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The ARRL Contest Update

Published by the American Radio Relay League ********************************************

October 14, 2021

Editor: Brian Moran, N9ADG <contest-update@arrl.org>

IN THIS ISSUE

IN THIS ISSUE

- NEW HF OPERATORS -- THINGS TO DO
- CONTEST SUMMARY
- NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST <>
- WORD TO THE WISE
- SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
- RESULTS AND RECORDS
- OPERATING TIP
- TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION
- CONVERSATION
- CONTESTS
- LOG DUE DATES

NEW HF OPERATORS -- THINGS TO DO

A couple of state QSO parties this weekend will help get your
contesting feet wet, and to add to your Worked All States awards! The
New York State QSO Party <http://www.nyqp.org/>, starts at 1400 UTC
Saturday, October 16 through 0200 UTC Sunday, October 17. Multipliers
for New York stations are each NY County, US State, VE province or
territory (once, regardless of mode). Non- New York Stations count each
New York county as multipliers once, regardless of mode. CW, SSB and
digital modes are allowed on all bands except WARC bands.

The Western Illinois Amateur Radio Club <https://w9awe.org/> sponsors
the Illinois QSO Party, 1700 UTC Sunday, October 17 through 0100 UTC
Monday, October 18. Use all non-WARC HF bands and 6 and 2 meters.
Multipliers for Illinois stations are each Illinois county, US state,
VE province once, and up to 5 DXCC countries. Non-Illinois stations
work each Illinois county once. Allowed modes are CW/Digital and Phone.

CONTEST SUMMARY

Complete information <file:///C:/Users/pbourque/Desktop/Contest%20Update%2010-13-21.docx#Contests> for all contests follows the Conversation <file:///C:/Users/pbourque/Desktop/Contest%20Update%2010-13-21.docx#Conversation>
section

October 14

- CWops MiniCWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>
- EACW Meeting <https://www.eacwspain.es/eacwmeeting/>

October 15

- NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>
- NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>
- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>

October 16

- JARTS WW RTTY Contest <http://jarts.jp/rules2021.html>
- 1010 Int. Fall Contest, CW <http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules> - New York QSO Party <http://www.nyqp.org/>
- Worked All Germany Contest <http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/worked-all-germany-contest/en/rules/>
- Feld Hell "Spooky" Sprint <https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/spooky-sprint>
- Argentina National 7 MHz Contest <https://www.lu4aa.org/wp/concurso-nacional-40m/>

October 17

- AsiaPacific Fall Sprint, CW <http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt>
- UBA ON Contest, 2m
<http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/rules/ubateston_en.html>
- Illinois QSO Party <https://w9awe.org/ilqp/>
- RSGB RoLo CW <https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2021/rolo.shtml>
- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest <http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/>

October 18

- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>
- ARRL School Club Roundup <http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup>
- RSGB FT4 Contest Series
<https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2021/r80m_ft4.shtml>

October 19

- Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

October 20

- Phone Weekly Test Fray
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>
- CWops MiniCWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- AGCW SemiAutomatic Key Evening <http://alt.agcw.de/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/semi-automatic-key-evening>

October 21

- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest <https://qrpcontest.com/pigwalk20/>
- CWops MiniCWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>
- EACW Meeting <https://www.eacwspain.es/eacwmeeting/>

October 22

- NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>
- NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>
- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>

October 23

- ARRL EME Contest <http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest>
- Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest <https://www.avhfc.com/rules/en.pdf>
- YBDXPI FT8 Contest <https://contest.ybdxpi.net/rules/>
- UK/EI DX Contest, SSB <https://www.ukeicc.com/dx-contest-rules.php>
- Stew Perry Topband Challenge <http://www.kkn.net/stew/>

October 24

- North American SSB Sprint Contest <http://ssbsprint.com/rules/>
- Classic Exchange, CW <http://www.classicexchange.org/announcments/Fall_2021_CX_Rules.pdf>
- Telephone Pioneers QSO Party <http://www.tpqso.com/>

October 25

- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>
- QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>

