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February 2010
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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest!
EST: Feb 1, 9 PM to 11 PM (First Monday each month)
UTC: Feb 2, 0200z to 0400z
Rules: http://adventure-radio.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
Tuesday Feb 2 2010
9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA
EXC: RST, QTH, NAME, Power
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
Thursday Feb 4 2010
9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA
EXC: RST, QTH, NAME, Power
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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10-10 Int. Winter Phone QSO Party ... QRP Category
Feb 6, 0001z to Feb 7, 2359z
Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSOPartyRulesRevised.pdf
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Vermont QSO Party
Feb 6 0000 to Feb 7 2400
Exc: Vt stations send signal report and county.
others send signal report and QTH
http://vtqsoparty.westriverradio.org/
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Minnesota QSO Party
Feb 6 1400 to Feb6 2400
Exc:MN Stations: First name & county (three letter designator).
W/VE Stations: First name and state / province.
Band/Mode Freq. CST GMT
10 CW 28050 Noon 1800
10 SSB 28450 2:00 PM 2000
15 CW 21050 11:00 AM 1700
15 SSB 21350 1:00 PM 1900
20 CW 14050 All Day! All Day!
20 SSB 14270 All Day! All Day!
40 CW 7050 All Day! All Day!
40 SSB 7250 All Day! All Day!
80 CW 3550 All Day! All Day!
80 SSB 3850 All Day! All Day!
160 CW 1850 5:30 PM 2330
160 SSB 1870 5:30 PM 2330
http://www.w0aa.org/mnqp.htm
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FYBO Winter QRP Field Day
Feb 6 1400 to Feb 6 2400
Exc:RST, State,name, power out, and temp (F) at OPS POSITION.
Example: 579 AZ Frosty 2W 40F
http://www.azscqrpions.org/FYBO2010.htm
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AGCW Straight Key
Feb 6 1600 to Feb 6 1900
FREQ:February: 3,510 - 3,560 kHz,
A = up to 5W Output (or 10W Input)
B = up to 50W Output (or 100W Input)
EXC: RST and QSO-Number/Category/Name/Age (yl = xx).
Example: 579007/A/Ernie/44 and 589009/B/Bertha/xx.
It is mandatory to send the slashes.
http://www.agcw.org/?Contests
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Black Sea Cup International (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category
Feb 6, 1200z to Feb 7, 1200z
Rules: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/index/0-21
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British Columbia QSO Party (CW/PH/Dig) ... QRP Category
Feb 6, 1600z to Feb 7, 0759z
http://www.deltaamateurradio.com/BC%20QSO%20CONTEST.htm
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Delaware QSO Party
Feb 6 1700 to Feb 7 2400
Exc: DE stations send signal report, county.
Stations outside Delaware send signal report and QTH
http://www.fsarc.org/DEQSO.html
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North American Sprint CW
Feb 7 0000 to Feb 7 0400
Exc: you must send serial number,name ,
(i.e N6TR DE K7GM 154 RICK NC K)
http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
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New Mexico QSO Party
Feb 7 1500 to Feb 8 0300
exc:New Mexico stations: Name and New Mexico county
Non-New Mexico stations: Name and State/
http://pages.swcp.com/~n5zgt/nmqsoparty/documents/NMQP_forms.pdf
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School Club Roundup
Feb 8 1300 to Feb 12 2400
Exc: RS (T), class (“Individual”, “Club” or “School”), US State
http://www.arrl.org/SCR/
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80 METER FOXHUNT (CW)
Tuesday Feb 9 2010
0200z - 0329z
EXC: RST, QTH, NAME, Power
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest ***
EST: Feb 9, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
UTC: Feb 10, 0130Z to 0330Z
Rules: http://home.windstream.net/yoel/contests.html
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40 METER FOXHUNT (CW)
Thursday Feb 11 2010
0200z - 0329z
EXC: RST, QTH, NAME, Power
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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YL-OM Contest CW
Feb 12 1400 to Feb 14 0200
Exc:QSO number, RS(T), ARRL section, QTH.
http://www.ylrl.org/ylcontests.html#YLOM
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Asia-Pacific Sprint
Feb 13 1100 to Feb 13 1300
CW - 15m: 21030-21050, 20m: 14030-14050, 40m: 7015-7040 kHz
Exc:RS/RST + Serial number beginning with 001
http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt
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PACC Contest
Feb 13 1200 to Feb 14 1200
Exc:send RST+serial number starting with 001
Dutch stations give RST+Province abbreviation: GR, FR, DR, OV,
GD, UT, NH, ZH, NB, LB, ZL, FL
http://www.dutchpacc.com/
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Louisiana QSO Party
Feb 13 1500 to Feb 14 0300
Exc: Call, RST, and S/P/C
Louisiana stations send: Call, RST, and parish.
