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Subject: The ARRL Contest Update for January 29, 2025
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January 29, 2025
Editor: Paul Bourque, N1SFE [ mailto:contest-update@arrl.org ]

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In this Issue:
т-ЂUpcoming Contests - Things to Do 
т-ЂBulletins 
т-ЂContest Summary 
т-ЂNews, Press Releases, and Special Interest 
т-ЂContests 
т-ЂLog Due Dates 
т-ЂARRL Information 
т-ЂAcknowledgements

Upcoming Contests - Things to Do

NCJ North American CW Sprint
The NCJ North American CW Sprint begins at 0000 UTC on Sunday, February 2 (Saturday evening in North America) and concludes at 0359 UTC. The object of North American stations is to contact as many radio amateurs as possible. Stations located outside of North America can contact as many North American stations as possible. The exchange is the other station's call sign, your call sign, a sequential serial number, your name, and your location (state, province, or country). Full rules are available at ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf [ https://ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf ] .
 
If you've never participated in a Sprint before, check out the Thursday night, 30-minute practice session sponsored by the Northern California Contest Club, starting at 0230 UTC. See www.ncccsprint.com [ https://www.ncccsprint.com/ ] for more information.
- Thanks to Ward Silver, N0AX.
 
Upcoming State QSO Parties
The State QSO Party (SQP) season kicks off this weekend, with three opportunities to participate. The Vermont QSO Party [ http://www.ranv.org/vtqso.html ] begins at 0000 UTC on Saturday, February 1, and runs for 48 hours, concluding at 2359 UTC on Sunday, February 2. Also on Saturday, the Minnesota QSO Party [ https://www.w0aa.org/mn-qso-party ] kicks off at 1400 UTC and concludes at 2359 UTC. Finally, the British Columbia QSO Party [ http://www.orcadxcc.org/bcqp.html ] begins at 1600 UTC on February 1 and concludes at 2359 UTC on February 2.
 
All three of the events qualify for the State QSO Party Challenge, which has an added Mobile/Portable Challenge in 2025. The organizers of the SQP have added this new challenge to encourage more operators to consider operating mobile and portable. Rules for the SQP Mobile/Portable Challenge are available at stateqsoparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025SQPMobilePOrtableRulesFb.pdf [ https://stateqsoparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025SQPMobilePOrtableRulesFb.pdf ] . 
 
CQ World Wide WPX RTTY Contest
The CQ World Wide WPX RTTY Contest begins at 0000 UTC on Saturday, February 8, and concludes at 2359 UTC on Sunday, February 9. The objective is for amateurs world-wide to contact as many stations and prefixes as possible. Single Operator stations may operate for 30 hours of the 48-hour contest period. Multi-operator stations may operate for the full 48 hours. Complete rules are available at www.cqwpxrtty.com/rules.htm [ https://www.cqwpxrtty.com/rules.htm ] .
 
ARRL School Club Roundup
The ARRL February School Club Roundup [ http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ARRL ] runs from 1300 UTC on Monday, February 10, through 2359 UTC on Friday, February 14. School Club Roundup is co-sponsored by ARRL and the Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club [ https://limarc.org/ ] (LIMARC). For full details of the event, visit www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup [ http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ARRL ] .

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Bulletins

New Contest Hall of Fame Website Launched

The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) is now managing the Contest Hall of Fame. They have launched a new website at contesthof.com [ https://contesthof.com/ ] that contains a short writeup about each Contest HOF inductee. As the new website is a work in progress, Randy Thompson, K5ZD, is seeking any additional biography information and photos of past inductees. He can be reached at k5zd@outlook.com [ mailto:k5zd@outlook.com ] .

- Thanks to Randy Thompson, K5ZD

Call for Papers and Presentations for the 2025 Eastern VHF/UHF/Microwave Conference

Presentations and papers are sought for the 48th Eastern VHF/UHF/ Microwave Conference, held May 8 - 11, 2025 in Windsor, Connecticut. All aspects of VHF/UHF/microwave operating, technical and non-technical (contesting, homebrewing, EME, antennas, software, etc.), are welcome. If you have a topic that you'd like to submit to the proceedings, contact Paul Wade, W1GHZ, via email at w1ghz@arrl.net [ mailto:w1ghz@arrl.net ] .

The conference is sponsored by the North East Weak Signal Group. For more details visit www.newsvhf.com [ http://www.newsvhf.com/ ] .

- Thanks to Paul Wade, W1GHZ and Mark Casey, K1MAP

Contest University Course Outline and Professor Bios Announced

Tim Duffy, K3LR, has announced that the 2025 course outline and professor biographies are now posted on the Contest University website at www.contestuniversity.com/course-outline [ https://www.contestuniversity.com/course-outline/ ] . Contest University will be held on Thursday, May 15 from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, at the Hope Hotel in Dayton, Ohio.

Contest Summary

See the "Contests" section below for complete contest information.
 
