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The ARRL Contest Update

Published by the American Radio Relay League ********************************************

December 21, 2022

Editor: Paul Bourque, N1SFE <contest-update@arrl.org>

IN THIS ISSUE:

- Upcoming Contests - Things To Do
- Contest Summary
- News, Press Releases, and Special Interest
- Word to the Wise
- Sights and Sounds
- Results and Records
- Operating Tip
- Technical Topics and Discussion
- Conversation

UPCOMING CONTESTS - THINGS TO DO

It's an operating event, not a contest. The ARRL Volunteers On the Air Operating Event <https://www.arrl.org/files/file/VOTA%20-%20Volunteers%20On%20The%20Air/QST%20VOTA.pdf>
starts January 1, 2023, and is a year-long on-air celebration that
"recognizes the organization's abundant volunteer support and
contributions." Get on the air and make contacts, upload your logs to
LoTW, and check your score online. LoTW will automatically tally your
point totals. Check out the details at http://vota.arrl.org <http://vota.arrl.org/>.

There are many holiday-themed activities between now and the new year.
Though the DARC Christmas Contest <https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/weihnachtswettbewerb/en/>
is a 2.5 hour contest focused on German amateurs, according to the
sponsors, "foreign stations are always welcome to take part, and with
the current conditions on 40 meters, they truly have an advantage in propagation over the DLs." If you hear "FF" as a contact-closer on CW,
it means Frohes Fest (Merry Christmas).

The YOTA Contest <https://www.ham-yota.com/contest/" l "rules> on
December 30 is a mixed-mode contest with the operator's age as part of
the exchange. It's the third and last segment of the 2022 YOTA Contest
series.

The SARTG New Year RTTY Contest
<http://www.sartg.com/contest/nyrules.htm> is a 3-hour contest starting
at midnight on January 1 Eastern Time (US). Exchange is RST, contact
number, name, and "HAPPY NEW YEAR" with no abbreviations permitted.
This sounds like a fun one, and an opportunity to ensure proper RTTY
operation before the 2023 ARRL RTTY Roundup on the weekend of January
7, 2023. Don't forget the weekly NCCC RTTY Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html> sessions on Thursday evenings.

Why not get some CW practice in over the next 2 weeks, and then join
the weekly 2023 CWops Test (CWT) Series
<https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, which starts in January? Consistent
effort, consistently applied...

Contest Summary

See the "Contests" section below for complete contest information.

December 22, 2022 - January 4, 2023

December 22

- CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

December 23

- NCCC RTTY Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>
- QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>
- NCCC Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rules.html>
- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>

December 24

- CW QRS Xmas Activity <https://cwqrs.it/en/xmas-activity-2022-rules/>

December 25

- RAEM Contest <https://raem.srr.ru/rules/>

December 26

- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>
- DARC Christmas Contest <https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/weihnachtswettbewerb/en/>
- QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>
- ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>
- OK1WC Memorial (MWC)
<https://memorial-ok1wc.cz/index.php?page=rules2l>

December 27

- Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>
- QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>
- ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

December 28

- SKCC Sprint
<http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/>
- QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>
- Phone Weekly Test
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>
- A1Club AWT <https://a1club.org/contest/awt/>
- CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- Mini-Test 40 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>
- Mini-Test 80 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>

December 29

- CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

December 30

- NCCC RTTY Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>
- QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>
- NCCC Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rules.html>
- YOTA Contest <https://www.ham-yota.com/contest/>
- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>

December 31

- Bogor Old and New Contest
<http://www.orari-bogor.org/contest/#!/rules>

January 1

- AGB New Year Snowball Contest <http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu/agb_nysb.htm>
- SARTG New Year RTTY Contest
<http://www.sartg.com/contest/nyrules.htm>
- AGCW Happy New Year Contest
<https://www.agcw.de/contest/hnyc/hnyc-engl/>
- AGCW VHF/UHF Contest <https://www.agcw.de/contest/vhf-uhf/>

