Contest 21 and 22 February

Διαγωνισμοί, η κοπή της Αγιοβασιλόπιτας στην Ε.Ε.Ρ. και άλλα ενδιαφέροντα

Αγαπητοί συνάδελφοι σας εύχομαι καλό Σαββατοκύριακο.

Το διήμερο που ακολουθεί, εκτός από την κοπή της Αγιοβασιλόπιτας που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στα εντευκτήρια της Ένωσης Ελλήνων Ραδιοερασιτεχνών – Ε.Ε.Ρ. θα έχετε την ευκαιρία να τρέξετε κάποιον από τους παρακάτω ραδιοερασιτεχνικούς διαγωνισμούς που διεξάγονται.

Να σας ενημερώσω, εντελώς επιγραμματικά, ότι το διήμερο που ακολουθεί διεξάγονται οι διαγωνισμοί: ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST για CW, ο REF CONTEST για SSB και ο RUSIAN PSK WW CONTEST για BPSK31, BPSK63, BPSK125. Χαμός εις το τετράγωνο!!!

Ακολουθούν οι υποσημειώσεις «Οι διαγωνισμοί της επόμενης εβδομάδας» και  «Προθεσμίες υποβολής ημερολογίων για προηγούμενους διαγωνισμούς».

Σας εύχομαι καλό βόλι και να περάσετε ένα όμορφο τριήμερο.

Ανακοίνωση από την Ε.Ε.Ρ. (Ένωση Ελλήνων Ραδιοερασιτεχνών) Η Ένωση Ελλήνων Ραδιοερασιτεχνών σας προσκαλεί στην εκδήλωση για την κοπή της Πρωτοχρονιάτικης Πίτας. Την Κυριακή, 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2015 ώρα 11:00 π.μ. στα ιδιόκτητα γραφεία της στην οδό Παύλου Μελά 42, Περιστέρι (κοντά στον σταθμό Μετρό Αγίου Αντωνίου) Στην εκδήλωση θα πραγματοποιηθεί και η απονομή των βραβείων του Field Day 2014, του VHF Contest 2014 και του GTC CW Cup. Σας περιμένουμε! 73

 ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW: 0000Z, Feb 21 to 2400Z, Feb 22

  Mode: CW

  Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

  Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)

           Single Op Single Band

           Single Op Unlimited (Low/High)

           Multi-Single (Low/High)

           Multi-Two

           Multi-Multi

  Max power: HP: 1500 watts

             LP: 150 watts

             QRP: 5 watts

  Exchange: W/VE: RST + (state/province)

            non-W/VE: RST + power

  Work stations: Once per band

  QSO Points: 3 points per QSO

  Multipliers: W/VE: Each DXCC country once per band

               Non-W/VE: Each state, District of Columbia, VE province/territory once per band

  Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults

  Submit logs by: 2359Z March 25, 2015

  E-mail logs to: DXCW[at]arrl[dot]org

  Mail logs to: ARRL Intl DX Contest, CW

                ARRL

                225 Main St.

                Newington, CT 06111

                USA

  Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx

REF Contest, SSB: 0600Z, Feb 21 to 1800Z, Feb 22

  Mode: SSB

  Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

  Classes: Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)

           Single Op Single Band (QRP/Low/High)

           Multi-Single (QRP/Low/High)

           Club

           SWL

  Max operating hours: Single Op: 28 hours in no more than 3 increments of at least 1 hour each

  Max power: HP: >100 Watts

             LP: 100 Watts

             QRP: 5 Watts

  Exchange: French: RS + Department/Prefix

            non-French: RS + Serial No.

  Work stations: Once per band

  QSO Points: French: 6 points per QSO with French station same continent

              French: 15 points per QSO with French station on different continent

              French: 1 point per QSO with non-French station same continent

              French: 2 points per QSO with non-French station on different continent

              non-French: 1 point per QSO with French station same continent

              non-French: 3 points per QSO with French station on different continent

  Multipliers: French/Corsica departments once per band

               French overseas prefixes once per band

               non-French DXCC countries once per band (available only to French stations)

  Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults

  Submit logs by: March 9, 2015

  E-mail logs to: cdfssb[at]ref-union[dot]org

  Mail logs to: (none)

  Find rules at: http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhf_dx.pdf

SARL Youth Day Sprint: 0800Z-1000Z, Feb 21

  Mode: SSB

  Bands: 40m Only

  Classes: (none)

  Exchange: RS + age

  QSO Points: 5 points per QSO between operators 25 or younger

              2 points per QSO between 25 or younger operator and a 26 or older operator

              1 point per QSO between operators 26 or older

  Multipliers: (none)

  Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points

  Submit logs by: February 28, 2015

  E-mail logs to: youthsprint[at]sarl[dot]org[dot]za

  Mail logs to: (none)

  Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Document_Store/CONT_20150101_SARL_Contest_Manual_2015.pdf

Feld Hell Sprint: 2000Z-2159Z, Feb 21

  Mode: Feld Hell

  Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m

  Classes: (none)

  Max power: Standard: 100 watts

             QRP: 5 watts

  Exchange: (see rules)

  Work stations: Once per band

  QSO Points: (see rules)

              Bonus Points: (see rules)

  Multipliers: (see rules)

  Score Calculation: (see rules)

  Submit logs by: February 28, 2015

  Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/

  Mail logs to: (none)

  Find rules at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/bingo-sprint

Russian PSK WW Contest: 2100Z, Feb 21 to 2100Z, Feb 22

  Mode: BPSK31, BPSK63, BPSK125

  Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

  Classes: Single Op All Band

           Single Op Single Band

           Multi-Op All Band

  Max power: 100 watts

  Exchange: RU: RST + 2-letter oblast

            non-RU: RST + Serial No.

  QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with same country on 20,15,10m

              3 points per QSO with different country same continent on 20,15,10m

              5 points per QSO with different continent on 20,15,10m

              2 point per QSO with same country on 160,80,40m

              6 points per QSO with different country same continent on 160,80,40m

              10 points per QSO with different continent on 160,80,40m

  Multipliers: Each country once per band

               Each oblast once per band

  Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults

  Submit logs by: 2359Z February 27, 2015

  E-mail logs to: rusww[at]rdrclub[dot]ru

  Upload log at: http://ua9qcq.com/en/submit_log.php?lang=en

  Mail logs to: (none)

  Find rules at: http://www.rdrclub.ru/russian-ww-psk-contest/49-rus-ww-psk-rules

High Speed Club CW Contest: 0900Z-1100Z, Feb 22 and 1500Z-1700Z, Feb 22

  Mode: CW

  Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

  Classes: HSC Members

           Non-Members

           QRP

           SWL

  Max power: 150 watts

             QRP: 5 watts

  Exchange: Members: RST + HSC No.

            non-Members: RST + "NM"

  Work stations: Once per band per period

  QSO Points: 5 points per QSO with a HSC member

              1 points per QSO with a non-member

  Multipliers: (none)

  Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points

  Submit logs by: March 15, 2015

  E-mail logs to: joe[at]dl4cf[dot]com

  Mail logs to: Joe Vollbrecht, DL4CF

                HSC Contest Manager

                Steingasse 3

                D-06642 Nebra

                Germany

  Find rules at: http://www.highspeedclub.org/

SARL Digital Contest: 1300Z-1600Z, Feb 22

  Mode: PSK, RTTY

  Bands: 80, 40, 20m

  Classes: (none)

  Exchange: RST + QSO No.

  Work stations: Once per mode per band

  QSO Points: (see rules)

  Multipliers: (see rules)

  Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults

  Submit logs by: March 1, 2015

  E-mail logs to: contest[at]sarl[dot]org[dot]za

  Mail logs to: (none)

  Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Document_Store/CONT_20150101_SARL_Contest_Manual_2015.pdf

CQC Winter QSO Sprint: 0100Z-0259Z, Feb 23

  Mode: CW

  Bands: 80, 40, 20m

  Classes: (none)

  Max power: 5 watts

  Exchange: Member: RST + (state/province/country) + name + CQC member no.

            non-Member: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power

  Work stations: Once per band

  QSO Points: 4 points per QSO with non-member

              6 points per QSO with member

              Bonus: 1000 points for one or more QSOs with W0CQC or N0CQC

  Multipliers: Each state/province/country once per band

  Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points

  Submit logs by: March 25, 2015

  E-mail logs to: ki0rb[at]arrl[dot]net

  Mail logs to: (none)

  Find rules at: http://www.cqc.org/contests/winter15.htm

Οι διαγωνισμοί της επόμενης εβδομάδας: SKCC Sprint                                          0000Z-0200Z, Feb 25 QRP Fox Hunt                                         0200Z-0330Z, Feb 25 CWops Mini-CWT Test                                  1300Z-1400Z, Feb 25                                                        1900Z-2000Z, Feb 25                                                        0300Z-0400Z, Feb 26 NCCC RTTY Sprint                                     0145Z-0215Z, Feb 27 QRP Fox Hunt                                         0200Z-0330Z, Feb 27 CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB                            2200Z, Feb 27 to 2200Z, Mar 1 UBA DX Contest, CW                                   1300Z, Feb 28 to 1300Z, Mar 1 North American QSO Party, RTTY                       1800Z, Feb 28 to 0559Z, Mar 1 NSARA Contest                                        1200Z-1600Z, Mar 1                                                        1800Z-2200Z, Mar 1 SARL Hamnet 40m Simulated Emerg Contest              1200Z-1400Z, Mar 1 North Carolina QSO Party                             1500Z, Mar 1 to 0059Z, Mar 2 RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data                     2000Z-2130Z, Mar 2 ARS Spartan Sprint                                   0200Z-0400Z, Mar 3 AGCW YL-CW Party                                     1900Z-2100Z, Mar 3

