April 2003

ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)

Apr 8 - 0100z to 0300z  (Monday evening US/Canada)

Rules: www.natworld.com/ars/pages/spartan_sprints/ss_rules.html

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QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party (CW)
Apr 12 - 1200z to Apr 13 - 2400z
Rules: http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/arcitst.htm

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Georgia QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Apr 12 - 1800z to Apr 13 - 0359z
Apr 13 - 1400z to Apr 13 - 2359z

Rules:  http://gqp.contesting.com

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UBA Spring Sprint (80m SSB)

Apr 13 - 0600z to 1100z

Rules: www.sk3bg.se/contest/ubasprc.htm

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The TARA Wakeup PSK31 Rumble (Digital)

Apr 19 0000z to 2400z

Rules: www.qsl.net/wm2u

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Estonian (ES) Open HF Championship (CW/SSB) (80 & 40)

Apr 19 - 0500z to 0859z

Rules: www.sk3bg.se/contest/esopen.htm

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GACW CW DX Contest (Samuel Morse CW Party)

Apr 19 - 1200z to Apr 20 - 1200z

Rules: http://gacw.no-ip.org

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Michigan QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Apr 19 - 1600z to Apr 20 - 0400z

Rules: www.miqp.org/

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Ontario QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Apr 19 - 1800z to Apr 20 - 1800z

Rules: www.odxa.on.ca/oqprules.html

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Low Power Spring Sprint (CW)

Apr 21 - 1400z to 2000z

Rules: www.arrl.org/contests/months/apr.html

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Helvetia Contest (CW/SSB) (Swiss)

Apr 26 - 1300z to Apr 27 - 1300z

Rules: www.uska.ch/html/en/index_e.htm

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QRP To The Field (CW)

Apr 26 - 1500z - 2400z (Pick any 6 hours)

Rules: www.norcalqrp.com/

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Florida QSO Party (CW/Phone)

Apr 26 - 1600z to Apr 27 - 0159z and
Apr 27 - 1200z to 2159z

Rules: www.qsl.net/fqp/

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Nebraska QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Apr 26 - 1700z to Apr 27 - 1700z

Rules: www.qsl.net/hdxa/neqso/index.htm

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Thanks to WB3AAL, K3WWP, SM3CER, WA7BNM, N0AX / ARRL and others
for assistance in compiling this calendar.

Please forward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ and
we will post it and give it more publicity.
Anyone may use this "QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter,
e-mail list or other media as you choose.
(Include a credit to the source of this material of course.)

Ken Newman, N2CQ
Woodbury, NJ
N2CQ