[TAC] [Fwd: ARRL Contest Rate Sheet for February 23, 2005]

[Hank Kohl K8DD]

Not sure how many of you get this, but there is a pretty good
section down near the bottom about how a Multi Multi is supposed
to be ......

Pretty neat newsletter - free from the ARRL.

73    Hank

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Subject: 	ARRL Contest Rate Sheet for February 23, 2005
Date: 	23 Feb 2005 05:09:03 -0000
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Contester's Rate Sheet
23 February 2005
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Edited by Ward Silver N0AX

SUMMARY
o Phone Home - CQ WW 160 and ARRL DX SSB
o Mississippi, North Carolina, and Virgin Islands QSO Parties
o Contest Time and RF Calculator Programs
o Happy Birthday to Galileo
o Putting In a Big Crankup Tower
o Waterproofing and Getting Things Apart
o Go Find Some KL7's!

BULLETINS
o No bulletins in this issue.

BUSTED QSOS
o A golden issue last issue!

ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES FOR 23 FEBRUARY TO 8 MARCH 2005

Logs are due for the following contests:

February 27 - SARL Field Day Contest, email logs to:
admin at sarl.org.za, paper logs and diskettes to: Field Day Contest,
Box 1721, Strubensvallei 1735, South Africa 

February 28 - Midwinter Contest, CW or Phone, email logs to:
jckoekkoek at home.nl, paper logs and diskettes to: PA3GQG, Contest
Manager Midwinter Contest, Keulenheide 1, 6373 AP Landgraaf, The
Netherlands

February 28 - Hunting Lions in the Air Contest, email logs to:
rad.handfield-jones at pixie.co.za, paper logs and diskettes to: The
HLITA Contest Committee, Lions Club of Midrand, PO Box 1548, Halfway
House 1685, South Africa 

February 28 - CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW, email logs to: 160cw at kkn.net,
paper logs and diskettes to: CQ 160-Meter Contest, 25 Newbridge Road,
Hicksville, NY 11801, USA 

February 28 - AGCW Straight Key Party, email logs to: htp at agcw.de,
paper logs and diskettes to: Friedrich W. Fabri DF1OY, Moselstrasse
17b, D-63322 Roedermark-Urberach, Germany 

February 28 - RSGB 1st 1.8 MHz Contest, CW, email logs to:
1st160.logs at rsgbhfcc.org, paper logs and diskettes to: RSGB-G3UFY, 77
Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF, England

March 1 - BARTG RTTY Sprint, email logs to: ska at bartg.demon.co.uk,
paper logs and diskettes to: (none)

March 1 - REF Contest, CW, email logs to: cdfcw at ref-union.org, paper
logs and diskettes to: F6CTT Joseph Cornee, 31, rue des EcoButs,
44230 St Sebastien Sur Loire, France 

March 1 - UK DX Contest, RTTY, email logs to: ukdxc at scotham.net,
paper logs and diskettes to: UK DX RTTY Contest Committee, PO Box
7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland UK 

March 1 - UBA DX Contest, SSB, email logs to: ubassb at uba.be, paper
logs and diskettes to: Carine Ramon ON7LX, Bruggesteenweg 77, B-8755
Ruiselede, Belgium 

March 1 - Vermont QSO Party, email logs to: (none), paper logs and
diskettes to: Ed Hutchinson N1FMP, Vermont QSO Party Coordinator, PO
Box 74, East Barre, VT 05649, USA 

March 7 - FYBO Winter QRP Sprint, email logs to:
azscqrpions at covad.net, paper logs and diskettes to: John Stevens,
Attn: FYBO, 21457 N. 91st Dr, Peoria, AZ 85382, USA 

March 8 - Mexico RTTY International Contest, email logs to:
xe1j at ucol.mx, paper logs and diskettes to: Jose Levy XE1J, Dirección
de Concursos FMRE, Clavel 333, Colima, Col. 28030, Mexico 

March 8 - ARCI Winter Fireside SSB Sprint, email logs to:
wb5khc at 2hams.net ,   Post log summary at:
http://2hams.net/ARCI/Submit%20Introduction2.htm, paper logs and
diskettes to: Tom Owens WB5KHC, Attn: Winter Fireside Sprint, 1916
Addington St, Irving, TX 75062-3505, USA 

