[SFDXA] The ARRL Contest Update for October 19, 2016

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The ARRL Contest Update

October 19, 2016
Editor: Brian Moran, N9ADG <mailto:contest-update at arrl.org>
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IN THIS ISSUE

  * New HF Operators: UK/EI DX, SPTBDC, CQWW DX SSB <#_55566851183988-NewHF>
  * Bulletins: Affiliated Club Competition <#_55566851183988-Bulletins>
  * Contest Summary <#_55566851183988-ContestSummary>
  * News: Makrothen changes, Waterfall Bandmap, and more
    <#_55566851183988-News>
  * Word to the Wise: Quagi <#_55566851183988-Word>
  * Sights and Sounds: California QSO Party Portable
    <#_55566851183988-Sights>
  * Results <#_55566851183988-Results>
  * Operating Tip: Submit Logs Successfully <#_55566851183988-OperatingTip>
  * Technical Topics and Information: Dielectric Constants, Smaller
    Transistors, History of RPi, RFI-free SMPS on Kickstarter, and more
    <#_55566851183988-Tech>
  * Conversation: And So It Goes <#_55566851183988-Conversation>
  * Contests <#_55566851183988-LogsDue>
  * Log Due Dates <#_55566851183988-LogsDue>

NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO

Have you tried JT65 on HF?

The best bet for some DX this weekend could be the UK/EI DX Contest 
<http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/uk-ei-dx-contest-rules>, unless 
you're outfitted for 160 meters, and can participate in the warm-up to 
the Stew Perry Top Band Distance Contest <http://www.kkn.net/stew/>, 
sometimes called the "Pre-Stew." As it's a weekend without an abundance 
of contests, you might want to "contest different." Try a new mode, put 
up a new antenna, or fix a piece of gear.

Many hams will be traveling to multipliers this week, putting up 
antennas and fixing gear as they get ready for the CQ WW DX Phone 
contest <http://www.cqww.com/> on October 29-30.

BULLETINS

Hey Affiliated Club Competition Coordinators! Remember that for your 
club to be included in the ARRL Affiliated Club Competition, your 
information needs to be up to date on the Affiliated Club Competition 
website <http://www.arrl.org/contest-club-tools>. You'll receive an 
authentication email after your information is updated. Note that there 
is also the ability to update club eligibility rosters before each contest.

BUSTED QSOS

Here is the correct link to the Feld Hell Club Spooky Sprint 
<https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/spooky-sprint>, 
which was held last weekend. Logs are due October 19. (Doug, KD4MOJ)

CONTEST SUMMARY

Complete information <#_55566851183988-Contests> for all contests 
follows the Conversation <#_55566851183988-Conversation> section

*October 20*

  * CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>

*October 21*

  * NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>
  * NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>
  * MCG Autumn Sprint <http://mcg-club.ru/en/contests/autumn-sprint.html>

*October 22*

  * *ARRL EME Contest* <http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest>
  * UK/EI DX Contest, SSB
    <http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/contest-rules/uk-ei-dx-contest>
  * Stew Perry Topband Challenge <http://www.kkn.net/stew/>
  * SA Sprint Contest <http://sa-sprint.com/rules/>

*October 26*

  * SKCC Sprint
    <http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/>
  * Phone Fray <http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>
  * CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>
  * UKEICC 80m Contest
    <http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/which-contest-ukeicc-80m-contests-rules>

*October 27*

  * CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>
  * RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB
    <http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2016/rsprint.shtml>

*October 28*

  * NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>
  * NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>

*October 29*

  * CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB <http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm>

*November 2*

  * Phone Fray <http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>
  * CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>
  * UKEICC 80m Contest
    <http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/which-contest-ukeicc-80m-contests-rules>

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NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST

If you participated in the Makrothen RTTY Contest last week, you'll want 
to send your logs to scottmcleman36 at gmail.com 
<mailto:scottmcleman36 at gmail.com>, who has volunteered to collect them 
for scoring. The continued sponsorship of this contest is evolving, stay 
tuned for more information.

Waterfall Bandmap provides a way to associate call signs with spectrum.

