[SFDXA] The ARRL Contest Update for May 7, 2014

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The ARRL Contest Update

May 7, 2014
Editor: Ward Silver, NØAX <mailto:rate-sheet at arrl.org>
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IN THIS ISSUE

  * Summer Es Season Continues - 50 MHz Spring Sprint <#Contests>
  * Glass Elbow Festival - Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon <#Contests>
  * An Optickal Collusion <#News>
  * GOTO 50 <#Newsweek>
  * Anvil Screamers <Anvil%20Screamers>
  * CQ World Wide Results <#Results>
  * The Case of the Missing Fahnstock Clips <#Tech>
  * Raiders of the Lost Art <#Techweek>
  * We're Goin' to Dayton <#Conversation>

NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO

This weekend features a rarity in Amateur Radio - the ability to 
communicate with non-amateur stations! The Armed Forces Communication 
Test features military stations like NAV and AIR transmitting on 
frequencies outside but near the ham bands and listening on frequencies 
/inside/ the ham bands. Make QSO with your uniformed servicemen and 
women - but be sure to get your split-VFO settings correct!

BULLETINS

Hank W6SX reports that the trial run of weekly CWOps Tests was 
successful and, "The keys have voted. We will have CWops Tests every 
Wednesday/Thursday from here out."

Another late change is that the UNDX Contest rules have changed - be 
sure to read the new rules before next weekend's contest. (Thanks, Ivan 
UN9LU)

BUSTED QSOS

Relatively gaffe-free, the previous issue contained nothing for this 
section.

CONTEST SUMMARY

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

*May 10-11*

  * Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest
  * Armed Forces Comm'ns Test
  * CQ-M International DX Contest
  * Portuguese Navy Day
  * Nevada Mustang Roundup
  * FISTS Spring Sprint--CW
  * 50 MHz Spring Sprint
  * Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon
  * CWops Monthly Mini-CWT Tests (May 14)

*May 17-18*

  * Portuguese Navy Day--Digital
  * His Majesty King of Spain Contest--CW
  * Feld-Hell Hamvention Sprint
  * Baltic Contest
  * Worked All Britain - 7 MHz Phone
  * Run For the Bacon--CW (May 19)

NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST

In October 2009 artist Daniela de Paulis and Jan van Muijlwijk PA3FXB 
started pioneering a new application of moonbounce technology, called 
/Visual Moonbounce/, which allows sending images to the Moon and back, 
combining Radio Astronomy with Amateur Radio technologies. Called 
OPTICKS <http://www.opticks.info/>, the title is inspired by Newton's 
discoveries of the light spectrum, reflection and refraction. Similarly, 
the colors composing an image - converted into radio signals - are 
bounced off the Moon (reflected and refracted) by its surface during 
each live performance. The performance is introduced by live sounds of 
amateurs radio signals captured by the Dwingeloo antenna tracking the 
Moon. (From AMSAT <http://amsat.org/> News Bulletin ANS-124)

Is this the luckiest guy at the hamfest or what? Not really, Charles 
K7CNH is just keeping an eye on the prizes at the recent Boise State 
Convention! (Photo by NØAX)

A proceedings CD for the 2014 Eastern VHF/UHF/Microwave Conference 
<http://www.newsvhf.com/confcd.html> is now available. A table of 
contents is available on-line, as well. These proceedings are always 
full of good articles about our higher-frequency allocations for 
contesters, grid-chasers, ping jockeys, and experimenters alike.

In his "A Ham's-Eye View 
<http://edn.com/electronics-blogs/a-ham-s-eye-view/4429988/Hams-unite-to-communicate-with-Juno-spacecraft>" 
blog on the EDN website, Doug K1DG wraps up the successful reception by 
the Juno spacecraft of our very-QRS transmissions a few months ago. This 
coordinated effort was a good example of how hams can "do science" by 
working together in tight coordination.

One of the goals of WRTC2014 is to promote ham radio and radiosport to 
people outside of the ham radio community. As WRTC2014 is mentioned in 
the press, the WRTC2014 committee will collect these stories and put 
them online <http://www.wrtc2014.org/in-the-media/> for all to enjoy.