March 8 - YLRL YL-OM Contest, CW, email logs to: wx4mm at tm-moore.com,
paper logs and diskettes to: Mary Moore WX4MM, 1593 Lee Road 375,
Valley, AL 36854, USA

The following contests are scheduled:

Note that the following abbreviations are used to condense the
contest rules summaries:
SO - Single-Op; M2 - Multi-Op - 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

CQ WW 160-Meter Contest - SSB, sponsored by CQ Magazine from 0000Z
Feb 26 - 2400Z Feb 27. Exchange: RS and S/P/C. Categories: SO-QRP (<5
W) -LP(<150 W) -HP, MO categories. Enter as MO if packet or spotting
nets are used. QSO Points: own entity - 2 pts, same continent - 5
pts, diff. cont. - 10 pts, /MM stations count 5 points, but no
multiplier. Score: QSO points X states + VE call areas + DXCC
entities (KH6 and KL7 count as DXCC only). For more information:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/index.html. Logs due by Feb 28 to
160ssb at kkn.net (Cabrillo format only) or CQ 160 Contest, 25 Newbridge
Rd, Hicksville, NY 11801.

REF French Contest - Phone, sponsored by the Reseau des Emetteurs
Francais, 0600Z Feb 26 -- 1800Z Feb 27. Contact French stations
including Corsica, Overseas Territories, and EU Council station
TP2CE. Frequencies: 80 - 10-meters. Categories: SOAB, MS, and SWL.
Exchange: non-French stations send RST and serial number, French send
RST and department number or prefix. QSO Points: different continent
- 3 pts, 1 pt otherwise. Score: QSO points X departments and prefixes
counted once per band. For more information:
http://www.ref-union.org/concours/. Logs are due April 15
cdfssb at ref-union.org or Reseau des Emetteurs Francais, REF Contest,
BP 7429, 37074 Tours Cedex, France.

UBA Contest - CW, sponsored by the Royal Union of Belgian Amateur
Radio, from 1300Z Feb 26 -- 1300Z Feb 27 Frequencies: 80 - 10-meters,
according to the IARU band plan. Categories: SOAB, SOAB-QRP, SOSB,
MS, packet is allowed for all classes. Exchange: RST and serial
number, ON stations add their province abbr. QSO Points: QSOs with ON
stations - 10 pts, with other EU - 3 pts, outside EU - 1 pt. Score:
QSO points X ON provinces + ON prefixes + European DXCC entities
counted once per band. For more information: http://www.uba.be. Logs
due 30 days after the contest to ubacw at uba.be in ADIF format or
Michel Le Bon, ON4GO, UBA HF Contest Manager, Chée de Wavre 1349,
B-1160 Bruxelles, Belgium.

Mississippi QSO Party - CW/Digital/Phone - sponsored by the Vicksburg
Amateur Radio Club, 1500Z Feb 26 -- 0300Z Feb 27. Frequencies (MHz):
CW - 3.545, 7.045, 14.045, 21.045,  28.045; Phone - 3.862, 7.238,
14.275, 21.375, 28.375; and VHF. Work stations once per band and
mode. Categories: Fixed Station and Mobile. Mobiles may be worked
again as they change counties. Exchange: RST and MS county or S/P/C.
Score: QSOs x MS counties (MS stations add S/P/C). For more
information: w5xx at vicksburg.com. Logs due March 26 to Vicksburg ARC,
64 Lake Circle Dr, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

