HHHFFF HHHaaappppppeeennniiinnngggsss NNNooo 555000000 April 2012 The confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers at Douglas in the Northern Cape (KG10tw). The Vaal is on the right and the Orange comes in from the left. Beyond the look out point, the Orange River continues to Upington, the Augrabies Falls and the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander Bay South African Radio League * Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga Member Society of the International Amateur Radio Union since 1925 Subscribe to HF Happenings via [email protected] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HF_Happenings Why not give QRP contesting a try during the next couple of weekends? ZS Worked all Grid Squares In last week, Carina and I decided to go and visit soon-to-be-family (my daughter’s fi- nance and his parents) in the Douglas district of the Northern Cape during the Easter weekend. We left after the Good Friday church service and did some Geocaching along the route – no, we could not find the geocache at the Honoured Dead Memorial in Kimberley - a young man and his girlfriend thought this was an ideal place to sit and whisper sweet nothings to each other! We drove from KG30bv through KG31 – about 11 km, then a large section of KG21 – about 221 km, KG11 – about 6 km and then into KG10. Along the route, I made a number of con- tacts on 40 metres giving out the grids – FT-857 into an ATAS-120 antenna. At the farm (KG10xw), I put up a long wire antenna and worked some stations on 80 metres. Pieter, ZS6XT, has now worked 82 of the 83 Grids – he needs KG14 to finish off! Anybody going that way? On Saturday afternoon during the RaDAR contest, I worked from KG10xw and then mo- bile from the KG11/KG21 grid border on my way back to Bloemfontein. Conditions on 40 metres were good. The farm is about 7,4 km from the geographical centre of South Africa – S29 00 00 E24 00 00 (this according to the CIA Yearbook) where KG10, KG11, KG20 and KG21 meet. Do you need KG10? I will be visiting the area during the year and I will send out a notifi- cation. SARL Autumn QRP Contest Aim. These QRP contests are intended to be fun activities to promote QRP operation between radio amateurs in Southern Africa. Using homebuilt equipment or operating as a port- able / field station and using temporary antennas is encouraged, but is not a requirement. Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 2 May 12 HF Happenings Dates and times. Saturday 14 April 2012 from April 2012 12:00 to 15:00 UTC or 14:00 to 17:00 CAT General Info. Home or field stations are wel- 31 Mar to 7 Apr – Klein Karoo Na- come to participate. Modes: SSB, CW or mixed (SSB tional Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn and CW). Power: 5 watts (PEP) output or less. A sta- 5 – SARL 80 m QSO Party 5 to 9 – Splashy Fen Music Festival, tion may be contacted once per mode. Underberg; Sedgefield Slow Festival Frequency. This is a 40 metre band only 6 – Good Friday event. Please use the contest preferred segments 6 to 9 – Western Cape AWA Expo, CW: 7 000 – 7 040 kHz and SSB: 7 060 – 7 100 kHz Stanford; Two Oceans Marathon, and 7 130 – 7 200 kHz Cape Town Exchange. RS(T) and Grid locator. Please con- 6 to 15 – The Rand Show, Johannes- sider exchanging realistic RS(T) signal reports. burg Please use the full 6-character grid locator e.g. 7 – Autumn RaDAR Contest KG43eu. If the station’s grid locator is unknown, then 9 – Family Day use some other means that identifies the station’s 10 – Schools open location: E.g. the name of the closest town or city e.g. 14 – Autumn QRP Sprint Middelburg (Eastern Cape), or 25 km NW of Bloem- 18 – World Amateur Radio Day fontein. 