The Dayton Hamvention <http://www.hamvention.org> is imminent - are you 
going? To help plan your weekend shopping, downloadable maps have been 
posted for both the indoor exhibitions 
<http://hamvention.org/files/2014_Inside_Exhibits_Map.pdf> and outdoor 
flea market spaces 
<http://hamvention.org/files/2014_Flea_Market_Map_East_and_West.pdf>. 
I've got my most comfortable walking shoes ready for duty - how about 
you? While you're in Dayton, if you are taking a side trip to the U.S. 
Air Force Museum, check out the Research & Development Gallery which is 
located in a separate area from the main museum. Two other excellent 
opportunities for visiting hams are the Aviation Trail 
<http://www.aviationtrailinc.org/> and the National Voice of America 
Museum station tours by the WC8VOA club <http://www.wc8voa.com/node/48>. 
(Thanks, Daily DX and Eric K9GY)

What form of QSLing has been forgotten? Why, the QSL stamp 
<http://www.radioworld.com/article/ekko-stamps-recall-%E2%80%9Cthe-miracle%E2%80%9D-/270136>, 
of course - even better than a green stamp? (Thanks, Eric W3DQ)

What to do with those blown cartridge fuses 
<http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-create-earrings-using-blown-electric-fuse/>? 
Isn't Mother's Day coming up?

The contest and DX community has lost some of its aloha with the death 
of Lee Wical, KH6BZF. Using the colorful "bloomin' zipper flipper" 
phonetics, Lee was a beacon from Hawaii for many years - since 1955. Lee 
was also the propagation guru for several decades for many Amateur Radio 
and DX outlets, providing solar terrestrial forecasts and other bits of 
solar wisdom. Mahalo, Lee, and aloha.

What does a hamfest look like in another dimension? Take a look at the 
annual Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Flea at MIT 
<http://edn.com/design/test-and-measurement/4429992/Test-equipment-under-the-sun-and-in-the-garage>".

*Web Site of the Week* - This month marks 50 years since the invention 
of BASIC at Dartmouth College, the simplified programming language that 
made computing accessible to everyone. A recent interview on NPR 
<http://dbaseserver.mistermail.nl/t/1497194/36554732/352751/63/> with 
Dan Rockmore, a Dartmouth professor provides some interesting tidbits on 
the history of this almost universal programming language.

WORD TO THE WISE

*/Recruit/* - not the noun, the verb! Every contester should keep their 
recruitment detectors tuned up to high sensitivity, waiting for an 
opportunity to show an acquaintance or visitor how much fun ham radio 
can be, especially our competitive side. Take a portable station to the 
park or sports complex and operate in one of the numerous contests 
active every weekend. Be sure to take plenty of handouts since you'll 
have a steady stream of folks stopping by to see what's going on. Then 
you change the verb into the noun!

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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Perhaps you've heard an "anvil screamer <http://vimeo.com/93097274>"? I 
don't mean when the coyote runs off the cliff and vanishes into the 
valley below to raise a tiny puff of dust, but the sound of corona 
discharge caused by an approaching thunderstorm! Where's the ka-boom? 
There was supposed to be an earth-shattering ka-boom! (Thanks, Tom K1KI)

Ham operators make appearances throughout this 1989 composition 
<https://soundcloud.com/bruce-atchison-author/ham-by-flemmp3> by Bruce 
Atchison in collaboration with Gene Kosowan. It's an interesting four 
minutes. (Thanks, Mark N5OT)

More fun at the Boise State Convention was provided by the Hip Ham 
Shirts <http://www.hiphamshirts.com> team of Mark and Laura. It just 
seems like there is another "gotta have" every time I encounter their 
wares! (Photo by NØAX)

Henryk SMØJHF has written a piece about "The Godfather of Contesting in 
Sweden" 
<http://contesting.at-communication.com/en/sm2dmu_godfather-of-contesting-in-sweden/> 
Rainer SM2DMU. There are good photos of Rainier's station near the Gulf 
of Bothnia in those northern latitudes. (Thanks, Daily DX 
<http://dailydx.com/>)

