[South Florida DX Association] The ARRL Contest Update for May 26, 2010

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The ARRL Contest Update

May 26, 2010
Editor: Ward Silver, NØAX <mailto:rate-sheet at arrl.org>
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IN THIS ISSUE

    * Ditmania - WPX CW <#contests>
    * WRTC-2010 Competition For the Rest of Us <#wrtc>
    * Pileup Competition Winners <#Dayton>
    * Winning Above 50 MHz <#sights>
    * Expanded ARRL Contest Results <#Results>
    * Remotes and RFI - Two New Books <#tech>
    * Fabric Antenna Fun <#fabricant>
    * Ham Radio Homecoming <#conv>

NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO

If you had a good time with the WPX SSB contest in late March, why not 
give its Morse equivalent a try? Everything is exactly the same - 
exchange a signal report and serial number. You can enjoy the late 
spring DX propagation, too!

BULLETINS

There are no bulletins in this issue.

BUSTED QSOS

Bob W5OV corrected my reference from "goonie birds" to "goonie boxes" 
referring to Gonset radios. I guess I fell into that booby trap by 
winging it. And I omitted noting that Jim K1TN was the founder of the 
/DX Bulletin/ and was its editor from 1979 through 1986, the years of 
the set of bulletins donated to the ARRL. Jim sold the newsletter to 
VP2ML in 1986, who published another 500 issues before his death in 
1999. If any reader has a set of the VP2ML-published newsletters, the 
ARRL would be glad to complete their collection.

CONTEST SUMMARY

Complete information <#contests> for all contests follows the 
Conversation section

*May 29-30*

    * CQ WW WPX Contest--CW
    * QRP ARCI Hootowl Sprint--CW (May 30)
    * MI QRP Memorial Day CW Sprint (May 31)

*June 5-6*

    * SEANET Contest

NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST

The WRTC-2010 Committee <http://wrtc2010.ru/> has announced a 
competition for those of us who will be filling the logs of the 
WRTC-2010 competitors from home. There will special trophies, plaques, 
T-shirts, and certificates for working the WRTC stations that will be 
using the distinctive call signs block R3ØA - R39Z. You'll need to send 
your log to the committee as soon as the contest is over - that will 
help to make log checking as thorough as possible. The committee also 
asks that you be ready to QSY to another band when requested by a WRTC 
station as that is an important source of QSO points for them!

The boys at Idiom Press <http://www.idiompress.com/> were showing off 
their new LK-1 RF Speech Processor at Dayton. It has a number of 
features that allow it to be configured very flexibly. (Photo NØAX)

The Contest Club of Finland (CCF)'s PDF magazine Pileup!, issue 14(2), 
is now available for downloading 
<http://www.contestclubfinland.com/CCF/>. The theme of the issue is 
"Low-Cost Contesting" - a useful and timely subject for the 
post-Hamvention timeframe! (Thanks, Pileup! Editor, Ilkka OH1WZ)

AMSAT reports in weekly bulletin ANS-136 that on May 17 Japan's Space 
Agency JAXA plans to launch its Planet-C Venus Climate Orbiter 
"AKATSUKI" mission to Venus. Also aboard the rocket will be UNITEC-1 
<http://sites.google.com/site/unitec1ops/amservice>, a 15 kg, 35cm cubed 
nano-satellite developed by twenty-two universities and colleges of 
UNISEC (University Space Engineering Consortium). This will be the first 
university satellite to pass beyond lunar orbit and they will be 
depending on amateurs - such as the expert VHF+ contesters - to receive 
the microwave downlink signals. The team has created an Amateur Radio 
forum <http://sites.google.com/site/unitec1ops/amservice> that will 
evolve into a site for the latest information as well as provide a path 
to upload received data. They'll be using a special version of SPECTRAN 
software that can be downloaded from Alberto I2PHD's weak-signal 
operating Web site <http://www.weaksignals.com/>.

