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QRP Contests
Most contests (National & International) have QRP categories, only a few will be listed in this section. For more contest information, and links, visit my contesting pages.
ARS Flight of the Bumblebees  Annually on the last Sunday of July
ARS Flight of the Bumblebees Archives
ARS Spartan Sprint  First Monday of every month
ARS Spartan Sprint Archives
ARS Top of the World  Held during the ARRL VHF contests in June and September
ARS Top of the World Honor Roll
Australian QRP Day
Billy IS0ICE Memorial Day  First Sunday in October
HA QRP Contest  Yearly 0000z Nov 1 - 2400z Nov 7
NAQCC Challenges  Monthly
NAQCC Contests & Sprints  Monthly
North Carolina Road Kill Round Up  Feb 22, 2007
Original QRP Contest
QRP Contesting  by Ken, N2CQ
QRP/p Challenge : Km per Watt  0000z Jan 01 - 2359z Dec 31 Annually
Run For The Bacon Contest  FP QRP Club - Every third Sunday night; 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. EST
Run With RAC QRP Contest  July 1st Canada Day & RAC Winter Contest
Wake-Up! QRP Sprint (CW)  First Saturday of March, June, September and December


ARCI SPONSORED CONTESTS:
Winter Fireside SSB Sprint  February 01, 2009  SSB only
HF Grid Square Sprint  March 14, 2009  CW only
Spring QSO Party  April 04 - 05, 2009  CW only
Hootowl Sprint  May 31, 2009  CW only
Milliwatt Field Day  June 27 - 28, 2009  CW, SSB, and Digital
Summer Homebrew Sprint  July 12, 2009  CW only
Silent Key Memorial Sprint  August 15, 2009  CW only
End of Summer PSK-31 Sprint  September 06, 2009  20m band, PSK-31 only
VHF Contest  September 12 - 13, 2009
Fall QSO Party  October 17 - 18, 2009  CW only
Topband Sprint  December 03, 2009  160m CW, SSB, or Mixed
Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint  December 20, 2009  CW only



-- March 2009 Contest Calendar --
Date and TimeContestCategories
01 0001z - 07 2359zFISTS Exhange Your Age WeekCW/FISTS/NON-FISTS
01 1700z - 02 0300zNorth Carolina QSO PartyMix/SO/MO/R/80-10m
03 0200z - 0400zARS Spartan SprintCW - QRP Only
03 1900z - 2100zAGCW 80m YL-CW-PartyYL/OM/SWL
04 0200z - 0329zQRP-L 80m Fox HuntCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
05 0230z - 0400zPesky Texan Armadillo ChaseCW/QRP Only
05 1800z - 2200zNRAU 10m Activity ContestSO/CW/SSB/FM/Digi
06 0200z - 0329zQRP-L 40m Fox HuntCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
06 0230z - 0300zNCCC Thursday Night SprintNS rules/SSB/160-20m
07 0000z - 08 2400zARRL International DX Contest SSBSO/MO/HP/LP/QRP
07 0600z - 0800zSP YL Contest80m/CW/SSB/YL/OM
07 0600z - 0800zWake-Up! QRP SprintCW/QRP Only
07 1200z - 1700zDIG QSO Party  20m-10mSSB/SO/SWL
07 2200z - 08 1159zOpen Ukraine RTTY ChampionshipSO/MO/Baudot
08 0000z - 2359zSKCC Weekend SprintathonCW/HP/LP/QRP
08 0700z - 1100zUBA Spring Contest  CW80m/QRO/QRP/SWL
08 1100z - 1700zDARC 10m Digital ContestDigital Modes
08 1400z - 1600z
08 1800z - 2000z
FISTS Activity LadderCW/FISTS/NON-FISTS
11 0100z - 0229zQRP-L 80m Fox HuntCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
13 0100z - 0229zQRP-L 40m Fox HuntCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
13 0230z - 0300zNCCC Thursday Night SprintNS rules/160-20m
14 0000z - 15 2400zWorld Wide Locator ContestMix/SO/MO/SWL
14 1000z - 15 1000zRSGB Commonwealth ContestCW/Open/Restricted/HQ
14 1400z - 2000zAGCW QRP ContestCW/SO/QRP/50w max
14 1800z - 15 1800zElecraft QSO PartyCW/SSB/Digi/160-10m
14 1500z - 1800zQRP-ARCI HF Grid Square SprintCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
14 1600z - 15 1600zEA PSK31 ContestSOSB/SOAB/MO
14 1700z - 2300zPolar Bear Full Moon MadnessQRP/CW/SSB
14 1800z - 2400zSOC Marathon SprintCW/SO/QRP/QRO
14 1900z - 15 1900zIdaho QSO PartySO/MO/R/40-10m
15 0000z - 0400zNorth American RTTY SprintSO/HP/LP/QRP
15 1200z - 1600z9KCC 15m ContestSO/CW/SSB
15 1800z - 16 0100zWisconsin QSO PartyMix/SO/MO/R/80m-70cm
16 0100z - 0300zRun for the Bacon ContestCW/QRP/AB/SB
16 1600z - 1729z
16 1730z - 1859z
HF Bucuresti ContestCW/SSB/100w max
18 0100z - 0229zQRP-L 80m Fox HuntCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
18 1900z - 2100zMOON Contest  3.5 MHzCW/Digital/SSB
19 0030z - 0230zNAQCC Straight Key/Bug SprintCW/QRP/QRO
20 0100z - 0229zQRP-L 40m Fox HuntCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
20 0230z - 0300zNCCC Thursday Night SprintNS rules/160-20m
21 0000z - 22 2400zAlaska QSO PartyCW/SSB/Digital
21 0000z - 2400zFeld Hell Work all Europe SprintAll modes of Hell
21 0000z - 2400zSomerset Homebrew ContestCW/SSB/QRP Only
21 0000z - 2400zFeld-Hell Club Monthly SprintFeld-Hell/100w max
21 0001z - 22 2400zBermuda Worldwide ContestSO/CW/SSB
21 0001z - 2359zTen-Ten Mobile QSO PartyCW/SSB/QRO/QRP
21 0200z - 23 0200zBARTG HF RTTY ContestSOAB/SOSB/MO/SWL
21 1200z - 22 1200zRussian DX ContestCW/SSB/SO/MO/SWL
21 1300z - 22 0100z
22 1300z - 22 1900z
Oklahoma QSO PartyMix/SO/MO/R/80-10m
21 1700z - 22 0100zNorth Dakota QSO PartyMix/SO/MO/R/160-2m
21 1800z - 23 0100zVirginia QSO PartyMix/SO/MO/R/160m-70cm
22 1400z - 1600z
22 1800z - 2000z
FISTS Activity LadderCW/FISTS/NON-FISTS
23 0000z - 0400zSpring QRP Homebrewer SprintCW/PSK31/QRP Only
25 0000z - 0200zSKCC Straight Key Sprint160-6m/CW only
25 0100z - 0229zQRP-L 80m Fox HuntCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
27 0100z - 0229zQRP-L 40m Fox HuntCW/QRP/QRPp/QRO
27 0230z - 0300zNCCC Thursday Night SprintNS rules/160-20m
28 0000z - 29 2359zCQWW WPX SSB ContestSO/MO/MM/QRO/QRP
28 0000z - 29 2359zFISTS East Asia QSO PartySO/CW/80-10m
28 1800z - 2200zMQFD Monthly SprintQRP/CW/PH/Digital

For additional contest information, visit VA3RJ's contesting pages.