Contesting

Contest schedule

(From WA7BNM) J + NRAU 10m Activity Contest 1800Z-1900Z, Apr 2 (CW) and 1900Z-2000Z, Apr 2 (SSB) and 2000Z-2100Z, Apr 2 (FM) and 2100Z-2200Z, Apr 2 (Dig) + SARL 80m QSO Party 1700Z-2000Z, Apr 2 + + Nebraska QSO Party 1300Z, Apr 4 to 0100Z, Apr 5 and 1300Z-2200Z, Apr 5 + Missouri QSO Party 1400Z, Apr 4 to 0400Z, Apr 5 and 1400Z-2000Z, Apr 5 + Florida State Parks on the Air 1400Z-2200Z, Apr 4 and 1400Z-2200Z, Apr 5 + Mississippi QSO Party 1400Z, Apr 4 to 0200Z, Apr 5 + Louisiana QSO Party 1400Z, Apr 4 to 0200Z, Apr 5 + SP DX Contest 1500Z, Apr 4 to 1500Z, Apr 5 + EA RTTY Contest 1600Z, Apr 4 to 1600Z, Apr 5 + + RSGB RoLo SSB 1900Z-2030Z, Apr 5 ++ OK/OM DX Contest, SSB 1200Z, Apr 11 to 1200Z, Apr 12 + New Mexico QSO Party 1400Z, Apr 11 to 0200Z, Apr 12 + Georgia QSO Party 1800Z, Apr 11 to 0359Z, Apr 12 and 1400Z-2359Z, Apr 12 + North Dakota QSO Party 1800Z, Apr 11 to 1800Z, Apr 12 + Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest 2100Z, Apr 11 to 2100Z, Apr 12 + + International Vintage Contest HF 1200Z-1800Z, Apr 12 + Hungarian Straight Key Contest 1500Z-1600Z, Apr 12 + + Holyland DX Contest 2100Z, Apr 17 to 2100Z, Apr 18 ++ Worked All Provinces of China DX Contest 0600Z, Apr 18 to 0559Z, Apr 19 + YU DX Contest 0700Z, Apr 18 to 0659Z, Apr 19 + + Texas State Parks on the Air 1400Z, Apr 18 to 0200Z, Apr 19 and 1400Z-2000Z, Apr 19 + Michigan QSO Party 1600Z, Apr 18 to 0400Z, Apr 19 + + Ontario QSO Party 1800Z, Apr 18 to 0500Z, Apr 19 and 1200Z-1800Z, Apr 19 + + ARRL Rookie Roundup, SSB 1800Z-2359Z, Apr 19 + + 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, Digital 0001Z, Apr 25 to 2359Z, Apr 26 + + Florida QSO Party 1600Z, Apr 25 to 0159Z, Apr 26 and 1200Z-2159Z, Apr 26 Operating Tip: Get to Know Multiplier Band Plans It pays to be familiar with the frequency allocations of some of the multipliers you might need in a particular contest. If you're looking for the Japan multiplier on 160 meters in a CW contest, you'll have to look or CQ between 1.810 and 1.825 MHz, or between 1907.5 and 1912.5 MHz. Those are the only places that JA hams are allowed to operate on 160 meters. In a DX phone contest, you'll hear stations outside the USA operating on 40 meters starting at 7.050 MHz. US frequency allocations for phone operation on 40 meters start at 7.125 MHz, depending on license class. -ARRL Contest Letter

The ARRL DX Contest

ARRL DX Contest I was able to put some real time into this one (About 18 hours) because Mama was away for parts of Saturday and Sunday. I heard Tom, KV8Q several times, and President Emeritus Joe, AA8TA and Mark, N8FTB once each. My totals were almost identical to last year. I had the same number of multipliers this year but one more QSO. Call used: K8MP Location: OH Category: Single-Op Mode: CW Power: High Callsign of Operator(s): K8MP Exchanged Information: K8MP RST OH Hours of Operation: 18:43 band QSOs points mults ------------------------------------------------- 160 23 69 19 80 113 339 61 40 220 660 65 20 505 1515 81 15 59 177 34 10 5 15 4 ------------------------------------------------------ TOT. 925 2775 264 SCORE: 732,600 Yes, I participated as first time newbie. 1) 100W + wire 2) search & pounce 3) more "dx proxy" style (looking for new countries vs. points...) 4) spotting with dxwatch/dxsummit (don't have N1MM spotting working) 5) logging/control with N1MM with WKmini to key radio https://www.hamcrafters2.com/WKmini.html 6) didn't pull any all-nighters but did get up 4am one morning and logged a couple new zealand stations 7) TOTAL BLAST!! Mark N8FTB