Contesting

Contest schedule

J 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint 0100Z-0300Z, Feb 10 + ARRL School Club Roundup 1300Z, Feb 10 to 2359Z, Feb 14 + PODXS 070 Club Valentine Sprint 0000Z-2359Z, Feb 14 + ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Feb 15 to 2400Z, Feb 16 + Run for the Bacon QRP Contest 0200Z-0400Z, Feb 17 + AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Evening 1900Z-2030Z, Feb 19 + CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB 2200Z, Feb 21 to 2159Z, Feb 23 + REF Contest, SSB 0600Z, Feb 22 to 1800Z, Feb 23 + High Speed Club CW Contest 0900Z-1700Z, Feb 23 + SKCC Sprint 0000Z-0200Z, Feb 26 + UBA DX Contest, CW 1300Z, Feb 29 to 1300Z, Mar 1 + North American QSO Party, RTTY 1800Z, Feb 29 to 0600Z, Mar 1 March 2020 + SARL Hamnet 40m Simulated Emerg Contest 1200Z-1400Z, Mar 1 + North Carolina QSO Party 1500Z, Mar 1 to 0100Z, Mar 2 + ARS Spartan Sprint 0200Z-0400Z, Mar 3 + AGCW YL-CW Party 1900Z-2100Z, Mar 3 + ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 7 to 2400Z, Mar 8 + Wake-Up! QRP Sprint 0600Z-0800Z, Mar 7 + SKCC Weekend Sprintathon 1200Z, Mar 7 to 2359Z, Mar 8 + Open Ukraine RTTY Championship 1800Z, Mar 7 to 1359Z, Mar 8 + 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 9 + YB DX RTTY Contest 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 14 + RSGB Commonwealth Contest 1000Z, Mar 14 to 1000Z, Mar 15 + AGCW QRP Contest 1400Z-2000Z, Mar 14 + Stew Perry Topband Challenge 1500Z, Mar 14 to 1500Z, Mar 15 + Oklahoma QSO Party 1500Z, Mar 14 to 2100Z, Mar 15 + EA PSK63 Contest 1600Z, Mar 14 to 1600Z, Mar 15 + QCWA QSO Party 1800Z, Mar 14 to 1800Z, Mar 15 + Idaho QSO Party 1900Z, Mar 14 to 1900Z, Mar 15 + QRP ARCI Spring Thaw SSB Shootout 2200Z-2300Z, Mar 14 + North American Sprint, RTTY 0000Z-0400Z, Mar 15 + Wisconsin QSO Party 1800Z, Mar 15 to 0100Z, Mar 16 + Run for the Bacon QRP Contest 0100Z-0300Z, Mar 16 + BARTG HF RTTY Contest 0200Z, Mar 21 to 0200Z, Mar 23 + Russian DX Contest 1200Z, Mar 21 to 1200Z, Mar 22 + Louisiana QSO Party 1400Z, Mar 21 to 0200Z, Mar 22 + AGCW VHF/UHF Contest 1400Z-1800Z, Mar 21 + SKCC Sprint 0000Z-0200Z, Mar 25 + CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 28 to 2400Z, Mar 29 + FOC QSO Party 0000Z-2359Z, Mar 28 The N1MM Logger+ developers are pruning the list of contests built in to the popular logging program. They've put out a list of the contests that they propose to remove from the drop-down selection list when starting a new log. Larry, K8UT wrote: "...there are contests in our Supported Contests List that are obsolete/inactive and should be de-listed from the Entry window's > File > New Log in Database - contest choices... As part of that effort we have identified 51 contests that appear to be obsolete/inactive. In this week's Latest Update release (of the N1MM Logger+ program - ed.) we will begin trimming the menu selection list by removing contests that are tagged as obsolete/inactive. The list of those 51 proposed obsolete contests can be found in the website's > Downloads > Program Files > Experimental Versions gallery. If your contest is listed but is still an active contest, please contact the Development Team to get your contest reinstated on the list. NOTE: This list does not include User Defined Contests (UDCs) and QSO Parties. We'll be looking at those in the future, also." Details of the curricula and faculty of the 2020 Contest University in Dayton, Ohio next May have been posted to the Contest University website. Contest University provides a full day, 7 AM to 5 PM, of contesting information. The speaker for the TopBand Dinner in Dayton, Ohio on Friday, May 15, 2020 has been announced - Glenn Johnson, W0GJ. Glenn's presentation is entitled "Mutiny on the Bands! A Review of the 2019 VP6R Pitcairn Island DXpedition" and will focus on what made the DXpedition successful on Top Band. The Dayton Contest Dinner will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2020, with guest speaker Bryant, KG5HVO. As is tradition, the announcement of the 2020 CQ Contest Hall of Fame Inductees will be made at the dinner. Icom and DX Engineering are Platinum sponsors of this event. - ARRL Contest Letter