[Ccarc] FW: ARRL Contest Rate Sheet for August 23, 2006

[Tom Murray]

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>Subject: ARRL Contest Rate Sheet for August 23, 2006
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:46:51 -0400
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>	  CONTESTER'S RATE SHEET
>	      23 August 2006
>
>	Edited by Ward Silver N0AX
>
>Published by the American Radio Relay League
>  Free to ARRL members - tell your friends!
>(Subscription info at the end of newsletter)
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>
>SUMMARY
>o Summer DX Fun - All-Asian Phone, Russian and SCC RTTY
>o Ohio and Hawaii QSO Parties
>o NCJ News by K9LA
>o Pacificon and Microwave Update Announcements
>o Historical Articles and Web Sites
>o Coax Loss Calculator and Power Line Noise
>o Plastic Materials Web Resources
>o Radio Doping
>
>BULLETINS
>o No bulletins this issue
>
>BUSTED QSOS
>o A golden issue last time!
>
>CONTEST SUMMARY (Rules follow Commentary section)
>
>August 26-27
>- Ohio QSO Party
>- Hawaii QSO Party
>- Keyman's Club of Japan, CW
>- ALARA Contest
>- YO-DX Contest
>- SARL HF DX Contest, CW
>- SCC RTTY Championship
>- Summer VHF/UHF QSO Party
>September 2-3
>- All-Asian DX Contest, Phone
>- IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB
>- DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest
>- MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint
>- Russian RTTY WW Contest
>
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>NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
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>National Contest Journal News - by Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA
>
>The main feature in the September/October NCJ is Part 1 of K3NA's
>analysis of the WRTC2006 contest. It's an interesting look at
>pre-planning activities, strategies, and contest performance of eight
>of the top finishers. Other features in this issue include CQWW 160m
>CW from VO2 by VE3FU and VO1AU, N5TJ's DX Contesting presentation
>from HamCom, details of the February Readers Survey, and more. N4ZR,
>W4PA, W9XT, N0JK, K5AF, K4ZA, NG3K, and WA7BNM contribute their
>regular columns. And the results for the January 2006 NAQP CW, the
>January 2006 NAQP Phone, and the February 2006 NAQP RTTY contests are
>also in this issue.
>
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>Best Contesting News of the Year - http://tinyurl.com/mp8xc (Thanks,
>Mal N7MAL)
>
>Pacificon 2006 (http:www/pacificon.org) will be held on October
>13-15, in San Ramon, CA at the San Ramon Marriott Hotel.  This is a
>major gathering and features an all-day antenna program on Friday,
>more seminars and speakers on Saturday, and a thriving hamfest.  San
>Ramon is about 30 miles east of San Francisco.
>
>Microwave Update 2006 announces the first annual "Microwave
>Achievement Award" to be presented at this year's Microwave Update,
>October 19-22 and is accepting nominations until September 30.	This
>award is being presented in memory of Earl Price, W8MGJ, an exemplary
>Elmer to all microwave enthusiasts.  Following Earl's example,
>nominees should be active on the microwave bands, show technical
>prowess, and be microwave Elmers. All amateurs are eligible, Novice
>through Extra.	Submit your nomination by completing the "Microwave
>Achievement Award" application found at
>http://www.microwaveupdate.org
>
>VUCC-chasers and others interested in grid squares will find this Web
>site really interesting - http://confluence.org  Confluences are the
>intersection of latitude and longtitude degree lines. I.e. 45N and
>90W. There are lots of photos so you can see what it looks like - I
>can't see any big, black lines, myself. There are also pairs of
>antipodes! (Thanks, Ramon XE1KK)
>
>A recent issue of "Radiouser" (http://www.radiouser.co.uk) contained
>an ad for a new weather satellite receiver (The R2FX from Holger
>Eckhardt) sold by the Group for Earth Observation (GEO -
>http://www.geo-web.org.uk).  GEO is an amateur radio group that
>promotes reception of data from weather and Earth-imaging satellites.
>  The group offers satellite reception hardware, image handling
>software, and a lot of information about these satellites and how to
>receive their signals.
