's nice to have so many choices from
within the amateur community!!
DXtreme Station Log -- Multimedia Edition (tm), by DXtreme Software
(tm) is a new logging program in its Amateur Radio product line that
has a new feature. It provides multimedia. For example, an audio
facility lets you create and maintain an audio archive of their
memorable contacts. It also has a QSL Imaging facility, so that
physical QSL cards can be scanned and electronic QSLs incorporated
as they are received. Station Log also produces ADIF-based electronic
QSLs for uploading to Web sites that specialize in the delivery of
eQSLs. For more information, visit http://www.dxtreme.com or contact
Bob Raymond at [email protected] for more information.
Andy, AE6Y has a free logging software package that was originally
designed for CQP, but has been upgraded to handle the major contests
and is very simple to configure. Check it out at
http://www.cqp.org/Software-AE6Y.html. (Thanks, Ken K6TA)
LOGic 6 is a software package which provides complete logging,
tracking of any award, QSL cards/labels, contesting, rig interfacing,
antenna rotor control, digital communications for all modes, packet
spotting, CW keyer, sound card support, customizable screens/reports
w/ user-defined fields, prints graphics and color, documentation,
tech support, grayline, AZ-EQ map, callbook from web or CD. More
info and demo versions are available at http://www.hosenose.com.
(Thanks, George K3GV)
An update from Paul EI5DI -- "SD supports all the big international
events as well as dozens of "local" European and other events
(including US QSO parties). I offer separate programs - SDI for the
IOTA Contest (which is freeware) and SDC for the RSGB Commonwealth
Contest, two very different contests."
Win-EQF - Log-EQF for Windows by Tom Dandrea N3EQF tracks the whole
logbook, award totals (DXCC, WAS, IOTA, counties, VUCC, WAZ, 10-10,
WPX ) or my QSL collection. It's been advertised in QST for many
years and more info is available at http://www.eqf-software.com.
(Thanks, Paul AD4IE and Stephan VE2OWL)
Lux-Log is a general purpose logging program that tracks awards plus
it has a contest logging module. It's distributed as freeware at
http://www.qsl.net/lx1no/llog_win.html. (Thanks, David NN4DF)
While not a logging program, per se, the BV7 QSL management and label
program by
DF3CB for organizing, searching, sorting, and printing QSL labels is
highly touted by many. It's a standalone program, which is sometimes
easier to use than an integrated package. The program is available
at http://www.df3cb.com/bv/. (Thanks, John N7ON)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Contester's Rate Sheet wishes to acknowledge information from the
following sources:
WA7BNM's Contest Calendar Web page -
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/ ARRL Contest page -
http://www.arrl.org/contests/
SM3CER's Web site - http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/
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