October 26

- Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>
- QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

October 27

- SKCC Sprint
<http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/>
- Phone Weekly Test Fray
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>
- CWops MiniCWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- UKEICC 80m Contest <https://www.ukeicc.com/80m-rules.php>

NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST <>

The Radio Amateur Society of Australia (ACMA) has announced the release
date of new 2x1 Contest Callsigns. These callsigns will be assigned
with the usual Australian prefix of VK, along with the additional
prefixes of VJ and VL as well. The new 2X1 calls are issued exclusively
for use in amateur radio contests and will be issued for a period of
twelve months. For more information, see the ACMA news release
available on their website here <https://acma.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/d/88CB07296517DF062540EF23F30FEDED/3EE1F343295B93CEE663AB054A538FBA>.

The WRTC 2022 committee have announced the Team Leaders (TL) and Team
Mates (TM) final qualification standings. The standings are available
through links on the WRTC 2022 news page <https://www.wrtc2022.it/en/news-11.asp?idnews=35>. If you are on the
TL's list and your email is not updated in QRZ, please contact <https://www.wrtc2022.it/en/contacts.asp> the WRTC 2022 committee. The organizers would also like to remind us that WRTC 2022 has been
postponed until July 2023.

Ken K4ZW shared some news via the Topband Reflector <http://lists.contesting.com/_topband/>- "Congratulations to Steve
Babcock, VE6WZ, who received the Yasme Excellence Award for his
contribution to the art of low band antennas and remote operating.
Steve has made available to the amateur community countless hours of instructional videos on low band topics, available for free on YouTube.
Thanks for all you've done Steve!"

WORD TO THE WISE

W/VE Stations

Often when reading rules for a specific contest, you'll see language
like "W/VE Stations work DX stations; DX stations work everyone." I've
been asked on several occasions, "What's a W/VE station?" W/VE stations
are those stations located in the United States and Canada, while DX
stations are the rest of the world. Be careful though, in some contests
Alaska, Hawaii and the US territories are considered DX (such as ARRL International DX contest), and others they are considered W/VE (such as
ARRL Sweepstakes).

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Tim, K3LR is getting his contest station in Western Pennsylvania ready
for another exciting contest season! He shared with us this photo of maintenance being performed on the 40-meter antenna using a 100-ton
crane. [Tim Duffy, K3LR, photo]

RESULTS AND RECORDS

Ed, W0YK, announced that the CQ WW RTTY Contest Raw scores have been
posted at cqwwrtty.com/raw.htm <https://cqwwrtty.com/raw.htm>. Ed added
that the scores are computed before any log checking score reductions.
These scores my differ from the "claimed scores" calculated by your
contest logging software.

Ward, N0AX writes, "Thanks to the great work of the North American CW
Sprint team, including the Boring Amateur Radio Club and the NCJ
webmaster, the final results article by Jim George, N3BB has been
published at ncjweb.com/north-american-sprint/ <https://ncjweb.com/north-american-sprint/>. All records have been
updated as well and there are quite a few new ones that were set in
September." The Jan/Feb issue of NCJ will include an abbreviated
version of the article including the complete line scores.

OPERATING TIP

Log those "dupes"

Many contesters have emailed me asking about how to handle "dupes"
(duplicate contacts) in contest logs. Often, they're concerned that
they will be penalized for including such contacts in their logs. While
you won't receive any points for duplicate contacts, there are no extra penalties assessed for including them in your log. If you work a dupe,
just log them, and move on. Leaving both contacts in your log ensures
that you don't receive a NIL (not-in-log) penalty if the station that
was a "dupe" in your log didn't log the first contact with you for some
reason.

TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION

Microsoft has released Windows Version 11 <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11> on October 5th.
Radio amateurs may be eager to learn if it will run the station
software they're running under Windows 7 or Windows 10, and if they'll
need new device drivers.

"We are not too concerned," said Tom Wagner, N1MM, of the widely
popular, free logging software that bears his call sign -- N1MM
Logger+. "One member of the team and one end user has tested with Win
11 and not reported issues. We will fix them if they arise."