>
>In the same issue of "Radiouser" is a mouth-watering article about
>the wireless museums and installations of Cornwall, at the very
>southwestern tip of England.  Titled "In Marconi's Footsteps"
>(unfortunately not on-line), it surveys the four major attractions in
>this nearest (to North America) corner of England:
>- The Marconi Center, Poldhu, http://gb2gm.org.uk
>- Lizard Wireless Station, http://www.lizardwireless.org
>- Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, http://www.porthcurno.org.uk
>- Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, http://www.goonhilly.bt.com
>There are plenty of good walks in the area and that is covered by the
>South West Coast Path Association - http://www.swcp.org.uk - so if
>you find yourself on holiday in the U.K., why not spend some time in
>the wind-swept birthplace of wireless communications?
>
>Another historical find resulted from correspondence with one of the
>editor's "Hand's-On Radio" readers.  Tony duBourg writes of his
>father, Count Guy du Bourg de Bozas, F8DR. "My father was honored by
>the French Air and Space museum as having built the first
>"goniometre", or RDF receiver. This is reputed to have made night
>flying possible. The antennas seemed to be a vertical set of dipoles
>on a calibrated circle, and he explained to me that this was the most
>sensitive method of determining direction of transmitter." Not much
>is available on the Web about F8DR - perhaps a reader will be able to
>point us to information on F8DR's early history?
>
>For all of us that find ourselves dozing at the radio from time to
>time, there is reason to think that we are engaging in personal
>improvement! The June 2006 issue of the "IEEE Antennas and
>Propagation Magazine" features the short column "Napping Improves
>Ethics" by Randy Haupt of Pennsylvania State University.  If you
>don't have access to it, the basic idea is that by satisfying our
>need for sleep with a nap, "...alert and refreshed...you are more
>likely to look at all sides of an issue, to think clearly, and to
>make good ethical choices." We also learn that Albert Einstein was a
>big napper.  So if you wake to find your head on the keyboard and the
>keyer sending didididididididididi...you're merely improving your
>outlook on life and your score in the logbook!
>
>The 30th Japan Ham Fair was held this past weekend and around 30,000
>attendees were expected.  There were lots of new products, including
>a legal-limit amplifier based on FETs and a K2-like QRP HF
>transceiver from Tokyo Hy-Power Labs.  Entries in a homebrewing
>contest were displayed as well as a really interesting new tool for
>builders - the "Smart Tweezers" that have an RLC meter built in so
>you can tell what it is that you're picking up!  Photos and more can
>be seen at http://www.onjapan.net/2006/hamfair (Thanks, Jim
>7J1AJH/AI8A)
>
>Marc W6ZZZ wrote in with a link to the Northern California Contest
>Club's two introductory articles on Field Day and Contesting: "What
>is Field Day" at http://www.wvara.org/fd/index.html#what-is and "How
>to Contest" at http://www.wvara.org/fd/index.html#howto-contest  Marc
>attributes authorship to Mike K6PUD.
>
>If you would like to know more about the specific details of each
>WRTC operating site, Oms PY5EG announces a new Web page at
>http://www.radioamador.com/wrtc/sites  This includes pictures and
>exact geographic coordinates for each station. There may be some
>discrepancy between the coordinates given and a mapping program,
>depending on what model of the Earth's surface is used.
>
>Are you looking for something in an old issue of the Rate Sheet but
>can't find the right one?  Here's a way to use the Google search
>engine to look through the old Rate Sheet issues. On Google's home
>page (http://www.google.com), click "Advanced Search", then enter the
>ARRL home page (http://www.arrl.org/) in the Domain window.  In the
>"Find Results" area, enter "rate sheet" (with the quote marks) plus
>any other search terms you want to look for.  Click "Google Search"
>and, voila!
>
>URL of the Week - For all of you yagi builders out there, the VE3GK
>Web site (http://www.ve3gk.com) is a must-visit, particularly "The
>Gain Game."  There is a lot of good information on radio sprinkled
>around the various pages. VE3GK became a Silent Key in May 2004, but
>the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club maintains the site to keep its
>information available to us all - thanks! (Also thanks, Steve K7LXC)
>
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>RESULTS AND RECORDS
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>ARRL CONTEST RESULTS NEWS
>
>The remaining Divisional Writeups for the 2006 ARRL DX Phone contest
>have all been received and integrated into the Web article at
>http://www.arrl.org/contest/results along with a few late
>corrections.
