February 2003

40 METER FOXHUNTS
Fox Hunt - Thursdays - 9pm EST, 8PM CST, 7PM MST and 6PM PST.
           Info: www.cqc.org/fox
Truffle Hunt - Thursdays - 30 min before Fox Hunt
           Info: http://fpqrp.com/pig_hunt.html

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New Hampshire QSO Party (All)

Feb 1 - 0000z to Feb 2 - 2400z

Rules: www.nhradio.org/NH-QSO/index.html

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10-10 Int. Winter QSO Party (SSB - Ten Meters)

Feb 1 - 0001z to Feb 2 - 2400z

Rules: www.ten-ten.org/

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Minnesota QSO Party (All)

Feb 1 - 1400z to 2400z

Rules: www.w0aa.org/

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AGCW Straight Key QSO Party (CW 80M)

Feb 1 - 1600z to  1900z

Rules: www.agcw.de/

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North American Sprint (Phone)

Feb 2 - 0000z to 0400z

Rules: www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php

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Adventure Radio Society - Spartan Sprint (CW)

Feb 4 - 0200z to 0400z         (Monday Evening US/Canada)

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

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FISTS Winter Sprint (CW of course)

Feb 8 - 1700z to 2100z

Rules: www.fists.org/sprints.html

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North American Sprint (CW)

Feb 9 - 0000z to 0400z

Rules: www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php

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QRP ARCI Fireside Sprint (SSB)

Feb 9 - 2000z to 2400z

Rules: http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/firesid.htm

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ARRL International DX Contest (CW)

Feb 15 - 0000z to Feb 16 - 2400z

Rules: www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/intldx.html

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CQ WW 160-Meter DX Contest (SSB)

Feb 22 - 0000z to Feb 23 - 2359z

Rules: www.cq-amateur-radio.com/infoc.html

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UBA DX Contest - Belgium (CW)

Feb 22 - 1300z to Feb 23 - 1300z

Rules: www.uba.be

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FYBO Winter QRP Field Day (CW/SSB)

Feb 22 - 1600z to 2400z

Rules: www.extremezone.com/~nk7m/fybo2003.htm

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High Speed CW Club Contest

Feb 23 - 0900z to 1100z
Feb 23 - 1500z to 1700z

Rules: www.morsecode.dutch.nl/hscindex.html

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Colorado QRP Club Winter QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Feb 23 - 2200 Local to Feb 24 - 0359 Local

Rules: www.cqc.org/contests

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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