20 and 21 – Holyland Contest QSO Points. Each SSB contact counts 1 point 20 to 22 - SARL National Convention, and each CW contact counts 2 points. Pinetown Multipliers. Prefix multiplier - each prefix 26 to 30 – Harley Davidson Africa worked, counts as a new prefix multiplier. Bike Week, Margate Station type multiplier - X 2 - for Home sta- 27 – Freedom Day; closing date May tions (fixed station) and X 3 - for Portable stations RAE (field station) 27 and 28 – Graskop Blue Swallow The definitions listed in the general section festival, Graskop 27 to 29 – Dirtopia Mountain Bike of the SARL rules define the above stations types Festival, Tarentaalkraal accurately. A mobile station will be treated as a field 27 to 30 – SA Cheese Festival, Stel- station. A portable station not meeting the require- lenbosch ments as a field station will be treated as a home 28 and 29 – John Dory’s Orange station. River Canoe Marathon, Hopetown Score. Score = (QSO points) x (No of pre- 29 – Summerveld Hike, Summerveld, fixes worked) x (Station multiplier) KZN Log returns. E-mailed logs submitted in elec- 30 – School holiday tronic form will be appreciated. In order of prefer- ence the following formats are requested - Using the provided Excel worksheet (available on SARL forum or direct from the contest manager) - send the logs in a text readable format i.e. Excel worksheet, text (txt) file or Cabrillo format - Con- testers may also send in their ADIF logs, but errors may occur during the conversion process. The log checkers cannot be held responsible for these conversion errors. In all cases please fill out the normal minimum data fields: Date, Time, Call sign of sta- tion worked, Mode, RS(T) sent, Exchange sent, RS(T) received, Exchange received and optionally a Comment field. If the logging program does not have a field for “contest exchange” or the alternative contest exchange is too long and does not fit in the provided entry field, then log that exchange info in the comment field. Logs shall be submitted within 7 days after the contest and can be sent by mail to the West Rand Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 5344, Weltevredenpark, 1725 or by e-mail to con- [email protected] Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 3 May 12 HF Happenings Contest Results SARL March Madness YL Sprint was held on Saturday 10 March. The committee re- ceived five logs – two from YLs and three from non-YLs! 1st Colette Rundle, ZS2CR, with 24 points 2nd Dawn Snyders, ZS5ME, with 15 points 3rd Theunis Potgieter, ZS2EC, with 9 points – OM 4th Derek Stuart, ZS2J, with 7 points – OM 5th Peet Pretourius, ZS4VP, with 3 points - OM The second SARL 80 metre Club Contest was run on Wednesday 28 March 2012 and this was a phone contest. Logs were received from members of the Port Elizabeth ARS, the Bloemfontein RAC and the West Rand ARC. 1st West Rand ARC – 146 points from 11 logs 2nd Bloemfontein RAC – 36 points from 2 logs 3rd Port Elizabeth ARS – 10 points from 1 log The combined scores after two contest is 1st West Rand ARC – 153 points 2nd Bloemfontein RAC – 36 points 3rd Port Elizabeth ARS – 10 points 4th Sasolburg ARC – 2 points SA QSL System back online as from 9 April 2012 “The SA QSL system has been reinstated as from today, 9 April 2012. A few notes: - The QSL database has been reinstated as at the last date on which the system was active in 2011, and as far as can be determined no records have been lost. - For your own protection please keep a record of any additions, updates or confirmations you may make until we are certain that the system is completely stable. This is good practice any- way... - All previous functionality has been reinstated with the exception of the automatic matching of QSLs feature of the My new QSLs page. - ADIF data import from Logger32 has been tested. ADIF input from other programs has not been tested. If you use another logging program please test on a small number of records first, and advise [email protected]. Please report any queries or problems experienced to [email protected].” No Square Kilometre Array (SKA) site decision South Africans will have to wait until at least mid May before it may be decided whether South Africa or Australia will be the country to host the SKA. Members of the SKA Organisation met in Amsterdam on 4 April for their first general meeting. They noted the SKA site selection advisory committee's report and associated com- mentary that had been passed to them by the SKA Organisation's board, which met last month in the UK. Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 4 May 12 HF Happenings The members wished to move ahead with the site selection process and recognised that it is desirable to maintain an inclusive approach to the SKA. They noted that it is important to maximise the value from the investment made by both candidate regions. A small scientific working group was set up to explore possible implementation options that would achieve this. The working group will report back in mid-May. At a recent media briefing the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, said sharing the SKA between Australia and South Africa was not an option. She said South Africa is ready to host the SKA. Commenting on the decision by the general meeting of the SKA organisa- tion the minister said, "I am disappointed at the delay. I hope that the SKA organisation will make a decision in the first half of 2012 and that the decision will reflect the best scientific outcome." Malaysia to Host Eighth Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communi- cations Conference The Eighth Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC) - called MyGAREC 2012 http://www.mygarec2012.com/garec/ - will be held from 12 to 14 Novem- ber in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan at the Thistle Port Dickson Resort. GAREC began in 2005 in Tampere, Finland. The conference attracts radio amateurs who have an interest in providing emergency communications in response to disasters or during train- ing exercises. MyGAREC 2012 has been timed to immediately follow the IARU Region 3 Confer- ence in Vietnam (scheduled for 5 to 9 November) with its theme of disaster relief communica- tions. General information for MyGAREC 2012 - including information on the venue, registra- tion fees, the tentative agenda and registration forms has been posted on the MyGAREC web- site http://www.mygarec2012.com/garec/index.php/info-mygarec-2012/mygarec-2012-schedule According to organisers, the website will be updated weekly with the latest news and program changes. Among the topics to be discussed include the HF emergency operating proce- dure and the future of GAREC, as well as presentations from the three IARU regions. Presenta- tions from various IARU Member-Societies regarding recent disaster relief communications operations will also be scheduled. Previous GARECs have been held in Finland (2005 and 2006), the USA (2007), Germany (2008), Japan (2009), Curacao (2010) and South Africa (2011). WaveGuide: Real-time HF propagation conditions for iPhone and iPad WaveGuide is the amateur radio operator’s ultimate utility for determining HF propagation condi- tions, whether you’re in the shack with your linear or QRP mountain topping. Designed from the ground up as a Universal app that works on both iPhone and iPad, WaveGuide is easy, fun, and powerful. Utilizing data from the popular PSKReporter database, WaveGuide plots real-time propagation conditions, connecting stations with great circles to show exactly where band condi- tions are best. The colors of the great circles indicate the band, so it’s easy to visually determine how the ionosphere is behaving anywhere in the world. Features - Filter by band, call sign, grid square, mode, and period; View details for each trans- mission, including time, DXCC entity, frequency, distance, and bearing; Display all signals at once, or just signals from one station; Find the best PSK31 frequencies to monitor at your QTH Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 5 May 12 HF Happenings Some Example Uses - See how band conditions fluctuate worldwide throughout the course of the day. Chase DX by finding transmissions in your grid square. Track signals received by your home station while you’re away. How many countries can you collect? MacLoggerDX Version 5.37 released. Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 5.37 of MacLoggerDX has been released and can be downloaded from http://dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html What’s New in this version? Intel Only, OS 10.6 or later; QSL Via added to DXClus- ter/Spots Panel; Added Lion Full-screen mode; Mode added to Change Selected Log Entries; 2D Map refresh; Ten-Tec Orion Split mode fixed; K3 2nd Rx Pref added; FT-8×7 Split mode fixed; Longer DXCluster timeouts; Clear Stacking register; Speech Alarm expands “M” to “Meters”; Specific Call Alarm also searches Comments for Keywords; DX de Tooltip shows call and country; Command-click DXcluster band check boxes; Added CSV export to Labels Panel; Memory foot- print reduced; Filter Alarms; Added HB9BZA LoTW list; ADIF Export QSL Received bug fixed. Need to get rid of your Fleas? The West Rand Amateur Radio Club is