Get yourself all spun up by these videos showing some Serious Motors 
being built. While they may not have a place in ham radio - unless you 
have a Really Big Crankup - our appreciation of fields makes these 
videos about dc motors <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0GEuGzeWIU> and 
ac motors <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBFE-Bt7RjY> of special 
interest. (Thanks, Tim K3HX)

Do you think your tower's a big one? Well, I bet it's not as big as this 
300-plus foot wind turbine pylon! The finale of this issue's "how they 
do it 
<http://www.cashton.com/North_Wind_Turbine_Const-DM-CS-SB-2-reduced-in-size.pdf>" 
trio shows just how those big poles go up - and why they stay up. 
(Thanks, Bob N6TV)

OK, which of you were just a little bit disappointed /not /to see your 
shack in this "most disastrous cable messes 
<http://www.geekabout.com/2008-02-19-479/40-most-disastrous-cable-messes.html>" 
compendium? (Thanks, Tim K3HX)

RESULTS AND RECORDS

A new blog post <http://cqww.com/blog/?p=327> by CQ World Wide Director, 
Randy K5ZD announces that results for both modes of the 2013 CQ WW DX 
Contest are now available online. This was another high point for CQ WW 
with a record 7,443 entrants submitting logs! Te online database of 
scores has been updated, as well - there are a lot of ways to experience 
the CQ WW Contest on cqww.com <http://cqww.com/>. The results are also 
available on the CQ magazine 
<http://cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/cq_ww_dx_contest/index_cq_ww_dx_contest.html> 
website. An email with a link to the Log Checking Report has been sent 
to everyone who submitted a log for the CQ WW DX Contest CW 2013. If you 
didn't receive a report, check your spam folder, then send an email to 
questions at cqww.com <mailto:questions at cqww.com> and provide the call sign 
you used in the contest.The Log Checking Report includes a complete 
summary of how the final score was calculated and any errors or 
deductions that may have occurred. Another CQ WW blog post 
<http://cqww.com/blog/?p=313> has some information on typical error 
rates. (Thanks, Randy K5ZD)

Is it true - does NØAX actually have a giant amplifier? Or maybe I just 
said something about "big shoes!" A few days ago, I had the chance to 
try on one of the only known pairs of Robert Wadlow's size 42 shoes 
(1918 - 1940) in existence. He was 8' 11-3/4" and still growing when he 
died in 1940. (Courtesy of the Giant Shoe Museum 
<http://www.oldseattlepaperworks.com/giantshoemuseum.html>, Seattle WA)

The 2014 JIDX CW contest logs received list 
<http://jidx.org/2014cw-cate.html> has been receiving steady updates. 
Winners of the 2011 through 2013 contests can now receive downloadable 
certificates <http://jidx.org/awards.html>, too. (Thanks, Tack JE1CKA)

Roger G3KMA has posted the results of the IOTA Marathon 
<http://www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com/IOTAmarathonresults.pdf> online, as well.

OPERATING TIP

Raise your grid awareness and memorize not only your 4-character grid 
square <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System> but all 
the way to the 6-character locator that pins down your exact location. 
The 6-character locator is precise enough to allow microwave and other 
narrow-lobe antennas to be aimed right at you. At microwave frequencies, 
accurate antenna aiming often makes the difference between making a QSO 
and hearing only noise.

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TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION

Whatever /did/ happen to Fahnstock clips? Electronic Design author W5LEF 
(Louis Frenzel) asks the provocative question in a recent blog post 
titled "Cable and Connector Hell 
<http://electronicdesign.com/blog/cable-and-connector-hell>". I wonder 
if he saw the cable mess web page mentioned above?

Gary K4FS contributed this link to a website that is a laundry list of 
various modules 
<http://ecafe.org/blog/2014/02/11/internet-of-things-kit-for-hackdays-and-hackspaces.html> 
you can use to build something interesting and possibly RF-related. The 
author lists sources to acquire these modules as well as a brief 
description of them. It would be useful for a great club building 
activity or competition, too.