January 2

- K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>
- ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>
- OK1WC Memorial (MWC)
<https://memorial-ok1wc.cz/index.php?page=rules2l>
- ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>

January 3

- Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>
- ARS Spartan Sprint <http://arsqrp.blogspot.com/2009/02/so-whats-spartan-sprint-and-how-do-i.html> - ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>

January 4

- QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>
- Phone Weekly Test
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>
- A1Club AWT <https://a1club.org/contest/awt/>
- CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>
- VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest
<http://www.ft8activity.eu/index.php/en/>
- Mini-Test 40 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>
- Mini-Test 80 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>
- UKEICC 80m Contest <https://www.ukeicc.com/80m-rules.php>

News, Press Releases, and Special Interest

Effective January 1, 2023, the Radio Amateurs of Canada has redefined
the list of Sections <http://va7eca.ca/radio-amateurs-of-canada-making-changes-effective-jan-1-2023>.
Here's a new map of the Sections <http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/sections_2.php>.

N3FJP <https://www.n3fjp.com/> has announced that he is ready for the
change with new versions of various logging programs affected by the
RAC Section changes:

- ARRL 160 Meter Contest Log 5.0.3
- ARRL Field Day Contest Log 6.6.5
- ARRL November Sweepstakes Contest Log 7.3.5
- Pennsylvania QSO Party Contest Log 4.8.4
- Winter Field Day Contest Log 2.8.5 (additional rule changes also incorporated)

From the comments on 3830scores <https://3830scores.com/curreccomments.php?arg=KwcgfXzKsymv3>, the

recent ARRL 10-Meter Contest was something special for many this year. Everything from Jim Caron's, WT8P "Haven't seen 10 meters that active
since I became a ham!," to the Cayman Amateur Radio Society's, ZF1A
(ops: K7ZO, NN1C, W9KKN), "Wasn't that fun to have 10 meters almost all
the way back? Compared to the last 7 years, it was great. Certainly
better than anything since 2014. Who knows what awaits us in 2023?
Let's hope we get 2013-type of conditions." John Kalenowsky, K9JK,
writes: "I've been watching the log count for this past weekend's
10-Meter Contest. With 2 days to go, the log submission count for 2022
has just matched the most recent high count of 5,479 (from 2014), which
had just topped the 5,378 from 2011. By how much will 2022's count top
the count from 2014? Is this a first hint that Cycle 25 is really
here?"

The Radio Amateurs of Canada recently conducted an online survey open
to all Canadian radio amateurs regarding amateur radio call signs in
Canada. The purpose was to help inform policymaking on details like the
use of special prefixes (e.g. VE0), the mechanism and timing of the
release of SK call signs, the use of single-letter suffixes, and so on.
You can read a summary of the survey results here <https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=1cc2ce962688ad6bb6db0d414&id=69528dd920>.

There's a vigorous discussion going on in the ARRL-Contesting group
about self-spotting and the ARRL Rules <https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Contesting/message/1499>. Bob Naumann,
W5OV, responded to some previous messages on the topic. He said:
"Simply put: self-spotting is no longer forbidden." See the text of the
posting in the Conversation section below.

QSO Parties are a fun and low-pressure way to exercise some contest
muscles. Alan Sewell, N5NA, maintains a sortable list of them <https://qsoparty.eqth.net/index.html>, as does Bruce Horn's, WA7BNM, contestcalendar.com
<https://www.contestcalendar.com/stateparties.html>. Vermont,
Minnesota, and British Columbia kick off the 2023 season on the weekend
of February 6.

Tim Duffy, K3LR, announces:

"Registration <http://contestuniversity.com/> is now open for the 2023
Dayton Contest University (CTU) to be held all day on Thursday, May 18,
2023, at the Hope Hotel in Dayton, Ohio <https://www.hopehotel.com/>.
This is the day before Hamvention <https://hamvention.org/> opens in
Xenia, Ohio. CTU 2022 Dayton was amazing - we expect 2023 CTU to be
even better!

