October 2006
TOEC WW Grid Contest (CW)
Sep 30, 1200z to Oct 1, 1200z
Rules: www.sk3bg.se/contest/toecwwgc.htm
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Arkansas QSO Party (CW/SSB/PSK31)
Sep
30, 1600z to Oct 1, 0600z and
Oct 1, 1800z to Oct 2, 0200z
Rules: http://zinfoserv.com/arkan/qso_party.php
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FISTS Coast to Coast Contest
Sep 30, 1800z to Oct 1, 1800z
Rules: www.tomochka.com/k7fff/fnw_c2c06.html
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RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest (CW/SSB)
Oct 1, 0700z to 1900z
Rules: www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/r2128.shtml
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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW)
Oct 3, 0100z to 0300z (First Monday 9 PM EDT)
Rules: www.arsqrp.com/
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German Telegraphy Contest (CW)
Oct 3, 0700z to 0959z
Rules: www.agcw.org/agcw-con/2006/Englisch/dtc_e.htm
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TARA PSK31 Rumble (PSK31 only)
Oct 7, 0000z to 2400z
Rules: www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_seasons.html
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California QSO Party (CW/SSB)
Oct 7, 1600z to Oct 8, 2159z
Rules: www.cqp.org/
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PRO-CW-CONTEST (7 MHz CW)
Oct
7, 1600z to 1800z and
Oct 8, 0600z to 0800z
Rules: http://procwclub.yo9cfr.ro/Contest.html
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10-10 Day Sprint (All)
Oct 10, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: www.ten-ten.org/rules.html
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NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint (CW)
EDT:
Oct 10, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
UTC: Oct 11, 0030Z to 0230Z
Rules: www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/contests.html
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Pennsylvania QSO Party (CW/SSB/Digital)
Oct
14, 1600z to Oct 15, 0500z
Oct 15, 1300z to Oct 15, 2200z
Rules: www.nittany-arc.net/paqso.html
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FISTS Fall Sprint (CW)
Oct 14, 1700z to 2100z
Rules: www.fists.org/sprints.html
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North American Sprint (RTTY)
Oct 15, 0000Z to 0400Z
Rules: www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
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RUN FOR THE BACON (CW)
EDT:
Oct 15, 9 PM to 11 PM
UTC: Oct 16, 0100z 0300z
Rules: http://fpqrp.com
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QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party (CW)
Oct 21, 1200z to Oct 22, 2400z
Rules: www.qrparci.org
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Worked All Germany Contest (CW/SSB)
Oct 21, 1500z to Oct 22, 1459z
Rules: www.darc.de/referate/dx/xedcgr.htm
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Illinois QSO Party (CW/SSB)
Oct 22, 1700z to Oct 23, 0100z
Rules: www.w9awe.org/ILQP2006.html
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070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint (PSK)
Oct 22, 2000 to Oct 23, 0200 (Local Time)
Rules: http://podxs.com/html/160_meter_sprint.html
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Zombie Shuffle (CW)
Oct 27, Local Sundown to Local Midnight (Any 4 hour period)
Rules: www.zianet.com/QRP/
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EXtreme CW World-Wide Challenge (40 M CW)
Oct 28, 0000z to Oct 29, 2359z
Rules: www.alg.demon.co.uk/xcw/2006rules.htm
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CQ WW DX Contest (SSB)
Oct 28, 0000z to Oct 29, 2400z
Rules: www.cqww.com/
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Ten-Ten QSO Party (CW)
Oct 28, 0001z to Oct 29, 2359z
Rules: www.ten-ten.org/calendar.html
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Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM,
N0AX(ARRL), WB3AAL 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.