July 2010
RAC Canada Day Contest (CW/SSB)
July 1, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: www.rac.ca/service/contesting/
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Original QRP Contest (CW)
July 3, 1500z to July 4, 1500z
Rules: www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/oqrpr.html
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Firecracker Sprint (PSK31 40M)
July 3, 2000 to July 4, 0200 (Local Time)
Rules: www.podxs070.com/contests/40m_sprint_rules10.htm
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MI QRP Fourth of July Sprint (CW)
July 4, 2300z to July 5, 0300z
Rules: www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/contest.html
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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW)
July 6, 0100z to 0300z (First Monday 9 PM EDT)
Info: http://adventure-radio.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Pag
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Summer FOX Hunt - QRP 20M CW
EDT:
Each Tue starting July 6, 9 PM to 1029 PM
UTC: Each Wed starting July 7 0100z to 0229z
Info: www.qrpfoxhunt.org/
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FISTS Summer Sprint (CW)
July 9, 2000 EDT to 2400 EDT
Rules: www.fists.org/sprints.html
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IARU HF World Championship (CW/SSB)
July 10, 1200z to July 11, 1200z
Rules: www.arrl.org
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Feld Hell Club Sprint (Feld Hell)
July 10, 1600z to 1800z
Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home
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SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW)
July 11, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/
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QRP ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint (CW)
July 11, 2000z to 2359z
Rules: www.qrparci.org
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CWops Mini-CWT Test (CW)
July
14, 1100z to 1200z and
July 14, 1900z to 2000z and
July 15, 0300z to 0400z
Rules: www.cwops.org/onair.html
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Digital Mode Club (DMC) Contest (RTTY)
July 17, 1200z to July 18, 1200z
Rules: www.digital-modes-club.org/
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RSGB Low Power Field Day (CW)
July
18, 0900z to 1200z
July 18, 1300z to 1600z
Rules: www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2010/rqrp.shtml
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Colorado Gold Rush (20 Meter CW QRP)
July 18, 2000z to 2159z
Rules: www.cqc.org/contests/gold2010.htm
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RUN FOR THE BACON (CW)
EDT:
July 18, 9 PM to 11 PM
UTC: July 19, 0100z 0300z
Rules: www.fpqrp.com/
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NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint
EDT:
July 21, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
UTC: July 22, 0030z to 0230z
Rules: http://home.windstream.net/yoel/contests.html
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Islands On The Air Contest (CW/SSB)
July 24, 1200z to July 25, 1200z
Rules: www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2010/riota.shtml
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Flight of the Bumblebees (CW)
EDT:
July 25, 1300 to 1700
UTC: July 25, 1700z to 2100z
Rules: http://adventure-radio.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW)
July 28, 0000z to 0200z
Rules: www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/
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Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, N2APB (AmQRP), N3EPA (EPA QRP), N0AX(ARRL),
VA3JFF & G4GXL (QRP ARCI) and others
for assistance in compiling this calendar.
Please forward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ at ARRL dot NET
and
we will post it and give it more publicity.
Anyone may use this
"N2CQ 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.)
72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ
n2cq at arrl dot net