Contest calendar and contest links

[N2RJ]

Contesting portal
Great resource for every contester - http://www.contesting.com

Contest calendar
Know exactly when every contest is. There's a contest nearly every weekend!
WA7BNM's contest calendar - http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/
SM3CER contest service (lists more obscure European contests): http://www.sk3bg.se/contest

Score rumors
Can't wait a whole year for the contest organizers to check logs and figure out who won?
Get the latest claimed scores, as well as the juice on who ran Europe and JA like a bat out of hell, or who blew up the amp while working that rare mult.
Score rumors archives - http://lists.contesting.com/_3830/
Post your contest score to the 3830 score rumors list - http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/

Alphabetical A-Z

(in progress)

K
K9JY's contest resources - http://k9jy.com/blog/k9jy-resources/

N
N8VW's Contest Blog: http://n8vw.radiosport.us

R
Radio sport Blogs / Another Calender http://radiosport.us

S
SKCC sprint http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/

W
Contesting Wiki http://www.contestingwiki.com





Also feel free to add any contest links (tips etc) to this thread. If they are useful I will put them in the first post.

[KB3LAZ]

Just in case anyone wanted to know when the latest, greatest contest was, or which one of those daggum qrmtesters was qrming their bag chew nets :

http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/

Thanks for the list. As I have said before, I am not much of a contester but I am thinking about picking up a new rig. If I dont spend all of my money at the next hamfest I am thinking about picking up a new IC-703+ and will need a chance to test it out. I see that there are a few qrp contests listed on that schedule and that will give me the prefect opportunity.

[N2RJ]

No problem. But I don't think you need a separate QRP rig for a QRP contest? I was planning on entering one as QRP but just turning down the power on my ProIII (and not cheating).

[kg4kww]

Holyland DX Contest: 0000Z-2359Z, Apr 18, cw, ssb, digital 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Info: http://www.iarc.org/wp-content/uploads/ ... 8_2009.pdf

ES Open HF Championship: 0500Z-0559Z, Apr 18 and 0600Z-0659Z, Apr 18 and 0700Z-0759Z, Apr 18 and 0800Z-0859Z, Apr 18, cw, ssb 40 & 80m
Info: http://www.erau.ee/modules.php?op=modlo ... e&artid=64

Michigan QSO Party: 1600Z, Apr 18 to 0400Z, Apr 19-- CW, SSB 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Info: http://www.miqp.org/Rules.htm

EU Spring Sprint, SSB: 1600Z-1959Z, Apr 18, ssb 80,40 & 20m
Info: http://www.eusprint.com/index.php?page=140&lang=g

Ontario QSO Party: 1800Z, Apr 18 to 0500Z, Apr 19 and 1200Z-1800Z, Apr 19, 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m
Info: http://cco.ve3xd.com/oqp/rules.htm

Apr 18, 1100Z-2359Z, Middle Island, NY. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, W2GSB/BSA. Suffolk county Boy Scout Communication Camporee. 14.260 7.260 3.895 14.070 PSK. QSL. W2GSB/BSA, PO Box 1356, West Babylon, NY 11704. http://www.gsbarc.org

[KB3LAZ]

No problem. But I don't think you need a separate QRP rig for a QRP contest? I was planning on entering one as QRP but just turning down the power on my ProIII (and not cheating).

I know that but I have always wanted a QRP rig.

[N8YX]

I know that but I have always wanted a QRP rig.

Blow the final transistors on your ProIII and you're all set. ;)

[KB3LAZ]

I know that but I have always wanted a QRP rig.

Blow the final transistors on your ProIII and you're all set. ;)

No, that's quite alright. I dont want to have qrp all of the time.

[N2RJ]

Holyland DX Contest: 0000Z-2359Z, Apr 18, cw, ssb, digital 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Info: http://www.iarc.org/wp-content/uploads/ ... 8_2009.pdf

ES Open HF Championship: 0500Z-0559Z, Apr 18 and 0600Z-0659Z, Apr 18 and 0700Z-0759Z, Apr 18 and 0800Z-0859Z, Apr 18, cw, ssb 40 & 80m
Info: http://www.erau.ee/modules.php?op=modlo ... e&artid=64

Michigan QSO Party: 1600Z, Apr 18 to 0400Z, Apr 19-- CW, SSB 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Info: http://www.miqp.org/Rules.htm

EU Spring Sprint, SSB: 1600Z-1959Z, Apr 18, ssb 80,40 & 20m
Info: http://www.eusprint.com/index.php?page=140&lang=g

Ontario QSO Party: 1800Z, Apr 18 to 0500Z, Apr 19 and 1200Z-1800Z, Apr 19, 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m
Info: http://cco.ve3xd.com/oqp/rules.htm

Apr 18, 1100Z-2359Z, Middle Island, NY. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, W2GSB/BSA. Suffolk county Boy Scout Communication Camporee. 14.260 7.260 3.895 14.070 PSK. QSL. W2GSB/BSA, PO Box 1356, West Babylon, NY 11704. http://www.gsbarc.org

Greg, that is nice but all of that is in the contest calendar.

I would like something that we don't already link to, such as contesting tips, contesting blogs, maybe links to big gun (and little pistol) station websites etc.

[KB3LIX]

Another decent resource is www.sk3bg.se/contest
They often list more obscure contests, mainly European slugfests.

On each entry, there is a link to one or more webpages for additional information
for the specified contest.

In addition, there is a running calendar for the previous year where you can go back
to any month (within the last year) and find out what contests ran and when.
This can be useful if you worked a contest, maybe submitted a log, but do not
have the web address to check on the results.

Contesting.com only seems to list contests for the current week.

Yes, there IS a yearly calendar, but the info is fixed and cannot be accessed for further information.

bill.....Back to the TARA Skirmish, the Michigan QSO Party and ther Ontario QSO Party....

Imagine working 3 contests at once....Talk about a glutton for punishment !!!!

[N2RJ]

Tnx Bill. I have added them to the links.