Προθεσμίες υποβολής ημερολογίων: Ακολουθούν οι χρονικές προθεσμίες υποβολής ημερολογίων για τους ακόλουθους διαγωνισμούς: Hungarian DX Contest:   February 17, 2015   E-mail:  hadx[at]mrasz[dot]axelero[dot]net   Upload log at:  http://www.ha-dx.com/HADX/   Mail:  MRASZ          1400 Budapest          P.O. Box 11          Hungary   Find rules at: http://www.ha-dx.com/HADX/html/rules_en.html RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data:   February 18, 2015   Upload log at:  http://www.vhfcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2015/r80mcc.shtml NRAU 10m Activity Contest:   February 19, 2015   Upload log at:  http://ua9qcq.com/en/submit_log.php?lang=en   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://www.nrau.net/activity-contests/below-30mhz.html CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest:   February 20, 2015   E-mail:  rtty[at]cqwpx[dot]com   Upload log at:  http://www.cqwpx.com/logcheck/   Mail:  CQ WPX RTTY Contest          P.O. Box 1877          Los Gatos, CA 95031-1877          USA   Find rules at: http://www.cqwpxrtty.com/rules.htm Asia-Pacific Spring Sprint, CW:   February 21, 2015   E-mail:  apsprint[at]jsfc[dot]org   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt Run for the Bacon QRP Contest:   February 22, 2015   E-mail:  (none)   Upload log at:  http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/autolog.php   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/ SARL Field Day Contest:   February 22, 2015   E-mail:  zs4bfn[at]netactive[dot]co[dot]za   Mail:  SARL Field Day Contest          PO Box 12104          Brandhof, 9324          South Africa   Find rules at: http://www.sarl.org.za/Document_Store/CONT_20150101_SARL_Contest_Manual_2015.pdf 10-10 Int. Winter Contest, SSB:   February 23, 2015   E-mail:  tentencontest[at]ten-ten[dot]org   Upload log at:  http://www.hamclubs.info/scorer/   Mail:  Dan Morris, KZ3T          3162 Covington Way          Lenoir, NC 28645          USA   Find rules at: http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules BARTG RTTY Sprint:   February 24, 2015   E-mail:  (none)   Upload log at:  http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://s3.spanglefish.com/s/7850/documents/contests/sprint/rules/current/bartg%20sprint%20rules.pdf ARRL January VHF Contest:   February 25, 2015   E-mail:  JanuaryVHF[at]arrl[dot]org   Mail:  January VHF          ARRL          225 Main St.          Newington, CT 06111          USA   Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf AGCW Straight Key Party:   February 28, 2015   E-mail:  htp[at]agcw[dot]de   Mail:  Friedrich W. Fabri, DF1OY          Hermann-Bahner-Strasse 1          D-63225 Langen          Germany   Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/straight-key-party-htp Triathlon DX Contest:   February 28, 2015   E-mail:  dxtriathlon[at]gmail[dot]com   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://triathlon-dx-contest.gr/contest/index.php/rules PODXS 070 Club Valentine Sprint:   February 28, 2015   E-mail:  (none)   Upload log at:  http://hamclubs.info/scorer/   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://www.podxs070.com/o7o-club-sponsored-contests/valentine-sprint SPAR Winter Field Day:   March 1, 2015   E-mail:  winterfd[at]spar-hams[dot]org   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/winterfd/index.php?pg=2 OMISS QSO Party:   March 1, 2015   E-mail:  (none)   Upload log at:  http://www.omiss.net/Facelift/qsoElectronic.php   Mail:  OMISS QSO PARTY          John Dean, K0JDD          4118 Woodlane Drive          Woodbury, MN 55129          USA   Find rules at: http://www.omiss.net/Facelift/qsoparty.php F9AA Cup, CW:   March 3, 2015   E-mail:  concoursf9aa[at]urc[dot]asso[dot]fr   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://www.site.urc.asso.fr/urchaut-6/om-6/131-trophee-f9aa.html RSGB 1st 1.8 MHz Contest:   March 3, 2015   Upload log at:  http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl   Mail:  RSGB-G3UFY          77 Bensham Manor Road          Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF          England   Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2015/r1st-160m.shtml British Columbia QSO Party:   March 8, 2015   E-mail:  bcqp[at]orcadxcc[dot]org   Mail:  Orca DX and Contest Club          444 - 604 Columbia St.          