January 30
т-ЂCWops Test (CWT) [ https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/ ] 

January 31
т-ЂNCCC FT4 Sprint [ https://www.ncccsprint.com/ft4ns.html ] 
т-ЂWeekly RTTY Test [ https://radiosport.world/wrt.html ] 
т-ЂQRP Fox Hunt [ http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm ] 
т-ЂNCCC Sprint Ladder [ https://ncccsprint.com/rules.html ] 
т-ЂK1USN Slow Speed Test [ http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html ] 

February 1
т-ЂVermont QSO Party [ http://www.ranv.org/vtqso.html ] 
т-ЂLABRE-RS Digi Contest [ https://labre-rs.org.br/labre-rs-digi-contest/ ] 
т-Ђ10-10 Int. Winter Contest, SSB [ https://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rules ] 
т-ЂMexico RTTY International Contest [ https://rtty.fmre.mx/ ] 
т-ЂEuropean Union DX Contest [ https://www.eudx-contest.com/rules/ ] 
т-ЂMinnesota QSO Party [ https://www.w0aa.org/mnqp-rules/ ] 
т-ЂFYBO Winter QRP Sprint [ https://azscqrpions.org/ ] 
т-ЂAGCW Straight Key Party [ https://www.agcw.de/contest/htp/htp-en/ ] 
т-ЂBritish Columbia QSO Party [ https://www.orcadxcc.org/bcqp_rules.html ] 

February 2
т-ЂNorth American Sprint, CW [ http://ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf ] 
т-ЂMarconi Club ARI Loano Slow CW QSO Party [ https://www.marconiclub.it/images/Slowcwparty/Rule_SlowCW_Eng.pdf ] 

February 3
т-ЂK1USN Slow Speed Test [ http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html ] 
т-ЂICWC Medium Speed Test [ https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/ ] 
т-ЂOK1WC Memorial (MWC) [ https://memorial-ok1wc.cz/index.php?page=rules2l ] 
т-ЂRSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB [ https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2025/r80mcc.shtml ] 

February 4
т-ЂARS Spartan Sprint [ http://ars-qrp.com/Spartan_Sprint/Spartan_Sprint.html ] 
т-ЂWorldwide Sideband Activity Contest [ https://wwsac.com/rules.html ] 
т-ЂICWC Medium Speed Test [ https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/ ] 

February 5
т-ЂQRP Fox Hunt [ http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm ] 
т-ЂPhone Weekly Test [ http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf ] 
т-ЂA1Club AWT [ https://a1club.org/contest/awt/ ] 
т-ЂCWops Test (CWT) [ https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/ ] 
т-ЂVHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest [ http://www.ft8activity.eu/index.php/en/ ] 
т-ЂMini-Test 40 [ http://minitest.narod.ru/ ] 
т-ЂMini-Test 80 [ http://minitest.narod.ru/ ] 
т-ЂCWops Test (CWT) [ https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/ ] 
т-ЂUKEICC 80m Contest [ https://www.ukeicc.com/80m-rules.php ] 

February 6
т-ЂWalk for the Bacon QRP Contest [ https://qrpcontest.com/pigwalk40/ ] 
т-ЂCWops Test (CWT) [ https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/ ] 
т-ЂNRAU 10m Activity Contest [ https://nrau.net/nrau-contests-in-general/ ] 
т-ЂSKCC Sprint Europe [ https://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/skse/ ] 

February 7
т-ЂNCCC FT4 Sprint [ https://www.ncccsprint.com/ft4ns.html ] 
т-ЂWeekly RTTY Test [ https://radiosport.world/wrt.html ] 
т-ЂQRP Fox Hunt [ http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm ] 
т-ЂNCCC Sprint Ladder [ https://ncccsprint.com/rules.html ] 
т-ЂK1USN Slow Speed Test [ http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html ] 

February 8
т-ЂCQ WW RTTY WPX Contest [ https://www.cqwpxrtty.com/rules.htm ] 
т-ЂFISTS Saturday Sprint [ https://fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints ] 
т-ЂAsia-Pacific Spring Sprint, CW [ http://jsfc.org/apsprint/aprule.txt ] 
т-ЂSKCC Weekend Sprintathon [ https://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/weekend_sprintathon/ ] 
т-ЂKCJ Topband Contest [ https://www.kcj-cw.com/ ] 
т-ЂDutch PACC Contest [ https://pacc.veron.nl/ ] 
т-ЂF9AA Cup, CW [ https://www.site.urc.asso.fr/index.php/om-yl/concours/trophee-f9aa ] 
т-ЂOMISS QSO Party [ http://www.omiss.net/Facelift/qsoparty.php ] 
т-ЂWAB 1.8 MHz Phone [ http://wab.intermip.net/Contest Rules.php#OtherRules ] 
т-ЂRSGB 1.8 MHz Contest [ https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2025/r160m.shtml ] 

February 9
т-ЂBalkan HF Contest [ https://www.bfra.bg/event/464 ] 

February 10
т-ЂK1USN Slow Speed Test [ http://www.k1usn.com/sst.html ] 
т-Ђ4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint [ http://www.4sqrp.com/SSS/sss_rules.pdf ] 
т-ЂARRL School Club Roundup [ https://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ARRL ] 
т-ЂICWC Medium Speed Test [ https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/ ] 
т-ЂOK1WC Memorial (MWC) [ https://memorial-ok1wc.cz/index.php?page=rules2l ] 

February 11
т-ЂWorldwide Sideband Activity Contest [ https://wwsac.com/rules.html ] 
т-ЂICWC Medium Speed Test [ https://internationalcwcouncil.org/mst-contest/ ] 
т-ЂDARC FT4 Contest [ https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/ft4-contest/ft4-rules/ ] 

February 12
т-ЂNAQCC CW Sprint [ http://naqcc.info/sprint_rules.html ] 
т-ЂQRP Fox Hunt [ http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org/winter_rules.htm ] 
т-ЂPhone Weekly Test [ http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf ] 
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