Steve, N2IC, submits: "The Waterfall Bandmap (WB) combines a live 
waterfall display with call sign and frequency spotting information. The 
beauty of the WB is that you do not need complex and potentially 
unreliable tools to interface the WB to your station. The WB tracks the 
frequency of your transceiver, and obtains DX spots directly from N1MM+. 
Unlike other waterfall implementations, the WB does *not* require 
virtual COM port splitters, VSPE, Omnirig, separate telnet connections, 
and the like. N1MM+ provides all the information that WB needs to work 
with your SDR receiver or sound card I/Q output to synchronize with your 
non-SDR station transceiver. WB works with any radio compatible with 
LP-PAN (such as the K3), Flex 6000 series, and the majority of SDR 
receivers, such as the Perseus, QS1R, or SDRplay. Best of all, Waterfall 
Bandmap is freeware. More information is available from the 
WaterfallBandmap Yahoo group 
<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/waterfallbandmap/info>.

RSGB's Youth Committee is raising funds for YOTA (Youngsters On The Air) 
2017 by providing supporter pins 
<http://www.rsgbshop.org/acatalog/YOTA-2017.html> at various funding 
levels. One hundred percent of all donations will go to YOTA.

Any time Heathkit gets mentioned, ears of hams of a certain age perk up. 
/Electronic Design /argues that manufacturer and aftermarket development 
kits have taken the place that Heathkit once occupied 
<http://electronicdesign.com/microcontrollers/have-chip-vendors-taken-over-where-heathkit-left> 
as the supplier of educational electronics platforms. (Ward, N0AX)

In a bit of an interesting twist, a Kickstarter effort, goTenna, has 
built a mesh network hardware add-on 
<http://newatlas.com/gotenna-mesh/45724/> to cellular phones so that 
they can be used in locations where there is no mobile operator 
infrastructure, for example remote DX locations, Burning Man, or inside 
a Faraday hangar. It uses Bluetooth to communicate with the cellphones, 
and it sounds like it has a bit of 'cognitive radio' capability. 
(Dennis, N6KI)

The 41st IPARC (International Police Association Radio Club) contest is 
coming up on first weekend in November this year. The International 
Police Association is an international friendship and cooperation 
organization, with chapters in many parts of the world. The German 
section of the IPARC hosts the rules for the radio contest 
<http://www.dl0ipa.darc.de/IPARC-Contest%202016%20_engl_.pdf>, and more 
information on IPARC is available on the German website 
<http://www.iparc.de>. (Uwe, DJ6QQ)

The Oceania DX Contest logs are due at the end of October. [Oceania DX 
painting courtesy of the Oceania DX Contest]

If you operated in the Oceania DX Contest 
<http://www.OceaniaDXcontest.com>, logs are due by the end of October. 
Cabrillo phone logs go to ph at oceaniaDXcontest.com 
<mailto:ph at oceaniaDXcontest.com>, CW logs to cw at oceaniaDXcontest.com 
<mailto:cw at oceaniaDXcontest.com>, SWL logs to info at oceaniaDXcontest.com 
<mailto:info at oceaniaDXcontest.com>.

WORD TO THE WISE

Quagi

The Quagi <http://n6nb.com/quagi.htm> is an antenna for UHF or VHF that 
combines helpful characteristics of a Yagi with those of a cubical quad 
antenna. It generally consists of a quad-style loop for the reflector 
and driven elements, with Yagi-style director elements. An eight-element 
design was originally described by Wayne, N6NB, an April, 1977 issue of 
/QST//, /followed up by an easy to build 15 element "Long Boom Quagi" in 
/QST/ for February, 1978. The quad elements allowed for ease in 
construction and impedance matching.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

The 2016 California QSO Party found Frank, W6JTI, and Jim, K9YC, 
operating from many county lines, like this one between Esmeralda and 
Mineral counties [Photo courtesy of Jim, K9YC]

Jim, K9YC, and Frank, W6JTI, usually "operate from very quiet places in 
the middle of nowhere" for contests like the California QSO Party. 
Here's a write up of their 2016 operation <http://www.k9yc.com/7QP.pdf> 
(PDF).