Eight different countries have hosted CTUs over the past 14 years: USA, Australia, Russia, Germany, Italy, England, Brazil, and Finland. Over
8,500 students have attended these CTUs with more than 100 CTU
professors sharing their contesting experiences.

2023 will be the 14th year for CTU Dayton. To give you an idea of the
quality of the CTU content and activities, you can see videos and PDF presentations from past CTUs on their website
<http://contestuniversity.com/>.

The 2023 CTU Dayton course outline will be posted once all of the
courses have been confirmed. Check the website for updates. Each
presentation is carefully prepared with up-to-date information. The CTU professors are experienced contesters and will share their knowledge.

There are scholarships (registration fee paid) available for CTU
through a grant from the Northern California DX Foundation
<https://ncdxf.org/> (NCDXF) for students who are up to 25 years old.
Please use the "contact us" button on the CTU website to get more
information.

2023 student registration information is on the CTU website <http://contestuniversity.com/>.

CTU registration makes a great Christmas gift!

As we did last year, if you want to sign up for the 2023 Dayton CTU and
you have given a talk (or will give one by Hamvention 2023) about
amateur radio to a ham radio club, Hamfest, or group by May 18, 2023,
you qualify for a $10 discount on your registration fee. Please choose
the "Registration with club talk discount" option to get the discount. Spreading the word about amateur radio is lots of fun and can save you
money at CTU!

Thanks to all of the CTU sponsors, including Icom America <https://www.icomamerica.com/en/amateur/>, DX Engineering <https://dxengineering.com/>, the Northern California DX Foundation <https://ncdxf.org/>, The YASME Foundation <https://www.yasme.org/>,
the Radio Club of America <https://www.radioclubofamerica.org/>, and CQ <https://cq-amateur-radio.com/> Magazine
<https://cq-amateur-radio.com/> for making CTU possible. Thanks to Teri
Grizer, K8MNJ; Amy Leggiero, N8AMY, and Jerry Haislip, K1SO, for all of
their help with CTU. Special thanks to Scott Neader, KA9FOX, from
qth.com <https://qth.com/> for hosting and constructing the CTU
headquarters website.

"See you in Dayton at CTU 2023 and Merry Christmas," said Tim Duffy,
K3LR.

Chris Plumblee, W4WF, announces: "The 2023 Orlando Contest Dinner,
sponsored by Icom America, has been set for February 10, 2023. The
event has returned to the American Legion Department of Florida at
1912A Lee Road in Orlando. Tickets for the dinner are now available at https://floridacontestgroup.square.site." More details are available on
the website. Note that this event is coincident with the Orlando
HamCation <https://www.hamcation.com/>.

Attention CW and RTTY Sprinters! Ward, N0AX, writes: "The updated rules
for the 2023 NA CW and RTTY Sprint rules are now online at ncjweb.com <http://ncjweb.com>.

Start times for the February/March Sprints have returned to 0000 UTC.
The increased solar activity keeps 20 meters open long enough to remove
the need for an earlier start time. Start times for the September
Sprints have not changed.

There are no other major changes but the operating frequencies now
reflect what actually happens on the air: Suggested frequencies are
above 3.525, 7.025 and 14.025 MHz on CW, and above 3.580, 7.080 and
14.080 MHz on RTTY.

Changes in RAC sections will NOT affect Sprint scoring since provinces
are used as multipliers.

I have heard concerns from some new Sprinters that they might be

disqualified due to large score reductions from logging errors. That
rule (Rule 16) was originally written to deal with problems found in
paper logs. Today, the only reason for a DQ is illegal or unethical
operation. This should make newcomers less hesitant to give Sprint a
try - we welcome new Sprinters!

Also, don't forget that if you hear a CQ from one of the State QSO
Parties going on at the same time or another contest, you can count the
contact in Sprint if the other station gives you all of the required information. The other station does not have to follow the QSY rule if
they don't submit a Sprint log.