>
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>The Michigan QSO Party committee is pleased to announce that the
>results of the 2006 Michigan QSO Party are now published on the MiQP
>Web site: http://www.miqp.org  Despite poor band conditions that
>severely impacted QSO totals, we had 183 entries this time, which
>makes 2006 the third largest MiQP on record. (Thanks, Dave K8CC)
>
>The complete final results for SAC 2005 are now published on the
>SM3CER Contest Service: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest  The SAC records
>for 1999 - 2005 are also updated. (Thanks, Jan SM3CER)
>
>Results of the 2006 Adventure Radio Society "Flight of the
>Bumblebees" has been posted on the ARS Web site:
>http://www.arsqrp.com  Results for the ARS monthly sprints are also
>posted there.
>
>The 2006 CQ 160 claimed scores have been published on the CQ Magazine
>Web site at http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com  Click on 'Contest Rules
>and Info', then "CQ World Wide 160 Contest".  The top 400 scores are
>shown.	For questions, contact k4jrb at juno.com. (Thanks, Dave K4JRB)
>
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>TECHNICAL TIPS AND INFORMATION
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>
>Dave N0RQ contributes a nice on-line coax calculator -
>http://www.ocarc.ca/coax.htm - that does a fine job of making it easy
>to calculate losses.  Select the type of cable, the frequency, the
>length, press the button and no more nepers!
>
>Dave also gets this issue's Daily Double with his Web site dedicated
>to power-line noise (preventing, not promoting) -
>http://www.powerlinenoise.com  There are links to quite a few useful
>topics, including recording and commentary on different types of
>noise. (As if we don't already hear enough of it...)
>
>Larry N8LP refers us to an excellent source of quality dummy loads at
>very reasonable prices - http://ridgeequipment.com/store/page1.htm.
>There are several models of up to 200-watt capacity.  And no mineral
>oil!
>
>How can you tell if an MOV (metal oxide varistor) has gone bad?  It's
>nothing so obvious as sneaking out at night and swiping cigarettes. A
>regular voltmeter won't do, so you have to measure current through
>them, as Roger K8RI points out, "at their working potential.  Every
>over-voltage, even testing, degrades them. Normal MOV failure mode is
>shorted.  If they have failed open it is usually quite evident. MOVs
>failing open are usually nothing but a pair of leads pointing to
>where the MOV had been located." Gary K4FMX suggests using a hi-pot
>(high-potential) tester, if available, since the small current will
>not degrade the MOV and unexploded, failed-open MOVs can also be
>detected.
>
>Those of you in the process of beefing up your low-band antennas
>might benefit from a reading of this article on radials by K3LC -
>http://www.ncjweb.com/k3lcmaxgainradials.pdf  The article contains a
>simple formula for calculating an optimized number and length of
>radials based on a fixed length of wire. I.e. - you score a 500'
>spool of hookup wire at the hamfest, so how many radials should be
>made from the wire? (Thanks, Hasan N0AN)
>
>With the price of cable and wire of all sorts going up, here's a nice
>tip about low-current control cable from Rick N6RK. He uses Cat-5
>Ethernet cable obtained cheap or free by scrounging it or buying it
>on sale. It has eight conductors to for dc applications such as a
>relay and allows you to use a separate conductor for each dc return.
>This avoids overloading one conductor with too much current.
>
>TECHNICAL URL OF THE WEEK -- This week, it's a pair of URLs. In his
>extensive antenna building exercises, John W0UN has found these two
>useful sites for design work.  "The first gives a bit of technical
>information for a wide variety of materials but I find it most
>interesting for getting an idea of the cost of some of the materials.
>  I have found the prices to be competitive, but what is most handy is
>the price calculator - http://www.professionalplastics.com  The
>second useful reference is the 61-page guide from Regal Plastics -
>http://www.stealth316.com/misc/engineered-plastics.pdf	It has good
>overview information on just about everything, as well as telling you
>what an item is when you only have a trade name.  It doesn't provide
>all of the detailed specs on a particular item but it does give you
>some insight into applications and points you in a direction to find
>more information from the manufacturer."
>
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>CONVERSATION
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>Radio Doping
>
>All summer we have been treated to one doping scandal after another
>in biking and track and baseball and who knows what will happen once
>the ice dancing season gets started!  It's a darn good thing that
>radiosport doesn't have that problem, isn't it?  Well? I wish I could
>say that was true, but there are a couple of contest practices that
>sure seem to be similar in spirit.
