1. PVRC Contesting Seminar Getting Started in Contesting Presented by Bob Cox, K3EST

2. Getting Started In Contesting Decide how you want to approach contesting: casually, for fun, seriously. You can enter for the full operating time of a contest and still be entering for your personal pleasure. You can enter for your club. You can enter for collecting reasons: DXCC, IOTA, counties, DX country divisions, awards etc. You can enter to try out new hardware/software

3. Types of Contests International Contests CQ WW WPX 10 Meter Contest CQ 160 Contest Continental Contests All Asian Contest WAE CQ-Mir Contest NA QSO Party Sprints: NA, European, Asian National Contests ARRL Contests HB Contest SP Contest RAC Contest KCJ Contest State/Political Div Contest Each US State BC Contest Specialized Contests VHF Contests QRP contests High Speed CW Contest

4. Contesting Software Logging Software: CT NA Writelog TR Etc. Cabrillo Format

5. Contesting Resources Contesting.com LA9HW Ham Contest Pages And Contest Calendar Contest Info From NG3K WA7BNM CONTEST CALENDAR SM3CER CONTESTS CALENDAR ARRL CONTEST CALENDAR Great Contest Tutorial -- From EI8IC Great Contest Tutorial VK4DX Contest Calendars - includes rules VK4DX Contest Calendars Contesting Info Web Page -- Loaded With Latest Contest Information, Updated Daily Contesting Info Web Page Contesting Mail List from eGroups, Inc. DX Summit: OH2AQ N1BUG Propagation web page

6. SM3CER’s Contest Site Good Afternoon and Welcome! This website is devoted entirely to Amateur Radio HF Contesting on 1.8 - 50 MHz. I started this site in April 1997 as a Contest Calendar mainly for Swedish contesters. It has grown from a few pages to almost 1.000 pages of information as of today. I’m working with the site on my spare time and it’s just another hobby of mine. The only "official" rules on this site are for the Swedish domestic contests, SAC and NRAU-Baltic. All other rules are copies from other sites, from the Contest-Rules Reflector, from ham magazines and from e-mails and letters sent to me. When I find an official site for a contest I always have a link to it. You’ll also find many interesting links, lots of contest software information and much more. Welcome to explore the site - have fun and I hope you’ll find it useful! Jan, SM3CER - 7S3A SM3CER - 7S3A

7. Types of Contests Every weekend there are many contests. Sep 4-7 2004 for example Russian RTTY WW Contest All-Asian DX Contest—SSB IARU Region 1 Field Day--SSB DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest AGCW Straight Key Party Fists Straight Key Week

8. Contesting Calendars Sep 4-7 Russian RTTY WW Contest, sponsored by Radio, from 0000Z-2400Z Sep 4. Frequencies: 80-10 meters. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MS, SWL. Exchange: RST + WAZ zone or Russian Oblast. QSO Points: own continent--5 pts, different cont--10 pts. Score: QSO points × DXCC entities + Russian oblasts, each counted once per band. Logs due Oct 4 to contest@radio.ru or Radio Magazine, Seliverstov per 10, 107045 Moscow, Russia.contest@radio.ru All-Asian DX Contest--Phone, 0000Z Sep 4-2400Z Sep 5 (see June QST, p 98 or www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2004AA _Rule.htm). www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2004AA _Rule.htm IARU Region 1 Field Day--SSB--sponsored by IARU Societies, 1300Z Sep 4-1300Z Sep 5 (see June QST, p 98). Frequencies: 160-10 meters. Categories: SOAB (LP, QRP), MS (HP, LP). Exchange: RST and serial number. QSO Points: non-EU to EU--3 pts, with portable EU stations 4 pts. Score: QSO points × DXCC and WAE entities counted once/band. For more information: www.iaru.org or IARU Region 1 society Web sites. Send logs to the appropriate national societies (NA hams to RAC or ARRL).www.iaru.org DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest--Digital Modes--sponsored by the Deutsche Amateur Radio Committee, 1100Z-1700Z Sep 5. Frequencies (MHz): 28.050-28.150 on RTTY, Pactor, PSK31, Amtor, Clover. Categories: SO, SWL. Stations may be worked on each mode, but count for multipliers only once. Exchange: RST + serial number. QSO Points: 1 pt/QSO. Score: QSO Points × WAE countries + DXCC entities + W/VE/JA districts. For more information: www.darc.de/referate/hf/contest/dl9gs. Logs due 4 weeks after the contest to dl9gs@darc.de or to Alfred Schlendermann, DL9GS, POB 10 22 01, D-44722 Bochum, Germany.www.darc.de/referate/hf/contest/dl9gsdl9gs@darc.de MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint, 2300Z Sep 6-0300Z Sep 7 (see Jan QST, p 98 or www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/). www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/

9. Contest Parameters Rules Exchange Time period Suggested freq Log submission Contest Sponsors

10. Clubs Join a Contest/DX Club Use the Club as a Resource for your Education Contribute to Club Contesting Efforts