We hope to hear you on the air in 2023 and thanks for your previous

participation. Please encourage your club members and other friends to
join the fun!

73, Ward N0AX

CW NA Sprint Manager

The 2023 NA Sprint <http://ncjweb.com> calendar

CW

0000-0359 UTC, Feb 5 with Logs Due on February 12

0000-0359 UTC, Sep 10 with Logs Due on September 17

RTTY

0000-0359 UTC, Mar 12 with Logs Due on March 19

0000-0359 UTC, Sep 17 with Logs Due on September 24

What contest-relevant open-source software or hardware project did you
find most interesting or useful in 2022? Let me know! Send me an email
at contest-update@arrl.org <contest-update@arrl.org?subject=Contest-relevant%20hardware%20or%20software>. I'll summarize it for the January 4, 2023 newsletter.

Word to the Wise

807

The 807 is a type of radio tube that found common use in RF and audio
power amplifiers. 807 is more commonly used now as slang for a bottle
of beer. Conversely, tubes are also informally called bottles.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

RESULTS AND RECORDS

Just FYI, although the ARRL contest results website has not yet been
updated with the results of the June 2022 ARRL VHF Contest, the results
article was published in the December 2022 issue of QST. The
Headquarters staff anticipates that the results will appear on the
website in January, when staffing levels are back to normal.

Operating Tip

Always Send Corrected Call Signs

Sometimes while running, we'll respond to a caller with, "K7XXX 5NN
WWA," and they'll respond with a corrected call and the exchange, "DE
K7XXR 5NN WWA." Always send the corrected call sign to acknowledge that
the right call sign has been logged. Sometimes the logging program will
take care of this for you for CW contacts if configured correctly, but
for phone, you'll have to do it. If you do not acknowledge a corrected
call, the other station may contact you again, slowing your rate, or
they may just not log you because they heard you contact a station with
a different call sign.

TECHNICAL TOPICS AND DISCUSSION

TinySA Ultra is a low-cost spectrum analyzer. It covers 0.1 MHz - 6 GHz
at a price point of approximately $130. RTL-SDR has compiled a list of
reviews; it appears that for many amateur radio tasks, it could be
wholly adequate.

User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is a protocol used for communication
between applications on the same or different computers in a computer
network. It's easy for application developers to use, and has a
relatively low overhead. It's also the protocol used to coordinate
logging operations between applications like WSJT-X, N1MM Logger+, and
many others. When it works, it's great. But one of the characteristics
of UDP is that it's not guaranteed to be reliable. Different UDP
packets can arrive at the application out of order, and packets that
are sent by one application may just be dropped. Packet loss can be
made worse by high CPU loads, burst of network traffic, or even slow
hardware. The application expecting UDP packets wouldn't generally know
that a packet went missing. This situation doesn't happen often and is unlikely, but it can and does happen. To be sure you've logged all of
the contacts you've made, you could cross-check the logged contacts in,
say, N1MM Logger+, with those that were logged in WSJT-X, just to be
sure.

If you were intrigued by the AI conversation in the last newsletter and
want to dive deeper into the underpinnings of machine learning, check
out the "Applied Machine Learning" video series from Cornell <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2UML_KCiC0UlY7iCQDSiGDMovaupqc83>.

CONVERSATION

Self-Spotting in ARRL Contests

Bob Naumann, W5OV, posted this message regarding self-spotting in the ARRL-Contesting forum
<https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Contesting/message/1499>. It's of
general interest to the contesting community - Ed.

Simply put: self-spotting is no longer forbidden.

The evolution of this has been going on for several years.
Self-spotting was first allowed in VHF and up contesting back in 2015
or so.

Enter Social Media:

For HF, the Contest Advisory Committee (CAC) <http://www.arrl.org/arrl-staff-cac> opined, along with input from
various regional constituents, that allowing entrants to use social
media streaming would hopefully appeal to younger amateurs, and younger potential amateurs, but the risks of self-spotting by showing the front
of a radio, or mentioning one's frequency in the stream, etc. were
identified as potential risks of rules violation.