>
>I'm not talking about the time-honored cheating methods of rubber
>clocking, running gas, "working the Callbook", more than one signal
>transmitted at a time, etc. etc.  Those are sufficiently detectable
>such that there is a high enough risk to deter most of the potential
>perpetrators.  Kind of like speeding - there are enough policemen out
>there to keep most of us more or less in line, or at least conforming
>to customary behavior.
>
>What I am talking about occurs in a couple of forms.  The first is
>just blatant cheating - that's the use of spotting network
>information ("packet spots") without submitting your score in the
>Assisted category.  To be sure, some new contesters just don't
>realize that using information about the contest during the contest
>from *any* source (packet, Web site, local spotting net) requires
>them to submit an Assisted category score.  Then there are the casual
>cheaters - "I'll just peek a little bit" or "I'll have the node
>connected, but I won't look at it."  We can all imagine where that
>leads.
>
>Then there are the incorrigible packet poachers.  They mysteriously
>manage to appear in the pileup within seconds of the spot being
>broadcast.  Funny thing - their score is always Single-Op,
>Unassisted.  Hmmm.  Or maybe a series of spots are posted directing
>callers to their frequency, always by unusual calls that you've never
>heard of.  Another funny thing.  Hmmm.
>
>Luckily for the rest of us, the packet poacher patterns are becoming
>easier and easier to detect in their logs.  It's also getting harder
>and harder to spot yourself without leaving a trail of bread crumbs
>that's easy for the contest sponsors to see.  The solution is
>education for the newcomer and disqualification for the intentional
>cheater.  If you're new to contesting and have just discovered that
>you committed a rules transgression, don't have a cow, just change
>the way you operate! If cheaters decide they don't want to play
>anymore, well, I hope they don't let the door hit 'em on their way
>out!
>
>What's that second type of "doping?"  This one doesn't violate any
>written rules, but is just as pernicious as packet poaching and is
>just as corrosive to operating ability.  I'm talking about
>post-contest log manipulation, also known as "log cleansing."  I
>don't know of any other sport where the contestants are allowed to go
>back and tidy up their performances. Does Tiger get to go back and
>use a longer iron on that shot from the rough?	Does Ronaldinho get
>to go back and give that corner kick another try?  I don't think so.
>
>Let's be clear - Tiger and Ronaldinho both get to *practice* those
>shots as much as they want between matches.  But on match day, you
>play it once and once only.  When the last putt goes in on the 18th
>hole or the referee blows the whistle, it's over, finished, done.
>
>Yes, I know there are terrific software packages that can analyze
>your whole log in 30 seconds, outputting a complete list of possibly
>busted calls, discrepancies in exchanges, erroneous multipliers and
>so forth.  Those are great for practice.  Sanitizing your submitted
>log to make you look like a better operator than you were is just
>false pretenses.  It's like plagiarizing on your term paper or using
>forbidden notes on an exam.  You may improve your grade, but you
>still don't know the material.
>
>And here's the part that really hurts you in the long run - as long
>as you know you're going to run the log checking program after the
>contest, the pressure to get it right the first time, every time is
>lessened. You think, "Well, I'll just listen to the audio again or
>let the software fix it."  How does that make you a better operator?
>It doesn't!  Contesting awards are not intended the combination of
>operator and log-processing software.
>
>There's no reason why the vast majority of single-op contest logs
>couldn't be emailed to the contest sponsor within a very few minutes
>after the end of the contest. Use the software *after* you submit
>your log to help you find weak spots in your technique and develop
>your skill level for the *next* contest.  Tossing away your contest
>crutches is the only way you're going to really excel in the
>radiosport game.
>
>(These and a number of other related topics are covered in the ARRL's
>Web page, "HF Contesting - Good Practices, Interpretations, and
>Suggestions". (http://www.arrl.org/contests/hf-faq.html) Developed by
>the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee, these helpful hints are intended
>to explain how things are "supposed to work" in contests.  Feel free
>to distribute that URL or make copies and share them in your contest
>club.  If you have questions or suggestions, as the Chair of the CAC
>I'd be happy to receive them or ask your contest Elmer.)
