WA7BNM's 8-Day Contest Calendar

8-Day Contest Calendar Compiled by WA7BNM

December 13 - 20, 2009

(December 5 - 12, 2009 Calendar Available)

ARRL 10-Meter Contest: 0000Z, Dec 12 to 2400Z, Dec 13
	Mode:	CW, Phone
	Bands:	10m Only
	Classes:	Single Op (QRP/Low/High)(CW/Phone/Mixed) Multi-Single
	Max operating hours:	36 hours
	Max power:	HP: 1500 watts LP: 150 watts QRP: 5 watts
	Exchange:	W/VE: RST + State/Province DX: RST + Serial No. MM: RST + ITU Region US Novice/Tech Plus sign call with /N or /T on CW
	QSO Points:	Phone QSO: 2 points CW QSO: 4 points Novice/Tech Plus CW QSO: 8 points
	Multipliers:	States + DC, once per mode Provinces/Territories, once per mode DXCC Countries, once per mode ITU Regions (MM only), once per mode
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x (State mults + Province mults + DXCC mults + ITU mults)
	Submit logs by:	January 12, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	10meter[at]arrl[dot]org
	Mail logs to:	10 Meter Contest ARRL 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 USA
	Find rules at:	http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/10-meters.html
MDXA PSK DeathMatch: 0000Z, Dec 12 to 2400Z, Dec 13
	Mode:	PSK31, PSK63
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m
	Classes:	Single Op Single Transmitter 50-75W Single Op Single Transmitter 25-50W Single Op Single Transmitter 5W (QRP)
	Max operating hours:	48 hours
	Exchange:	Name + (state/country)
	QSO Points:	1 point per QSO on 80m-10m 2 points per QSO on 160m or 6m 5 points per QSO with AC4M
	Multipliers:	States/provinces, once per PSK mode per band DXCC countries, once per PSK mode per band
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	December 24, 2009
	E-mail log summary to:	chucklem[at]comcast[dot]net
	Mail logs to:	(none)
	Find rules at:	http://www.mdxa1.org/deathmatch.html
NA High Speed Meteor Scatter Winter Rally: 0000Z, Dec 12 to 0200Z, Dec 16
	Mode:	Any
	Bands:	6, 2, 222
	Classes:	Assisted Random Only Assisted Rover Random Only Rover
	Exchange:	4-character grid square
	Work stations:	Once per band regardless of mode
	QSO Points:	(see rules)
	Multipliers:	(none)
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total points
	Submit logs by:	January 15, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	wa5ufh[at]ykc[dot]com
	Mail logs to:	(none)
	Find rules at:	http://www.sportscliche.com/wb2fko/w09/rules_w09.pdf
International Naval Contest: 1600Z, Dec 12 to 1559Z, Dec 13
	Mode:	CW, SSB
	Bands:	80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	Single Op All Band (CW/SSB/Mixed) Naval Club Station non-Naval SWL
	Max operating hours:	24 hours
	Exchange:	Naval Club Member: RS(T) + Club + Member No. non-Naval Club Member: RS(T) + Serial No.