http://www.qsl.net/kd5wdy/LAQSO_/LAQSO_Rules/laqso_rules.html
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FISTS Sprint
Feb 13 1700 to Feb 13 2100
Exc:RST, U.S. QTH, first name, FISTS number
http://www.fists.org/sprints.html
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RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest
Feb 13 2100 to Feb 14 0100
Exc:RST + serial number & district code.
http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2010/r18mhz.shtml
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SKCC Weekend Sprintathon
Feb 14 0000 to Feb 14 2400
Exc: RST,name,STATE,SKCC #
http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/
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North American Sprint (SSB) ... QRP Category
Feb 14, 0000z to 0400z
Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
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80 METER FOXHUNT (CW)
Tuesday Feb 16 2010
0200z - 0329z
EXC: RST, QTH, NAME, Power
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Eve
Feb 17 1900 to Feb 17 2030
FREQUENCIES: 3,510 - 3,560 kHz
CALL: CQ BUG
EXCHANGE.:RST + QSO-No./the year the OP used a bug successfully
for the first time. Example: 579001/61
http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:Semi_Automatic_Key_evening
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40 METER FOXHUNT (CW)
Thursday Feb 18 2010
0200z - 0329z
EXC: RST, QTH, NAME, Power
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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ARRL International DX Contest
Feb 20 0000 to Feb 21 2400
Exc: # W/VE signal report and state or province.
DX stations send signal report and power
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/intldx.html
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80 METER FOXHUNT (CW)
Tuesday Feb 23 2010
0200z - 0329z
EXC: RST, QTH, NAME, Power
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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40 METER FOXHUNT (CW)
Thursday Feb 25 2010
0200z - 0329z
EXC: RST, QTH, NAME, Power
Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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UBA Contest CW (Click HF)
Feb 27 1300 to Feb 28 1300
Exc:RS(T) + serial number starting from 001 for each log.
Belgian stations give their province abbreviation
http://www.uba.be/sites/default/files/uploads/hf_contests/
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MS QSO Party
Feb 27 1500 to Feb 28 0300
Freq: 3.545,7.045,14.045,21.045, 28.045;
Exc:RS(T) and MS county or S/P/C
www.arrlmiss.org
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CQC Winter QSO Party
Feb 28 0100 to Feb M1 0300
Exc: RST, QTH, first name, and CQC member # or power output.
Example: 579 CO Jim NR 04
http://www.cqc.org/contests/winter10.htm
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HSC Contest
Feb 28 0900-1100 and 1500-1700 UTC.
Exc: RST + HSC-Nr., Not-members send RST + serial number
http://home.online.no/~janalme/rules/hsc.txt
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February 2010 SPECIAL EVENTS
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Feb 13, 1700Z-2359Z, San Diego, CA. USS Midway (CV 41) Museum
Radio Operations Room, NI6IW. Women Marines Birthday and
Presidents Day. SSB 14.320 7.250 CW 14.060 7.055
QSL. USS Midway Museum Radio Room, 910 N Harbor Dr,
San Diego,CA 92101 kk6fz@arrl.net
Feb 20, 1400Z-2200Z, Leavenworth, KS. Kickapoo QRP Amateur Radio
Club, W0EBB. 6th Annual "Freeze Your Keys" Winter Operating Event.
14.285 14.060 7.285 7.040. QSL. Gary Auchard, 34058 167th St,
Leavenworth, KS 66048-9473. w0ebb@juno.com
Feb 20-Feb 21, 1500Z-2100Z, Alexandria, VA. Mount Vernon Amateur
Radio Club, K4US. Commemoration of George Washington's Birthday.
28.415 14.280 7.240 7.035. Certificate. Mount Vernon ARC,
PO Box 7234, Alexandria, VA 22307. www.mvarc.com
Feb 21, 0100Z-0500Z, Olathe, KS. Marshall Ensor Memorial
Organization, W9BSP/W9UA. CW - 1930s W9UA Transmitter built
by MH Ensor, W9BSP. 1.904 1.896. QSL. Marshall Ensor Memorial
Organization, c/o Joe Krout, W0PWJ, 514 N 83rd Place,
Kansas City, KS 66112. www.ensorparkandmuseum.org
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