North Carolina QSO Party - CW/Phone - sponsored by the Forsyth
Amateur Radio Club, 1700Z Feb 27 -- 0300Z Feb 28. Frequencies (MHz):
CW - 3.540, 3.740, 7.040, 7.140, 14.040, 21.040, 21.140, 28.040,
28.140, Phone - 3.860, 7.260, 14.260, 21.360, 28.360. Categories: SO,
Mobile, Club, all stations 100W max. output. Mobiles may be worked
again as they change counties. Exchange: RST and NC county, ARRL/RAC
section, or DX prefix. QSO Points: phone - 2 pts, CW - 3 pts, NC
mobile - 3 pts (either mode). Score: NC stations - QSO points x NC
counties + ARRL/RAC sections + 1 DXCC entity, others - QSO points x
NC counties (max 100). 50 bonus points for working Cherokee or Dare
counties (150 for working both) and 50 points for working W4NC or
W4WS (150 points for both). Mobiles add 100 bonus points for each NC
county activated. For more information: http://www.w4nc.com. Logs due
April 1 to henry at summitschool.com or NC QSO PARTY c/o W2DZO, 934
Franklin Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101

High Speed CW Contest - sponsored by High-Speed CW Club, 0900Z -
1100Z and 1500Z - 1700Z  Feb 27. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters.
Categories: SO (150 W max, members and non-members), SO-QRP (<5 W),
SWL. Exchange: RST and HSC member number or "NM". QSO Points: member
- 5 pts, non-member - 1 pts. Score: QSO points. Logs due 6 weeks
after the contest to hsc-contest at dl3bzz.de or Lutz Schröer DL3BZZ, Am
Niederfeld 6, 35066 Frankenberg / Eder, Germany.

North American QSO Party -- RTTY -- sponsored by the National Contest
Journal from 1800Z Feb 26 - 0600Z Feb 27. Frequencies:	160 - 10
meters. Categories: SOAB and M2, 100 W power limit, SO operate a
maximum of 10 hours (off times must be at least 30 min). Exchange:
Name and S/P/C. Score: QSOs x States + Province + NA DXCC countries
(counted once per band). Preferred log submission method is via
upload form found at: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit.php. For
information: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php. Logs due Mar 14 to
rttynaqp at ncjweb.com or Shelby Summerville K4WW, 6506 Lantana Ct,
Louisville, KY 40229-1544, USA

1st Annual U.S. Virgin Islands QSO Party - CW/SSB/PSK/RTTY -
dedicated to the memory of Bob Denniston W0DX/VP2VI, from 1201Z Feb
26 - 2359Z Feb 27. Frequencies (MHz): CW - 50 kHz above band edge;
Phone - 1.890, 3.890, 7.290, 14.290. 21.390, 28.390, 50.190.
Exchange: Call, RS(T), serial number, (non-VI stations) name and
S/P/C (VI stations) island name and current temperature in Farenheit.
Total Score: (Non-VI) QSOs + 100 pts per island worked + sum of
temperatures, (VI) QSOs x S/P/C (counted once only). For more
information: http://www.atthehelm.com Logs due 30 days from the
contest to John Ellis, NP2B,  PO Box 24492, Christiansted, VI 00824.

AM QSO Party - sponsored by the Antique Wireless Association, from
2300Z Feb 26 - 2300Z Feb 27. Frequencies (MHz): 3.837-3885,
7.270-7.290, 14.250-14.280. Exchange: RS, name, year of equipment
mfr. For scoring and other information:
http://www.antiquewireless.org. Logs due 7 Mar to Marc Ellis at PO
Box 1306, Evanston, IL 60204-1306

ARRL International DX Contest - Phone, from 0000Z Mar 5 - 2400Z Mar
6. Frequencies: 160 - 10 meters. Categories: SOSB, SOAB (HP >150W,
LP, QRP <5W), MS, M2, MM. Exchange: RST + State or Province or Power
(KH6 and KL7 count as DX). QSO Points: 3 pts/QSO. Score: QSO points x
DXCC entities (DX counts states + provinces). For more information:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules. Logs due Apr 5 to dxssb at arrl.org
(Cabrillo format only) or DX SSB, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT
06111.

DARC 10-Meter Digital "Corona" - RTTY/AMTOR/PACTOR/PSK31/Clover,
sponsored by Deutscher Amateur Radio Club from 1100Z -- 1700Z Mar 5.
Frequencies (MHz): 28.050-28.150, work stations once per mode.
Categories: SO, SWL. Exchange: RST + serial number. QSO Points:
1pt/QSO. Score: QSO points x DXCC entities + WAE countries + JA/VE/W
call districts (all counted only once). For more information:
http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/cqdlcont/fgdcc.htm. Logs due 4 weeks
after the contest to dl9gs at darc.de or A.Schlendermann DL9GS, Postfach
102201, D-44807 Bochum, Germany.