New Westminster, BC V3M 1A5          Canada   Find rules at: http://www.orcadxcc.org/bcqp_rules.html Vermont QSO Party:   March 8, 2015   E-mail:  ranv[at]sover[dot]net   Mail:  Vermont QSO Party          PO Box 9392          South Burlington, VT 05403-9392          USA   Find rules at: http://www.ranv.org/vtqso.html YLRL YL-OM Contest:   March 8, 2015   E-mail:  w1jx[at]arrl[dot]net   Mail:  Roberta Donohue, W1JX          103 Surry Rd          Ellsworth, ME 04605          USA   Find rules at: http://ylrl.org/index.php/contests-and-dx-awards FYBO Winter QRP Sprint:   March 9, 2015   E-mail:  FYBO2012[at]azscorpions[dot]org   Mail:  Mike Baker, K7DD          8845 W. Diana Ave.          Peoria, AZ 85345          USA   Find rules at: http://www.azscqrpions.com/fybo2009rules.html AWA Amplitude Modulation QSO Party:   March 10, 2015   E-mail:  lbisha[at]rochester[dot]rr[dot]com   Mail:  Lynn Bisha, W2BSN          83 Parkwood Lane          Penfield, NY 14526-1307          USA   Find rules at: http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-on-the-air.html Black Sea Cup International:   March 10, 2015   E-mail:  bs_cup[at]ukr[dot]net   Upload log at:  http://ua9qcq.com/en/submit_log.php?lang=en   Mail:  BSCI          Box 4          KERCH 98319          UKRAINE   Find rules at: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/index/0-21 Dutch PACC Contest:   March 10, 2015   E-mail:  pacc[at]dutchpacc[dot]com   Upload log at:  http://server4.veronict.nl:81/WebEditor/app   Mail:  PACC Contest Manager          c/o VERON Central Bureau          PO Box 1166          6801 BD Arnhem          The Netherlands   Find rules at: http://pacc.veron.nl/ Mexico RTTY International Contest:   March 10, 2015   E-mail:  rtty[at]fmre[dot]mx   Mail:  (none)   Find rules at: http://www.rtty.fmre.mx/english/RTTY%202015%20Ing.pdf KCJ Topband Contest:   March 15, 2015   E-mail:  2015toptest[at]kcj-cw[dot]com   Mail:  T. Mori JH6IEK          Saida 556-36, Tamamura machi, Sawa gun          Gunma 370-1131          Japan   Find rules at: http://www.kcj-cw.com/contest/15_toptest_rules_e.pdf Minnesota QSO Party:   March 15, 2015   E-mail:  mnqp[at]w0aa[dot]org   Mail:  MNQP          4745-170th Lane NE          Ham Lake, MN 55304-5233          USA   Find rules at: http://www.w0aa.org/docs/mnqp/MNQP%20Contest%20Rules.pdf FISTS Winter Unlimited Sprint:   March 16, 2015   E-mail:  n2ed[at]fistsna[dot]org   Mail:  Ed Wlodarski N2ED          3 Shore Rd          Andover, NJ 07821          USA   Find rules at: http://fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints ARRL School Club Roundup:   March 17, 2015   Post web summary:  http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/   Mail:  School Club Roundup          c/o LIMARC          PO Box 392          Levittown, NY 11756          USA   Find rules at: http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup YL-ISSB QSO Party, SSB:   March 21, 2015   E-mail:  ve1jim[at]ns[dot]sympatico[dot]ca   Mail:  Jim Flowers, VE1JIM          13 Rufus Ave          Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 2L4          Canada   Find rules at: http://www.ylsystem.org/qsoparty/qsodates.htm YL-ISSB QSO Party, CW:   March 21, 2015   E-mail:  ve1jim[at]ns[dot]sympatico[dot]ca   Mail:  Jim Flowers, VE1JIM          13 Rufus Ave          Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 2L4          Canada   Find rules at: http://www.ylsystem.org/qsoparty/qsodates.htm New Hampshire QSO Party:   March 31, 2015   E-mail:  n1ix[at]arrl[dot]net   Mail:  Dave LeDuc          26 Tanglewood Dr.          Newton, NH 03858          USA   Find rules at: http://www.w1wqm.org/nhqso/NEW_HAMPSHIRE_QSO_PARTY_RULES.pdf Classic Exchange, CW:   April 30, 2015   E-mail:  WQ8U[at]gmail[dot]com   Mail:  WQ8U          104 W. Queen St.          Hillsborough, NC 27278          USA   Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan15ann.html Classic Exchange, Phone:   April 30, 2015   E-mail:  WQ8U[at]gmail[dot]com   Mail:  WQ8U          104 W. Queen St.          Hillsborough, NC 27278          USA   Find rules at: http://www.classicexchange.org/jan15ann.html

TNX Bruce, WA7BNM

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