Using Internet mapping software enables some pretty interesting 
applications. Here's a mapper <http://hams.mapmash.com/hammap.php> from 
KE6UZM for finding the local hams by grid square, Zip code, or call 
sign. (Thanks, Alan KB7MBI)

Jari OH6BG writes to let us all know that VOACAP (Voice of America 
Coverage Analysis Program) Online <http://online.voacap.com/> has been 
opened to the public. VOACAP is a well-known HF propagation prediction 
program. The online package uses a QTH locator based on Google Maps. The 
prediction is given as a color-coded "circuit reliability" graph showing 
the probability of achieving a CW-grade transmission quality between the 
transmitter and the receiver. VOACAP Online was developed by Jari OH6BG, 
James KZ1JW, and Juho OH8GLV.

A couple of world travelers were spotted in the Dayton flea market - (L) 
Matt VK2DAG/W3 and (R) everybody's new best friend from Zone 29, Stuie 
VK8NSB. (Photo NØAX)

More from the Flying Finns as the soft launch of the new DX Summit 
<http://www.dxsummit.fi/> was opened to all users on May 15. With 
additional capacity now in place, the team is seeking new application 
ideas via a discussion forum with the software gurus of Radio Arcala 
<http://www.radioarcala.com/>. (Thanks, Jarmo OH2BN)

Don VE3XD informs Contest Update that the Web site for Contest Club 
Ontario can now be found using the new URL of www.va3cco.com 
<http://www.va3cco.com/>.

In the 19 May issue of the Daily DX <http://dailydx.com/>, Al WA3GFM 
describes how to purchase IRCs directly from the USPS Web site 
<http://www.usps.com/>. On the home page, enter "international reply 
coupons" in the search window. The first link returned should be page to 
order IRCs.

Do you know someone whose subscription to this newsletter has suddenly 
"gone missing"? It may be due to a problem with their ARRL Member 
Options. Here's an easy way to restore your subscriptions for any ARRL 
email publication:
1) Log on to the Web site <http://arrl.org/> and click "Edit Your Profile"
2) Click "Edit Email Subscriptions"
3) Clear the ARRL Contest Update check-box
4) Click "Save"
5) Check the ARRL Contest Update check-box
6) Click "Save"

In the "End Of An Era Department", Ken K1EA officially declares CT 
development for DOS "dead". The required elements to maintain that code 
are long-gone. A tip of the Contest Update cap acknowledges a program 
that really did change the world of contesting. Remember your first 
contest on computer? No more cramped hands and scribbled log sheets. 
Logs ready for submitting within minutes instead of weeks. Actual 
scoring during the contest! Technology may have bypassed CT for DOS, but 
like the first word processor, it seeded the future. Thanks, Ken!

Dayton Hamvention Items

You'd smile, too, if you could copy calls and take home the top prize 
like KCDX Club CW PIleup champ Top Gun, Fred K1VR. (Photo NØAX)

The 30^th running of the Kansas City DX Club's CW Pileup Competition 
<http://www.kcdxclub.com/> was a hit again this year, filling the 
hospitality suite with cheers and jeers until the wee hours of Sunday 
morning. When the last of the 99 scores were tallied, the winners were 
K1VR, K4BAI, W9WI, K1TO and YT6W tied with VE3DZ for fifth. (That should 
have provoked a refrain of "99 listings of calls on the wall, 99 
listings of calls..." but it did not for reasons unclear to your 
editor.) The call signs used by KØVXU were a historical set based on the 
1932-1938 logs of long-time KC DX Club member and recent Silent Key, 
WØJM. There were some seriously interesting calls in the log!

Hot on Fred's heels were this trio of tuned-in keyboard tappers. Ready, 
set, copy! (Photo NØAX)

The two newest CQ Contest Hall of Fame members, Larry Weaver N6TW and 
Don Hill AA5AU, were formally inducted at the Dayton Contest Dinner, 
attended by more than 400 from around the world. Congratulations to 
these deserving fellows!