Open Ukraine RTTY Championship - sponsored by the Ukrainian Amateur
Radio League (UARL) from 2200Z Mar 5 - 0159Z Mar 6 (Low Bands - 160
and 80 meters - two separate 2 hour periods) and 0800Z - 1159Z Mar 6
(High Bands 40 - 10 meters).  Categories: SOAB, SOSB, and MO.
Exchange: Two letter regional abbreviation (see Web site) and serial
number.  Start serial numbers over for High Band portion. QSO Points:
2 pts/QSO and 10 pts for each new region. For more information:
http://www.uarl.com.ua/openrtty/. Logs due by 6 Apr to
krs at model.poltava.ua or George Ignatov UT1HT, PO Box 87,
Kremenchug-21, Ukraine, 39621.

Spartan Sprint--CW--sponsored by the Adventure Radio Society from
0200Z -- 0400Z Mar 8 (Monday evening in the U.S.). Held on the first
Monday of every month. Frequencies (MHz): 3.560, 7.040, 14.060,
21.060, 28.060 (QRP calling frequencies). Categories: SO. Exchange:
RST, S/P/C, and power output. Score: "Skinny" division--total QSOs /
total station weight, "Tubby" division--total QSOs. For more
information:
http://www.arsqrp.com/ars/pages/spartan_sprints/ss_rules_new.html.
Logs due on Wednesday after the contest via the ARS Web site or to
hjohnc at core.com.

VHF+ CONTESTS

No VHF+ contests are scheduled.

NEWS AND PRESS RELEASES

Scott N3FJP has released more modules for his popular line of contest
logging software (http://www.n3fjp.com).  State QSO party software
has expanded to include the Mississippi and North Carolina contests. 
The K7RE RTTY software now supports ARRL RTTY Round-Up, CQ WPX and
NAQP (both including a network version), and NA Sprint.  The new
Field Day rules are incorporated, as well.

Lee AA1YN maintains a registry of active VHF+ contest stations at
http://www.aa1yn.com/vhf/. To see the capability of the database,
click on "Search the VHF database by QTH", enter my Lee's call his
basic information comes up.  Click on his call sign and you will get
a page describing his capabilities.  All this information is 
readily available online and searchable.  It's easy to register and
there are a number of associated services once you're registered.

Bill K3CO has released the latest version of his contest operating
time calculator.  It's free from a Web site hosted by Kirk K4RO
<http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/misc/K3CQ_Operating_Time_Form.xls>.  It has
a dozen different useful functions and the price is right - free!  It
requires Microsoft Excel(R) to run properly.

Feb. 15th was Galileo's birthday, on which he would have been 441
years old. Contrary to popular belief, Galileo didn't discover
sunspots, but he was one of the first to study them using a
telescope. Visit http://spaceweather.com to view some of Galileo's
sunspot drawings and find out how you can safely observe sunspots
using the same projection techniques used Galileo.

Andy N7TP writes, "There is at least one other hobby that offers as
much support and assistance as ham radio - amateur astronomy. DXers
and contesters have antenna fever, but astronomers have "aperture
fever."  No telescope is big enough, much less too big.  Amateur
astronomers are even more anxious to have anyone, visitor or budding
astronomer, look at and look through their telescopes than hams are
to have the same group of people look at, listen to, and talk on
their radio gear."  I can attest to that mentoring, having attended a
few "star parties" myself.  Imagine a multi-multi involving
telescopes.  Large ones.  Really large ones.  All set up for everyone
to experience.	You haven't lived until you've seen Neptune's blue
disc live with your very own eyes.

Here's another nugget from John W0UN! "In RF design and antenna
design you end up needing a calculator for a lot of the calculations.
 I have been running DreamCalc 2 (http://www.dreamcalc.net/) for many
months.  Registration is only $14.99. DreamCalc 3 is even cooler with
a lot of graphing functions as well.  It is currently in public beta
testing and you can download it now."

