| 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 15 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | North America | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW, SSB | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op | |
| Exchange: | Member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Member No. Non-member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Power | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO with non-member 2 points per QSO with member | |
| Multipliers: | (none) | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points | |
| Submit logs by: | October 17, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Post log summary at: | http://qrpcontest.com/4sqrp | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.4sqrp.com/SSS/sss_rules.pdf | |
| ARRL School Club Roundup: 1300Z, Oct 15 to 2359Z, Oct 19 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW, Phone, RTTY/Digital | |
| Bands: | All, except 60, 30, 17, 12m | |
| Classes: | Single Op (I) Club/Multi-Op (C) School Club/Group (S) | |
| Max operating hours: | 24 hours total 6 hours out of any 24-hour period with off times of at least 30 minutes | |
| Exchange: | RS(T) + Class (I/C/S) + (state/province/country) | |
| Work stations: | Once per mode | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per phone QSO 2 points per CW/RTTY/digital QSO | |
| Multipliers: | States + VE provinces + DXCC countries + (2x class C QSOs) + (5x class S QSOs) | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | November 3, 2018 | |
| Post log summary at: | http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/ | |
| Mail logs to: | School Club Roundup
c/o LIMARC PO Box 392 Levittown, NY 11756 USA | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup | |
| Telephone Pioneers QSO Party: 1800Z, Oct 15 to 0300Z, Oct 16 | ||
| Mode: | CW/Digital, Phone | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, VHF/UHF | |
| Classes: | (none) | |
| Exchange: | Members: RS(T) + chapter no. + name non-Members: RS(T) + name | |
| Work stations: | Once per band per mode | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO Bonus Points: (see rules) | |
| Multipliers: | Chapter numbers once per mode | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = (CW/Dig QSO points x CW/Dig mults) + (Ph QSO points x Ph mults) + bonus points | |
| Submit logs by: | December 10, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | n6tpjim[at]gmail[dot]com | |
| Mail logs to: | Jim Muiter
4233 Wooster Ave. San Mateo, CA, 94403 USA | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.tpqso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TPQSO-2018-Announcement-1.5.pdf | |
| Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 17 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | North America | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | SSB | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m | |
| Classes: | Single Op | |
| Max power: | 100 watts | |
| Exchange: | NA: Name + (state/province/country) non-NA: Name | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | NA station: 1 point per QSO non-NA station: 1 point per QSO with an NA station | |
| Multipliers: | Each US state (including KH6/KL7) once per band Each VE province/territory once per band Each North American country (except W/VE) once per band | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | 0300Z October 19, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Post log summary at: | http://www.3830scores.com | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf | |
| CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Oct 17 and 1900Z-2000Z, Oct 17 and 0300Z-0400Z, Oct 18 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Awards: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op (QRP/Low/High) | |
| Max power: | HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | Member: Name + Member No. non-Member: Name + (state/province/country) | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO | |
| Multipliers: | Each call once | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | 0400Z October 20, 2018 | |
| Post log summary at: | http://www.3830scores.com | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/ | |
| RSGB 80m Autumn Series, Data: 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 17 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | United Kingdom | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | RTTY, PSK | |
| Bands: | 80m Only | |
| Classes: | 100W 10W | |
| Exchange: | [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name] | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO | |
| Multipliers: | (none) | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points | |
| Submit logs by: | 2359Z October 20, 2018 | |
| Upload log at: | http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/rautumn.shtml | |
| NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Oct 19 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | North America | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | RTTY | |
| Bands: | (see rules) | |
| Classes: | (none) | |
| Exchange: | Serial No. + Name + QTH | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | October 21, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Post log summary at: | http://www.3830scores.com/ | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html | |
| NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Oct 19 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | North America | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | (see rules) | |
| Classes: | (none) | |
| Exchange: | Serial No. + Name + QTH | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | October 21, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Post log summary at: | http://www.3830scores.com/ | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html | |