hosting its next flea market at 12:00 on Saturday 28 April 2012 at the clubhouse in Kroton Street, Weltevredenpark, Roodepoort. Everyone is very welcome. For more information, contact Phillip, ZS6PVT, at 083 267 3835. African DX Cameroon, TJ. Ivan, 5N7M/OM3CGN, is now active as TJ6RM until 16 April. Activity is on 40 - 10 metres using CW and SSB. QSL via OM3CGN. African Islands Seychelles, S7. Heye, DJ9RR, will be active as S79RR from Mahe Island between 15 and 23 May. Activity will be holiday style on 40 - 10 metres using CW and RTTY. QSL via his home call sign, by the Bureau or direct or LoTW. Tristan da Cunha, ZD9. Operators Martin, G3ZAY, and Robert, M0VFC, are planning (not yet confirmed) to be active as ZD9UW from Tristan da Cunha possibly in September. More details are forthcoming, watch http://www.zd9uw.org.uk Special Event Stations World Amateur Radio Day - April 18 South Africa – ZS6IARU, will be active on 18 April. QSL via ZS4BS. Mexico. 6H6IARU by the Federación Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores. This station will be active from 13 to 18 April on all modes and bands. QSL via LoTW and N7RO, direct or bureau. Chile. 3G87IARU by the Radio Club de Chile. This station will be active throughout the month of April. QSL via CE3AA. Bulgaria. LZ1WARD by the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs also will be active throughout the month of April. QSL via bureau. Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 6 May 12 HF Happenings Liberia. EL2RL by the Liberia Radio Amateur Association will be active on 18 April 2011 on 10, 15, 17 and 20 metres. Direct QSL to EL2BA. Switzerland. HB9WARD by Union Schweizerischer Kurzwellen-Amateure to be active also on 18 April 2011. QSL via HB9JOE. Poland. HF87WARD by members of the SP-CFF (SP0CFF). This station will be active from 17 to 30 April to 30. QSL via eQSL.cc and WFF LogSerach. For those who want to send card direct, please send SASE to Polish Club Flora & Fauna, Suchacz, Wielmozy 5b, 82-340 Tolkmicko, Poland. They will even have an award for this operation. Portugal. Special event station CR6IARU is active until 19 April. QSL via bureau. Contest Calendar This week's contests compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM. The period covered is 9 to 16 April 2012. Low Power Spring Sprint 14:00 - 20:00 UTC 9 April Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m Classes: Single Op Single Band; Single Op Two/Three Band; Single Op All Band Max power: A: 1 watt; C: 5 watts; Q: 25 watts; X: 50 watts; Y: 100 watts Exchange: RST, 4-character grid square and power category – A, C, Q, X or Y QSO Points: 3 points per QSO with same continent; 9 points per QSO with different continent; 18 points per QSO with OM station Multipliers: Each grid square once per band; Each prefix once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 9 May 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Mail logs to: Radioklub OM3KFV, PO Box 3, 038 61 Vrutky, Slovakia Find rules at: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/lowpowerspringsprint2010.pdf NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint 00:30 - 02:30 UTC 11 April Mode: CW Bands: 80, 40, 20 m Classes: (none) Max power: 5 watts Exchange: RST, state, province or country and NAQCC no or power Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member; 2 points per QSO with member Multipliers: Each state, province or country once Key Type Mult: 2 x if straight key, 1,5 x if bug, 1 x if other Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x key type mult Submit logs by: 23:59 UTC 14 April 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Upload log at: http://naqcc.n4lcd.com/sprintlog.html Mail logs to: John Shannon, K3WWP, 478 E. High St., Kittanning, PA 16201, USA Find rules at: http://naqcc.info/sprint201204.html CWops Mini-CWT Test 13:00 - 14:00 UTC, 19:00 - 20:00 UTC 11 April and 03:00 - 04:00 UTC 12 April Mode: CW Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 7 May 12 HF Happenings Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m Classes: Single Op QRP, low or high Max power: HP: >100 watts; LP: 100 watts; QRP: 5 watts Exchange: Member: Name and member no; non-Member: Name and state, province or 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: 04:00 UTC 14 April 2012 