July 2001

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RAC Canada Day Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category

Jul 1 - 0000z to 2359z

www.rac.ca/CANDAY.htm

"Canada's Birthday Party on the air"
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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest!

Jul 3 - 0100z to 0300z

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

"Testing of lightweight radio gear for outdoor QRP expeditions"
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MI QRP Fourth of July Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest!

Jul 4 - 2300z to Jul 5 - 0300z

www.qsl.net/k8dd/miqrp/rules01.htm

"Bonus points for home brew equipment"
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Original QRP Contest (CW) ... QRP Contest!

Jul 7 - 1500z to Jul 8 - 1500z

www.sk3bg.se/contest/origqrpc.htm

"ORIGINAL QRP rigs only"
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QRP ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest!

Jul 15 - 2000z to 2400z

http://personal.palouse.net/rfoltz/arci/sumhom.htm

"Test those homebrew rigs"
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AGCW-DL QRP Summer Contest (CW) ... QRP Contest!

Jul 21 - 1500z to Jul 22 - 1500z

www.agcw.de/

"More QRP Summer Fun"
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Georgia QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category

Jul 21 - 1800z to Jul 22 - 0359z
Jul 22 - 1400z to Jul 22 - 2359z

http://secc.contesting.com/page3.html

"Work GA Counties. Excellent Awards"
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********CANCELLED DUE TO HOOF & MOUTH CRISIS********

RSGB Low Power Field Day (CW) ...QRP Contest!

Jul 22 - 0900z to 1200z (80 M)
Jul 22 - 1300z to 1600z (40 M)

www.g4tsh.demon.co.uk/HFCC/Rules-2001/lowpower.htm

"Outdoor Fun for the Serious QRPer"
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Flight of the Bumblebees (CW) ... QRP Contest!

Jul 29 - 1700z to 2100z

www.natworld.com/ars/pages/bumblebees/bb_rules.html

"Most outrageous venture for QRP Portable"

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Thanks to K3WWP, SM3CER, WA7BNM, ARRL 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 "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