Idaho stations contest scores,  qsl information, 7 land buro, outgoing arrl QSL buro , LoTW
Contest - QSL services - Misc information

This page is devoted to the contest operators from Idaho.
Contesting is fun, and it improves your operating skills. 
We're sure there's  lots of Idaho stations working  contests that DON'T submitted logs, 
Please, even if you work one station in a contest, we encourage you to submit your logs and be recognized as an Idaho Contester

regardless of the score,  Everyone operating a contest is to be congratulated ..  Keep up the good work..
Also, I can't report what I don't know about, please report any contest activity from your station to the webmaster


Contest Calendar Links, for major contests:  CQ magazine contests,      ARRL  contests  
and here's a link to almost every contest,  large and small, The 8-Day Contest Calendar

Hey, if you work DX or "do" the DX contests, you need to know about the  7 Land INcoming QSL Service
                                                          and the outgoing ARRL QSL service  Outgoing ARRL QSL Buro
                                                          and the Log Book of the World          LoTW   see QSL size info at the bottom of the page.

       
Major contests on the horizon :
Note, all dates are UTC, check rules for start/end times and dates. 
    
Sept 2010
  25-26   CQWW DX RTTY  

Oct 2010
  30-31   CQWW DX Phone  

Nov 2010
  27-28   CQWW DX / CW  

Dec 2010
  3-5        ARRL 160 Meter
11-12    ARRL 10 Meter
19         ARRL Rookie Roundup 
 

Jan 2011
  1           ARRL Straight Key Night 
1-2        ARRL RTTY Roundup
29         CQWW 160 Meter / CW
 

Feb 2011
  19-20   ARRL International DX  – CW
12-13  CQWW RTTY WPX
26-27 CQWW 160 Meter / SSB
 

March 2011
  5-6      ARRL International DX – Phone
12-13  Idaho QSO Party
26-27  CQWW WPX / SSB
 

April 2011

 
16  ARRL  Rookie Roundup  

May 2011
  28-29       CQWW WPX / CW  

June 2011
  11-12    ARRL VHF QSO Party
25-26    ARRL  Field Day
 

July 2011
  9-10    IARU HF World Championships
16-17  CQWW VHF
 

Aug 2011
  13    ARRL Rookie Roundup  

Sept 2011
  10-11    ARRL VHF QSO Party
24-25    CQWW RTTY DX
 

Oct 2011
  29-30   CQWW DX / SSB  

Nov 2011
  5-6       ARRLSweepstakes, CW
19-20   ARRLSweepstakes, Phone
26-27   CQWW DX / CW
 

Dec 2011
  3-4        ARRL 160 Meter Contest
10-11    ARRL 10 Meter Contest
17          Rookie Roundup
 

these are only major contests consult the links above for a complete list

 
SunSpot history for 30 days,
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                       note: if I have anything  listed incorrectly , please notify me.


Here's a list of the Idaho Stations that submitted logs for the 2009
Idaho QSO party,  Sorry , no other information is available ,
AB7CB     SOAB LP CW ID ADA Winner
N7MNK   SOAB LP SSB ID BOUND Winner
K0IP         MULTI MULTI ID BANN Winner
KE7ADU  SOAB LP SSB ID BOUND Winner
W7ZRC   SOAB LP MX ID   Winner
K7I         Rover ID   Winner
KB9DT   SOAB LP SSB ID TETON Winner

2010 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)----- your all winners.!
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band Section
1 KG7H551,736 786237 SA   Craig, Clark Fork
2 K0TO 434,340 644 228 SA    Tod, Idaho Falls
3 N7VJ38,157 16479 SB  Tom, Rigby
4 KB7QFE 24,366 141 62 S   20 Gary, Emmett
5 K0IP14,259 9849 S  40John, Pocatello
6 W7MFC 13,284 108 41 S C  Scott, Pocatello
7 W6GX13,197 8653 SA   Jonathan, Pocatello
8 KI7BP 8,640 96 32 S   15 Ted, Caldwell
9 NF7T7,821 8333 SB  Jacob, Boise
10 N7WH 7,524 62 44 S B  Bill, Boise
11 KF7CQ3,960 4430 SB  Harlen, Meridan
12 KE7POV 36 5 3 S B  Brian, Meridian


2010 ARRL International DX  CW
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band ops
1 K0TO 711,180 907 270 SA   Tod, Idaho Falls
2 W7QDM 285,648 551 176 S B  Ray, Idaho Falls
3 N7ZN 108,324 357 102 S B  John, Kamiah
4 KA7T 70,980 346 70 S  20 Don, Meridian
5 N4CC 27,555 169 55 S  40 Greg, Boise
6 K7ARJ 27,510 140 70 S B  Willard, Idaho Falls