The WSJT-X Development Group is similarly unconcerned. "A few WSJT-X
users have been running on the beta Windows 11 releases without any
issues," said Bill Somerville, G4WJS. "This seems reasonable evidence
that there should be no serious problems."

Logbook of The World (LoTW) users are reminded to backup their TQSL
Callsign Certificate using the TQSL File "Backup" utility before
updating to Windows 11. You can then use the TQSL File "Restore"
utility to restore TQSL functionality after your OS update. See https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/multiple-computers/ <https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/multiple-computers/?> for details.

On existing Windows 10 PCs, Windows Update will let people know when
the upgrade is available for Windows 11. You can also check to see if
your device is eligible for the Windows 11 upgrade through Windows
Update.

If your PC isn't fully compatible with Windows 11, Microsoft will
continue to support Windows 10 until October 14, 2025.

Pete, N4ZR, published an article on the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN)
blog entitled "How Skimmer Server Decides What to Spot <http://reversebeacon.blogspot.com/2021/09/how-skimmer-server-decides-what-to-spot.html>."
If you're a node-or or station-op that relies on RBN, this is very
useful information.

CONVERSATION

With this issue of the Contest Update, I begin my tenure as editor,
taking the reins from Brian, N9ADG. A few readers have sent emails
thanking him for the great job he's done holding down the fort here. It
appears that I have quite a big set of shoes to fill, and I hope that I
can do so adequately.

A little bit about me- I'm currently Contest Program Manager at ARRL, a position I've held since June of 2019. I've been a ham since 1994, and
as a newly licensed Technician, I was bitten by the VHF contesting bug.
I was active in those contests for a few years, and after several years
of inactivity, I upgraded to General (and then Extra) and became active
in HF contesting as well.

In the next few weeks and months, I plan on introducing some new
material to the Contest Update, as well as keeping the contesting
community informed of upcoming contests, results publication, and
noteworthy news. I'd like to feature some of the many contesting clubs
as a regular feature, focusing on how the innovative ways in which they
draw members, and share their contesting experience with new and old
contesters alike. I'll be sending out emails to club secretaries very
soon soliciting their input and ideas.

What would you like to see more in in the Contest Update? More
information on mentoring new contesters? If there's anything that you'd
like to see here, please send me an email to contest-update@arrl.org
with any suggestions.

That's all for this time. Remember to send contesting related stories,
book reviews, tips, techniques, press releases, errata, schematics,
club information, pictures, stories, blog links, and predictions to contest-update@arrl.org

73, Paul N1SFE (n1sfe@arrl.org)

CONTESTS

14 Oct - 27 Oct 2021

An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral <http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar> is available as a PDF. Check the sponsors' website for information on operating time restrictions and
other instructions.

HF CONTESTS

CWops Mini-CWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Oct 14, 0300z to
Oct 14, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + MemberNo./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due:
Oct 16.

CWops Mini-CWT Test, <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/> Oct 14, 0700z to
Oct 14, 0800z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + MemberNo./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due:
Oct 16.

RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>, Oct 14, 1700z to Oct 14,
1900z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's call] + [your call] +
[serial no.] + [your name]; Logs due: Oct 21.

EACW Meeting <https://www.eacwspain.es/eacwmeeting/>, Oct 14, 1900z to
Oct 14, 2000z; CW; Bands: 80, 40; EACW Member: RST + Member No. +
Nickname,EA non-Member: RST + Nickname + EA province, non-EA: RST +
Nickname + DXCC prefix; Logs due: Oct 16.

NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>, Oct 15, 0145z
to Oct 15, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH;
Logs due: Oct 17.

NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>, Oct 15, 0230z to
Oct 15, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs
due: Oct 17.

K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>, Oct 15, 2000z to
Oct 15, 2100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name
+ (state/province/country); Logs due: Oct 17.

JARTS WW RTTY Contest <http://jarts.jp/rules2021.html>, Oct 16, 0000z
to Oct 17, 2359z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + age of
operator; Logs due: Oct 31.