The four excellent papers that were presented during the 
sometimes-standing-room-only Hamvention Antenna Forum are now online 
<http://www.k3lr.com/> courtesy of K5TR and K8CX. In fact, you can find 
the Antenna Forum presentations back to 2004 at that Web page. (Thanks, 
Antenna Forum Coordinator, Tim K3LR)

One of my must-acquire stops was consummated this year as I carted home 
some of Gerry WB6IVF's chocolate espresso bars. Gerry's company, The 
Unseen Bean <http://www.theunseenbean.com/>, produces not only great 
coffee, but a 72% bittersweet chocolate bar with fresh-roasted Malawi 
coffee, too. Combining ham radio, dark chocolate, and java is a hit in 
my book!

Jeff K1NSS has translated his humorous ham history into graphic form. 
Dave Barry meets W1ICD! (Photo NØAX)

I'm really enjoying my pair of "graphic novelettes" featuring /Dash! The 
Dog-faced Ham <http://dashtoons.com>/ by Jeff K1NSS. They capture quite 
well the heady days of discovering and entering ham radio in ways 
familiar to many of us and with a modern graphic style.

Hendricks QRP Kits <http://www.qrpkits.com/index.html> had a couple of 
really nice new transceiver kits available by designers KD1JV (a 
dual-band kit) and N7VE (a single-bander). These guys really know how to 
pack the performance of "eight great tomatoes in a tiny, little can!"

*Web Site of the Week* - How is your personal frequency response? Ken 
WO1N reports that the High Frequency Response and Hearing Test 
<http://www.audiodesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224900358> 
shows that he's "still good up to 13 kHz" and he suggests that such an 
evaluation "might be of interest to us contesters that frequently punish 
our hearing for 48 hours at a time."

WORD TO THE WISE

The Right Height - In a Field Day Q&A session at this past week's 
Contest University, when asked about what power level was appropriate 
for a competitive Field Day entry, I liked Frank W3LPL's answer far 
better than mine ("More"). Frank pointed out that even a 100-watt 
station could make winning numbers of QSOs with an efficient antenna at 
the right height - plan ahead!

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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

By the time this edition has been emailed, /QST/'s "World Above 50 MHz" 
columnist and Grid Pirates contest team member, Gene W3ZZ, will have 
presented a Potomac Valley Radio Club <http://www.pvrc.org/> (PVRC) 
Webinar entitled: "VHF Contesting: What to do and How to Win". You can 
view this Webinar after the fact by clicking "Recorded Webinars" on the 
PVRC home page.

What can you do with a used cellular monopole? Why, make it into a 
sculpture <http://www.usedtowers.com/MONOPOLE%20ART/MONOPOLE%20ART.htm>, 
of course! (Thanks, Ralph K9ZO)

You're only in trouble if you look at this and wonder, "What kludge?" 
There is more - lots more - on the ThereIFixedIt 
<http://thereifixedit.com>Web site.

The Web site There, I Fixed It <http://thereifixedit.com> should 
probably be in the Technical Section, but the potential for amusement 
was just too good. The real question is, "How Many Of These Could Have 
Been Taken In Your Shack?" Once browsing, plan on a long stay, 
punctuated by outbursts of laughter, then self-recognition! (Thanks, Jim 
Foley)

I had a great time at Dayton this year, blogging 
<http://www.arrl.org/ham-zero-dayton-blog-by-ward-silver-n0ax> away for 
the ARRL and beating feet through every mile of the hamfest. Thanks to 
the Hamvention <http://hamvention.com/> staff for putting on another 
great show - one visible and welcome addition was Rest Stations at 
strategic intervals in the flea markets. They seemed to be in constant 
use! Along with the blog photos, I hope you enjoy some of the extra 
photos in this issue from my Hamvention Holiday!

RESULTS AND RECORDS

There's no truth to the rumor that right after this photograph was 
taken, Sean KX9X decided to add a spark-gap category to Straight Key 
Night. (Photo NØAX)

ARRL Contest Branch Manager, Sean KX9X, reports that the full online 
package <http://www.arrl.org/contest-results-articles> including 
log-checking reports (LCRs) is released (or about to be released) for 
the 2009 160 Meter and 10 Meter contests and the 2010 RTTY Roundup and 
Jan VHF Sweepstakes up now and 2009 10 Meter contests. Plaques and 
certificates for the 2009 June VHF QSO Party are out the door on their 
way to your mailbox. In fact, a new Contest Awards Processing Status 
<http://www.arrl.org/plaques-and-certificates> page is available on the 
Web site to keep you up to date.