| Zombie Shuffle: 1600-2400 local, Oct 19 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | North America | |
| Participation: | North America | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 80, 40, 20m | |
| Classes: | (none) | |
| Max power: | 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | RS(T) + (state/province/country) + (Zombie number/area code) + name | |
| Work stations: | Once per band very two hours | |
| QSO Points: | (see rules) | |
| Multipliers: | (see rules) | |
| Score Calculation: | (see rules) | |
| Submit logs by: | December 15, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | na5n[at]zianet[dot]com | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/2018/pg.htm | |
| JARTS WW RTTY Contest: 0000Z, Oct 20 to 2400Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | RTTY | |
| Bands: | 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op All Band (Low/High) Multi-Multi | |
| Max power: | HP: >100W LP: 100W | |
| Exchange: | RST + age of operator | |
| QSO Points: | 2 points per QSO with same continent 3 points per QSO with different continent | |
| Multipliers: | Each DXCC entity except JA/W/VE/VK once per band Each JA/W/VE/VK call area once per band | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | October 31, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | log[at]jarts[dot]jp | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://jarts.jp/rules2018.html | |
| Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest: 0000Z, Oct 20 to 1600Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | South America | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW, SSB, FM | |
| Bands: | 6, 2m | |
| Classes: | Single Op All Band Single Op 6-Meters Single Op 2-Meters Multi-Mode Single Op 2-Meters FM Multi-Op | |
| Exchange: | RS(T) + 6-character grid square | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per 6m QSO 2 points per 2m QSO 1 point per km per QSO | |
| Multipliers: | Each grid square once per band | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + km points | |
| Submit logs by: | 1600Z October 26, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Upload log at: | https://www.avhfc.com/sendlog | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | https://www.avhfc.com/rules/en.pdf | |
| 10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW: 0001Z, Oct 20 to 2359Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 10m Only | |
| Classes: | Individual Club QRP | |
| Max power: | non-QRP: >5 watts QRP: 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | 10-10 Member: Name + 10-10 number + (state/province/country) Non-Member: Name + 0 + (state/province/country) | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO with a non-member 2 points per QSO with a 10-10 member | |
| Multipliers: | (none) | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points | |
| Submit logs by: | October 29, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | tentencontest[at]ten-ten[dot]org | |
| Upload log at: | http://hamclubs.info/scorer/ | |
| Mail logs to: | 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 | |
| Argentina National 7 MHz Contest: 0930Z-2230Z, Oct 20 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Argentina | |
| Participation: | South America | |
| Mode: | SSB | |
| Bands: | 40m Only | |
| Classes: | Single Op Radio Club | |
| Max power: | 100 watts | |
| Exchange: | RS + 2-digit year first licensed | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO | |
| Multipliers: | Each unique first year licensed once | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | November 20, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Upload log at: | ||
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | https://www.lu4aa.org/wp/concursos-nacional-40m/ | |
| New York QSO Party: 1400Z, Oct 20 to 0200Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | United States/Canada state/province QSO party | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW, SSB, Digital | |
| Bands: | All, except WARC | |
| Classes: | Single Op (CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Multi-Single (CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Multi-Multi (CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) School (CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Mobile Single-Op (CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Mobile Multi (CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Rookie (CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) Youth (<13/13-17)(CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) YL (CW/SSB/Digital/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High) | |
| Max power: | HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | NY: RS(T) + county non-NY: RS(T) + (state/province/"DX") | |
| Work stations: | Once per band per mode | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per Phone QSO 2 points per CW QSO 3 points per Digital QSO | |
| Multipliers: | NY: Each NY county, US state, VE province/territory once Non-NY: Each NY county once | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | November 3, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | logs[at]nyqp[dot]org | |
| Web-to-Cabrillo form: | http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/nyqp_cab.php | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.nyqp.org/ | |
| Worked All Germany Contest: 1500Z, Oct 20 to 1459Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Germany | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW, SSB | |
| Bands: | (Please observe contest free band segments per the rules), 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op CW (Low/High) Single Op Mixed (QRP/Low/High) Multi-Op SWL | |
