THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS
 Compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM

 March 12 - 19, 2018 Edition

NOTICE: The WA7BNM Contest Calendar has permanently moved to: http://www.contestcalendar.com/ 
Please update any links to the calendar.

The web versions of this contest calendar can be found at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/ 
You can also access a text version of the weekly calendar at: http://www.contestcalendar.com/
weeklycal.txt

Please send corrections and additions directly to me. The web calendars are updated as new 
contest information is received. If you wish to unsubscribe, please notify me and you'll be 
immediately removed from the mailing list.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn@hornucopia.com)

This e-mail is divided into three sections:
- Details of this week's contests
- List of following week's contests
- Contest log submittal addresses and deadlines for recent contests

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS WEEK'S CONTESTS:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wisconsin QSO Party: 1800Z, Mar 11 to 0100Z, Mar 12
 Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW/Digital, Phone
 Bands: All, except WARC
 Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Rookie)(QRP/Low/High)
 Multi-Op (Fixed/Mobile)(QRP/Low/High)
 Multi/Multi (Fixed/Mobile)(QRP/Low/High)
 Max power: HP: >150 watts
 LP: 150 watts
 QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: WI: county
 non-WI: (state/province/country)
 Work stations: Once per band per mode
 QSO Points: 1 point per Phone QSO
 2 points per CW/Digital QSO
 Bonus Points: 500 points for mobiles for each county from which you make at least 12 QSOs
 Bonus Points: 100 points for each band/mode QSO with W9FK
 Multipliers: WI Stations: WI counties, states, provinces once
 Non-WI Stations: WI counties once
 Power mults: HP x1.0, LP x1.5, QRP x2.0
 Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x power mult x total mults) + bonus points
 Submit logs by: March 25, 2018
 E-mail logs to: wiqp-logs[at]warac[dot]org
 Mail logs to: Wisconsin QSO Party
 West Allis Radio Amateur Club
 P. O. Box 1072
 Milwaukee, WI 53201
 USA
 Find rules at: http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm

4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint: 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 12
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW, SSB
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op
 Exchange: Member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Member No.
 Non-member: RS(T) + (State/Province/Country) + Power
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member
 2 points per QSO with member
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: March 14, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://qrpcontest.com/4sqrp
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.4sqrp.com/SSS/sss_rules.pdf

CLARA Chatter Party: 1700Z, Mar 13 to 1700Z, Mar 14 and 1700Z, Mar 17 to 1700Z, Mar 18
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW, Phone
 Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 2m
 Classes: Single Op (Low/High)
 Max operating hours: 24
 Max power: HP: >200W
 LP: 200W
 Exchange: RS(T) + Name + (state/province/country)
 Work stations: Once per band per mode
 QSO Points: 10 points per QSO with CLARA member
 5 points per QSO with CLARA family member
 5 points per QSO with non-member YL
 1 point per QSO with OM
 Multipliers: Each VE province/territory once per band per mode
 Each US state (must be YL QSO) once per band per mode
 Each DXCC country (must be YL QSO) once per band per mode
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: April 14, 2018
 E-mail logs to: ve5aq[at]sasktel[dot]net
 Mail logs to: Val Lemko, VE5ACJ
 1125 Iroquois St. W.
 Moose Jaw
 Sask. S6H 5C1
 Canada
 Find rules at: http://www.clarayl.ca/index.php/awards-certificates-to-work-for/clara-
chatter-party-rules

QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 14
 Geographic Focus: United States
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 40m Only
 Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound)
 Max power: 5 watts
 Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: 0330Z March 15, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (see rules)
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm

Phone Fray: 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 14
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m
 Classes: Single Op
 Max power: 100 watts
 Exchange: NA: Name + (state/province/country)
 non-NA: Name
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: NA station: 1 point per QSO
 non-NA station: 1 point per QSO with an NA station
 Multipliers: Each US state (including KH6/KL7) once per band
 Each VE province/territory once per band
 Each North American country (except W/VE) once per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 0300Z March 16, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf

CWops Mini-CWT Test: 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 14 and 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 14 and 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 15
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op (QRP/Low/High)
 Max power: HP: >100 watts
 LP: 100 watts
 QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: Member: Name + Member No.
 non-Member: Name + (state/province/country)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: Each call once
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 0400Z March 17, 2018
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html

RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW: 2000Z-2130Z, Mar 14
 Geographic Focus: United Kingdom
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: United Kingdom
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: RST + Serial No.
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: (see rules)
 Submit logs by: 2359Z March 15, 2018
 Upload log at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2018/r80mcc.shtml