In IARU HF Championship news, the DARC response to log-padding 
allegations has been posted on the interim ARRL Contest Branch blog 
<http://kx9x.wordpress.com/>. The ARRL is continuing to work on this issue.

One of the highlights of Contest University is the Audio Sprint. Here's 
a couple of stations going nose-to-nose during the fray! (Photo NØAX)

The online CQ WPX score database <http://www.cqwpx.com/score_db.htm> now 
includes the complete results from 30 years of the WPX CW Contest (1979 
- 2009). Thanks to SP5UAF, LB1G, K1ZR, N5IE, and W4AU for their work to 
type in the last six years of scores. Enter your call sign into the 
search box to see your personal results. If you do find an error, send a 
note to WPX Contest Director, Randy K5ZD <mailto:k5zd at cqwpx.com>. While 
you're there, you should take a peek at the records and participation to 
get ready for this weekend's WPX CW contest.

Dayton Contest Dinner attendees were treated to (L-R) CQ Contest Hall of 
Fame manager Bob K3EST, new inductee Don AA5AU, MC John K1AR, and 
keynote speaker, Joel W5ZN. (Photo NØAX)

Rick K6VVA (a.k.a. "The Locust" for his effect on a station's stock of 
comestibles) has created a couple of prizes waiting to be claimed for 
setting the following records during a single NS Ladder 
<http://www.ncccsprint.com/> event during 2010:

    * The Locust X-Prize - for the first operator to score 3,000 points
    * The Locust Y-Prize - for the first operator to bag 50 mults

The more we participate, the more reachable those achievements!

For those who took part in the 2009 LZ DX Contest 
<http://lzdx.bfra.org/results2009en.html>, Wally LZ2CJ reports that the 
results are now available on-line.

Not many know that robot operators were first deployed in the 1960's 
using entirely mechanical technology. Sadly, this early CW Skimmer 
work-alike never really caught on. (Photo NØAX)

The preliminary results of the January 2010 NAQP CW Contest 
<http://www.ncjweb.com/naqpcwprelim.php> are now available. Please let 
NAQP Manager Bruce, WA7BNM <mailto:bhorn at hornucopia.com> know as soon as 
possible of any problems. SSB preliminary results will be posted within 
a week.

Tack JE1CKA reports that he has uploaded the 2009 JIDX Phone contest 
results <http://jidx.org/jidx2009ph.html> to the JIDX home page.

OPERATING TIP

Hold Your Fire - If you aren't blessed with an awesome and powerful 
signal, getting through the pileups quickly takes more than just 
blasting away. Little Pistols can sometimes pick off their larger 
caliber competition by holding off a half-second or two before sending 
their call. While all the other 20-over-9 four-character calls mash 
themselves into AGC-bending mush, you wait, then slip your call out 
there in the clear when the Big Noise stops.

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TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION

Two new books 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/two-new-books-available-from-arrl> of interest 
to the contest community have been released by the ARRL - WB8IMY's 
/Remote Operating for Amateur Radio/ and a new edition of the /ARRL RFI 
Book/. It's interesting that the first topic (remote stations) is 
somewhat driven by considerations of the second (RFI). Nevertheless, 
both supply good information of use to more and more of us every day.

Why didn't I think of that? How about this "solar tent" from PowerFilm 
<http://www.powerfilmsolar.com/>? Your Field Day power worries are over! 
(Photo NØAX)

Here's Lynn N7CFO's solution to a common problem -hook-and-loop tape 
with adhesive that gives up at high-temperatures, leaving a big sticky 
mess. Coil-n-wrap <http://www.coilnwrap.com/more/hightemp.htm> tape has 
a high-temperature adhesive that will hold up even on your dashboard in 
the Texas sun. Rovers may want to give this product a try!