10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW <http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules> , Oct 16, 0001z to Oct 17, 2359z; CW; Bands: 10; 10-10 Member: Name
+10-10 number + (state/province/country), Non-Member: Name + 0 +(state/province/country); Logs due: Oct 25.

New York QSO Party <http://www.nyqp.org/>, Oct 16, 1400z to Oct 17,
0200z; CW, SSB, Digital; Bands: All, except WARC; NY: RS(T) + county,
non-NY: RS(T) + (state/province/"DX"); Logs due: Oct 30.

Worked All Germany Contest <http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/worked-all-germany-contest/en/rules/>,
Oct 16, 1500z to Oct 17, 1459z; CW, SSB; Bands: (Please observe contest
free band segments per the rules), 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; DL, DARC-Member:
RS(T) + DOK (local area code), DL, non-DARC: RS(T) + "NM",non-DL: RS(T)
+ Serial No.; Logs due: Oct 25.

Feld Hell Sprint <https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/spooky-sprint>,
Oct 16, 2000z to Oct 16, 2359z; Feld Hell; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 15, 10,
6; (see rules); Logs due: Oct 20.

Argentina National 7 MHz Contest <https://www.lu4aa.org/wp/concurso-nacional-40m/>< >, Oct 16, 2130z to
Oct 16, 2230z; SSB; Bands: 40; RS + 2-digit year first licensed; Logs
due: Nov 16.

Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW <http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt>, Oct
17, 0000z to Oct 17, 0200z; CW; Bands: 20, 15; RST + Serial No.; Logs
due: Oct 24.

Illinois QSO Party <https://w9awe.org/ilqp/>, Oct 17, 1700z to Oct 18,
0100z; CW/digital, Phone; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2; IL:
RS(T) + County, non-IL: RS(T) + (state/province/country); Logs due: Nov
18.

RSGB RoLo CW <https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2021/rolo.shtml>, Oct 17,
1900z to Oct 17, 2030z; CW; Bands: 80; RST + previous 6-character grid
square received; Logs due: Oct 18.

Run for the Bacon QRP Contest <http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/>, Oct 17,
2300z to Oct 18, 0100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + (state/province/country) +(Member No./power); Logs due: Oct 24.

K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>, Oct 18, 0000z to
Oct 18, 0100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name
+ (state/province/country); Logs due: Oct 20.

ARRL School Club Roundup <http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup>, Oct
18, 1300z to Oct 22, 2359z; CW, Phone, RTTY/Digital; Bands: All, except
60, 30, 17, 12m; RS(T) + Class (I/C/S) + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Nov 6.

RSGB FT4 Contest Series
<https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2021/r80m_ft4.shtml>, Oct 18, 1900z to
Oct 18, 2030z; FT4; Bands: 80, 40, 20; 4-character grid square; Logs
due: Oct 19.

Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>,
Oct19, 0100z to Oct 19, 0159z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6;
RS + age group (OM, YL, Youth YL or Youth); Logs due: Oct 20.

RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>, Oct 19, 1700z to Oct 19,
1900z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's call] + [your call] +
[serial no.] + [your name]; Logs due: Oct 26.

Phone Weekly Test - Fray
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>, Oct 20, 0230z to
Oct 20, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15; NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: Oct 22.

CWops Mini-CWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Oct 20, 1300z to
Oct 20, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name+(state/province/country); Logs due:
Oct 23.

AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Evening <http://alt.agcw.de/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/semi-automatic-key-evening>,
Oct 20, 1900z to Oct 20, 2030z; CW; Bands: 80; RST + Serial No. + "/" +
2-digit year first used a bug; Logs due: Nov 4.

CWops Mini-CWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Oct 20, 1900z to
Oct 20, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Oct 23.

Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest <https://qrpcontest.com/pigwalk20/>, Oct
21, 0000z to Oct 22, 0300z; CW; Bands: 20; Maximum 13 wpm, RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (Member No./power); Logs due: Oct 28.

