8-Day Contest Calendar Compiled by WA7BNM

May 8 - 15, 2008

(April 30 - May 7, 2008 Calendar Available)

NCCC Sprint Ladder: 0230Z-0300Z, May 9
	Mode:	CW
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20m
	Classes:	Single Op
	Max power:	100 watts
	Exchange:	[other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [name] + [your state/province/country]
	Work stations:	Dupes allowed after at least one intervening QSO
	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:	May 11, 2008
	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.htm
Nevada Mustang Roundup: 2300Z, May 9 to 2300Z, May 10
	Mode:	CW, SSB, RTTY
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m
	Classes:	Single Op Fixed (High/Low) Multi-Op Fixed (High/Low) Single Op Portable Multi-Op Portable
	Exchange:	NV: county + RS(T) non-NV: (state/province/country) + RS(T)
	Work stations:	Once per band per mode
	QSO Points:	1 point per QSO
	Multipliers:	NV Stations: Each state, province, country once non-NV Stations: Each NV county once
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	June 15, 2008
	E-mail logs to:	w7gk_1[at]yahoo[dot]com
	Mail logs to:	Nevada Mustange Roundup 2008 Elko Amateur Radio Club P.O. Box 5607 Elko, Nevada 89802 USA
	Find rules at:	http://nv.arrl.org/NQP/
SBMS 2 GHz and Up WW Club Contest: 0600 local, May 10 to 2000 local, May 11
	Mode:	Any
	Bands:	2 GHz and up
	Classes:	(none)
	Exchange:	6-character Maidenhead locator
	Work stations:	Once per path per band
	QSO Points:	Distance points: 1 point per km QSO points: 100 points per QSO per band with a unique call Bonus: 1000 points for each band you activate
	Multipliers:	1x=2GHz-10GHz, 2x=24GHz, 4x=47GHz, 8x=76GHz and up
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total of (QSO points x power mult) for each band plus bonus points
	Submit logs by:	July 10, 2008
	E-mail logs to:	(none)
	Mail logs to:	SBMS Contest Committee Pat Coker, N6RMJ 40916 179th Street Lancaster CA 93535 USA
	Find rules at:	http://www.ham-radio.com/sbms/club_test/2ghz_up_test.html
VK/Trans-Tasman 80m Contest, Phone: 0800Z-1400Z, May 10
	Mode:	Phone
	Bands:	80m Only
	Classes:	Single Op Single Op QRP SWL
	Max power:	non-QRP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts
	Exchange:	Serial No.
	Work stations:	Once per hour
	Score Calculation:	(see rules)
	Submit logs by:	June 2, 2008
	E-mail logs to:	VK: vktasman[at]hotmail[dot]com ZL: vktasman[at]robglassey[dot]com
	Mail logs to:	VK: VK/trans-Tasman Contest 28 Crampton Crescent Rosanna, VIC 3084 Australia ZL: VK/trans-Tasman Contest P.O. Box 21-363 Christchurch 8143 New Zealand
	Find rules at:	http://home.iprimus.com.au/vktasman/RULES.HTM
EUCW Fraternizing CW QSO Party: 1000Z-1200Z, May 10 and 1800Z-2000Z, May 11
	Mode:	CW
	Bands:	80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	A: EUCW Member Club QRP B: EUCW Member Club Low Power C: Non-members QRP D: Non-members Low Power E: SWL
	Max power:	LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts
	Exchange:	A/B: RST + QTH + Name + Club + Member No. C/D: RST + QTH + Name + "NM"
	Work stations:	Once per day per band
	QSO Points:	1 point per QSO
	Multipliers:	Each EUCW club once per day per band
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	June 30, 2008
	E-mail logs to:	eucwfp[at]agcw[dot]de
	Mail logs to:	Werner Jochem, DK7VW Wendelsborn 34 D-66606 St.Wendel Germany
	Find rules at:	http://www.agcw.de/eucw/eucwp.html
CQ-M International DX Contest: 1200Z, May 10 to 1159Z, May 11
	Mode:	CW, SSB
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, satellites
