Original QRP Contest Calendar
All contest have QRP Categories.
All QSO Parties are posted even if they do not have a QRP category. Hopefully this will help you achieve Worked All States (WAS) via QRP.
2000 Contest 2001 Contest 2002 Contest
2003 Contest 2004 Contest 2005 Contest
January 2008 February 2008 March 2008
May 2008
AGCW QRP/QRP Party (CW)
May 1, 1300z to 1900z
Rules: www.agcw.org/?Contests
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QRP MINIMAL ART SESSION (80M CW)
May 1, 1900z to 2300z
Rules: www.qrpcc.de/contestrules/mas/index.html
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Ten-Ten International Spring Contest (CW/Digital)
May 3, 0001z to May 4, 2359z
Rules: www.ten-ten.org/calendar.html
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7th Call Area QSO Party (CW/SSB)
May 3, 1300z to May 4, 0700z
Rules: www.7qp.org
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Indiana QSO Party (All)
May 3, 1600z to May 4, 0400z
Rules: www.hdxcc.org/inqp/
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New England QSO Party (CW/SSB)
May
3, 2000z to May 4, 0500z
May 4, 1300z to May 4, 2400z
Rules: www.neqp.org/
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AGCW Activity Week (CW)
May 5, 0000z to May 9, 2400z
Rules: www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:Activity_Week
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Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW)
May 6, 0100z to 0300z (First Monday 9 PM EDT)
Info: http://arsqrp.pbwiki.com/Spartan+Sprints
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VK/trans-Tasman Contests (80m SSB)
May 10, 0800z to 1400z
Rules: http://home.iprimus.com.au/vktasman/RULES.HTM
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FISTS Spring Sprint (CW)
May 10, 1700z to 2100z
Rules: www.fists.org/sprints.html
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CQM International DX Contest (CW/SSB)
May 10, 1200z to May 11, 1159z
Rules: www.sk3bg.se/contest/cqmidxc.htm
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SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW)
May 11, 0000z to 2359z
Rules: www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/
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Dayton Hamvention (QRP Event - FDIM)
May 16-18
Info: www.hamvention.org/
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All America Contest (CW)
May 17, 1500z to May 18, 2359z
Rules: www.powerline.com.br/cwjf/eng4.htm#regulamento
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RUN FOR THE BACON (CW)
EDT:
May 18, 9 PM to 11 PM
UTC: May 19, 0100z 0300z
Rules: http://fpqrp.net:80/fpqrprun.php
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NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint
EDT:
May 21, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
UTC: May 22, 0030z to 0230z
Rules: www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/contests.html
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MQFD Monthly Sprint (CW/SSB/Digital)
May 24, 1800z to 2200z
Rules: http://w2agn.net/mqfdsprint.html
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CQWW WPX Contest (CW)
May 24, 0000z to May 25, 2359z
Rules: www.cq-amateur-radio.com/
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VK/trans-Tasman Contests (80m CW)
May 26, 0900z to 1300z
Rules: http://home.iprimus.com.au/vktasman/RULES.HTM
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QRP ARCI Hoot Owl Sprint (CW)
May 25, 2000 to 2400 LOCAL TIME
Rules: www.qrparci.org
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Michigan QRP Memorial Day Sprint (CW)
May 26, 2300z to May 27, 0300z
Rules: www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/contest.html
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SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW)
May 28, 0000z to 0200z
Rules: www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/
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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.
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 @ arrl.net
A special thank you goes out to our own Eastern PA QRP Club Member #9
for the contest information. Ken, N2CQ, he is also a member of the NJ QRP Club.
This page was last updated on 8 May 2008 @ 23:00 UTC