Making SSB intermodulation distortion measurements 
<http://w4neq.com/pdf/ssb_im.pdf> is addressed in this classic Motorola 
paper, Engineering Bulletin EB-38 by Helge Granberg. (Thanks, Martin W2RWJ)

Larry N6NC adds a clarification about the suggestion to avoid galling by 
mixing grades of stainless steel fasteners. "The design and failure 
strengths of fasteners are calculated assuming the same alloy strength. 
If you use softer alloy parts with harder alloy parts, you are just 
asking for trouble as the harder parts under stress will strip out the 
softer parts before either reaches failure strength." So it may not be a 
good trade-off (galling vs strength) to mix parts in a high-stress 
application. In that case, use an anti-sieze compound as recommended 
originally.

Sometimes a tower is just a tower - Sigmund FR3UD (Photo NØAX)

In case you're a bit of a mathophile, you'll want to browse the new 
National Institute of Standards "Handbook of Mathematical Functions 
<http://www.nist.gov/itl/math/math_051110.cfm>". It's freely available 
online and includes a lot of graphics that the text it replaces couldn't 
provide.

Here's something you needed to know - the German term for open-wire feed 
line is "Huehner-Leiter" ("chicken ladder").

The term "Windom" is applied to all sorts of off-center-fed antennas, 
but how about taking a look at the original? The original article from 
Loren Windom can be retrieved from the /QST archives 
<http://www.arrl.org/arrl-periodicals-archive-search>/ in the September 
1929 issue of /QST/ (and reprinted in December 1966) and is entitled 
"Notes on Ethereal Adornments," sub-titled "Practical Design Data for 
Single-Wire-Fed Hertz Antenna." (Thanks, Paul W9AC)

Is that a 2B or is that not a 2B? That is the question! (Photo NØAX)

Gene AD3F reminds us at the beginning of antenna and tower season of the 
/QST/ article, "Install a House-Bracketed Tower -- The Right Way." It's 
in the August 1996 issue on page 35 - another plum to be pulled from the 
/QST archives <http://www.arrl.org/arrl-periodicals-archive-search>/. 
Since doing things the wrong way can damage the house, this might be a 
good read before designing your installation!

Here's an antenna you can roll up and stash between hilltop stops. Take 
a look at Diana KC2UHB's 
<http://blog.makezine.com/archive/author/diana_eng/> Make Online how-to 
article on building a dual-band VHF/UHF Yagi 
<http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/collapsible_fabric_yagi_antenna.html> 
using fabric and Nylon webbing to hold metal rods and tubes in place. 
The idea is similar to collapsible kites and could easily be extended to 
a two-element 6 meter Yagi. Diana has published lots of how-to's on the 
site.

/ARRL Handbook/ contributor, Ron NØIVN, has an article on velocity of 
propagation published in the March 2010 online issue of /Communications 
Technology 
<http://www.cable360.net/ct/sections/columns/bullpen/40153.html>/ magazine.

Their section begins with a capital T and that stands for...trouble? How 
about Tennessee? That's Ted W4NZ on the left and Don N4ZZ on the right, 
shopping for goodies in the Dayton flea market. (Photo NØAX)

Tektronix is pretty much synonymous with "oscilloscope". Test equipment 
aficionados around the world will be pleased to learn of the Tektronix 
Museum <http://vintagetek.org/>. One of the founders is long-time 
contester, Stan W7NI, who has amassed a second-to-none collection of 
Tektronix equipment. Check out this interview 
<http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperience/programs/29-The-Spirit-of-Tek/video_galleries/9> 
with Stan! (Thanks, Tree N6TR)

Chip K7JA notes that Lubriplate low-temperature grease is outstanding 
for re-lubricating rotators if their bearings have seized up because the 
grease has lost viscosity in very cold weather.

*Technical Web Site of the Week* - Happy 50^th Birthday to the LASER 
<http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/284158_townes.html>! What 
was once a lab-only device now costs nearly nothing and appears nearly 
everywhere. Zap!

