Virginia QSO Party, Mar 17, 1400z to Mar 18, 0400z, Mar 18, 1200z to Mar 19,
0000z; CW, Phone, Digital; Bands: All, except WARC; VA: Serial No. + county,
non-VA: Serial No. + (state/province/"DX"; Logs due: April 15.

Louisiana QSO Party, Mar 17, 1400z to Mar 18, 0200z; CW/Digital, Phone; Bands:
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m; LA: RS(T) + Parish, non-LA: RS(T) +
(state/province/country); Logs due: April 17.

Feld Hell Sprint, Mar 17, 2000z to Mar 17, 2159z; Feld Hell; Bands: 160, 80,
40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; (see rules); Logs due: March 21.

UBA Spring Contest, SSB, Mar 18, 0700z to Mar 18, 1100z; SSB; Bands: 80m Only;
ON: RS + Serial No. + UBA Section, non-ON: RS + Serial No.; Logs due: April 1.

Run for the Bacon QRP Contest, Mar 19, 0100z to Mar 19, 0300z; CW; Bands: 160,
80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; RST + (state/province/country) + (Member No./power); Logs
due: March 25.

Bucharest Contest, Mar 19, 1800z to Mar 19, 2059z; CW, SSB, Digital; Bands: 80,
 40m; YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Sector/County, non-YO: RS(T) + QSO No. + Country
Code; Logs due: March 31.

QRP Fox Hunt, Mar 21, 0100z to Mar 21, 0230z; CW; Bands: 80m Only; RST +
(state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: March 22.

Phone Fray, Mar 21, 0230z to Mar 21, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m;
NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: March 23.

CWops Mini-CWT Test, Mar 21, 1300z to Mar 21, 1400z, Mar 21, 1900z to Mar 21,
2000z, Mar 22, 0300z to Mar 22, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m;
Member: Name + Member No., non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs
due: March 24.


VHF+ CONTESTS

SARL VHF/UHF Analogue/Digital Contest, Mar 10, 1000z to Mar 11, 1000z; Analog
(CW/SSB/FM), Digital; Bands: 50 MHz, 70 MHz, 144 MHz, 432 MHz, 1296 MHz; RS +
6-character grid locator; Logs due: April 2.

UBA Spring Contest, 2m, Mar 11, 0700z to Mar 11, 1100z; CW, Phone; Bands: 2m
Only; ON: RS(T) + Serial No. + UBA Section, non-ON: RS(T) + Serial No.; Logs
due: March 25.

AGCW VHF/UHF Contest, Mar 17, 1400z to Mar 17, 1700z (144), Mar 17, 1700z to
Mar 17, 1800z (432); CW; Bands: 144 MHz, 432 MHz; RST + "/" + Serial No. + "/"
Power class + "/" + 6-character grid locator; Logs due: April 2.

Also see SKCC Weekend Sprintathon, Oklahoma QSO Party, QCWA QSO Party,
Wisconsin QSO Party, CLARA Chatter Party, Louisiana QSO Party, Virginia QSO
Party, Feld Hell Sprint, above.


LOG DUE DATES

8 Mar - 21 Mar 2018

March 8, 2018

 *  ARS Spartan Sprint
 *  QRP Fox Hunt

March 9, 2018

 *  Phone Fray
 *  ARRL International DX Contest, SSB

March 10, 2018

 *  Mexico RTTY International Contest
 *  Wake-Up! QRP Sprint
 *  QRP Fox Hunt
 *  CWops Mini-CWT Test

March 11, 2018

 *  NCCC Sprint
 *  SARL Hamnet 40m Simulated Emerg Contest
 *  NCCC RTTY Sprint
 *  UBA DX Contest, CW

March 12, 2018

 *  KCJ Topband Contest
 *  FISTS Winter Unlimited Sprint
 *  REF Contest, SSB
 *  North Carolina QSO Party
 *  YLRL YL-OM Contest

March 14, 2018

 *  CQC Winter QSO Party
 *  4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint

March 15, 2018

 *  AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Evening
 *  Dutch PACC Contest
 *  NRAU 10m Activity Contest
 *  QRP Fox Hunt
 *  RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW

March 16, 2018

 *  TESLA Memorial HF CW Contest
 *  Phone Fray
 *  RSGB Commonwealth Contest

March 17, 2018

 *  CWops Mini-CWT Test
 *  High Speed Club CW Contest

March 19, 2018

 *  Open Ukraine RTTY Championship

March 18, 2018

 *  SKCC Weekend Sprintathon
 *  NCCC Sprint
 *  North American Sprint, RTTY
 *  NCCC RTTY Sprint
 *  UBA Spring Contest, CW

March 21, 2018

 *  Feld Hell Sprint

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