CONTESTS 06-07-FEBRUARY-2010
An international Digimode Contest is the only contesting activity being run
this weekend, details hereunder for those interested "Digiters". Detailed
below are a number of contests being conducted over the next couple of
months, a couple of NZART sponsored events, Field Day and the WARO Contest.
Additionally, the ARRL CW and SSB Contests and the RSGB Commonwealth Contest
are all popular international events, which will, no doubt, attract good
support from ZL Contesters. Frank, ZL2BR is organizing a NZ Team for the
Commonwealth Contest, details under the heading 2010 RSGB Commonwealth
Contest - Frank would appreciate a good turnout to increase Team numbers and
improve on the 2009 result when a short handed Team finished 4th.
Mexico RTTY International Contest: 1800Z, Feb 6 to 1759Z, Feb 7
Mode: RTTY Only
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Classes: Single Op Single Radio
Single Op Two Radio
Max operating hours: 24 hours
Exchange: XE: RST + State
non-XE: RST + Serial No.
Work stations: Once per band
QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with same country
3 points per QSO with different country
4 points per QSO with XE
Multipliers: Mexican states and Federal District once per band
DXCC countries once per band
Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
Submit logs by: March 8, 2010
E-mail logs to: xe3rr[at]prodigy[dot]net[dot]mx
Mail logs to: Daniel Baraggia, XE3RR
Concursos FMRE
Calle Meteoro 5 Mza. 4 Lote 5 S.M. 47
Residencial La Herradura
Cancun, Q.Roo 77505
Mexico
Find rules at: http://www.fmre.org.mx/concursos/2010/rtty/rules-rtty-2010-eng.doc
2010 ARRL INTERNATIONAL PHONE CONTEST
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When :- Saturday, 6 and Sunday, 7 March 2010
Times:- 0000 UTC (Saturday 6th ) until 2400 UTC (Sunday 7th )
Bands :- All Bands
Mode :- Phone Only
For Contest Rules and other Operating Information please refer to the
Website, http://www.arrl.org/contests/
2010 ARRL INTERNATIONAL CW CONTEST
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When : - Saturday, 20 February 2010 and Sunday, 21 February 2010
Times :- 0000 UTC (20th) until 2400 UTC (21st).
Bands :- All Bands
Mode:- CW Only
Contest Rules and Other Operating Information are available from the ARRL
Website, http://www.arrl.org/contests/
A good contest as is the later SSB Contest (March 6&7) to garner those
missing US States for the elusive Worked All States award.
2010 PACC (DUTCH) INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST
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When :- 13 & 14 February 2010
Times :- 1200 UTC (13th) until 1200 UTC (14th)
Bands :- All Bands
Modes :- CW and Phone, including Mixed CW and Phone entries.
Contest Rules and Contest Operating Information is available from the PACC
Contest website - http://www.dutchpacc.com/
(Thanks to Peter Lake, ZL2AZ for advising details of the PACC Contest)
2010 JOCK WHITE MEMORIAL FIELD DAY CONTEST
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When:- Saturday, 27th February 2010 and Sunday 28th February 2010
Times :- Saturday 1500 NZDT until 2400 NZDT and
Sunday 0600 NZDT until 1500 NZDT
Updated Contest Rules and Other Operating Information will be available from
the NZART Website prior to the commencement of the contest . NZART Website
http://www.nzart.org.nz/contests/rules.html
2010 RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST (BERU)
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When :- 13 amp; 14 March 2010
Times :- 1000 UTC (Sat.) until 1000 UTC (Sun.)
Bands :- All Bands
Mode :- CW Only
Considered to be one of the more gentlemany contests that has been in
existence since the mid-1930's. Apart from the individual performances there
is a Team's event, based on individual nation's participation. The NZART
Team under the astute leadership of Frank Hunt, ZL2BR won this event in 2007
and finished third last year. Frank is looking for Team participants to make
up the NZ Team. Interested - contact Frank by "snail mail" at :- 8 Manu
Crescent, New Plymouth. 4310., or email :- zl2br@ihug.co.nz
Contest Rules and other operating information is now available from the
Contest website :- http://www.beru.org.uk/
NZART WARO THELMA SOUPER MEMORIAL CONTEST
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When: - 10 & 11 April 2010
Times:- 0800Z until 1000Z both evenings
Modes :- CW and SSB
The Annual memorial contest activity to commemorate the memory of the Late
Thelma Souper a former stalwart of the NZ Womens' Amateur Radio Organization
and considered to be "The Grand Old Dame" of WARO.
Contest Rules and Other Operating information is now available from the WARO
Website :- http://www.qsl.net/zl6yl/awards.html.
OTHER FORTHCOMING CONTESTING INFORMATION
YLRL YL-OM Contest 1400Z, Feb 12 to 0200Z, Feb 14
Dutch PACC Contest 1200Z, Feb 14 to 1200Z, Feb 15
Russian PSK WW Contest 2100Z, Feb 19 to 2100Z, Feb 20
ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Feb 20 to 2400Z, Feb 21
Apologies for the non-completion of the foregoing section of this bulletin -
a technical hitch that I can't unravel at present. Hopefully by next Friday
this will be resolved !!.
73 John Powell. ZL1BHQ NZART Contest Manager contests@nzart.org.nz