April 2008
LZOCC 40m CW Sprint
Aprilil 5, 0000z to 0400z
Rules: www.linkove.com/lzocc40/
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QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party (CW)
April 5, 1200z to April 6, 2359z
Rules: www.qrparci.org
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SP DX Contest (CW/SSB)
April 5, 1500z to April 6, 1500z
Rules: www.spdxcontest.info/reg/spdxc_g.pdf
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Missouri QSO Party (ALL)
April
5, 1800z to April 6, 0500z
April 6, 1800z to April 6, 2400z
Rules: www.qsl.net/w0ma/contests.htm
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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW)
EDT:
April 7, 9 PM to 11 PM (First Monday each month)
UTC: April 8, 0100z to 0300z
Info: http://arsqrp.pbwiki.com:80/Spartan+Sprints
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SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW)
April 9, 0000z to 0200z
Rules: http://skccgroup.com/sprint/sprint-rules.htm
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NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint (CW)
EDT:
April 8, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
UTC: April 9, 0030Z to 0230Z
Rules: www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/contests.html
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PSK Flavors Contest
April 12, 12:00 to 18:00 YOUR LOCAL TIME
Rules: www.podxs070.com/
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Georgia QSO Party (CW/SSB)
April
12, 1800z to April 13, 0359z
April 13, 1400z to April 13, 2359z
Rules: http://gqp.contesting.com
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SKCC Weekend Sprint (Straight Key CW)
April 13, 0000z to 0000z
Rules: www.iglou.com/sonic//skcc/wknd-sprint-rules.html
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The HOLYLAND DX CONTEST (CW/SSB)
April 19, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: www.iarc.org/
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TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest
April 19, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_seasons.html
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Michigan QSO Party (CW/SSB)
April 19, 1600z to April 20, 0400z
Rules: www.miqp.org/
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EA-QRP Contest (CW)
April
19, 1700z to 2000z (10, 15 & 20 Meters)
April 19, 2000z to 2300z (80 Meters)
April 20, 0700z to 1100z (40 Meters)
April 20, 1100z to 1300z (10, 15 & 20 Meters)
Rules: www.eaqrp.com/concurso/test_eaqrp_cw-en.htm
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Ontario QSO Party (CW/SSB)
April
19, 1800z to April 20, 0500z
April 20, 1200z to April 20, 1800z
Rules: http://cco.ve3xd.com/oqp/
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RUN FOR THE BACON (CW)
EDT:
April 20, 9 PM to 11 PM
UTC: April 21, 0100z 0300z
Rules: http://fpqrp.net:80/fpqrprun.php
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MQFD Monthly Sprint (CW/PH/Digital)
April 26, 1800z to 2200z
Rules: http://w2agn.net/mqfdsprint.html
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Florida QSO Party (CW/SSB)
April
26, 1600z to April 27, 0159z and
April 27, 1200z to 2159z
Rules: www.floridaqsoparty.org/
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Nebraska QSO Party (CW/SSB/Digital)
April 26, 1700z to April 27, 1700z
Rules: www.qsl.net/hdxa/neqso/index.htm
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FISTS/EUCW CW QRS Contest (CW)
April 28, 0001z to May 2, 2359z
Rules: www.agcw.org/?Contests
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Helvetia Contest (CW/SSB) (Swiss)
April 26, 1300z to April 27, 1259z
Rules: www.uska.ch/e_index.htm
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QRP To The Field (CW)
April 26, 1500z to April 27,0300z
Rules: www.zianet.com/QRP
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QRP BARBERSHOP QUARTET CONTEST (CW)
April 30, 9PM to 11PM EDT
Rules: www.io.com/~n5fc/barbershop_contest.htm
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Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM,
N0AX(ARRL), WB3AAL and others
for assistance in compiling this calendar.
Please forward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ@ARRL.NET
and
we will post it and give it more publicity.
Anyone may use this
"N2CQ 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.)
72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ
n2cq @ arrl.net