K6QK in the California QSO Party consisted of K6ZH, NC6Q, N6EEG, N6ERD, 
and N7CW operating expedition style from Imperial County. Pictured are 
Joan, N6KIM, and Dave, N6EEG [Photo courtesy of Jim, K6ZH]

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RESULTS AND RECORDS

The results of the August UHF Contest are now online, including line 
scores for all log submissions, as well as club aggregate scores and 
top-ten lists. There will be an expanded results article for the contest 
in the not too distant future. (Wayne, N6NB)

"Thanks to the efforts of N5KO and K5OT, complete sets of Sweepstakes 
records for both modes are now available at Sweepstakes page on the ARRL 
website <http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes> as well as the Contest Records 
page <http://www.arrl.org/contest-records>. The records are available by 
category, by division, and by section. A complete list of winners by 
category, extending back to the first Sweepstakes in 1930, is also 
provided. For fans of statistics, the number of logs submitted each year 
and a cross-reference of call signs is also provided. This is some nice 
work! Is there a record in your location or favorite category that might 
be within reach this year?" (Bart, W9JJ)

OPERATING TIP

Submitting Logs Successfully

Many contests are shortening the time between contest end and the log 
submission deadline. It pays to check the rules to make sure the log 
deadline hasn't changed since the last time you entered the contest. 
Also, more and more contests are publishing the list of submitted logs 
on their web site. Get in the habit of checking the 'received logs' 
pages to make absolutely sure your log was received.

If you have a question about the rules, first, read the rules again. If 
your question is still unresolved, a polite email to the contest 
sponsor/director could clear things up in a jiffy.

For example, here's a question I sent to Ed, W0YK, CQ WW RTTY Contest 
Director:

"Hi Ed, in the RTTY contest a couple of weeks ago, there was a station 
in zone 8 sending zone 11 as the exchange. When asked for his 'CQ zone', 
he replied with 11; for the CQ WW RTTY Contest, what is the correct 
number for a station to log? What was sent, or what the correct zone 
would be?"

Ed wrote back:

"In this case, I'd go ahead and log '11' if you think that is what he 
will have in his log. The log checking will assign multiplier credit 
based on what the actual multiplier is, not what the station sent. But 
for cross-checking, it is safer for you to have in your log what he has 
in his log. If he was insisting on '54', then I'd log 8, because the 
robot and log checking will complain if the number is not in the range 
of 1-40."

An email exchange with the contest director could be more insightful 
than a dozen email reflector messages for rules interpretation questions.

TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION

If you're building your own capacitors out of various materials, you 
might want to measure the dielectric constant. KE9V tweeted this link to 
a hackaday article 
<http://hackaday.com/2016/10/12/measuring-the-dielectric-constant-for-diy-capacitors/> 
on doing just that. (KE9V via Twitter)

Molybdenum disulfide was used recently by researchers to create a 
transistor <http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6308/99> with a 
gate size of one nanometer. The gate was formed out of a single carbon 
nanotube, and another unconventional material, zirconium dioxide, was 
used for the channel material. The size reduction reflects a 5 to 1 
advantage over what is presumed to be a five nanometer lower limit for 
silicon transistors, but to be commercially successful, manufacturing 
process optimization will have to occur, according to an article in /EE 
Times/ <http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1330619>.

We're beginning to see the use of Raspberry Pi computers for the 
foundation of a number of Amateur Radio projects. /Design News/ recently 
published the history of the Raspberry Pi project 
<http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=281793>.

An RFI-free switching power supply is the goal of a recently 
triply-oversubscribed Kickstarter project 
<https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1684029908/the-silentswitcher-mains-free-low-noise-15v-and-5v>. 
Who would have thought there would be such demand for a board level +/- 
15 volt power supply module?

One terabit per second data transmission via radio waves may be within 
reach, as researchers at Rice University are using pulses of RF 
<http://newatlas.com/pulse-based-wireless-one-terabit/45866/> at up to 
10 GHz to achieve these data rates. (Dennis, N6KI)

A counterpoint to exercise treadmill RFI horror stories? Here is a 
teardown of an RFI-free treadmill 
<http://degood.org/hamradio/treadmill.html>, made by Johnson Fitness. 
Highlights include separate toroids on the power and ground leads to the 
DC motor, a single point ground for DC, AC, and electronics grounds. 
(John, NU3E, via RFI Reflector)

On the high end of network-enabled receiving hardware would be the 
EM100XT from Rohde & Schwarz 
<http://qrznow.com/rsem100xt-digital-compact-receiver/>. Besides being 
weatherproof with an IP67 rating, it also has a built-in GPS for timing 
and frequency accuracy. A direct audio output complements its built-in 
demodulation capabilities for modes including USB, LSB, AM, FM, CW. I/Q 
sample data is available via an Ethernet interface. Frequency coverage 
is from 9 kHz through 7.5 GHz. The EM100XT has the same functionality as 
the R&S EM100 unit.