2010 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Section Ops
1 W7MEM 4,284 77 42 B ID Mark, Rathdrum

2010 ARRL RTTY Round-Up
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power Club Ops
1 N7UVH 51,660 649 82 S low  Patrick, Post Falls
2 KR7LD 40,670 499 83 M hi  Reed, Tracy, Rigby
3 N7ESU 33,120 490 69 S low  James, Rathdum
4 K0IP 25,487 339 77 S hi Pocatello ARC John Pocatello
5 NA7EM 8,344 149 56 S low  Emmett, Lewiston
6 WO7P 7,854 174 51 S low Pocatello ARC Jim Pocatello
7 K7OVG 2,952 100 36 S low  Charles, Meridian
8 NF7T 2,516 75 37 S low  Jacob, Boise
9 KE7NKF 2,178 74 33 S low  Bill, Boise
10 N7LB (sk) 1,876 68 28 S low Pocatello ARC Larry Pocatello


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2009 ARRL 10 Meter Contest
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power Ops
1 W7MEM 4,176 76 18 Single Op Mixed Mode HI Mark, Rathdrum
2 KA7T 4,104 58 18 Single Op CW low Don, Meridian
3 W7GSV 3,528 80 14 Single Op Mixed Mode low Robert, Hayden
4 K0IP 3,276 119 14 Multioperator HI John & ??, Pocatello
5 KB7QFE 2,464 78 16 Single Op Phone low Gary,  Emmett
6 KR7LD 1,260 39 10 Single Op Mixed Mode HI Reed, Rigby
7 W7TMD 752 44 8 Single Op Mixed Mode low Tom,  Oldtown
8 W6GX 8 2 2 Single Op Mixed Mode low Jonathan, Pocatello

2009 ARRL November Sweepstakes (Phone)
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class  Club Ops 
1 K0TO 196,560 1,260 78 HI    Tod Idaho Falls
2 W7ZRC 155,840 974 80 Low Clean Sweep   Rod, Meridian
3 W6MM 153,120 957 80 Low Clean Sweep   Michael, Moscow
4 K0IP 144,160 901 80 Multi Clean Sweep Pocatello ARC (+ ND7O) John, Rhett, Pocatello
5 W6GX 25,668 207 62 HI  Pocatello ARC  Jonathan, Pocatello
6 N7LB 20,930 161 65 Low  Pocatello ARC  Larry (sk) Pocatello
7 W7VT 17,280 120 72 Low    David, Meridian
8 WM7DX 17,088 178 48 Low    Robert, Boise
9 WO7P 17,010 135 63 Low  Pocatello ARC  Jim, Pocatello
10 KR7LD 15,800 100 79 Unlimited    Reed, Rigby
11 KB7QFE 13,624 131 52 Low    Gary Emmett
12 N7WH 13,468 91 74 Low    William, Boise
13 K7JAN 8,600 100 43 Low    James, Mountain Home
14 W7EKG 4,320 60 36 HI   Pocatello ARC  Paul Pocatello
15 KB7QOA 1,452 33 22 Multi   (+ KF7FVK) Jeremy, Gillian , Middleton
16 W7UQ 160 10 8 School  University of
Idaho
(KD7PIQ &
KE7MTK, ops)
Seth, Jessica,   Moscow

2009 ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class  Club
1 W7ZRC 159,840 999 80 low Clean Sweep Rod, Meridian
2 K0TO 128,454 813 79 Hi  Tod, Idaho Falls
3 N7ZN 60,532 409 74 low  John, Kamiah
4 N7LB  (sk) 44,400 296 75 low  Larry, Pocatello
5 K7ARJ 21,632 169 64 low  Willard, Idaho Falls
6 N7WH 15,840 110 72 low  Bill, Boise
7 KR7LD 9,048 78 58 U  Reed, Idaho Falls
8 K7JAN 3,264 48 34 low  James, Mountain Home

June VHF Contest  2009 
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class  Ops
1 W7MEM 35,235 251 135 single Hi power Mark, Rathdrum 
2 K0IP 11,680 146 80 single low power John, Pocatello 
3 W7ID 10,730 131 74 single low power Jeff,  Caldwell  
4 KR7LD 7,313 103 71 single low power Reed, Rigby 
5 K7TM 4,836 84 52 Limited MultiRobert, Robert, & William (+KB7WDV, N7LKA)
6 KI7BP 2,812 65 38 Limited Multi Ted & Gary,  mountain top DN24 (+ KB7QFE)
7 KF7CQ 1,888 49 32 single low power Pacific Northwest VHF Society 