CONVERSATION

Ham Radio Homecoming

I trust you can figure out which is Louisiana Contest Club member Steve 
KG5VK and which is CW Pileup entrant Victoria SV2KBS. (Photo K5SL)

Beginning with the 2010 ARRL November Sweepstakes, the prohibition 
against alumni operating at a School Club station has been repealed! The 
goal is to get more school clubs active for Sweepstakes and on HF. 
Sweepstakes is just a little over five months away - the first and third 
weekends of November! What are your plans? Wouldn't it be nice to hear 
the call sign of your alma mater ringing out in the middle of the 
Sweepstakes exchange? Sure it would!

Anna WØANT had the highest score in the recent ARRL Rookie Roundup and 
was the youngest student at Contest University. (Photo NØAX)

Entering Sweepstakes in the Multioperator category was once a staple of 
the fall semester's competitive atmosphere, but many high-school and 
collegiate clubs have fallen silent or nearly so over the past decades. 
Your school club might be interested in hosting an alumnus or two - why 
not contact them? If the club station has been inactive in recent years, 
this would be a good way to help get activity jump-started again. To get 
the juices flowing, challenge a nearby club or try to beat a score from 
days gone by.

If you want to help put the S back in SS, the station must be on-campus 
or on University property. If no such station is available, a local 
station may be used this year with the approval of the club trustee. 
Otherwise, there are no limits on alumni participation. Take advantage 
of a wonderful opportunity to help with a work party or string up some 
antennas. You can have fun and be a contesting Elmer at the same time - 
the goal of the rule change. Make it a priority to involve as many of 
the club members as possible, not to create the Alumni Nostalgia QSO Party.

Randy K5SL (L) was on-hand at Contest University to welcome Pai VU2PAI 
(Photo K5SL)

Check out the School Club records <http://www.arrl.org/contest-records> 
on the ARRL Contest Branch Web page. There might be some "low-hanging 
fruit" to be picked...for a while, that is. While you're working up a 
plan, check out WM5R's Collegiate Championship 
<http://www.collegiatechampionship.org/> Web page and two-contest 
scoring system. If you are really motivated, the ARRL Contest Branch is 
looking for a volunteer to go through the records for the Multioperator 
and School Club categories and organize them by NCAA and NAIA 
Conferences. What is the NCAA Big Ten record for CW SS? How about the 
NAIA Sunrise Conference record for SS Phone?

The energy and goodwill of alumni across the US and Canada can help 
return vitality to a category that should be a hotbed of activity in the 
November Sweepstakes. Why not contact your club and see if there is an 
opening in Sweepstakes 101? For more information and questions about 
participating, contact Sweepstakes Manager, Dan Street K1TO 
<mailto:k1to at arrl.net> or ARRL Contest Branch manager, Sean Kutzko KX9X. 
<mailto:kx9x at arrl.org>

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CONTESTS

*26 May through 8 June 2010*

An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral in PDF format 
<http://www.arrl.org/contest> is available. Check the sponsor's Web site 
for information on operating time restrictions and other instructions.

*HF CONTESTS*

CQ WW WPX Contest--CW, from May 29, 0000Z to May 30, 2400Z. Bands (MHz): 
3.5-28. Exchange: RST and serial. Logs due: Jun 27. Rules 
<http://www.cqwpx.com/>

QRP ARCI Hootowl Sprint--CW, from May 30, 8 PM to May 30, Midnight. 
Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST, S/P/C QRP number or power. Logs due: 
Jun 30. Rules <http://www.qrparci.org/>

MI QRP Memorial Day CW Sprint--CW, from May 31, 2300Z to Jun 1, 0300Z. 
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, MI QRP number or power. Logs 
due: 30 days. Rules <http://www.miqrp.org/>

SEANET Contest--Phone, CW, Digital, from Jun 5, 1200Z to Jun 6, 1200Z. 
Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Frequencies (MHz): CW--3.525, 7.025, 14.025, 
21.025, 28.025; SSB--3.540/3.790, 7.090, 14.320, 21.320, 28.320. 
Exchange: RS(T), serial. Logs due: Jul 31. Rules 
<http://www.sabah.net.my/seanet/the_contest.htm>

*VHF+ CONTESTS*

No VHF+ contests are scheduled.