	QSO Points:	Naval Club Members: 10 points non-Naval Club Members: 1 point
	Multipliers:	Naval Club Members, once regardless of band
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	February 1, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	inc_contest2009[at]nra[dot]pt
	Mail logs to:	NRA - Nucleo Radioamadores da Armada Attn: Contest Manager of NRA International Naval Contest ETNA - Base Naval de Lisboa - ALFEIT 2810-001 Almada Portugal
	Find rules at:	http://www.marinefunker.de/eng/show.php3?pos=15
SKCC Weekend Sprint: 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 13
	Mode:	CW
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m
	Classes:	(none)
	Exchange:	RST + Name + (state/province/country) + (SKCC No./"NONE")
	Work stations:	Once per band
	QSO Points:	1 point per QSO Bonus Points: (see rules)
	Multipliers:	Each state, province, or country once
	Score Calculation:	Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points
	Submit logs by:	December 18, 2009
	Post log summary at:	http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/wes-submit.html
	Mail logs to:	(none)
	Find rules at:	http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/
CQC Great Colorado Snowshoe Run: 2100Z-2259Z, Dec 13
	Mode:	CW
	Bands:	20m Only
	Classes:	W: single element wire antenna V: vertical antenna B: multi-element arrays/beams P: portable
	Max power:	5 watts
	Exchange:	RST + (state/province/country) + Antenna Class + (CQC Memmber No./power)
	Work stations:	Same station up to 3 times, at least 30 minutes between QSOs
	QSO Points:	1st QSO with station: 3 points 2nd QSO with same station: 2 points 3rd QSO with same station: 1 point Bonus: 100 points for first QSO with W0CQC
	Multipliers:	Each state, province, country, CQC member once
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x (state mults + province mults + country mults) x CQC members
	Submit logs by:	January 12, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	ki0rb[at]arrl[dot]net
	Mail logs to:	(none)
	Find rules at:	http://www.cqc.org/contests/snow2009.htm
NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Dec 18
	Mode:	(see rules)
	Bands:	(see rules)
	Classes:	(none)
	Exchange:	(see rules)
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	December 20, 2009
	E-mail logs to:	(none)
	Post log summary at:	http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
	Mail logs to:	(none)
	Find rules at:	http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
AGB-Party Contest: 2100Z-2400Z, Dec 18
	Mode:	CW, SSB, Digital
	Bands:	80m Only
	Classes:	Single Op (CW/SSB/Mixed) Multi-Op Digital SWL
	Exchange:	AGB Member: RST + QSO No. + Member No. non-Member: RST + QSO No.
	Work stations:	Once per mode per 15-minute period (see rules)
	QSO Points:	1 point per QSO with same continent 3 points per QSO with different continent
	Multipliers:	Each AGB member once Each DXCC/WAE country once
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	January 8, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	eu1eu[at]mail[dot]ru
	Mail logs to:	Igor "Harry" Getmann, EU1EU P.O.Box 143 Minsk 220005 BELARUS
	Find rules at:	http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/agb_party.htm
Russian 160-Meter Contest: 2100Z-2300Z, Dec 18
	Mode:	CW, Phone
	Bands:	160m Only
	Classes:	Single Op (Youth: born 1989 or later) (CW/Mixed) Single Op (Other) (CW/Mixed) Multi-Op (Youth: born 1989 or later) (CW/Mixed) Multi-Op (Other) (CW/Mixed)
	Max operating hours:	2 hours
	Exchange:	RST + Serial No. + "/" + locator
	Work stations:	Once per hour, once per mode
	QSO Points:	Same locator square: 1 point Adjacent locator square: 2 points Other locator squares: 3 points
	Multipliers:	(none)
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points
	Submit logs by:	January 19, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	contest[at]radio[dot]ru
	Mail logs to:	Radio Magazine 10 Seliverstov per. 107045 Moscow Russia
	Find rules at:	http://www.qrz.ru/contest/detail/90.html
OK DX RTTY Contest: 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 19
	Mode:	RTTY
	Bands:	80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	Single Op All Band (Low/High) Single Op Single Band Multi-Op SWL
	Max operating hours:	24 hours
	Max power:	HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts
	Exchange:	RST + CQ Zone
	QSO Points:	10-20m: 1 point same continent, 2 points different continent 40-80m: 3 points same continent, 6 points different continent
	Multipliers:	DXCC Countries, once per band OK stations, once per band
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x (DXCC mults + OK mults)
	Submit logs by:	January 15, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	okrtty[at]crk[dot]cz
	Mail logs to:	Czech Radio Club OK DX RTTY Contest P.O.Box 69 113 27 Praha 1 Czech Republic
	Find rules at:	http://www.crk.cz/ENG/DXCONTE.HTM
RAC Winter Contest: 0000Z-2359Z, Dec 19
	Mode:	CW, Phone
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m
	Classes:	Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High) Single Op CW Single Op Phone Single Op Single Band Multi-Single (Low/High) Multi-Multi
	Max operating hours:	24 hours
	Max power:	HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts
	Exchange:	VE: RS(T) + (province/territory) non-VE and VE0: RS(T) + Serial No.