QRP Fox Hunt: 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 16
 Geographic Focus: United States
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: Single Op (Fox/Hound)
 Max power: 5 watts
 Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: 0330Z March 17, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (see rules)
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm

NCCC RTTY Sprint: 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 16
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: RTTY
 Bands: (see rules)
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: March 18, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html

NCCC Sprint: 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 16
 Geographic Focus: North America
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: (see rules)
 Classes: (none)
 Exchange: Serial No. + Name + QTH
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: March 18, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Post log summary at: http://www.3830scores.com/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html

BARTG HF RTTY Contest: 0200Z, Mar 17 to 0200Z, Mar 19
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: RTTY
 Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op Expert All Band
 Single Op All Band (QRP/Low/High)
 Single Op All Band 6 Hours
 Single Op Single Band
 Multi-Single
 Multi-Multi
 Max operating hours: Single Op: 30 hours with at least 3 hour rest period
 Single Op 6 Hours: 6 hours
 Multi-Op: 48 hours
 Max power: HP: >100 Watts
 LP: 100 Watts
 QRP: 5 Watts
 Exchange: RST + Serial No. + 4-digit time (UTC)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO
 Multipliers: DXCC countries once per band
 JA, W, VE and VK areas once per band
 Continents once regardless of band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total country/area mults x continents
 Submit logs by: 0200Z March 26, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Upload log at: http://bartg.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.bartg.org.uk/

Russian DX Contest: 1200Z, Mar 17 to 1200Z, Mar 18
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Awards: Worldwide
 Mode: CW, SSB
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Op All Band Mixed (QRP/Low/High)
 Single Op All Band CW (Low/High)
 Single Op All Band SSB (Low/High)
 Single Op Single Band Mixed
 Multi-Single
 Multi-Two
 SWL
 Max power: HP: >100 watts
 LP: 100 watts
 QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: Ru: RS(T) + 2-character oblast
 non-Ru: RS(T) + Serial No.
 Work stations: Once per band per mode
 QSO Points: Ru Stations: 2 points per QSO with same country same continent
 Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with same country different continent
 Ru Stations: 3 points per QSO with different country same continent
 Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with different continent
 non-Ru Stations: 10 points per QSO with Ru station
 non-Ru Stations: 2 points per QSO with same country
 non-Ru Stations: 3 points per QSO with different country same continent
 non-Ru Stations: 5 points per QSO with different continent
 5 points per QSO with /MM
 Multipliers: Each oblast once per band
 Each country once per band
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: 1200Z April 1, 2018
 E-mail logs to: logs[at]rdxc[dot]org
 Upload log at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/wwwlog.asp
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp

AGCW VHF/UHF Contest: 1400Z-1700Z, Mar 17 (144) and 1700Z-1800Z, Mar 17 (432)
 Geographic Focus: Europe
 Participation: Europe
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 144 MHz, 432 MHz
 Classes: Single Op
 Max operating hours: 3 hours: 144 MHz
 2 hours: 432 MHz
 Max power: A: 5W
 B: 5-50W
 C: >50W
 Exchange: RST + "/" + Serial No. + "/" Power class + "/" + 6-character grid locator
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per km per QSO
 Multipliers: (none)
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points
 Submit logs by: April 2, 2018
 E-mail logs to: vhf-uhf[at]agcw[dot]de
 Mail logs to: Manfred Busch, DK7ZH
 Ebachstr. 13
 D-35716 Dietzhoelztal-Mandeln
 Germany
 Find rules at: http://www.agcw.org/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/vhf-uhf-contest

Louisiana QSO Party: 1400Z, Mar 17 to 0200Z, Mar 18
 Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW/Digital, Phone
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m
 Classes: CW/Digital (QRP/Low/High)
 Phone (QRP/Low/High)
 Mixed Mode (QRP/Low/High)
 Rover (CW-Digital/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
 Max power: HP: 1500 watts
 LP: 100 watts
 QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: LA: RS(T) + Parish
 non-LA: RS(T) + (state/province/country)
 Work stations: Once per band per mode
 QSO Points: 2 points per phone QSO
 4 points per CW/Digital QSO
 LA Rovers: add 50 points to score for each parish activated
 Bonus: add 100 points to score for working N5LCC at least once
 Multipliers: LA stations: Each LA parish, state, province, country once per band per mode
 Non-LA stations: Each LA parish once per band per mode
 Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points
 Submit logs by: April 17, 2018
 E-mail logs to: logs[at]laqp[dot]org
 Mail logs to: LAQP
 Robert Baker
 136 Northwood Drive
 West Monroe, LA 71291
 USA
 Find rules at: http://laqp.louisianacontestclub.org/laqso_rules.htm