The short article "Turn a Spreadsheet Into a Delta-Sigma Modulator 
<http://electronicdesign.com/analog/turn-spreadsheet-delta-sigma-modulator>" 
shows just how these common analog-to-digital converters work. As a 
bonus, author Dave Van Ess gives possibly the simplest description of 
Morse code ever. I didn't say it was useful, just the simplest!

Who says you can't see the atmosphere's layers? Seen from the ISS, you 
can clearly see the troposphere (red layer) topped by the stratosphere 
(blue layer) and the Moon is rising into the ionosphere which remains 
invisible to all but radio signals. (Photo courtesy of NASA 
<http://www.nasa.gov/content/earths-atmospheric-layers/>)

Looking for cool way to get those "alternative power" Field Day bonus 
points? How about a bicycle-powered generator 
<http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/gadgets/pedal-power-how-to-build-a-bike-generator-16627209> 
as in this Popular Mechanics article?

Having just wrestled with this problem yesterday, I can certainly 
endorse the Savage GripLine 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOvwbsjZokw>, a tape measure that can 
hang on to round things - even up to 2-inch diameter things! Now who 
will invent one that on command from the other end lets go of whatever 
it has gripped.

Trying to accurately (and safely) drill holes in round or 
irregularly-shaped objects can be quite a challenge. This Instructables 
project 
<http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-drill-or-bore-round-objects-safely/> 
shows a way to do it by fashioning a custom jig with modeling clay to 
hold the object in place.

This video <http://bcove.me/b4b1ioqa> shows a rather unusual way to 
power a digital isolator IC. Or a QRP rig. Who knows - with a little ham 
ingenuity we could even have vacuum tubers! (Thanks, Doug K1DG - he is 
not responsible for that bad pun)

This website <http://www.cplus.org/rmw/rmonline.html> by VE2DBE uses 
topo map data, transmitter and receiver antenna height and gain, 
transmitter power, frequency (and a host of other factors) to generate 
color-coded maps for signal strength, that can be saved and linked to as 
an overlay to Google Maps. Just the thing for evaluating those Rover 
sites! Setting up a login is required but no personal information is 
needed and the price is right - free! (Thanks, Charlie, KX7L)

I think we've all heard the story about holding your car keys to your 
head <http://biggeekdad.com/2014/04/car-key-experiment/> to get more 
range out of your wireless key fob. Here's how it really works! (Thanks, 
Brian K1BRF)

Fans of the 555 timer and those who just want to know how this 
ubiquitous IC works might enjoy the Three Fives Discrete 555 Timer Kit 
<http://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/tinykitlist/652> sold by 
Evil Mad Scientist. The kit uses discrete resistors and transistors to 
create the inner mechanisms of the 555 - one of the most popular ICs 
ever produced and still going strong 40 years after its introduction.

Need a manual for older Hewlett-Packard equipment? It just might be here 
in this online archive <http://www.hparchive.com/hp_equipment.htm>. 
(Thanks, Tom WØEAJ)

This issue's magazine mailbag features a couple of interesting radio 
astronomy stories from the /IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine/.

  * /The Mobile Laboratory for Radio-Frequency Interference Monitoring
    at the Sardinia Radio Telescope/ (Oct 2013)
  * /Phased-Array Antenna System Development for Radio-Astronomy
    Applications/ (Dec 2013)

*Technical Web Site of the Week* - Hams not only talked to the Juno 
spacecraft but were instrumental in advancing a new 1950s technology 
known as "slow scan TV." This story about recovering "lost" lunar photos 
<http://www.wired.com/2014/04/lost-lunar-photos-recovered-by-great-feats-of-hackerdom-developed-at-a-mcdonalds/> 
originally transmitted back to Earth by an SSTV variation makes for a 
great "how dunnit." (Thanks, Bill Saltzstein)

CONVERSATION

We're Goin' to Dayton

Dayton has the same emotional attraction to hams as Graceland does to 
Elvis Presley fans. Thus, when Dr Beldar's muse whispered in his ear, 
"We're goin' to Dayton!" there was nothing else to do but get busy.

