This week in Radio Sports: (Jan 2 thru Jan 8)
ARRL Affiliated Special Events :
- 01/02/2017 | 11th Annual Straight Key CW Event
Jan 2-Jan 31, 0000Z-2359Z, K3Y, Ellicott City, MD. SKCC – Straight Key Century Club. 21.050 14.050 7.055 3.550. QSL. SKCC c/o Jeff Peters, K9JP, 5562 Heritage Way, Traverse City, MI 49685. K3Y/0 thru 9 plus /KH6, /KL7, /KP4 and associated DX in six WAC areas operating straight key, bugs and cootie keys. QSL card confirms one QSO per area, up to 19 for all-area sweep. See URL for schedules, map, stats, etc. www.skccgroup.com/k3y
- 01/08/2017 | Florida Constitution Convention Commemorative Special Event
Jan 8, 1400Z-2000Z, W4FFC, Port Saint Joe, FL. Gulf Amateur Radio Society. 28.375 21.375 14.275 7.177. QSL. Norm Bixler K4NEB, 2003 Cypress Ave, Port Saint Joe, FL 32456.
Dxpeditions From Afar:
| 2017 Jan02 | 2017 Jan11 | Maldives | 8Q7AZ | DL8AZ | DXNews 20161212 | By DL8AZ fm Meeru I (AS-013, MJ64uk); 40-10m; SSB |
| 2017 Jan03 | 2017 Jan15 | Laos | XW4XR | LotW | TDDX 20161209 | By AA4XR fm Vientiane; 80-10m; CW RTTY JT65; QSL also OK via E21EIC |
| 2017 Jan04 | 2017 Jan22 | Micronesia | V63 | DXW.Net 20160912 | By JA3ARJ as V63ARJ, JH3LSS as V63LSS, JA3AVO JH3PBL W7AYA likewise fm Pohnpei; 160-6m; CW SSB + digital | |
| 2017 Jan06 | 2017 Jan16 | Laos | XW4ZW | LotW | WB6RSE 20161208 | By K4ZW fm Vientiane; focus on low bands; QSL also OK via K1SE (see link at call sign for details) |
Contesting:
| AGB New Year Snowball Contest | 0000Z-0100Z, Jan 1 |
| SARTG New Year RTTY Contest | 0800Z-1100Z, Jan 1 |
| AGCW Happy New Year Contest | 0900Z-1200Z, Jan 1 |
| AGCW VHF/UHF Contest | 1400Z-1700Z, Jan 1 (144) and 1700Z-1800Z, Jan 1 (432) |
| QRP ARCI New Years Sprint | 1500Z-1800Z, Jan 1 |
| QRP ARCI New Years Sprint | 1500Z-1800Z, Jan 1 |
| ARS Spartan Sprint | 0200Z-0400Z, Jan 3 |
| QRP Fox Hunt | 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 4 |
| Phone Fray | 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 4 |
| CWops Mini-CWT Test | 1300Z-1400Z, Jan 4 and 1900Z-2000Z, Jan 4 and 0300Z-0400Z, Jan 5 |
| UKEICC 80m Contest | 2000Z-2100Z, Jan 4 |
| NCCC RTTY Sprint | 0145Z-0215Z, Jan 6 |
| QRP Fox Hunt | 0200Z-0330Z, Jan 6 |
| NCCC Sprint | 0230Z-0300Z, Jan 6 |
| PODXS 070 Club PSKFest | 0000Z-2400Z, Jan 7 |
| WW PMC Contest | 1200Z, Jan 7 to 1200Z, Jan 8 |
| SKCC Weekend Sprintathon | 1200Z, Jan 7 to 2400Z, Jan 8 |
| Original QRP Contest | 1500Z, Jan 7 to 1500Z, Jan 8 |
| Kid’s Day Contest | 1800Z-2359Z, Jan 7 |
| ARRL RTTY Roundup | 1800Z, Jan 7 to 2400Z, Jan 8 |
| EUCW 160m Contest | 2000Z-2300Z, Jan 7 and 0400Z-0700Z, Jan 8 |
| DARC 10-Meter Contest | 0900Z-1059Z, Jan 8 |
| Midwinter Contest | 1000Z-1400Z, Jan 8 |
