~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR
September & October 2010
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summer FOX Hunt - QRP 20M CW... QRP Contest! Sept 1, UTC: 0100z to 0229z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest ... QRP Category Sep 03, 2300z to Sep 05, 2300z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wake-Up! QRP Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Sep 04, 0600z to 0800z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brazil Independence Day (PSK31) ... 10W Category Sep 04, 1200z to Sep 05, 1200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorado QSO Party (SSB/CW/Digital) ... QRP Category Sep 04, 1200z to Sep 05, 0400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSGB Region 1 Fieldday (SSB)... QRP Category Sep 04, 1300z to Sep 05, 1259z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW Straight Key Party (CW - 40 Meters) ... QRP Category Sep 04, 1300z to 1600z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tennessee QSO Party (SSB/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category Sep 05, 1800z to Sep 06, 0300z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michigan QRP Labor Day Sprint (CW) *** QRP CONTEST! *** Sep 06, 2300z to Sep 07, 0300z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) *** QRP EVENT *** Sep 07, 0100z to 0300z (First Monday 9 PM EDT) [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summer FOX Hunt - QRP 20M CW... QRP Contest! Sept 7, EDT: 9 PM to 1029 PM Sept 8, UTC: 0100z to 0229 [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW) ... QRP Category Sep 08, 1100z to 1200z and Sep 08, 1900z to 2000z and Sep 09, 0300z to 0400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS: Get Your Feet Wet Weekend ... QRP Category Sep 10, 0000z to Sep 13, 0000z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JAY HUDAK MEMORIAL 80M SPRINT (PSK31) ... QRP Category Sep 10, 2000 Local to 0200 Local [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worked All Europe DX Contest (SSB) 100W Power Category Sep 11, 0000z to Sep 12, 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Swiss HTC QRP Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Sep 11, 1300z to 1859z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arkansas QSO Party (CW/Ph/Dig) ... QRP Category Sep 11, 1300z to Sep 12, 0100z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ohio State Parks On The Air (All) ... QRP Category Sep 11, 1600z to 2400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARRL September VHF QSO Party (All) Low Power Category Sep 11, 1800z to Sep 13, 0259z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Second Class Operator Club Marathon (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Sep 11, 1800z to 2400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI VHF Contest *** QRP Contest *** Sep 11, 1900z to Sep 12, 0400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Sep 12, 0000z to 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NA Sprint (CW)... QRP Category Sep 12, 0000z to 0400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint *** QRP CONTEST! *** EDT: Sep 15, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Sep 16, 0030z to 0230z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connecticut QSO Party (SSB/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category Sep 18, 0000z to 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scandinavian Activity Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Sep 18, 1200z to Sep 19, 1200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIS DX QPSK63 Contest ... 10W Category Sep 18, 1200z to Sep 19, 1200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South Carolina QSO Party (ALL) ... QRP Category Sep 18, 1300z to Sep 19, 2100z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP Afield (All) *** QRP Contest *** Sep 18, 1500z to Sep 19, 0300z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Washington State Salmon Run (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Sep 18, 1600z to Sep 19, 0700z Sep 19, 1600z to Sep 19, 2400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell) ... QRP Category Sep 18, 1600z to 1800z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NA Sprint (SSB)... QRP Category Sep 19, 0000z to 0400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EDT: Sep 19, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: Sep 20, 0100z 0300z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Sep, 22, 0000z to 0200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQWW RTTY DX Contest ... <150w Category Sep 25, 0000z to Sep 26, 2400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category Sep 25, 1400z to Sep 26, 0200z Sep 26, 1400z to Sep 26, 2000z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW VHF/UHF CW Contest ... QRP Category Sep 25, 1400z to 1759z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TARA PSK31 Rumble (PSK31 only) ... QRP Category Oct 2, 0000z to 2400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EPC Russia DX Contest (PSK63) ... 100W Category Oct 2, 0400z to Oct 3, 0359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EU SPRINT CONTEST - Autumn (SSB) ... 100W category Oct 2, 1600z to 1959z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ California QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 2, 1600z to Oct 3, 2159z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ German Telegraphy Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 3, 0700z to 0959z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 3, 0700z to 1900z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) *** QRP Event! *** Oct 5, 0100z to 0300z (First Monday 9 PM EDT) [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scandinavian Activity Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 9, 1200z to Oct 10, 1200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worked All Britain HF Contest (Phone) ...QRP Category Oct 9, 1200z to Oct 10, 1200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pennsylvania QSO Party (CW/SSB/Digital) ... QRP Category Oct 9, 1600z to Oct 10, 0500z Oct 10, 1300z to Oct 10, 2200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arizona QSO Party (CW/PH) ... QRP Category Oct 9, 1600z to Oct 10, 0600z and Oct 10, 1400z to Oct 10, 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EU SPRINT CONTEST - Autumn (CW) ... 100W category Oct 9, 1600z to 1959z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS Fall Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 9, 1700z to 2100z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (RTTY) ... QRP Category Oct 10, 0000Z to 0400Z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Oct 10, 0000z to 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10-10 Day Sprint (All) ... QRP Category Oct 10, 0001z to 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EDT: Oct 12, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Oct 13, 0030Z to 0230Z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 13, 1100z to 1200z and Oct 13, 1900z to 2000z and Oct 14, 0300z to 0400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LZ Open 80m Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 16, 0200z to 0600z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 16, 1200z to Oct 17, 2400z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iowa QSO Party (CW/Ph/Dig) Oct 16, 1400z to 2300z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worked All Germany Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 16, 1500z to Oct 17, 1459z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New York QSO Party (Ph/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category Oct 16, 1400z to Oct 17, 0200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint (PSK) ... QRP Category Oct 16, 2000 to Oct 17, 0200 (Local Time) [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell) ... QRP Category Oct 16, 2000z to 2200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Illinois QSO Party (CW/PH)... QRP Category Oct 17, 1700z to Oct 18, 0100z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EDT: Oct 17, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: Oct 18, 0100z 0300z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STEW PERRY TOPBAND DISTANCE CHALLENGE WARMUP - QRP CATEGORY Oct 23, 1500z to Oct 24, 1500z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten QSO Party (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 23, 0001z to Oct 24, 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Oct 27, 0000z to 0200z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ?Zombie Shuffle (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** Oct 29, Local Sundown to Local Midnight (Any 4 hour period) [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW DX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 30, 0000z to Oct 31, 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten QSO Party (Digital) ... QRP Category Oct 30, 0001z to Oct 31, 2359z [RULES] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, N0AX(ARRL), VA3JFF & G4GXL(QRP ARCI) and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. If you wish to subscribe to the Calendar, send an e-mail to N2CQ at QRPARCI.Net Please forward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ at QRPARCI.NET and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