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CONVERSATION

And So It Goes...

Today's gear is more reliable, and has more features than ever. Today's 
radio manufacturers face new and increasing challenges when comparisons 
of miniaturization, portability, power consumption, connectivity, user 
interface, and industrial design sense are being made between their 
products and consumer electronics items such as cellular phones and 
tablet computers.

For consumers of radio gear, "consumer electronics-esque" rapid 
innovation can have some downsides; our rigs may not stay current for as 
long as they used to, despite the ability to upgrade firmware. 
Manufacturers may End-of-Life a radio for various reasons related to 
cost or continuing availability of key components. And to repair or 
modify our equipment, we need to have continually newer tools, and newer 
skills.

I was recently troubleshooting a transceiver that I originally purchased 
new in 2001. At the time, it had all of the performance of the brand's 
top of the line radio, without some user interface bells and whistles 
and second receiver. It was great as a main radio for a time, then slid 
into its role as a multiplier radio, then mostly for RTTY and VHF. Four 
years ago, I put it aside for repair after the transmit power diminished 
markedly and consistently during a contest, and found that the 
manufacturer no longer repaired this model. Last year I started to work 
on it, but discovered that some of the driver transistors were now made 
of unobtainium, and that to really get into the radio I'd need to 
upgrade my tools and techniques to handle surface mount parts. I ordered 
an inexpensive hot-air rework station, a head-mounted magnifier, and 
some replacement silicon, then reassembled and put the rig aside, as 
that's the best way I find to not lose anything. I've seen the sentiment 
that surface mount technology is hard, and bad for amateur radio gear. 
Perhaps the same was said of printed circuit technology in the 1950s as 
it supplanted point-to-point wiring. I would argue that the benefits of 
SMD clearly outweigh the drawbacks. Other projects and demands 
intervened, and I was unable to get back to the radio until last week.

With the radio back on the bench last week, I found the service manual 
on line. An interest group dedicated to this radio model indicated that 
there were some parts of the driver chain known to have issues. Crowd 
sourced repair information on the Internet is an essential part of the 
new toolset, and the skills I needed were the ability to find the 
information, and then filter that for what was important and valid. 
Every repair begins with Google.

I determined that the fault was likely in one or both of two successive 
driver stages. Using the hot air tool, I removed the transistor in the 
first driver stage, and then easily re-installed it with my eBay-sourced 
replacement. Turning on the power led to rapid dismay, as the claimed 
exact same-numbered replacement provided a dead short and burned up a 
surface mount resistor. After extensive examination of the circuit for 
other problems, I still found that two others transistors in the same 
snippet of tape and reel exhibited the same behavior, leading me to 
disbelieve that I'd received the correct parts. Avoiding mislabeled, 
substitute, or counterfeit parts is another modern challenge.

So, I researched and found a /very/ reputable source which had the parts 
in stock, ordered them, and reassembled the rig, and put it aside...

That's all for this time. Remember to send contesting related stories, 
flea market pictures, book reviews, tips, techniques, press releases, 
errata, schematics, club information, pictures, stories, blog links, and 
blog links to contest-update at arrl.org <mailto:contest-update at arrl.org>

73, Brian N9ADG

CONTESTS

*20 Oct - 2 Nov 2016*

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*

CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>, Oct 19, 1300z to 
Oct 19, 1400z, Oct 19, 1900z to Oct 19, 2000z, Oct 20, 0300z to Oct 20, 
0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; Member: Name + Member No., 
non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: October 22.

NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>, Oct 21, 0145z 
to Oct 21, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; 
Logs due: October 23.

NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>, Oct 21, 0230z to Oct 
21, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: 
October 23.

MCG Autumn Sprint <http://mcg-club.ru/en/contests/autumn-sprint.html>, 
Oct 21, 1600z to Oct 21, 2000z; CW, SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20m; RS(T) 
+ Serial No.; Logs due: November 5.

UK/EI DX Contest, SSB 
<http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/contest-rules/uk-ei-dx-contest>, 
Oct 22, 1200z to Oct 23, 1200z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; UK/EI: 
RS + Serial No. + District Code, DX: RS + Serial No.; Logs due: October 23.

Stew Perry Topband Challenge <http://www.kkn.net/stew/>, Oct 22, 1500z 
to Oct 23, 1500z; CW; Bands: 160m Only; 4-Character grid square; Logs 
due: November 7.

