Saturday 15 June 2013
CW:  1500Z to 2100Z

Sunday 16 June 2013
SSB: 1500Z to 2100Z

Please send in an entry if you made any contacts - deadline is Monday 1st July 2013

This contest is designed to demonstrate that QRP operators can be proficient in both voice and morse code communications.

Please note specific times for use of SSB and CW.

Contest rules

The results of the 2013 Spring QSO Party are now available - here

In the A1 AB category Brian, VE3MGY, beat Arn Olean, K0ZK, by a fairly close margin with Arn having 3 more mults but 64 less points. In the A1 HighBand category Chuck Stroud, KA8HDE took the top honors while Duaine Demus, KA6AIL took the top spot in the SB15 category.  In the SB20 category Phil Graitcer, W3HZZ, took the lead with the high score while Paul Kirley, W8TM worked 44 stations while running 4 watts to lead the SB40 section.

In the A2 category the AB winner was John Laney, K4BAI, with 278,656 points. Not to be out done Bob Patten, N4BP, took the top honors in the A2 HighBand category with 356,846 points. In the A2 SB20 category Don Calbick was unchallenged in his SB20 effort and made 40 QSO’s. A full report will be presented in the Summer edition of QQ.

Congratulations to all !!

The results of the 2013 Grid Square Sprint are now available - here

The 2013 QRP ARCI Grid Square Sprint is now history and had an increased participation level from 2012.

Two of the A1 winners even braved the elements to reap the rewards of going portable! In the AB A1 category Jim Wilson, VE3KQN, took first place operating portable with just 800mW. Gene Warren, N5GW, also in the A1 category and also portable, took the top spot on 20 metres running 5W. On 40m Garry Nichols, WA1GWH, stayed inside to capture the top spot on 40m with 4.5 Watts.

In the A2 category, and no doubt much warmer, Bernhard Doctor, K8AR, took the top AB spot with 4 Watts while Allan Richardson, NR1X, took the 20m spot.

Congratulations to all !

The results of the 2013 Fireside Sprint are now available - here

In the A1 antenna category, Kris Merschrod, KM2KM, took top spot in the All Band category with 18,144 points. In the High Band category Justin Pinnix, AJ4MJ, took the high score with 4,235. On 20M Ted Albert, AB8FJ, was the lone entry with 35 points while Duaine Demus, K6AIL, was the lone 15M entry with 3,500 points.

In the A2 antenna category , Bob Patten, N4BP, took the first place spot in the High Band category with 103,173 points while Chris Jones, N7ZW, took the All Band honors with 8,687 points. Michael Stutzer, KD0FDJ, had 17,822 points as a Single Band 20M entry.

Congratulations to all!