	QSO Points:	VE/VE0: 10 points non-VE/VE0: 2 points RAC official stations: 20 points
	Multipliers:	VE provinces and territories (13), once per mode per band
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	January 31, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	canadawinter[at]rac[dot]ca
	Mail logs to:	Radio Amateurs of Canada 720 Belfast Road, Suite 217 Ottawa, Ontario K1G 0Z5 Canada
	Find rules at:	http://www.rac.ca/en/rac/programmes/contests/files/2009_Canada_Winter_Contest_Rules-FrenchandEnglish.PDF
Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party: 0001Z, Dec 19 to 2359Z, Jan 3
	Mode:	Any
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	(none)
	Exchange:	Members: Member No. + name + (state/province/country) Non-Members: Serial No. + name + (state/province/country) Lighthouse/Lightship: ARHLS No. + name + (state/province/country)
	QSO Points:	1 point per QSO 2 additional points per QSO with member 3 additional points per QSO with lighthouse/lightship Bonus: x2 multiplier for all points if participant activated a lighthouse/lightship
	Multipliers:	(none)
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points
	Submit logs by:	January 31, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	(none)
	Mail logs to:	Dave Ruch, NF0J P.O. Box 20696 Bloomington, MN 55420-0696 USA
	Find rules at:	http://arlhs.com/LCL-2009-guidelines.html
Croatian CW Contest: 1400Z, Dec 19 to 1400Z, Dec 20
	Mode:	CW
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High) Single Op Single Band (Low/High) Multi-Single SWL
	Max operating hours:	24 hours
	Max power:	HP: 100 or more watts LP: <100 watts QRP: 5 watts
	Exchange:	W/VE: RST + Serial No.
	QSO Points:	Own continent: 2 points 40-160m, 1 point 10-20m Other continents: 6 points 40-160m, 3 points 10-20m 9A stations: 10 points 40-160m, 6 points 10-20m
	Multipliers:	DXCC/WAE Countries, once per band
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x country mults
	Submit logs by:	January 19, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	9acw[at]9acw[dot]org
	Mail logs to:	Hrvatski RadioAmaterski Savez for Croatian CW Contest Dalmatinska 12 10000 Zagreb Croatia
	Find rules at:	http://www.9acw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47:rules-2009&catid=39:english&Itemid=66
ARCI Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint: 2000Z-2400Z, Dec 20
	Mode:	CW
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	All Bands Single Band High Bands Low Bands Multi-Op DX
	Max operating hours:	4 hours
	Exchange:	RST + (state/province/country) + (ARCI number/power)
	Work stations:	Once per band
	QSO Points:	ARCI Member: 5 points Non-Member Different Continent: 4 points Non-Member Same Continent: 2 points Bonus points per band: 2000 for HB xmtr, 3000 for HB rcvr, 5000 for HB transcvr Bonus points: 5000 for battery power portable with temporary antenna (not once per band)
	Multipliers:	States, once per band VE Provinces, once per band Countries, once per band Power Mult: x1 >5W, x7 1-5W, x10 250mW-1W, 15x 55-250mW, 20x <55mW
	Score Calculation:	Total score = (total QSO points x (state mults + province mults + country mults) x power mult) + bonus points
	Submit logs by:	January 20, 2010
	E-mail logs to:	contest[at]qrparci[dot]org
	Mail logs to:	ARCI Holiday Spirits c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF 139 Elizabeth St. W. Welland, Ontario L3C 4M3 Canada
	Find rules at:	http://www.qrparci.org/component/option,com_extcalendar/Itemid,/extmode,view/extid,65/lang,en/