July 2002

RAC Canada Day Contest (CW/SSB)

Jul 1 - 0000z to 2359z

Rules:  www.rac.ca/CANDAY.htm

"Canada's Birthday Party on the air"

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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW)

Jul 2 - 0100z to 0300z    (US/Canada Monday evening)

Rules: 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)

Jul 4 - 2300z to Jul 5 - 0300z

Rules:  www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/rules01.htm

"Bonus points for home brew equipment"

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Original QRP Contest (CW)

Jul 6 - 1500z to Jul 7 - 1500z

Rules:  www.sk3bg.se/contest/origqrpc.htm

"ORIGINAL QRP rigs only"

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FISTS Summer Sprint (CW)

Jul 13 - 1700z to 2100z

Rules: www.fists.org/sprints.html

"WHEN YOU'VE WORKED A FIST YOU'VE WORKED A FRIEND"

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QRP ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint (CW)

Jul 14 - 2000z to 2400z

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

"Test those homebrew rigs. Extra points for HB"

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AGCW-DL QRP Summer Contest (CW)

Jul 20 - 1500z to Jul 21 - 1500z

Rules:  www.agcw.de/

"More QRP Summer Fun"

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Georgia QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Jul 20 - 1800z to Jul 21 - 0359z
Jul 21 - 1400z to Jul 21 - 2359z

Rules:  http://gqp.contesting.com/Rules.htm

"Work GA Counties. Excellent Awards"

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RSGB Low Power Field Day (CW)

Jul 21 - 0900z to 1200z (80 M)
Jul 21 - 1300z to 1600z (40 M)

Rules:  www.g4tsh.demon.co.uk/HFCC/

"Outdoor Fun for the Serious QRPer"

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CQC Great Colorado Gold Rush (20 Meters CW)

Jul 21 - 2000z to 2200z

Rules: www.cqc.org/contests/gold2002.htm

"Two fast hours of heavy hitting"

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Flight of the Bumblebees (CW)

Jul 28 - 1700z to 2100z

Rules: 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 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