>
>73, Ward N0AX
>
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>CONTESTS -- 23 AUGUST TO 5 SEPTEMBER 2006
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>
>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 (>100 W); LP -
>Low Power; QRP (5W or less)
>
>HF CONTESTS
>
>Ohio QSO Party--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Mad River Radio Club from
>1600Z Aug 26 -0400Z Aug 27. Frequencies (MHz): CW -- 3.545, 7.045,
>14.045, 21.045, 28.045; SSB -- 3.850, 7.225, 14.250, 21.300, and
>28.450. Categories: SO, MM, Mobile and Rover. Exchange: Serial Number
>and Ohio county, state or province, DX stations send "DX". QSO
>Points: CW--2 pts, SSB--1 pt. Score: QSO points x OH counties (OH
>station count states, provinces, and OH counties) counted once per
>mode. For more information: http://www.oqp.us  Logs due 30 days after
>the contest to logs at oqp.us or to Ohio QSO Party, c/o Jim Stahl K8MR,
>30499 Jackson Road, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022-1730.
>
>Hawaii QSO Party--CW/Phone/RTTY/PSK31, sponsored by the Koolau ARC
>from 0700Z Aug 26 - 2200Z Aug 27. Frequencies: 160-10 meters.
>Categories: SOAB and MS (single or mixed-mode), MM (mixed-mode only).
>Spotting nets and packet allowed in all classes. Exchange: RS(T) and
>S/P/C, maritime region (1-3), or HI county. QSO Points: 20-15-10
>meters, Phone--1 pt, CW/Digital--2 pts; 40 meters, Phone--2 pts,
>CW/Digital 4 pts; 80 meters, Phone--4 pts, CW/Digital--8 pts; 160
>meters, Phone 8 pts, CW/Digital 16 pts. Score is total points plus
>150 pts for QSO with KH6J. For more information:
>http://www.karc.us/hi_qso_party.html  Logs due 30 days after contest
>to kh6j at karc.us or Hawaii QSO Party, PO Box 8960788, Wahiawa, HI
>96786-0788.
>
>Keymen's Club of Japan Contest--CW, sponsored by the Keymen's Club of
>Japan from 1200Z Aug 26-1200Z Aug 27. Frequencies: 160-6 meters (JA
>allocations on 160 are 1.810- 1.825, 1.908-1.912 MHz). Categories:
>SOAB, SOSB (JA only), SWL. Exchange: RST and JA prefecture/district
>or continent. QSO Points: 1 pt/QSO (JA count JA/JA--1 pt and JA/DX--5
>pts). Score: QSO points x JA pref/dist from each band (JA also count
>continents). For more information: http://www.jarl.com/kcj  Logs due
>30 Sep to kcjlog at freeml.com or Masayoshi Namba, JA1FCY, 1420-55
>Kibara, Sambu-town, Sambu, Chiba 289-1212 Japan.
>
>ALARA Contest--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Australian Ladies Amateur
>Radio Association from 0600Z Aug 26 -- 1159Z Aug 27. Frequencies
>(MHz): 80 -- 10 meters. Categories: YL, OM, Club, SWL. Exchange:
>RS(T), serial number, ALARA member number, name. QSO Points: ALARA
>YL--5 pts, non-member YL--4 pts, OM--3 pts, CW--double points. Score:
>total QSO points. For more information: http://alara.org.au  Logs due
>30 Sep to alaracontest at wia.org.au or Mrs Marilyn Syme VK3DMS, 99
>Magnolia Avenue, Mildura, VIC 3500 Australia.
>
>YO-DX Contest--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Romanian Amateur Radio
>Federation (RARF) from 1200Z Aug 26 - 1200Z Aug 27. Frequencies:
>80-10 meters. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MS. Exchange: RST and serial
>number, YO stations send county abbreviation. QSO Points: own
>country--1 pt, different country own continent--2 pts, different
>continent--4 pts, YO stations--8 pts. Score: QSO points x YO counties
>and DXCC entities counted once per band. For more information:
>http://www.hamradio.ro/contests/yodx_eng.pdf  Logs due 30 days after
>the contest to yodx_contest at hamradio.ro or YO DX HF Contest, PO Box
>22-50, Bucharest RO-014780, Romania.
>
>SARL HF DX Contest--CW, sponsored by SARL from 1230Z -- 1630Z Aug 27.
>Frequencies: 80 -- 20 meters. Categories: SOAB, MS. Exchange: RS(T) +
>serial number. QSO Points: CW -- 2 pts. Total score: QSO points + ZS
>call areas and South African countries (see Web site). For more
>information: http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests  Logs due 14 days
>after the contest to zs4bs at netactive.co.za or PO Box 12104, Brandhof
>9324, Republic of South Africa.