Post log summary at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/ Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.cwops.org/onair.html NAQCC-EU Monthly Sprint 18:00 - 20:00 UTC 11 April Mode: CW Bands: 80, 40, 20 m Classes: Single Op Max power: 5 watts Exchange: RST, country and NAQCC no or power Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 1 point per QSO with non-member; 2 points per QSO with member Multipliers: Each country in Europe; First country in each continent worked other than Europe Key Type Mult: 2 x if straight key, 1,5 x if bug, 1 x if other Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x key type mult Submit logs by: 20:00 UTC 14 April 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Upload log at: http://www.naqcc-eu.org/autologger/ Mail logs to: M Ireland MW3YMY, Pen-y-Gadlas, Ffordd Bryniau, Meliden, Prestatyn, Denbighshire LL19 8RD, UK Find rules at: http://naqcc-eu.org/SprintHelp/SprintRules.pdf RSGB 80 m Club Championship, SSB 19:00 - 20:30 UTC 11 April Mode: SSB Bands: 80 m Only Classes: (none) Exchange: RS and serial no QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: (none) Score Calculation: (see rules) Submit logs by: 23:59 UTC 18 April 2012 Upload log at: http://www.vhfcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2012/r80mcc.shtml NCCC Sprint Ladder 02:30 - 03:00 UTC 13 April Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 m Classes: Single Op Max power: 100 watts Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 8 May 12 HF Happenings Exchange: (see rules) 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 KL7 and KH6) once per band; Each VE province 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: 15 April 2012 E-mail logs to: (none) Post log summary at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/ Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html Montana QSO Party 00:00 UTC 14 April to 24:00 UTC 15 April Mode: CW, Phone, Digital Bands: 160 to 70 cm Classes: Single Op CW, phone, digital or mixed - QRP, low or high; Multi-Single CW, phone, digital or mixed - QRP, low or high; Mobile/Rover CW, phone, digital or mixed - QRP, low or high Max power: HP: >150 watts; LP: 150 watts; QRP: 5 watts Exchange: MT: county; non-MT: state, province or "DX" Work stations: Once per band per mode QSO Points: 1 point per SSB QSO; 2 points per CW/Digital QSO Multipliers: MT: Each state, province or MT county once per mode; Non-MT: Each MT county once per mode Power: >150 W - 1 X, 150 W - 2 X, QRP - 3 X Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults x power mult Submit logs by: 22 April 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Post log summary at: http://fvarc.org/?q=MT-QSO-Entry Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.fvarc.org/?q=libmain/39 JIDX CW Contest 07:00 UTC 14 April to 13:00 UTC 15 April Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 m Classes: Single Op All Band - low or high; Single Op Single Band - low or high; Multi-Single; Maritime Mobile Max power: HP: >100 W; LP: 100 W Exchange: JA: RST and Prefecture no; non-JA: RST and CQ Zone no Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 4 points per JA - DX QSO on 160 m; 2 points per JA - DX QSO on 80 m; 1 point per JA - DX QSO on 40, 20, 15 m; 2 points per JA - DX QSO on 10 m Multipliers: JA Stations: DXCC countries and CQ zones once per band; non-JA Stations: JA prefec- tures plus JD1/O, JD1/MT, JD1/OT once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 14 May 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Mail logs to: JIDX CW Contest, c/o Five-Nine Magazine, PO Box 59, Kamata, Tokyo 144-8691, Japan Find rules at: http://www.jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html New Mexico QSO Party Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 9 May 12 HF Happenings 14:00 UTC 14 April to 02:00 UTC 15 April Mode: CW, Phone, Digital Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 m Classes: Single Op; Multi-Op; Mobile Single Op; Mobile Multi-Op Max power: HP: >150 watts; LP: 150 watts; QRP: 5 watts Exchange: NM: Name and county; non-NM: Name and state, province or country QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO; 2 points per CW/Digital QSO; Mobile Bonus: 5 000 points per county from which at least 15 QSOs Multipliers: NM Stations: Each county, state, province, DXCC country once; non-NM Stations: Each NM county once Power: HP = 1 X, LP =2 X, QRP = 5 X Score Calculation: Total score = (total QSO points x total mults x power mult) and mobile bonus points Submit logs by: 5 May 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Mail logs to: New Mexico QSO Party, c/o Jerry Aceto, K6LIE, 1023 Purple Aster Dr, Bernalillo, NM 87004, USA Find rules at: http://pages.swcp.com/~n5zgt/nmqsoparty/documents/NMQP_forms.pdf EU Spring CW Sprint 16:00 – 19:59 UTC 14 April Mode: CW Bands: 80, 40, 20 m Classes: Single Op - low or high Max power: HP: >100 W; LP: 100 W Exchange: your call sign, other stations call sign, serial no and name Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: (none) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points Submit logs by: 29 April 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Mail logs to: Dave Lawley, G4BUO, Carramore, Coldharbour Road, Penshurst, Kent TN11 8EX, England Find rules at: http://www.eu-sprint.com/index.php?page=140&lang=g Georgia QSO Party 18:00 UTC 14 April to 03:59 UTC 15 April and 14:00 - 23:59 UTC 15 April Mode: CW/Digital, Phone Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 m Classes: Single Op - CW, phone or mixed - QRP, low or high; Multi-Single - CW, phone or mixed - QRP, low or high; Multi-Multi - CW, phone or mixed - QRP, low or high; Rover Single Op - CW, phone or mixed - QRP, low or high; Rover Multi-Op - CW, phone or mixed - QRP, low or high Max power: HP: >150 W; LP: 150 W; QRP: 5 W Exchange: GA: RST and county; non-GA: RST and state, province or "DX" Work stations: Once per band per mode QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO; 2 points per CW QSO Multipliers: GA Stations: Each state and DC and VE province/territory once per mode; non-GA Sta- tions: each GA county once per mode Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 15 May 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Mail logs to: John Laney, K4BAI, PO Box 421, Columbus, GA 31902-0421, USA Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month? Page 10 May 12 HF Happenings Find rules at: http://www.georgiaqsoparty.org/ QCWA Spring QSO Party 18:00 UTC 14 April to 18:00 UTC 15 April Mode: CW/Digital, Phone Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, VHF/UHF Classes: CW/Digital Only; Phone Only; Mixed Exchange: last 2 digits of year first licensed, name and state, province, country or QCWA chapter Work stations: Once per band regardless of mode QSO Points: 1 point per phone QSO; 2 points per CW/digital QSO Multipliers: (see rules) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mult points Submit logs by: 15 May 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Mail logs to: W2OD, Robert Buus, 8 Donner Street, Holmdel N.J. 07733-2004, USA Find rules at: http://www.qcwa.org/qso-party.pdf Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest 21:00 UTC 14 April to 21:00 UTC 15 April Mode: CW Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, Satellites Classes: Single Op Multi-Band; Single Op Single Band; Multi-Single; SWL Exchange: RST and ITU Zone no Work stations: Once per band QSO Points: 2 points per QSO with same country; 3 points per QSO with different country on same continent; 4 points per QSO with different continent; 100 points per satellite QSO; 3 x QSO points on 160 and 80 m, 2 x QSO points on 40 m Multipliers: ITU zones once per band; QSO with R3K, RS3A, RT3F and UP7Z once per band Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 15 May 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32 International Vintage Contest HF 07:00 – 10:00 UTC and 13:00 - 16:00 UTC 15 April Mode: CW, SSB, AM Bands: 40, 20 m Classes: Single Op All Band; Single Op CW; Single Op SSB; Single Op AM; Multi-Op All Band; Multi- Op Single Band; SWL Exchange: RS(T) and 4-character grid square Work stations: Once per band per mode QSO Points: 1 point per QSO Multipliers: (see rules) Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults Submit logs by: 30 May 2012 E-mail logs to: [email protected] Mail logs to: (none) Find rules at: http://www.contestvintage.beepworld.it/rules-2012.htm Hungarian Straight Key Contest 15:00 - 17:00 UTC 15 April Have YOU done anything to promote Amateur Radio this month?