SA Sprint Contest <http://sa-sprint.com/rules/>, Oct 22, 2000z to Oct 
23, 0000z; CW, SSB; Bands: 40, 20m; RS(T) + Serial No.; Logs due: 
October 28.

SKCC Sprint 
<http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/>, Oct 26, 
0000z to Oct 26, 0200z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; RST + 
(state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./power); Logs due: October 28.

Phone Fray <http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>, Oct 
26, 0230z to Oct 26, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m; NA: Name + 
(state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: October 28.

CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>, Oct 26, 1300z to 
Oct 26, 1400z, Oct 26, 1900z to Oct 26, 2000z, Oct 27, 0300z to Oct 27, 
0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; Member: Name + Member No., 
non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: October 29.

UKEICC 80m Contest 
<http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/which-contest-ukeicc-80m-contests-rules>, 
Oct 26, 2000z to Oct 26, 2100z; CW; Bands: 80m Only; 4-Character grid 
square; Logs due: October 26.

RSGB 80m Club Sprint, SSB 
<http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2016/rsprint.shtml>, Oct 27, 1900z to 
Oct 27, 2000z; SSB; Bands: 80m Only; [other station's call] + [your 
call] + [serial no.] + [your name]; Logs due: November 3.

NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>, Oct 28, 0145z 
to Oct 28, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; 
Logs due: October 30.

NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>, Oct 28, 0230z to Oct 
28, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: 
October 30.

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB <http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm>, Oct 29, 
0000z to Oct 31, 0000z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; RS + CQ 
Zone No.; Logs due: November 4.

Phone Fray <http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>, Nov 2, 
0230z to Nov 2, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m; NA: Name + 
(state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: November 4.

CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>, Nov 2, 1300z to Nov 
2, 1400z, Nov 2, 1900z to Nov 2, 2000z, Nov 3, 0300z to Nov 3, 0400z; 
CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; Member: Name + Member No., 
non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: November 5.

UKEICC 80m Contest 
<http://www.ukeicc.com/which-contest/which-contest-ukeicc-80m-contests-rules>, 
Nov 2, 2000z to Nov 2, 2100z; CW; Bands: 80m Only; 4-Character grid 
square; Logs due: November 2.

*VHF+ CONTESTS*

*ARRL EME Contest* <http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest>*, Oct 22, 0000z to 
Oct 23, 2359z; CW, Phone, Digital; Bands: 50-1296 MHz; Signal**report; 
Logs due: December 21.*

LOG DUE DATES

*October 20, 2016*

  * NRAU 10m Activity Contest
    <http://www.nrau.net/activity-contests/below-30mhz.html>

*October 21, 2016*

  * Phone Fray <http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>

*October 22, 2016*

  * Microwave Fall Sprint <http://svhfs.org/2016_Fall_Sprint_Rules.pdf>
  * CWops Mini-CWT Test <http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html>

*October 23, 2016*

  * RSGB RoLo CW <http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2016/rolo.shtml>
  * NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>
  * NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>
  * Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW <http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt>
  * Run for the Bacon QRP Contest <http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/>
  * UBA ON Contest, SSB <http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest>
  * WAB HF Phone <http://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Rules.php>

*October 25, 2016*

  * 10-10 Int. 10-10 Day Sprint
    <http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules>

*October 29, 2016*

  * New York QSO Party <http://www.nyqp.org/>
  * TARA PSK Rumble Contest
    <http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_rumble_rules.html>

*October 30, 2016*

  * GTC CW Cup <http://www.raag.org/LH2Uploads/ItemsContent/1028/1028EN.pdf>
  * UBA ON Contest, CW <http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest>

*October 31, 2016*

  * 10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW
    <http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules>
  * New Hampshire QSO Party
    <http://www.w1wqm.org/nhqso/NEW_HAMPSHIRE_QSO_PARTY_RULES.pdf>
  * Texas QSO Party <http://www.txqp.net/>
  * FISTS Fall Slow Speed Sprint <http://fistsna.org/operating.html>
  * JARTS WW RTTY Contest <http://jarts.jp/rules2016.html>
  * Oceania DX Contest, CW <http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/rules.pdf>
  * Oceania DX Contest, Phone <http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/rules.pdf>
  * Worked All Germany Contest
    <http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/wag/en/rules/>
  * YLRL DX/NA YL Anniversary Contest
    <http://ylrl.org/index.php/contests-and-dx-awards>

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