October 2002

German Telegraphy Contest (CW)

Oct 3 - 0700z to 1000z

Rules: www.agcw.de/english/contest/dtc_e.htm

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TARA PSK31 Rumble (PSK31 only)

Oct 5 - 0000z to 2400z

Rules: www.qsl.net/wm2u/rumble.html

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California QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Oct 5 - 1600z to Oct 6 - 2200z

Rules: www.cqp.org/Rules.html

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RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest (SSB)

Oct 6 - 0700z to 1900z

Rules: www.rsgbhfcc.org/

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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW)

Oct 8 - 0100z to 0300z (Monday evening in US/Canada)

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

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Ten-Ten Day Sprint (All)

Oct 10 - 0000z to 2400z

Rules: www.ten-ten.org/

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Pennsylvania QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Oct 12 - 1600z to Oct 13 - 0500z
Oct 13 - 1300z to Oct 13 - 2200z

Rules: www.nittany-arc.org/parules.html

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FISTS Fall Sprint (CW)

Oct 12 - 1700z to 2100z

Rules: www.fists.org/sprints.html

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North American Sprint (RTTY)

Oct 13 - 0000Z to 0400Z

Rules: www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php

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QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party (CW)

Oct 19 - 1200z to Oct 20 - 2400z

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

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Worked All Germany Contest (CW/SSB)

Oct 19 - 1500z  to Oct 20 - 1459z

Rules: www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcg.htm

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RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest (CW)

Oct 20 - 0700z to 1900z

Rules: www.rsgbhfcc.org/

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Illinois QSO Party (CW/SSB)

Oct 20 - 1800z to Oct 21 - 0200z
Rules: http://my.core.com/~jematz/ilqso02.pdf

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Zombie Shuffle (CW)

Oct 25 -  Local Sundown to Local Midnight (Any 4 hour period)

Rules: www.norcalqrp.com/

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CQ WW DX Contest (SSB)

Oct 26 - 0000z to Oct 27 - 2400z

Rules: http://cqww.com/2002rules.pdf

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Ten-Ten QSO Party (CW)

Oct 26 - 0001z to Oct 27 - 2400z

Rules: www.ten-ten.org/

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Thanks to WB3AAL, 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