>
>SCC RTTY Championship, sponsored by the Slovenian Contest Club from
>1200Z Aug 26 - 1159Z Aug 27. Frequencies: 80-10 meters. Categories:
>SOAB-HP, SOAB-LP, SOAB-Assisted, MS. Exchange: RST and 4-digit year
>first licensed. QSO Points: own country--1 pt, different country same
>continent and between W, VE, VK, ZL, ZS, JA, PY call areas, LU
>provinces, and UA9/0 oblasts--2 pts, different continent--3 pts.
>Score: QSO points x different years from all bands. For more
>information: http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/rtty/htmlrules.htm  Logs due
>Sep 15 to rtty at hamradio.si (Cabrillo format preferred) or on diskette
>to Slovenia Contest Club, Saveljska 50, 1113 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
>
>All-Asian DX Contest--Phone, sponsored by JARL from 0000Z Sep 2 -
>2400Z Sep 3. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters (160 is CW only in Japan),
>incl. 10-min. band change rule. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MO, Low Power
>(Asian stations only), Junior (JA stations <20 years), Senior (JA
>stations >70 years). Exchange: RS(T) and a two digit number denoting
>the operator's age. YL stations may send 00. QSO Points for non-Asian
>stations: 40 - 15 meters--1 pt, 80 and 10 meters--2 pts, 160
>meters--3 pts. Score: QSO pts × Asian prefixes (WPX rules). For more
>information and Asian station QSO points:
>http://www.jarl.or.jp/English  Logs due Oct 31 to aaph at jarl.or.jp or
>JARL, All Asian DX Contest, Tokyo, 170-8073, Japan.
>
>IARU Region 1 Field Day--SSB, sponsored by IARU Societies from 1300Z
>Sep 2 - 1300Z Sep 3. Frequencies: 160 - 10 meters. Categories: SOAB
>(LP, QRP), MS (HP, LP). Exchange: RST and serial number. QSO Points:
>EU to EU fixed stations - 2 pts, non-EU to EU - 3 pts, with portable
>EU stations - 4 pts. Score: QSO points x DXCC and WAE entities
>counted once/band. See IARU Region 1 society Web sites for more
>information. Send logs to the appropriate national societies - not
>ARRL. NA hams to ssbfd.logs at rsgbhfcc.org or RSGB G3UFY, 77 Bensham
>Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF, England.
>
>DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest--Digital Modes--sponsored by the
>Deutsche Amateur Radio Committee from 1100Z - 1700Z Sep 3.
>Frequencies (MHz): 28.050 - 28.150 on RTTY, Pactor PSK31, Amtor,
>Clover. Categories: SO, SWL. Stations may be worked on each mode, but
>count for multipliers only once. Exchange: RST + serial number. QSO
>Points: 1 pt/QSO. Score: QSO Points x WAE countries + DXCC entities +
>W/VE/JA districts. 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-44722 Bochum, Germany.
>
>MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint, 2300Z Sep 4 - 0300Z Sep 5. Frequencies:
>160 - 6-meters. Categories: SOAB with classes A (<250 mW), B (<1 W),
>C (<5 W), D (>5W). Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and MI-QRP number or power
>output. QSO Points: MI-QRP members--5 pts, non-member W/VE--2 pts,
>DX--4 pts. Score: QSO points x S/P/C counted once per band. If
>homebrew RX or TX, multiply by 1.25. If both RX and TX are homebrew,
>multiply by 1.5. For information: http://www.qsl.net/miqrpclub	Logs
>to n8cqa at arrl.net or L. T. Switzer N8CQA, 427 Jeffrey Ave, Royal Oak,
>MI 48073-2521.
>
>Russian RTTY WW Contest, sponsored by Radio Magazine from 0000Z -
>2400Z Sep 2. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MS,
>SWL. Exchange: RST + WAZ zone or Russian Oblast. QSO Points: own
>continent--5 pts, different cont.--10 pts. Score: QSO points x DXCC
>entities + Russian oblasts, each counted once per band. For more
>information: http://www.radio.ru/cq/contest/rule-results/index2.shtml
>  Logs due Oct 2 to contest at radio.ru or Radio Magazine, Seliverstov
>per 10, 107045 Moscow, Russia.