Virginia QSO Party: 1400Z, Mar 17 to 0400Z, Mar 18 and 1200Z-2400Z, Mar 18
 Geographic Focus: United States/Canada state/province QSO party
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW, Phone, Digital
 Bands: All, except WARC
 Classes: Single Op (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
 Multi-Single (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
 Multi-Multi (Fixed/Mobile/Expedition)(High/Low/QRP)(Multi-Band/Single-Band)(CW/Phone/Digital/Mixed)
 Max power: HP: >150 watts
 LP: 150 watts
 QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: VA: Serial No. + county
 non-VA: Serial No. + (state/province/"DX")
 Work stations: Once per band per mode
 Score Calculation: (see rules)
 Submit logs by: April 15, 2018
 E-mail logs to: vqp[at]verizon[dot]net
 Mail logs to: VA QSO Party
 Call Box 599
 Sterling, VA 20167
 USA
 Find rules at: http://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2018_VQP/2018_VQP_Main.html

Feld Hell Sprint: 2000Z-2159Z, Mar 17
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: Feld Hell
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: (none)
 Max power: Standard: 100 watts
 QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: (see rules)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: (see rules)
 Bonus Points: (see rules)
 Multipliers: (see rules)
 Score Calculation: (see rules)
 Submit logs by: March 21, 2018
 Upload log at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprints/leprechaun-sprint

UBA Spring Contest, SSB: 0700Z-1100Z, Mar 18
 Geographic Focus: Belgium
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: SSB
 Bands: 80m Only
 Classes: Single
 SWL
 Max power: non-QRP: >10 watts
 QRP: 10 watts
 Exchange: ON: RS + Serial No. + UBA Section
 non-ON: RS + Serial No.
 QSO Points: 3 points per QSO with Belgian station
 Multipliers: Each UBA Section
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: April 1, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Upload log at: http://springcontest.on4dst.be/
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://www.uba.be/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest

Run for the Bacon QRP Contest: 0100Z-0300Z, Mar 19
 Geographic Focus: Worldwide
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW
 Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
 Classes: Single Band
 All Band
 Max power: 5 watts
 Exchange: RST + (state/province/country) + (Member No./power)
 Work stations: Once per band
 QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member
 3 points per QSO with member on same continent
 5 points per QSO with member on different continent
 Multipliers: Each state, province, or country once
 Multiply mults by 2 if >50 members worked
 Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults
 Submit logs by: March 25, 2018
 E-mail logs to: (none)
 Upload log at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/autolog.php
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/

Bucharest Contest: 1800Z-2059Z, Mar 19
 Geographic Focus: Romania
 Participation: Worldwide
 Mode: CW, SSB, Digital
 Bands: 80, 40m
 Classes: Single Op (CW/SSB/Dig/Mixed)(QRP/Low)(2-Band/Single Band)
 Multi-Op Low Power (CW/SSB/Dig/Mixed)(2-Band/Single Band)
 SWL
 Max power: LP: 100 watts
 QRP: 5 watts
 Exchange: YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Sector/County
 non-YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Country Code
 Work stations: Once per mode
 QSO Points: 2 points per QSO: YO3-YO3 or YO-YO or YO-Foreign
 4 points per QSO: YO3-YO or YO-YO3 or YO3-Foreign
 Multipliers: Each YO county
 Each YO3 sector
 Each country code
 Score Calculation: Total score = total score of each segment(total QSO points x total mults)
 Submit logs by: 2359Z March 31, 2018
 E-mail logs to: fenyo3jw[at]yahoo[dot]com
 Mail logs to: (none)
 Find rules at: http://yo3test201x.blogspot.ro/p/blog-page.html


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEXT WEEK'S CONTESTS:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
QRP Fox Hunt 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 21
Phone Fray 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 21
CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Mar 21
 1900Z-2000Z, Mar 21
 0300Z-0400Z, Mar 22
NAQCC CW Sprint 0030Z-0230Z, Mar 22
RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB 2000Z-2130Z, Mar 22
QRP Fox Hunt 0100Z-0230Z, Mar 23
NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 23
NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Mar 23
CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 24 to 2359Z, Mar 25
FOC QSO Party 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 24
UBA Spring Contest, 6m 0600Z-1000Z, Mar 25