February 2001
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New Hampshire QSO Party
(All) ... QRP Category
Feb 3 - 0000z to Feb 4 - 2400z
www.nhara.nhradio.org/qso_index.html
"Work NH Counties.
Free software available"
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Vermont QSO Party (All)
Feb 3 - 0000z to Feb 4 - 2400z
www.ranv.together.com/vtqso.html
"Work Vermont
Counties"
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10-10 Int. Winter QSO Party
(SSB - Ten Meters) ... QRP Category
Feb 3 - 0001z to Feb 4 - 2400z
http://listserv.lehigh.edu/lists/tenten-l/rules.html
"Meet 10-10 members
around the world"
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FBYO Winter QRP Field Day
(CW/SSB) ... QRP Contest!
Feb 3 - 1400z to Feb 4 - 0200z
www.extremezone.com/~nk7m/fybo01.htm
"SAFETY FIRST! PLEASE RESPECT THE WX AND YOUR OWN LIMITATIONS!"
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Minnesota QSO Party (All)
... QRP Category
Feb 3 - 1400z to 2400z
www.rossiya.net/mnqsorules.htm
"Work MN. Prizes & plaque for QRP"
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AGCW Straight Key QSO Party
(CW 80M) ... QRP Category
Feb 3 - 1600z to 1900z
www.sk3bg.se/contest/agcwskpw.htm
"Work anyone. QRP Prizes"
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Delaware QSO Party (All)
Feb 3 - 1700z to Feb 4 - 0500z
Feb 4 - 1300z to Feb 6 - 0100z
www.fsarc.org/qso.htm
"No QRP category but this is the best chance to work Delaware"
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North American Sprint
(Phone)
Feb 4 -0000z to 0400z
www.ncjweb.com/index.php3?leftcol=contestmenu&rightcol=sprintrules1
"Intense competitions to sharpen skills on SSB"
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Adventure Radio Society -
Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest!
Feb 6 - 0200z to 0400z (Monday Evening US/Canada)
www.natworld.com/ars/pages/spartan_sprints/ss_rules.html
"Testing of lightweight radio gear for outdoor QRP expeditions"
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CQ World Wide RTTY WPX
Contest
Feb 10 0000z to Feb 11 2400z
www.rttyjournal.com/rules/wpx.html
"MUCH RTTY DX"
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PACC Contest (CW/SSB)
Feb 10 - 1200z to Feb 11 - 1200z
http://home.wxs.nl/~pa3ebt/pacc/foreign.htm
"Work Dutch stations. Awards given"
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FISTS Winter Sprint (CW of
course) ...QRP Category
Feb 10 - 1700z to 2100z
www.fists.org/sprints.html
"Work some QRP FISTS or any other US/Canada FISTS"
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RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest (CW)
Feb 10 - 2100z to Feb 11 - 0100z
www.g4tsh.demon.co.uk/HFCC/Rules-2001/1.htm
"A challenging band for antennas and receiving skills"
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North American Sprint (CW)
Feb 11 - 0000z to 0400z
www.ncjweb.com/index.php3?leftcol=contestmenu&rightcol=sprintrules1
"Intense competitions to sharpen skills on CW"
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QRP ARCI Fireside Sprint
(SSB) ...QRP Contest!
Feb 11 - 2000z to 2400z
http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/firesid.htm
"QRP SSB fan's choice"
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Novice Roundup (CW)
Feb 12 - 0000z to Feb 13 - 2400z
www.arrl.org/contests/months/feb.html
"Work the Novices and Techs"
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ARRL School Club Roundup
(All)
Feb 12 - 1300z to Feb 16 - 0100z
www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/scr.html
"Work the school clubs"
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ARRL International DX
Contest (CW) ... QRP Category
Feb 17 - 0000z to Feb 18 - 2400z
www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/intldx.html
"Best DX so far this year"
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CQ 160 Meter Contest (SSB)
... QRP Category
Feb 23 - 2200z to Feb 25 - 1600z
www.cq-amateur-radio.com/160rules01.html
"Give it a try"
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REF (French) Contest (SSB)
Feb 24 - 0600z to Feb 25 - 1800z
www.arrl.org/contests/months/jan.html
"Some rare French DX may operate here"
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North Carolina QSO Party
(CW/SSB) ... QRP Category
Feb 24 - 1200z to 2359z
Feb 25 - 1200z to 2359z
www.netpath.net/~n4mio/qsoparty.htm
"Work NC Counties. Nice plaques"
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UBA DX Contest - Belgium
(CW) ... QRP Category
Feb 24 - 1300z to Feb 25 - 1300z
www.uba.be/HF/conrules/UBArulesfor.htm
"Very good QRP entry.
Work anyone. Software available for download"
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RSGB 7 Mhz DX Contest (CW)
Feb 24 - 1500z to Feb 25 - 0900z
www.g4tsh.demon.co.uk/HFCC/Rules-2001/7mhz.htm
"Experiment with simple or complex antenna systems"
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High Speed CW Club Contest
... QRP Category
Feb 25 - 0900z to 1100z
Feb 25 - 1150z to 1700z
www.sk3bg.se/contest/hscc.htm
"Work anyone (if you can copy)"
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Colorado QRP Club Winter
QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Contest!
Feb 25 - 2200z to Feb 26 - 0359z
www.sk3bg.se/contest/coqrpwqp.htm
"Work any QRP station"
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Thanks to K3WWP, LA9HW, SM3CER, WA7BNM,
WB3AAL, 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.