Have fun with the doctor's re-tuning of "Graceland 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland_%28album%29>" by Paul Simon - 
there are plenty of online versions of the original to hum along with. 
Hope to see all of you "Free Hams in Dayton" being unfettered and alive 
in a couple of weeks!

73, Ward NØAX

*Dayton*

Misty Ohio river was shining
Like a National receiver
I am a licensed believer
Up the highway
 >From our cradles of amateur radio
I'm going to Dayton
Dayton
Past Nashville and Cincinnati
I'm going to Dayton
Poor boys and old hams with stories
And we are going to Dayton
My traveling companion ninety years old
He was the Elmer for my first license
But I've reason to believe
Our signals will be received
In Dayton

She came back to another call
As if I couldn't hear that
As if I didn't know my own call
As if I'd never noticed
The way she rushed my call in the pileup
And she said fading fast
It's like a burned up burned out part
Everybody hears it blow apart
Everybody hears the fuse blow

I'm going to Dayton
Southwest Ohio
I'm going to Dayton
Poor boys and old hams with stories
And we are going to Dayton
And my traveling companions
Have amps with empty sockets
I'm looking for tubes and chimneys
But I've reason to believe
Our signals will be received
In Dayton

There is a ham from east Missouri
We call him Murphy in human form
And sometimes when he's operating
And creating turmoil I say
Oh, so this is what it means
It means we're going back to Dayton
And I see in the dark
The glowing burned up burned out part
Everybody hears it blow apart
Everybody hears the fuse blow

In Dayton in Dayton
I'm going to Dayton
For reasons I cannot explain
The flea market I need to see
Dayton
And I may be unwise to spend
Every dime, wallet empty
Or maybe hit the lottery now
Maybe I've a reason to believe
Our signals will be received
In Dayton

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CONTESTS

*May 7 through May 20*

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

*HF CONTESTS*

Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest--Digital, from May 10, 1200Z to May 11, 
1200Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST, serial, CQ zone. Logs due: 
May 31. Rules <http://www.contestvolta.com/>

Armed Forces Comm'ns Test--Phone,Digital, from May 10, 1200Z to May 11, 
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. See website for specific station schedules. 
Exchange: RS(T). Logs due: no logs. Rules <http://www.netcom.army.mil/mars>

CQ-M International DX Contest--Phone,CW, from May 10, 1200Z to May 11, 
1200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T) and serial. Logs due: 30 
days. Rules <http://www.cq-m.ru/>

Portuguese Navy Day--Phone,CW, from May 10, 1500Z to May 11, 1500Z. 
Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RS(T), serial, CQ zone. Logs due: 20 
days. Rules <http://www.nra.pt/>

Nevada Mustang Roundup--Phone,CW,Digital, from May 10, 1700Z to May 11, 
1700Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RS(T) and S/P/C or NV county. 
Logs due: Jun 15. Rules <http://www.nvqsoparty.info/>

FISTS Spring Sprint--CW, from May 10, 1700Z to May 10, 2100Z. Bands 
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RS(T), S/P/C, name, FISTS nr or power. Logs 
due: 30 days. Rules <http://www.fists.org/operating.html#sprints>

Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon--CW, from May 11, 1200Z to May 12, 
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, QTH, name, member nr if 
member. Logs due: 5 days. Rules <http://www.skccgroup.com/>

CWops Monthly Mini-CWT Tests--CW, from May 14, 1300Z - See website. 
Multiple time periods. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Weekly on Wednesday 
(May-June only), 28 to 38 kHz above band edge. Exchange: Name, member 
number or S/P/C. Logs due: 2 days. Rules <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>

Portuguese Navy Day--Digital, from May 17, 0800Z to May 17, 1500Z. Bands 
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST, serial, CQ zone. Logs due: 20 days. Rules 
<http://www.nra.pt/>

His Majesty King of Spain Contest--CW, from May 17, 1200Z to May 18, 
1200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST and serial or EA province. 
Logs due: 15 days. Rules <http://concursos.ure.es/en>