>
>VHF+ CONTESTS
>
>Summer VHF/UHF QSO Party--SSB/CW/FM, sponsored by the Colorado QRP
>Club from 1600Z - 2000Z Aug 27. Frequencies: 6m, 2m and 70 cm, 5
>watts output maximum, use recognized simplex frequencies according to
>the ARRL band plan, do not use the national simplex frequencies of
>146.52 or 446.000 MHz. Categories: Portable, Non-Portable. Exchange:
>Call sign, Grid Square, first name, and CQC member # or power. QSO
>Points: 1 pt/QSO. Total Score: QSO Points x names beginning with
>different letters (26 max), counted once per band. 10 point bonus for
>QSO with W0CQC. For more information: http://www.cqc.org/contests
>Logs due 30 days after the contest to contest at cqc.org or CQC Contest,
>PO Box 17174, Golden, CO 80402-6019.
>
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>August 28 - Run for the Bacon QRP Contest, email logs to:
>W2LJ at arrl.net, upload log at: http://partsandkits.com/fp/autolog.asp,
>paper logs and diskettes to: Larry Makoski, W2LJ, 327 Clinton Place,
>South Plainfield, NJ 07080, USA. Find rules at:
>http://www.fpqrp.com/fpqrprun.html
>
>August 31 - Portugal Day Contest, email logs to: (none), paper logs
>and diskettes to: REP Award/Contest Manager, PO Box 2483, 1112 Lisboa
>Codex, Portugal. Find rules at:
>http://www.rep.pt/pdf/contest_portugalday.pdf
>
>August 31 - Venezuelan Ind. Day Contest, email logs to:
>contestyv at cantv.net, paper logs and diskettes to: Radio Club
>Venezolano, Concurso Independencia de Venezuela, PO Box 2285, Caracas
>1010-A, Venezuela. Find rules at:
>http://www.radioclubvenezolano.org/rules.htm
>
>August 31 - European HF Championship, email logs to:
>euhfc at hamradio.si, paper logs and diskettes to: Slovenia Contest
>Club, Saveljska 50, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Find rules at:
>http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/euhfcrules.htm
>
>August 31 - National Lighthouse Weekend QSO Contest, email logs to:
>(none), paper logs and diskettes to: Dave Ruch, NF0J, PO Box 20696,
>Bloomington, MN 55420-0696, USA. Find rules at:
>http://arlhs.com/NLLW-2006-guidelines.html
>
>September 1 - CQ Worldwide VHF Contest, email logs to:
>cqvhf at cqww-vhf.com, paper logs and diskettes to: CQ VHF Contest, 25
>Newbridge Road, Hicksville, NY 11801, USA. Find rules at:
>http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/VHFContest_Rules2006050206.pdf
>
>September 1 - RSGB IOTA Contest, email logs to:
>iota.logs at rsgbhfcc.org, paper logs and diskettes to: RSGB IOTA
>Contest, PO Box 9, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 3RH, England. Find rules
>at: http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/riota.shtml
>
>September 1 - ANARTS WW RTTY Contest, email logs to:
>ctdavies at bigpond.net.au, paper logs and diskettes to: Contest Manager
>ANARTS, PO Box 93, Toongabbie, NSW 2146, Australia. Find rules at:
>http://anarts.com.au/CONTEST%202006%20RULES.htm
>
>September 1 - Council of Europe RC 20th Anniversary Challenge, email
>logs to: f6fqk at free.fr, paper logs and diskettes to: Mr Francis
>KREMER, 31, rue Louis Pasteur, F 67490 DETTWILLER, France. Find rules
>at: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/coerc20challenge.pdf
>
>September 2 - North American QSO Party, SSB, email logs to: (see
>rules, Web upload preferred), upload log at:
>http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit.php, paper logs and diskettes to:
>Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, 4225 Farmdale Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604, USA.
>Find rules at: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php
>
>September 3 - TARA Grid Dip Shindig, Post log summary at:
>http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_grid_score.html, paper logs and
>diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
>http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_grid_rules.html
>
>September 5 - ARRL UHF Contest, email logs to: AugustUHF at arrl.org,
>paper logs and diskettes to: August UHF Contest, ARRL Contest Branch,
>225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111, USA. Find rules at:
>http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/uhf.html
>
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