CWops Mini-CWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Oct 21, 0300z to
Oct 21, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Oct 23.

CWops Mini-CWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Oct 21, 0700z to
Oct 21, 0800z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Oct 23.

RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>, Oct 21, 1700z to Oct 21,
1900z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's call] + [your call] +
[serial no.] + [your name]; Logs due: Oct 28.

EACW Meeting <https://www.eacwspain.es/eacwmeeting/>, Oct 21, 1900z to
Oct 21, 2000z; CW; Bands: 80, 40; EACW Member: RST + Member No. +
Nickname, EA non-Member: RST + Nickname + EA province, non-EA: RST +
Nickname + DXCC prefix; Logs due: Oct 23.

NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>, Oct 22, 0145z
to Oct 22, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH;
Logs due: Oct 24.

NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>, Oct 22, 0230z to
Oct 22, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs
due: Oct 24.

K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>, Oct 22, 2000z to
Oct 22, 2100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name
+ (state/province/country); Logs due: Oct 24.

YBDXPI FT8 Contest <https://contest.ybdxpi.net/rules/>, Oct 23, 0000z
to Oct 24, 2359z; FT8; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; 4-Character Grid
Square; Logs due: Oct 31.

UK/EI DX Contest, SSB <https://www.ukeicc.com/dx-contest-rules.php>,
Oct 23, 1200z to Oct 24, 1200z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; UK/EI:
RS +Serial No. + District Code, DX: RS + Serial No.; Logs due: Oct 25.

Stew Perry Topband Challenge <http://www.kkn.net/stew/>, Oct 23, 1500z
to Oct 24, 1500z; CW; Bands: 160; 4-Character grid square; Logs due:
Nov 8.

North American SSB Sprint Contest <http://ssbsprint.com/rules/>, Oct
24, 0000z to Oct 24, 0400z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's
call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name] + [your state/province/country]; Logs due: Oct 31.

Classic Exchange, CW <http://www.classicexchange.org/announcments/Fall_2021_CX_Rules.pdf>,
Oct 24, 1400z to Oct 27, 0800z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6,
2; Name + RST + (state/province/country) + rcvr/xmtr manuf/model; Logs
due: Dec 31.

Telephone Pioneers QSO Party <http://www.tpqso.com/>, Oct 24, 1800z to
Oct 26, 0300z; CW/Digital, Phone; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10,
VHF/UHF; Members: chapter no. + name, non-Members: RS(T) + name; Logs
due: Dec 3.

K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>, Oct 25, 0000z to
Oct 25, 0100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name
+ (state/province/country); Logs due: Oct 27.

QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>, Oct 25, 1300z to
Oct 25, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + Name + (state/province/country) + Rig; Logs due: Oct 31.

QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>, Oct 25, 1900z to
Oct 25, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + Name + (state/province/country) + Rig; Logs due: Oct 31.

Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>, Oct
26, 0100z to Oct 26, 0159z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6; RS
+ age group (OM, YL, Youth YL or Youth); Logs due: Oct 27.

QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>, Oct 26, 0300z to
Oct 26, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + Name + (state/province/country) + Rig; Logs due: Oct 31.

RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>, Oct 26, 1700z to Oct 26,
1900z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's call] + [your call] +
[serial no.] + [your name]; Logs due: Nov 2.

SKCC Sprint
<http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/>, Oct
27, 0000z to Oct 27, 0200z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6; RST
+ (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./"NONE"); Logs due: Oct
29.

Phone Weekly Test - Fray
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>, Oct 27, 0230z to
Oct 27, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15; NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: Oct 29.

CWops Mini-CWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Oct 27, 1300z to
Oct 27, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Oct 30.

CWops Mini-CWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Oct 27, 1900z to
Oct 27, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Oct 30.

UKEICC 80m Contest <https://www.ukeicc.com/80m-rules.php>, Oct 27,
2000z to Oct 27, 2100z; CW; Bands: 80; 6-Character grid square; Logs
due: Oct 27.