In a controversial event a couple of years ago, a well-known remote
station provider got a whole lot of publicity doing this, and while
it's not the only driver for this, it was admittedly significant in the decision-making process. As policing the possible different platforms,
methods, and the inevitable communication of what is construed to be self-spotting via live streaming, the CAC suggested that live streaming
and self-spotting should be allowed for multi-op entries and for single
op unlimited entries.

The ARRL HQ Awards Committee decided instead to remove all restrictions
on self-spotting for all classes of entry.

Well, what about single op unassisted?

It has been nearly 35 years (think about that) since K1EA added the
ability for unassisted single ops to spot their search-and-pounce
contacts in CT for DOS. Since then, single ops have been permitted to
spot their search-and-pounce contacts without being accused of
receiving spots, and being assisted. Likewise, there's no logical
reason to preclude them from self-spotting, since self-spotting is no
longer forbidden. So, unassisted single ops can self-spot, if they
want.

Also, it is inevitable that we will someday see SSB SDR skimmers and
all of this will be moot. In the few recent contests where this
(self-spotting) has been possible, all reports have been unremarkable
about the impact of self-spotting.

Yes, this is a new perspective. Many of us are uncomfortable with this
change.

Its time has come.

The burden of policing this is too great, and just not worth it.

Removing the restriction is a positive thing, further leveling the
playing field by removing the advantage held by the very creative and
sadly dishonest cheaters around the world, and I predict that CQWW will
join ARRL's leadership in this area and stop forbidding self-spotting.

Lastly, and significantly part of this decision, is that SSB is the
lone contesting mode without automatic spotting; that's not fair
either, so this is the right thing to do. The complete lack of
sensational results from recent contests proves the point.

73, Robert E. Naumann W5OV

Director of Operations

That's all for this time. Remember to send contesting-related stories,
book reviews, tips, techniques, press releases, errata, schematics,
club information, pictures, stories, blog links, and predictions to contest-update@arrl.org.

73, Brian, N9ADG

CONTESTS

December 22, 2022 - January 4, 2023

An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral <http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar> is available as a PDF. Check the sponsors' website for information on operating time restrictions and
other instructions.

HF CONTESTS

CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Dec 22, 0300z to
Dec 22, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Dec 24.

CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Dec 22, 0700z to
Dec 22, 0800z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Dec 24.

RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>, Dec 22, 1700z to Dec 22,
1900z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's call] + [your call] +
[serial no.] + [your name]; Logs due: Dec 29.

NCCC RTTY Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>, Dec 23, 0145z
to Dec 23, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH;
Logs due: Dec 25.

QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>, Dec 23,
0200z to Dec 23, 0330z; CW; Bands: 20; RST + (state/province/country) +
name + power output; Logs due: Dec 24.

NCCC Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rules.html>, Dec 23, 0230z to Dec
23, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due:
Dec 25.

K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>, Dec 23, 2000z
to Dec 23, 2100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm,
Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Dec 25.

CW QRS Xmas Activity <https://cwqrs.it/en/xmas-activity-2022-rules/>,
Dec 24, 0000z to Dec 31, 2359z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST
+ Name + QTH; Logs due: Jan 7.

RAEM Contest <https://raem.srr.ru/rules/>, Dec 25, 0000z to Dec 25,
1159z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Serial No. + latitude (degs only)
+ hemisphere + longitude (degs only) + hemisphere (see rules), N=North, S=South, W=West, O=East (e.g. 57N 85O); Logs due: Jan 8.

K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>, Dec 26, 0000z
to Dec 26, 0100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm,
Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Dec 28.

DARC Christmas Contest <https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/weihnachtswettbewerb/en/>,
Dec 26, 0830z to Dec 26, 1059z; CW, SSB; Bands: 80, 40; DL: RS(T) + DOK
(or "NM" if not a DARC member), non-DL: RS(T) + QSO No.; Logs due: Jan
2.

QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>, Dec 26, 1300z to
Dec 26, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + Name + (state/province/country) + Rig; Logs due: Jan 1.

ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>, Dec 26, 1300z to Dec
26, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs
due: Dec 29.

OK1WC Memorial (MWC)
<https://memorial-ok1wc.cz/index.php?page=rules2l>, Dec 26, 1630z to
Dec 26, 1729z; CW; Bands: 80, 40; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Dec 30.

QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>, Dec 26, 1900z to
Dec 26, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + Name + (state/province/country) + Rig; Logs due: Jan 1.

ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>, Dec 26, 1900z to Dec
26, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs
due: Dec 29.

Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>,
Dec 27, 0100z to Dec 27, 0159z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6;
RS + age group (OM, YL, Youth YL or Youth); Logs due: Dec 28.

QCX Challenge <http://www.qrp-labs.com/party.html>, Dec 27, 0300z to
Dec 27, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + Name + (state/province/country) + Rig; Logs due: Jan 1.

ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>, Dec 27, 0300z to Dec
27, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs
due: Dec 29.

RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>, Dec 27, 1700z to Dec 27,
1900z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's call] + [your call] +
[serial no.] + [your name]; Logs due: Jan 3.

SKCC Sprint
<http://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekday_sprint/>, Dec
28, 0000z to Dec 28, 0200z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6; RST
+ (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./"NONE"); Logs due: Dec
30.

QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>, Dec 28,
0200z to Dec 28, 0330z; CW; Bands: 20; RST + (state/province/country) +
name + power output; Logs due: Dec 29.

Phone Weekly Test
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>, Dec 28, 0230z to
Dec 28, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15; NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: Dec 30.

A1Club AWT <https://a1club.org/contest/awt/>, Dec 28, 1200z to Dec 28,
1300z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: RST + Name; Logs
due: Jan 2.

CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Dec 28, 1300z to
Dec 28, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Dec 31.

Mini-Test 40 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>, Dec 28, 1700z to Dec 28,
1759z; CW; Bands: 40; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Dec 30.

Mini-Test 80 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>, Dec 28, 1800z to Dec 28,
1859z; CW; Bands: 80; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Dec 30.

CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Dec 28, 1900z to
Dec 28, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Dec 31.

CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Dec 29, 0300z to
Dec 29, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Dec 31.

CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Dec 29, 0700z to
Dec 29, 0800z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name +
Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: Dec 31.

RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>, Dec 29, 1700z to Dec 29,
1900z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's call] + [your call] +
[serial no.] + [your name]; Logs due: Jan 5.

NCCC RTTY Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html>, Dec 30, 0145z
to Dec 30, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH;
Logs due: Jan 1.

QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>, Dec 30,
0200z to Dec 30, 0330z; CW; Bands: 20; RST + (state/province/country) +
name + power output; Logs due: Dec 31.

NCCC Sprint <https://ncccsprint.com/rules.html>, Dec 30, 0230z to Dec
30, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due:
Jan 1.

YOTA Contest <https://www.ham-yota.com/contest/>, Dec 30, 1200z to Dec
30, 2359z; CW, SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Single Op: RS(T) + age
(on Jan 1 of year of contest), Multi-Op: RS(T) + average age of ops (on
Jan 1 of year of contest); Logs due: Jan 6.

K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>, Dec 30, 2000z
to Dec 30, 2100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm,
Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Jan 1.

Bogor Old and New Contest
<http://www.orari-bogor.org/contest/#!/rules>, Dec 31, 0900z to Dec 31,
2359z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40; RS + operator age; Logs due: Jan 31.

AGB New Year Snowball Contest <http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu/agb_nysb.htm>,
Jan 1, 0000z to Jan 1, 0100z; CW, SSB, Digital; Bands: 80; AGB Member:
RST + QSO No. + Member No., non-Member: RST + QSO No.; Logs due: Jan
22.