| Max power: | HP: >100W LP: 100W QRP: 5W | |
| Exchange: | DL, DARC-Member: RS(T) + DOK (local area code) DL, non-DARC: RS(T) + "NM" non-DL: RS(T) + Serial No. | |
| Work stations: | Once per band per mode | |
| QSO Points: | DL Station: 1 point per DL QSO, 3 points per EU QSO, 5 points per DX QSO non-DL Station: 3 points per DL QSO | |
| Multipliers: | DL Station: Each DXCC entity once per band non-DL Station: Each DL district once per band | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | November 5, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Upload log at: | https://www.dxhf.darc.de/~waglog/upload.cgi?form=referat&lang=en | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/worked-all-germany-contest/en/rules/ | |
| Stew Perry Topband Challenge: 1500Z, Oct 20 to 1500Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Awards: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 160m Only | |
| Classes: | Single Op Multi-Op | |
| Max operating hours: | 14 hours | |
| Max power: | HP: >100 watts LP: 5-100 watts QRP: <5 watts | |
| Exchange: | 4-Character grid square | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO plus 1 point per 500 km multiply QSO points by 2 if low power station multiply QSO points by 4 if QRP station | |
| Multipliers: | (none) | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x power multiplier | |
| Submit logs by: | November 5, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | tbdc[at]kkn[dot]net | |
| Mail logs to: | BARC
50335 NW Hayward Rd Manning, OR 97125 USA | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.kkn.net/stew/ | |
| Feld Hell Sprint: 2000Z-2359Z, Oct 20 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | Feld Hell | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 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: | October 24, 2018 | |
| 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/spooky-sprint | |
| Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW: 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Asia/Pacific | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 20, 15m | |
| Classes: | Single Op | |
| Max power: | AP: 150W non-AP: legal limit | |
| Exchange: | RST + Serial No. | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO | |
| Multipliers: | Each prefix once | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | October 28, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | apsprint[at]jsfc[dot]org | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt | |
| UBA ON Contest, 2m: 0700Z-1000Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Mode: | CW, Phone | |
| Bands: | 2m Only | |
| Classes: | (none) | |
| Exchange: | ON: RS(T) + Serial No. + ON Section non-ON: RS(T) + Serial No. | |
| QSO Points: | 3 points per QSO with Belgian station | |
| Multipliers: | Each UBA Section | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | November 11, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | ubaon[at]uba[dot]be | |
| Mail logs to: | Leon Welters, ON5WL
Borgstraat 80 B-2580 Beerzel Belgium | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest | |
| Illinois QSO Party: 1700Z, Oct 21 to 0100Z, Oct 22 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | United States/Canada state/province QSO party | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW/digital, Phone | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m | |
| Classes: | Fixed (High/Low) Mobile Portable Rover Non-IL (High/Low) | |
| Max power: | HP: >200 watts LP: 200 watts | |
| Exchange: | IL: RS(T) + County non-IL: RS(T) + (state/province/country) | |
| Work stations: | Once per band per mode per county | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per phone QSO 2 points per CW/digital QSO | |
| Multipliers: | IL Stations: Each IL county, state, VE province once IL Stations: Each DXCC country (max of 5) once non-IL Stations: Each IL county once | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | November 22, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | n9jf[at]arrl[dot]net | |
| Mail logs to: | WIARC
P.O. Box 3132 Quincy IL 62305-3132 USA | |
| Find rules at: | http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP%202018%20Rules.pdf | |
| RSGB RoLo CW: 1900Z-2030Z, Oct 21 | ||
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Awards: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 80m Only | |
| Classes: | (none) | |
| Max power: | 100 watts | |
| Exchange: | RST + previous 6-character grid square received | |
| QSO Points: | 10 points per QSO with UK station | |
| Multipliers: | (none) | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points | |
| Submit logs by: | 2359Z October 22, 2018 | |
| Upload log at: | http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/rolo.shtml | |
| Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0100Z-0300Z, Oct 22 | ||
| Geographic Focus: | Worldwide | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Band All Band | |
| Max power: | 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | RST + (state/province/country) + (Member No./power) | |
| Work stations: | Once per band | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO with non-member 3 points per QSO with member on same continent 5 points per QSO with member on different continent | |
| Multipliers: | Each state, province, or country once Multiply mults by 2 if >50 members worked | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| Submit logs by: | October 28, 2018 | |
| E-mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Upload log at: | http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/autolog.php | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/ | |
8-Day Contest Calendar
October 15 - 22, 2018