FIELD DAY 2009 
# Call Score Category QSOs Power GOTA Participants Club
1 KØIP 4,502 3A 1,313 2  8 Idaho Potato Contest Group
2 AB7HP 2,152 3A 505 2 WV7I 17 HP Boise ARC
3 K7SI 2,000 4AB 187 5  37 Snake River ARC
4 AI7H 1,714 1E 366 2  1 
5 W7RNF 1,666 3A 641 2  13 ID Field Day Group
6 N7PI 1,572 2A 215 2  21 Pocatello ARC
7 WT7B 1,474 1B2 562 2  2 
8 K7SEL 1,404 2E 427 2  6 
9 W7NGI 1,190 2A 370 2  10 Palouse Hills ARC
10 K7ID 1,174 2A 247 2 N7UTK 4 Kootenai ARS
11 N7UVH 1,044 1E 253 2  1 
12 WE8U 940 5A 181 2  8 Zombie Works
13 KC7MGR 888 2AC 144 2  17 Camas Prairie ARC
14 K7BSE 748 2A 124 2  12 Idaho Soc of Radio Amateurs
15 NF7T 540 1E 121 2  1 
16 N7WH 370 1D 95 2  1 

Idaho QSO Party ,2009
NF7T LOW PHONE WINNER ADA
KG7E LOW MIXED WINNER/CTY CUS/ WINNER
KE7PHP LOW PHONE WINNER/CTY LAT
N7UVH LOW MIXED WINNER KOO
N7ESU LOW DIGITAL WINNER/CTY KOO
K7ID LOW MIXED WINNER KOO
W7GHT HIGH   CW WINNER ADA
KD7RBX LOW PHONE WINNER/CTY ELM/OWH
KB7QFE LOW PHONE WINNER/CTY GEM
K0IP HIGH PHONE WINNER OVERALL
W7ZRC LOW MIXED WINNER/CTY ADA
AB7CB LOW CW WINNER ADA
NX7TT LOW PHONE WINNER/CTY JEFF

2009 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)                 March 7-8, 2009
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band op
1 K0TO 198,396 406 167 Single Assisted Hi  Tod, Idaho Falls
2 K0IP & N7RYN 142,266 373 131 Multi Single Hi  John & Ryan, Pocatello
3 NF7T 36,792 150 84 single op Low  Jacob, Boise
4 N7VJ 32,631 151 73 single op Low  Tom, Rigby
5 W7MFC 11,544 104 37 single op Hi  Scott, Pocatello
6 KI7BP 8,742 94 31 single op Low 15 Ted, Caldwell
7 KF7CQ 8,322 76 38 single op Low  Harlen, Meridian
8 KR7LD 5,760 60 32 MS Hi  Reed, Rigby
9 KB7QFE 2,451 45 19 single op Low 20 Gary, Emmett
10 W7EKG 1,782 31 22 single op Hi  Paul, Pocatello
11 W7UQ (KE7PHG) 330 23 5 single op Low 20 Cliff, Moscow

2009 ARRL International DX Contest (CW)                 February 21-22, 2009
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band OPS
1 K0TO 269,724 510 182 Single Assisted   Tod, Idaho Falls
2 W7QDM 133,062 335 134 Single OP Low  Ray, Idaho Falls
3 KA7T 83,664 348 83 Single OP  20 Don, Meridian
4 K7ARJ 23,256 146 57 Single OP Low  Willard, Ammon
5 NF7T 9,207 98 33 Single OP Low  Jacob, Boise
6 KR7LD 960 21 16 Multi Single   Reed, Rigby

2009 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes     January 17-19, 2009
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Ops
1 W7MEM 1,600 53 25 single op high power Mark, Rathdrum
2 K0IP 108 18 6 single op low  power John, Pocatello

2009 ARRL RTTY Round-Up                        January 3-4, 2009
# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power Ops
1 N7UVH 53,369 677 83 Single Op Low Patrick, Post Falls
2 N7ESU 53,088 682 79 Single Op Low James, Rathdum
3 K0YQ/7 39,200 493 80 Single Op Low John, ???
4 WM7DX 35,912 553 67 Single Op Low Robert, Boise
5 KR7LD 25,220 392 65 Multiop High Reed&Traci,Rigby
6 K7OVG 7,546 158 49 Single Op Low Charles, Meridian
7 NF7T 7,008 167 48 Single Op Low Jacob, Boise
8 WO7P 4,018 102 41 Single Op Low Jim, Pocatello

 

Yes, as Jeeves says,  oversized cards are hard to file !

Although any qsl is nice,  the standard Post Card size
of  3.5 x 5.5 inches is the best.  When you have shoe boxes
full of cards, you'll know why  "one size" is better. Most Hams
save their cards forever, sometimes the big ones get pushed to
one side just because they don't fit into the scheme of things. 
   
     
     
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