Ever wonder why 160-meters, which is at the bottom of the HF bands,
is called the Top Band?  Bernie N8PVZ did. My response was that 160
has the longest wavelength of any amateur band.  The term was coined
back in the days when the usual reference to operating frequency was
by wavelength :-)  If you have a better story, let's hear it!

This issue's Portuguese lesson includes some "sizeable" words.	Maybe
they'll be good for describing your score?  By the way, if you
haven't lately, check out the WRTC-2006 Web site
(http://www.wrtc2006.com) for updated rules and information!
Small - pequeno (p'KE-nu)
Big - grande (GRAY-d')
Heavy - pesado (p'ZAH-du)
Light - leve (LEH-v')
Too Much - demais (d'MAYSH)
These words and phrases are from the Lonely Planet series of
phrasebooks. (http://www.lonelyplanet.com)

RESULTS AND RECORDS

The complete list of Logs Received for the 2005 ARRL RTTY Roundup has
been posted at http://www.arrl.org/contests/claimed. If you find a
problem, please contact Dan N1ND at n1nd at arrl.org or by phone at
860-594-0232.

If you're wondering if your ARRL DX scores could be records, check
out the actual record listings at http://www.arrl.contests.  Hours of
fun!

TECHNICAL

Howard VE3GFK/W6 recently put up an 85-foot crankup tower and took
lots of photos of both preparing the base and getting the tower to
the vertical position.	Hey, it beats helping! You can see the photos
at http://www.kleega.com/tower/ (the base) and
http://www.kleega.com/erection/ (raising the tower).

An innocent question about the temporary waterproofing of coax
connectors unleashed a torrent, so to speak, of ideas on the
TowerTalk reflector (http://www.contesting.com). Here are some of the
better ones:
- Sections of bicycle tire inner tubes
- Fingers cut from rubber gloves
- Plumber's putty, Silly Putty(R), and duct sealing compounds
- The ubiquitous CoaxSeal(R)
- Long, thin balloons
- CushCraft's PL-259 boots, available direct
- Plastic soda bottles
Contributors were too numerous to credit individually - thanks, one
and all.

Since we're on a roll with help from the community, more TowerTalk
debate (see previous message) covered the art of getting aluminum
tubing sections separated.  A few pearls for your perusal:
- heat the outer tube briefly with a propane torch
- lots of penetrating oil and/or WD-40 (with extreme care around a
torch)
- continuous twisting in one direction while pulling
- driving out the inner tube with a steel rod
- use a handheld cutting tool to "slot" the outer tube
The suggestion with the most resonance for me (from a company that
sells tubing, in the spirit of full disclaimer) was to, "junk the
stuck tubing and get new stuff."  Having remodeled a house, I can
relate to that.  Thanks to the TowerTalk community, once again.

This safety information was contributed courtesy of Tom K1KI. "Once
in a while I hear of hams climbing towers during a contest to fix
problems.  This is most common in a multi-op situation when one
antenna has a problem and someone goes to fix it while the rest of
the team continues to operate on other bands.  This is what
stimulated my thinking:
http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-255968A1.html." Ed Hare
W1RFI, the ARRL's RF exposure expert, replied, "Controlled exposure
is averaged over 6 minutes. [That's the case here - Ed.] This is not
a time limit, but the time period over which exposure must be
averaged. If the ham is 1 meter from the antenna, he is about 40 dB
over the limits that require an exposure calculation." Ed points out
that the field strength calculations in the near field is not simple.
 Ed's real bottom line? "Don't do it!"

Hobby shops sell copper and brass sheet and tubing that are quite
suitable for radio work.  There are numerous other goodies for the
ham in crafts and hobby shops. For shielding jobs, check out the
copper embossing foil that is very ductile, but holds its shape well.
   Other things at hobby shops for hams include brass springs,
wrinkle paint spray X-acto(R) knives and tools, even light-duty
double-bladed knife switches! (Thanks, Stew KD5DL)

The free HFradio and propagation eAlert service
(http://hfradio.org/donation.html) is run by Tomas Hood NW7US at
http://propagation.hfradio.org/.  The service includes alert email
notifications of significant events.  If you find yourself making use
of these services, please consider supporting the site with a small
donation.