Feld-Hell Hamvention Sprint--Digital, from May 17, 1600Z - See website. 
Multiple time periods. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Monthly on 3rd Saturday. 
Exchange: RST, S/P/C, Feld-Hell member nr. Logs due: 7 days. Rules 
<http://www.feldhellclub.org/>

Baltic Contest--Phone,CW, from May 17, 2100Z to May 18, 0200Z. Bands 
(MHz): 3.5. Exchange: RS(T) and serial. Logs due: Jul 1. Rules 
<http://www.lrsf.lt/bcontest/english/rules_html.htm>

Worked All Britain - 7 MHz Phone--Phone, from May 18, 1000Z to May 18, 
1400Z. Bands (MHz): 7. Exchange: RS, serial, and WAB nr or DXCC entity. 
Logs due: 21 days. Rules <http://wab.intermip.net/>

Run For the Bacon--CW, from May 19, 0200Z to May 19, 0400Z. Bands (MHz): 
1.8-28. Monthly on 3rd Sunday night (local). Exchange: RST, S/P/C, 
Flying Pig nr or power. Rules <http://www.fpqrp.org/>

*VHF+ CONTESTS*

50 MHz Spring Sprint--Phone,CW,Digital, from May 10, 2300Z to May 11, 
0300Z. Bands (MHz): 50. Exchange: Grid square (6-character preferred). 
Logs due: 14 days. Rules <http://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints>

Nevada Mustang Roundup--Phone,CW,Digital, from May 10, 1700Z to May 11, 
1700Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RS(T) and S/P/C or NV county. 
Logs due: Jun 15. Rules <http://www.nvqsoparty.info/>

Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon--CW, from May 11, 1200Z to May 12, 
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, QTH, name, member nr if 
member. Logs due: 5 days. Rules <http://www.skccgroup.com/>

LOG DUE DATES

*May 7 through May 20*

  * May 7 - 432 MHz Spring Sprint
    <https://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/2014-information>
  * May 8 - ARS Spartan Sprint <http://www.arsqrp.blogspot.com/>
  * May 9 - ARI International DX Contest
    <http://www.ari.it/images/stories/ContestHF/ARI_International_DX_Contest_2014_Rules.pdf>
  * May 10 - ES Open HF Championship
    <http://www.erau.ee/images/LL/es-open_rules.pdf>
  * May 10 - SP DX RTTY Contest
    <http://www.pkrvg.org/strona,spdxrttyen.html>
  * May 10 - CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/onair.html>
  * May 11 - NCCC Sprint Ladder <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>
  * May 12 - 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, Digital
    <http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules>
  * May 12 - Helvetia Contest
    <http://uska.ch/fileadmin/download/Contest/KW/1-static/KW120101e.pdf>
  * May 12 - RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB
    <http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2014/r80mcc.shtml>
  * May 13 - JIDX CW Contest <http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html>
  * May 14 - Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest
    <http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32>
  * May 15 - NRAU 10m Activity Contest
    <http://www.nrau.net/activity-contests/below-30mhz.html>
  * May 15 - Georgia QSO Party <http://www.georgiaqsoparty.org/>
  * May 15 - Nebraska QSO Party
    <http://www.qcwa.org/chapter025-rules-ne-qsl-party-2014.pdf>
  * May 15 - North Dakota QSO Party <http://w0nd.com/ndqso14.pdf>
  * May 17 - Microwave Spring Sprint
    <https://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/2014-information>
  * May 17 - TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest
    <http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_dpx_rules.html>
  * May 18 - Ontario QSO Party <http://www.va3cco.com/oqp/rules.htm>
  * May 18 - SKCC Weekend Sprintathon
    <http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/>
  * May 19 - Michigan QSO Party <http://www.miqp.org/Rules.htm>
  * May 19 - 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, CW
    <http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules>
  * May 20 - CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest
    <http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf/Regulamento_Ing.pdf>
  * May 20 - EA-QRP CW Contest
    <http://www.eaqrp.com/index.php/actividades/concurso/24-actividades/concurso-eaqrp/71-concurso-eaqrp-cw-bases>

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