LOG DUE DATES

*26 May through 8 June 2010*

May 26 - Helvetia Contest, email logs to: contest at uska.ch 
<mailto:contest at uska.ch>, paper logs and diskettes to: Dominik Bugmann, 
HB9CZF, Im Geeren 27a, 8112 Otelfingen, Switzerland. Rules 
<http://www.uska.ch/typo/fileadmin/download/Contest/KW/1-static/KW-Contest_english_2010.pdf>

May 27 - RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW, upload log at: 
http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl, paper logs and diskettes to: 
(none). Rules <http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2010/r80mcc.shtml>

May 27 - QRP Minimal Art Session, email logs to: mas at qrpcc.de 
<mailto:mas at qrpcc.de>, paper logs and diskettes to: DL1RNN, Lutz 
Gutheil, Bergstrasse 17, D-38446 Wolfsburg, Germany. Rules 
<http://www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/mas/qrpmasr-e.html>

May 29 - Portuguese Navy Day Contest, email logs to: contest at nra.pt 
<mailto:contest at nra.pt>, paper logs and diskettes to: (none). Rules 
http://www.nra.pt/regulations.html

May 29 - VK/Trans-Tasman 80m Contest, Phone, email logs to: VK: 
vktasman at hotmail.com <mailto:vktasman at hotmail.com>, ZL: 
vktasman at robglassey.com <mailto:vktasman at robglassey.com>, paper logs and 
diskettes to: VK:, VK/trans-Tasman Contest, 28 Crampton Crescent, 
Rosanna, VIC 3084, Australia, , ZL:, VK/trans-Tasman Contest, P.O. Box 
21-363, Christchurch 8143, New Zealand. Rules 
<http://home.iprimus.com.au/vktasman/RULES.HTM>

May 30 - International Vintage Contest HF, email logs to: 
iv3ehh at iv3ehh.it <mailto:iv3ehh at iv3ehh.it>, paper logs and diskettes to: 
(none). Rules <http://www.beepworld.it/members/contestvintage/rules.htm>

May 31 - MIE 33 Contest, email logs to: je2mde at jarl.com 
<mailto:je2mde at jarl.com>, paper logs and diskettes to: JARL Mie Branch, 
c/o H. Masuda, 750-30 Kanonjicho, Tsu, Mie 514-0062, Japan. Rules 
<http://www.ztv.ne.jp/isoda/33/annual/33/33rule-e.html>

May 31 - Holyland DX Contest, email logs to: 4Z4KX at iarc.org 
<mailto:4Z4KX at iarc.org>, paper logs and diskettes to: Contest Manager 
4Z4KX, Israel Amateur Radio Club, Box 17600, Tel Aviv 61176, Israel. 
Rules <http://www.iarc.org/?page_id=983>

May 31 - Nebraska QSO Party, email logs to: nqp at hdxa.net 
<mailto:nqp at hdxa.net>, paper logs and diskettes to: HDXA NQP, P.O. Box 
375, Elkhorn, NE 68022-0375, USA. Rules 
<http://www.hdxa.net/neqso/neqso.htm>

May 31 - Montana QSO Party, email logs to: normsclassicradio at yahoo.com 
<mailto:normsclassicradio at yahoo.com>, paper logs and diskettes to: Norm 
Palin K7NCR, 68 Silver Leaf Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901, USA. Rules 
<http://www.fvarc.org/?q=node/77>

May 31 - JIDX CW Contest, email logs to: cw at jidx.org 
<mailto:cw at jidx.org>, paper logs and diskettes to: JIDX CW Contest, c/o 
Five-Nine Magazine, P.O. Box 59, Kamata, Tokyo 144-8691, Japan. Rules 
<http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html>

May 31 - AGCW QRP/QRP Party, email logs to: qrp-party at agcw.de 
<mailto:qrp-party at agcw.de>, paper logs and diskettes to: Manager, Jo 
(Juergen) Mertens, DJ4EY, Am Muehlenbruch 32, D-59581 Warstein, Germany. 
Rules <http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:QRP-QRP-Party>

