December 2000

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ARRL 160 meter Contest (CW) ... QRP Category

Dec 1 - 2200z to Dec 3 - 1600z
www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-160m.html
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EA DX Contest (CW)

Dec 2 - 1600z to Dec 3 - 1600z
www.sk3bg.se/contest/eadxc.htm
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TOPS Activity 80 Meter Contest (CW) ... QRP Category

Dec 2 - 1800z to Dec 3 - 1800z
http://home.online.no/~janalme/rules/tops.txt
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TARA RTTY Sprint

Dec 2 - 1800z to Dec 3 - 0200z
www.n2ty.org/
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QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint (CW)  *** QRP Contest ***

Dec 3 - 2000z to 2400z
http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/holispr.htm
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Adventure Radio Society - Spartan Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest ***

Dec 5 - 0200z to 0400z  (Monday Evening US/Canada)
www.natworld.com/ars/pages/spartan_sprints/ss_rules.html
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ARRL 10 Meter Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category

Dec 9 - 0000z to Dec 10 - 2400z
www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-10m.html
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The Great Colorado Snowshoe Run (CW) *** QRP Contest ***

Dec 10 - 0300z to 0500z
http://home.online.no/~janalme/rules/snowshoe.txt
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AGB (Belarus) Party Contest (CW/SSB) (80m)... QRP Category

Dec 15 - 2100z to 2300z
www.qsl.net/eu1eu/agb_party.htm
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OK DX RTTY Contest

Dec 16 - 0000z to 2400z
http://crk.mlp.cz/eng/dxconte.htm
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Croatian CW Contest (CW) ... QRP Category

Dec 16 - 1400z to Dec 17 - 1400z
http://home.online.no/~janalme/htmlrules/9acw.html
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Holiday Milliwatt CW Contest  *** QRPp Contest ***

Dec 26 - 1800z to 2200z
Dec 27 - 2000z to Dec 28 0000z
Dec 28 - 2200z to Dec 29 0200z
Rules: (Later?)
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RAC Canada Winter Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category

Dec 30 - 0000z to  2359z
www.rac.ca/CANWIN.htm
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Stew Perry (W1BB) Topband Distance Challenge (CW) ... QRP Category

Dec 30 - 1500z to Dec 31 - 1500z
http://jzap.com/k7rat/stew.rules.txt
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Original - QRP - Contest (CW) ... QRP Category

Dec 30 - 1500z to Dec 31 - 1500z
http://home.online.no/~janalme/htmlrules/original.html
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Thanks to K3WWP, LA9HW, SM3CER, WA7BNM, ARRL and others
for assistance in compiling this calendar.

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@Citnet.com

A special thank you goes out to our own Eastern PA QRP Club Member #9

for the contest information. Ken, N2CQ, he is also a member of the NJ QRP Club.