VHF+ CONTESTS

UBA ON Contest, 2m
<http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/rules/ubateston_en.html>, Oct 17, 0700z
to Oct 17, 1000z; CW, Phone; Bands: 2; ON: RS(T) + Serial No. + ON
Section, non-ON: RS(T) + Serial No.; Logs due: Oct 24.

ARRL EME Contest <http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest>, Oct 23, 0000z to
Oct 24, 2359z; CW, Phone, Digital; Bands: 50 MHz and up; Signal report;
Logs due: Jan 19.

Araucaria World Wide <https://www.avhfc.com/rules/en.pdf> VHF Contest,
Oct 23, 0000z to Oct 24, 1600z; CW, SSB, FM; Bands: 6, 2; RS(T) +
6-character grid square; Logs due: Oct 29.

Also, see New York QSO Party <http://www.nyqp.org/>, Illinois QSO Party <https://w9awe.org/ilqp/>, Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>, Classic Exchange, CW <http://www.classicexchange.org/announcments/Fall_2021_CX_Rules.pdf>,
Telephone Pioneers QSO Party <http://www.tpqso.com/>

LOG DUE DATES

14 Oct - 27 Oct 2021

October 14

- SKCC Sprint Europe
<http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/skse/>
- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest <https://qrpcontest.com/pigwalk40/>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

October 15

- Phone Weekly Test - Fray <http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>
- Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB
<https://www.sactest.net/blog/rules/>

October 16

- Maine QSO Party <http://www.ws1sm.com/MEQP.html>
- CWops Mini-CWT Test <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- RSGB 80m Autumn Series, Data <https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2021/rautumn.shtml>
- EACW Meeting <https://www.eacwspain.es/eacwmeeting/>

October 17

- PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint <http://www.podxs070.com/o7o-club-sponsored-contests/160m-great-pumpkin-sprint> - SKCC Weekend Sprintathon <http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/>
- NCCC Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html>
- German Telegraphy Contest <https://www.agcw.de/contest/dtc/>
- International HELL Contest <https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/>
- UBA ON Contest, CW <http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest>

- NCCC RTTY Sprint <http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>
- AGB NEMIGA Contest <http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/agb_nemiga.htm>
- Pennsylvania QSO Party <http://paqso.org/pa-qso-party-rules.html>
- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>
- NAQCC CW Sprint <http://naqcc.info/scoreboard.php?sprint_name=202110>

October 18

- RSGB RoLo CW <https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2021/rolo.shtml>
- California QSO Party <http://www.cqp.org/Rules.html>
- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest
<http://www.ft8activity.eu/index.php/en/>

October 19

- QRP Afield <https://www.newenglandqrp.org/qrp-afield-2018/>
- 10-10 Int. 10-10 Day Sprint <http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules>

- Iowa QSO Party <http://www.w0yl.com/IAQP>
- ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest <http://www.arrl.org/10-ghz-up>
- Arizona QSO Party <https://www.azqp.org/>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

October 20

- 432 MHz Fall Sprint <http://svhfs.org/2021FallSprintRulesR0.pdf>
- Makrothen RTTY Contest
<http://www.pl259.org/makrothen/makrothen-rules/>
- Feld Hell Sprint <https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/spooky-sprint>
- Peanut Power QRP Sprint
<http://www.nogaqrp.org/PeanutPower/rules.pdf>
- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>

October 21

- NRAU 10m Activity Contest <https://nrrlcontest.no/index.php/nrrl-contests/nrau-nac/10m/nrau-nac-10m-english-rules/278-nrau-nac-10m-english-rules.html>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

October 23

- Microwave Fall Sprint <http://svhfs.org/2021FallSprintRulesR0.pdf>

October 24

- Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW <http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt>
- UBA ON Contest, 2m <http://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/on-contest>

- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest <http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/>
- Cosack's Honor VHF/UHF Contest <http://cshonor-vhf.ho.ua/eng1.html>
- Worked All Germany Contest <http://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/worked-all-germany-contest/en/rules/>

October 25

- 10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW <http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules>

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