May 31 - MARAC CW QSO Party, email logs to: ka3qlf at comcast.net 
<mailto:ka3qlf at comcast.net>, paper logs and diskettes to: KA3QLF, Scott 
Petty, 2063 N. Turnpike Rd., Dalton, PA 18414, USA. Rules 
<http://marac.org/cwrules.htm>

May 31 - MARAC SSB QSO Party, email logs to: ka3qlf at comcast.net 
<mailto:ka3qlf at comcast.net>, paper logs and diskettes to: KA3QLF, Scott 
Petty, 2063 N. Turnpike Rd., Dalton, PA 18414, USA. Rules 
http://marac.org/ssbrules.htm

June 1 - Feld Hell Sprint, email logs to: (none), post log summary at: 
http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests, paper logs and 
diskettes to: (none). Rules 
<http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests>

June 1 - New England QSO Party, email logs to: logs at neqp.org 
<mailto:logs at neqp.org>, paper logs and diskettes to: NEQP, PO Box J, 
West Suffield, CT 06093, USA. Rules <http://www.neqp.org/rules.html>

June 1 - ARI International DX Contest, email logs to: aricontest at kkn.net 
<mailto:aricontest at kkn.net>, paper logs and diskettes to: ARI Contest 
Manager, c/o ARI, Via Scarlatti 31, 20124 Milano, Italy. Rules 
<http://www.associazioneradioamatoritaliani.it/images/stories/filespdf/ARIDX2009rules.pdf>

June 1 - QRP to the Field, email logs to: na5n at zianet.com 
<mailto:na5n at zianet.com>, paper logs and diskettes to: Paul Harden, 
NA5N, QRPTTF 2008, P.O. Box 757, Socorro, NM 87801, USA. Rules 
<http://www.zianet.com/qrp/QRPTTF/ttf.html>

June 4 - Portuguese Navy Day Contest, Digital, email logs to: 
contest at nra.pt <mailto:contest at nra.pt>, paper logs and diskettes to: 
(none). Rules <http://www.nra.pt/regulations.html>

June 5 - 7th Call Area QSO Party, email logs to: 7qplogs at codxc.org 
<mailto:7qplogs at codxc.org>, paper logs and diskettes to: 7th Call Area 
QSO Party, c/o CODXC, 61255 Ferguson Rd, Bend, OR 97702, USA. Rules 
<http://www.codxc.com/new/Page.asp?Content=DRYLAND7S&Page=3>

June 5 - Slobozhansky Sprint Contest, email logs to: ut0lwr at ukr.net 
<mailto:ut0lwr at ukr.net>, paper logs and diskettes to: Nick Panchenko 
(UX7LQ), P.O. Box 2373, Kharkiv-1, 61001, Ukraine. Rules 
<http://www.tdr.at.ua/index/polozhenie_2010_g/0-13>

June 6 - WAB LF Phone, email logs to: aebbooks at ntlworld.com 
<mailto:aebbooks at ntlworld.com>, paper logs and diskettes to: Tony 
Beardsley, G3XKT, 14 York Avenue, Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5HB, United 
Kingdom. Rules <http://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Rules.php#OtherRules>

June 7 - FISTS Spring Sprint, email logs to: wa1lad at cox.net 
<mailto:wa1lad at cox.net>, paper logs and diskettes to: Gil Woodside, 
WA1LAD, 30 Hilltop Ave., West Warwick, RI 02893-2825, USA. Rules 
<http://www.fists.org/sprints.html>

June 7 - EU PSK DX Contest, email logs to: contest at epc-ru.ru 
<mailto:contest at epc-ru.ru>, paper logs and diskettes to: (none). Rules 
<http://eu.srars.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=48>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ARRL Contest Update wishes to acknowledge information from WA7BNM's 
Contest Calendar <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal> and SM3CER's 
Contest Calendar <http://www.sk3bg.se/contest>.

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