~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CALENDAR JANUARY 16 - February 16, 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 80 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Each Tuesday to Mar 24 9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Each Thursday to March 26 9 PM to 10:29 PM Eastern Time USA Info: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LZ OPEN CONTEST (CW 80M/40M) ...QRP Category Jan 17, 0000z to 0600z Rules: http://www.lzopen.com/lz-open-contest/rules/rules.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American QSO Party (SSB) (100w max. QRP Entries Noted) Jan 17, 1800z to Jan 18, 0600z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes ... Low Power Category Jan 17, 1900z to Jan 19, 0400z Rules: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/jan-vhf-ss.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Run For The Bacon (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Jan 18, 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM UTC: Jan 19, 0200z to 0400z Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug 160m Sprint *** QRP CONTEST! *** EST: Jan 22, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Jan 23, 0130z to 0330z Rules: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/contests.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW 160-Meter DX Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Jan 23, 2200z to Jan 25, 2200z Rules: http://cq-amateur-radio.com/160_Rules_2009.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REF (French) CW Contest Jan 24, 0600z to Jan 25, 1800z Rules: http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhfdx.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BARTG RTTY Sprint Contest Jan 24, 1200z to Jan 25, 1200z Rules: http://www.bartg.org.uk/contests/SprintRules2009.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UBA DX Contest (Belgian) (SSB) ... QRP Category Jan 24, 1300z to Jan 25, 1300z Rules: http://www.uba.be/hf_contests/rules/ubatest_dx.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPAR Winter Field Day (Any Mode) Jan 24, 1700z to Jan 25, 1700z Rules: http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/winterfd/index.php?pg=2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MQFD Monthly Sprint (CW/PH/Digital) *** QRP Contest *** Jan 24, 1800z to 2200z Rules: http://w2agn.net/mqfdsprint.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Sprint (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Awards Jan 28, 0000z to 0200z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EPC WW DX Contest (BPSK125) ... 10W LP Jan 31, 1200z to Feb 1, 1200z Rules: http://www.epcwwdx.srars.org/index.php/contest-rules.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Fireside Sprint (SSB) ...QRP Contest! Feb 1, 2000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.qrparci.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) ... QRP Contest! EST: Feb 2, 9 PM to 11 PM (First Monday each month) UTC: Feb 3, 0200z to 0400z Rules: http://arsqrp.pbwiki.com:80/Spartan+Sprints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vermont QSO Party (CW/Ph/Dig) Feb 7, 0000z to Feb 8, 2400z Rules: http://www.w1bd.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10-10 Int. Winter Phone QSO Party ... QRP Category Feb 7, 0001z to Feb 8, 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/Forms/QSOPartyRulesRevised.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black Sea Cup International (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 7, 1200z to 2400z Rules: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/index/0-21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worldwide Peace Messenger Cities (CW/SSB)... Feb 7, 1200z to Feb 8, 1200z Rules: http://www.s59dcd.si/english/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minnesota QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category Feb 7, 1400z to 2359z Rules: http://www.w0aa.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYBO Winter QRP Field Day (CW/SSB) ... QRP Contest! Feb 7, 1400z to 2400z Rules: http://www.azscqrpions.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGCW Straight Key QSO Party (CW 80M) ... QRP Category Feb 7, 1600z to 1900z Rules: http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests:Straight_Key_Party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ British Columbia QSO Challenge (CW/PH/Dig) ... QRP Category Feb 7, 1600z to Feb 8, 0359z Rules: http://www.deltaamateurradio.com/BC%20QSO%20CONTEST.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Mexico QSO Party (CW/PH/Dig) ... QRP Category Feb 7, 1700z to Feb 8, 2350z Rules: http://pages.swcp.com/~n5zgt/nmqsoparty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delaware QSO Party (All) ... QRP Category Feb 7, 1700z to Feb 8, 0500z Feb 8, 1300z to Feb 9, 0100z Rules: http://www.fsarc.org/DEQSO.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEXICO RTTY INTERNATIONAL CONTEST Feb 7, 1800z to Feb 8, 1759z Rules: http://www.fmre.org.mx/concursos/2009/rtty/rules-rtty-2009-eng.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon (Straight Key CW) ... QRP Category Feb 8, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint (CW) *** QRP Contest *** EST: Feb 10, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC: Feb 11, 0130Z to 0330Z Rules: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/contests.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category Feb 8, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valentine Sprint (PODXS) (PSK-31) ... QRP Category Feb 13, 2000 to Feb 16, 0200 LOCAL TIME Rules: http://www.podxs070.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest ... Low Power Category Feb 14, 0000z to Feb 15, 2400z Rules: http://www.cqwpxrtty.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Northern New York Section QSO Party (All) Feb 14, 0000z to Feb 15, 2359z Rules: http://www.nnyara.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Hampshire QSO Party (Ph/CW/Dig) ... QRP Category Feb 14, 0001z to Feb 15, 0001z Rules: http://www.w1fz.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dutch PACC Contest (SSB/CW) ... QRP Category Feb 14, 1200z to Feb 15, 1200z Rules: http://pacc.veron.nl/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Louisiana QSO Party (Ph/CW/Dig) Feb 14, 1500z to Feb 15, 0300z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/kd5wdy/LAQSO_/laqso_.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS Winter Sprint (CW of course) ...QRP Category Feb 14, 1700z to 2100z Rules: http://www.fists.org/sprints.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (SSB) ... QRP Category Feb 15, 0000z to 0400z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** EST: Feb 15, 9 PM to 11 PM UTC: Feb 16, 0200z 0400z Rules: http://www.fpqrp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, N0AX(ARRL), VA3JFF & G4GXL (QRPARCI) N2APB (AmQRP), WB3AAL (EPAQRP) and others for assistance in compiling this calendar.
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