After viewing the Web site listing of tall towers in the Rate Sheet's
previous issue, Fred G4BWP wrote to say that, "At the recent Contest
Club of Finland (CCF) meeting OH6KN showed his new station.  His
tallest tower is 105 m high, about 315ft. We wondered if that was the
highest ham tower?"  I don't know!  Is there a listing of tall ham
towers out there somewhere?

The Bucket Boss Company offers a jumper cable storage bag that is
just right for rolls of coax. It is a round flat bag about 13" in
diameter made of sturdy cordura nylon with webbing handles and a
heavy duty zipper that opens it up for about 80% of the
circumference. It will handle 3+ inches of coiled coax, and there is
room in the center for short lengths. There are probably a variety of
similar products at auto parts and hardware stores. (Thanks, Lynn
N7CFO)

Ed KA7UKN reminds us of a great way to demagnetize tools or other
small metal parts.  "I had a screwdriver that was magnetized and it
was driving me crazy (no pun intended).  I grabbed my trusty Weller
250-watt gun, pressed the trigger and passed the screwdriver through
the loop formed by the tip.  In a second or two I had the desired
results.  It was so fast and so effective that I purposely magnetized
the tool over again with the strongest bar magnet that I have.	A few
passes between the loop formed by the solder gun's tip degaussed the
tool.	Where has this been all of my life?"

CONVERSATION

Go Find Some KL7's!

I spent this weekend hibernating with my buddies in the renowned K3LR
basement that houses one of the most potent multi-multi stations on
the planet.  Before the event, it's easy to get a little overwrought
about being put in front of a radio on such a team.  You hope you'll
measure up, that things will go well, that you won't make some
incredible blunder.  In short, it's just like playing a team sport
when you were little. 

In the old days, it was, "What if I fall down or strike out?"  In the
contesting world, our fears are things like, "What if blow up the
amplifier? They'll laugh if I get calls wrong!	What if I'm too
slow?"	You know, it never really changes.  Even if you do let the
smoke out of something or bust an obvious call, it's never as bad as
you think it's going to be.  Everybody is secretly relieved that it's
you and not them, helps you through the rough spots, and life goes
on.  Later, you can't really remember why you were so concerned in
the first place.

When you're at a big team effort, there are other aspects that take
you right back to the days of (fill in your childhood activity here)
with the other kids.  We were baseball nuts back in St. Louis,
wearing dirt paths into a neighbor's yard.  Focused on the game, we
kept up a ferocious chatter about who couldn't hit, easy out, throw
it over the plate, and hey-batter!  As I recall, some of it was
fairly, um, rude, but not really directed at anyone in particular. 
It was just the noise we made playing baseball.  In fact, we were all
pretty easy outs to tell the truth.

Go into any phone multi-op and you'll hear the same thing translated
into radio.  Every operator has their own style, peculiarities,
favorite expressions (both good and bad), and loads of advice and
suggestions for anybody close.	I have Phil K3UA to thank for the
title of this piece - it was from his band partner Andy N2NT at an
early N2RM operation.  Phil had recorded the room noise during the
first couple of hours of a CQ WW contest and captured Andy
essentially saying, "Right over the plate, Phil, come on, right over
the plate!"

Is there any doubt that doing a weekend multi-op - HF, VHF+, Field
Day - is the same kind of thing as grabbing your gear and heading out
to the park with the other kids?  We play until way after dark. It
doesn't seem like there's a lot of adult supervision, thankfully.  We
hoot and holler and eat junk food and make terrible jokes.  It's
great!

Not so long ago, the word "ludic" (LOO-dik, an adjective meaning of,
relating to, or characterized by play or playful) was in a
word-of-the-day email that crossed my Inbox.  After this weekend it
just seemed to fit perfectly.  But why over-analyze and put fancy
names on it?  Go find me some KL7s, would ya?

73, Ward N0AX

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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