	Classes:	Single Op Single Band (CW/SSB/Mixed) Single Op All Band (CW/SSB/Mixed/QRP Mixed/LP Mixed) Multi-Single SWL World War II Veteran Pobeda Mem Spec Stn (Single-Op/Multi-Op)
	Max power:	HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts
	Exchange:	RS(T) + Serial No.
	QSO Points:	2 points per QSO for EU/Asia station with Russia 1 point per QSO with same country 2 points per QSO with different country, same continent 3 points per QSO with different continent
	Multipliers:	Each RS-150-S country once per band, EU Russia and Asia Russia treated as separate mults
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	June 15, 2008
	E-mail logs to:	CQM[at]SRR[dot]RU
	Mail logs to:	CQ-M CONTEST COMMITTEE P.O. BOX 25464 KRASNOYARSK 660049 RUSSIA
	Find rules at:	http://www.cq-m.andys.ru/rules_eng.html
VOLTA WW RTTY Contest: 1200Z, May 10 to 1200Z, May 11
	Mode:	RTTY
	Bands:	80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	Single Op All Band Single Op Single Band Multi-Op SWL
	Exchange:	RST + QSO No. + CQ Zone
	Work stations:	Once per band
	QSO Points:	See rules
	Multipliers:	Each country and VK/VE/JA/ZL/W call area (see rules) once per band Each country on a different continent worked on at least 4 bands once (extra mult)
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults x total QSOs
	Submit logs by:	July 31, 2008
	E-mail logs to:	log2008[at]contestvolta[dot]it
	Mail logs to:	Francesco Di Michele, I2DMI P.O. Box 55 22063 Cantu Italy
	Find rules at:	http://www.contestvolta.com/rules2.htm
FISTS Spring Sprint: 1700Z-2100Z, May 10
	Mode:	CW
	Bands:	80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	QRP QRO Club
	Max power:	QRO: >5 watts QRP: 5 watts
	Exchange:	FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + first name + FISTS No. non-FISTS: RST + (state/province/country) + first name + power
	Work stations:	Once per band
	QSO Points:	5 points per QSO with FIST member FIST members: 2 points per QSO with non-FIST member
	Multipliers:	Each US state and VE province once Each DXCC country once
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	June 9, 2008
	E-mail logs to:	W8PIG[at]yahoo[dot]com
	Mail logs to:	Dan Shepherd, N8IE 1900 Pittsfield St. Kettering, Oh 45420 USA
	Find rules at:	http://www.fists.org/sprints.html
50 MHz Spring Sprint: 2300Z, May 10 to 0300Z, May 11
	Mode:	not specified
	Bands:	6m Only
	Classes:	Single Op Rover Rookie
	Exchange:	4-character grid square (6-character grid square optional)
	QSO Points:	1 point per QSO
	Multipliers:	Each 4-character grid square
	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults
	Submit logs by:	May 27, 2008
	E-mail logs to:	springvhfsprints[at]sysadnet[dot]com
	Mail logs to:	50 MHz Spring Sprint Steve Gilmore, W4SHG 11 Ryan Way Stafford, VA 22554 USA
	Find rules at:	http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon: 0000Z-2400Z, May 11
	Mode:	CW
	Bands:	160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
	Classes:	(none)
	Exchange:	Name + (state/province/country) + (SKCC No./power)
	Work stations:	Once per band
	QSO Points:	1 point per QSO Bonus Points: 5 points per Centurion member QSO per band Bonus Points: 10 points per Tribune member QSO per band Bonus Points: 25 points per QSO with SKCC club call per band
	Multipliers:	Each state, province, or country once
	Score Calculation:	Total score = (total QSO points x total mults) + bonus points
	Submit logs by:	May 18, 2008
	Post log summary at:	http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/sf.html
	Mail logs to:	(none)
	Find rules at:	http://www.skccgroup.com/sprint/wes/wknd-sprint-rules.html