SARTG New Year RTTY Contest
<http://www.sartg.com/contest/nyrules.htm>, Jan 1, 0800z to Jan 1,
1100z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40; RST + QSO No. + name + happy new year
(native language); Logs due: Jan 31.

AGCW Happy New Year Contest
<https://www.agcw.de/contest/hnyc/hnyc-engl/>, Jan 1, 0900z to Jan 1,
1200z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20; AGCW: RST + Serial No. + "/" + Member
No., non-AGCW: RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Jan 14.

K1USN Slow Speed Test <http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html>, Jan 2, 0000z to
Jan 2, 0100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name
+ (state/province/country); Logs due: Jan 4.

ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>, Jan 2, 1300z to Jan
2, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due:
Jan 5.

OK1WC Memorial (MWC)
<https://memorial-ok1wc.cz/index.php?page=rules2l>, Jan 2, 1630z to Jan
2, 1729z; CW; Bands: 80, 40; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Jan 6.

ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>, Jan 2, 1900z to Jan
2, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due:
Jan 5.

Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest <https://wwsac.com/rules.html>,
Jan 3, 0100z to Jan 3, 0159z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6;
RS + age group (OM, YL, Youth YL or Youth); Logs due: Jan 4.

ARS Spartan Sprint <http://arsqrp.blogspot.com/2009/02/so-whats-spartan-sprint-and-how-do-i.html>, Jan 3, 0200z to Jan 3, 0400z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + (state/province/country) + Power; Logs due: Jan 5.

ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>, Jan 3, 0300z to Jan
3, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due:
Jan 5.

QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>, Jan 4,
0200z to Jan 4, 0330z; CW; Bands: 20; RST + (state/province/country) +
name + power output; Logs due: Jan 5.

Phone Weekly Test
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>, Jan 4, 0230z to
Jan 4, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15; NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: Jan 6.

A1Club AWT <https://a1club.org/contest/awt/>, Jan 4, 1200z to Jan 4,
1300z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: RST + Name; Logs
due: Jan 9.

CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Jan 4, 1300z to Jan
4, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member
No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Jan
7.

Mini-Test 40 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>, Jan 4, 1700z to Jan 4,
1759z; CW; Bands: 40; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Jan 6.

Mini-Test 80 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>, Jan 4, 1800z to Jan 4,
1859z; CW; Bands: 80; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Jan 6.

CWops Test (CWT) <https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/>, Jan 4, 1900z to Jan
4, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member
No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Jan
7.

UKEICC 80m Contest <https://www.ukeicc.com/80m-rules.php>, Jan 4,
2000z to Jan 4, 2100z; SSB; Bands: 80; 6-Character grid square; Logs
due: Jan 4.

VHF+ CONTESTS

AGCW VHF/UHF Contest <https://www.agcw.de/contest/vhf-uhf/>, Jan 1,
1400z to Jan 1, 1800z; CW; Bands: 144 MHz, 432 MHz; RST + "/" + Serial
No. + "/" Power class + "/" + 6-character grid locator; Logs due: Jan
9.

VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest
<http://www.ft8activity.eu/index.php/en/>, Jan 4, 1700z to Jan 4,
2100z; FT8; Bands: 144 MHz; 4-character grid square; Logs due: Jan 9.

LOG DUE DATES

December 22, 2022 - January 4, 2023

December 22

- Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest <https://qrpcontest.com/pigwalk20/>
- QRP Fox Hunt <http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm>
- ICWC Medium Speed Test
<https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/>
- RTTYOPS Weeksprint <http://rttyops.com/>

December 23

- QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Sprint <http://qrparci.org/contest/holiday-spirit-sprint>
- Mini-Test 40 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>
- Mini-Test 80 <http://minitest.narod.ru/>
- Phone Weekly Test
<http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf>
- OK1WC Memorial (MWC)
<https://memorial-ok1wc.cz/index.php?page=rules2l>

December 24

- OK DX RTTY Contest <http://okrtty.crk.cz/index.php?page=english>

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