[SMCARA] Snowed in - Good day to play...

[Tom Shelton]

Hi All,

Well the snow has started and most of us will be confined to our homes 
today....  This would be a great day to do some clean-up around the house, 
catch up on all those hunny-do's that have been building up, or to go to the 
shack, fire up the rig(s), and play a bit.  If you lean towards the latter, 
and would like to try a contest or two...  Here's a few that are going on 
this weekend...

If you're looking for some European DX...
>From 1/30 0600Z (0100 Local) to 1/31 1800Z (1500 Local) - The REF French 
Contest (CW) on 3.5 to 28 MHz...
The exchange is RST & Serial Number - Find more info at 
http://concours.ref-union.org/index.php#dx (it helps to know a little 
french)

>From 1/30 1300Z (0800 Local) to 1/31 1300Z (0800 Local) - The UBA (Belgian 
Amat. Radio Soc. Contest (Phone) on 3.5 to 28 MHz
The exchange is RS and Serial Number - Find more info at 
http://www.uba.be/en/hf

If you're looking for some States to add to your log...
>From 1/30 1700Z (Noon Local) to 1/31 1700Z (Noon Local) - Winter Field Day 
(CW/Phone/Digital) on 1.8 to 50+ MHz
The exchange is Call, RS(T), Category, Local Temp - find more info at 
http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/winterfd/index.php?pg=2

And finally if you have a stack of older gear you'd like to get on the air 
with (though its not really required)...
>From 1/31 1400Z (1/31 0900 Local) to 2/1 0800Z (2/1 0300 Local) - The 
Classic Exchange (CW) Contest.  on 1.8 to 28 MHz, 50 MHz, and 144 MHz... 
The Exchange is RST, QTH, Receiver, Transmitter.  Find more info at 
http://qsl.asti.com/CX/feb10announcement.html

Have fun...

Tom Shelton, AB3IC

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