DX - Contest - QSL services - Misc information

This page is devoted to the contest/DX  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..

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. 
    

July      11 - 12       IARU HF World Championships
              18- 19       CQ World Wide   VHF

August  1 - 2         ARRL UHF Contest             
September   12 - 13   ARRL September VHF
                      26 -27   CQ World Wide  DX RTTY

October         24- 25    CQ  World Wide DX  (Phone)
November    7 - 8    ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)                    
                     21 - 22    ARRL November Sweepstakes (Phone)
                    28- 29   CQ World Wide  DX (CW)

December        4 - 6       ARRL 160 Meter Contest                       
                         12 - 13     ARRL 10 Meter Contest
   

LOGS SUBMITTED    last updated 12march09                          note: if I have anything about your listing incorrect , please notify me.

Logs submitted for the Idaho QSO Party, supplied by NX7TT.
N7ESU, AB7CB, NX7TT, KØIP, K7ID, KD7RBX, NF7T, KB7QFE, N7UVH, KG7E
as of 22 March

So Far, less than one week after the contest these are the logs submitted
for the 2009 International SSB DX contest
W7EKG ,  KF7CQ,  KØIP,  NF7T, KØTO, KB7QFE, KC7ESB, N7VJ, W7UQ   submit logs to April 6

So Far, Submitted logs for the 2009 International CW DX contest
K7ARJ,  W7QDM,  KA7T,  NF7T, KØTO, KC7ESB
 


 

2009 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes


#CallScoreQSOsMultClassOps
1W7MEM1,6005325 single op high powerMark, Rathdrum
2K0IP108186 single op low  power John, Pocatello

 

2009 ARRL RTTY Round-Up

#CallScoreQSOsMultClassPowerOps
1N7UVH53,36967783 Single OpLow Patrick, Post Falls
2N7ESU53,08868279 Single OpLow James, Rathdum
3K0YQ/739,20049380 Single OpLow John, ???
4WM7DX35,91255367 Single OpLow Robert, Boise
5KC7ESB25,22039265 MultiopHigh Reed&Traci,Rigby
6K7OVG7,54615849 Single OpLow Charles, Meridian
7NF7T7,008167 48Single OpLow Jacob, Boise
8K7QMM4,01810241 Single OpLow Jim, Pocatello

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2008  2008  2008  2008 2008  2008    2008  2008 2008  2008

wow.. THESE GUYS DO THE JOB. YOU WANT TRAINED OPERATORS THAT
CAN GET THE INFO THOUGH, LOOK NO FURTHER

For  the ARRL contests only, 
TOTAL IDAHO CONTACTS made in 2008 = 11799
we have no idea how many were made during the Idaho QSO party and CQ contests.  All done with almost ZERO SunSpots

2008 ARRL 10 meter
#CallScoreQSOsMultClassPowerOps
1KA7T13,15614623 Single Op CW OnlyLow Don, Meridian
2KC7ESB6,57811523 MultioperatorHigh Reed&Traci,Rigby
3W7MEM4,0008920 Single Op Mixed ModeHighMark, Rathdrum
4KB7QFE1,1704513 Single Op Phone OnlyLow Gary, Emmett
5W7TMD7603810 Single Op Mixed ModeHigh Tom,  Oldtown
6K7ZO504317 Single Op Mixed ModeHigh Scott, Boise
7K7QMM11095 Single Op Mixed ModeLow Jim, Pocatello
    473    

2008 ARRL 160 Meter Contest  (CW)
#CallScoreQSOsMultClassClub 
1KG7H115,78469682 MultioperatorPotomac Valley Radio Club Graig, Clark Fork
2K0TO37,13830562 Single Op HighMinnesota Wireless Assn Tod, Idaho Falls
3KA7T35,98924073 Single Op Low  Don, Meridian
4AI7H28,39225656 Single Op Low  Ed, Post Falls
5W7MEM18,75215464 Single Op High  Mark, Rathdrum
6K7ARJ14,20814948 Single Op Low  Willard, Ammon
7KC7ESB (N7HUG, op)9,21210047 Multioperator  Reed&Traci,Rigby
8K0YQ4,2007330 Single Op Low  John,   ????????
9K7OVG3,3127323 Single Op Low  Charles, Meridian
10N7LB1,9364722 Single Op Low  Larry, Pocatello
   total cont2093    


 

2008 ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)

# Call Score QSOsMult Class Check Hours 8040 2015 
1W7ZRC 161,4401,009 80single op low power 5421 161309476 63Rod, Meridian
2 K0TO 138,566 87779 single op hi  power52 17 118378 36516 Tod, Idaho Falls
3N7ZN 47,728314 76single op low power 9815 72135106 1John, Kamiah
4 W7QDM 45,990 31573 single op  QRP 50 13 3774 18123 Ray, Idaho Falls
5W5XD 12,096126 48single op low power 717  32877 Wayne, from Texas
6 K7ARJ 8,366 8947 single op low power57 8 1347 29  Willard, Idaho Falls
7K7QMM 966 8single op low power 982 15   Jim, Pocatello
    2726           

2008 ARRL September VHF QSO Party

# Call Score QSOs Mult Class     Club Ops
1 W7MEM 1,377 34 27 A        Mark, Rathdrum
2 KI7JA 1,326 39 26 B     Pacific Northwest VHF Society  

 

2008 IARU HF World Championships

# Call Score QSOs Mult  
1 KC7KZ 804 44 12 Rod, Idaho Falls



2008 Idaho QSO Party
- Idaho stations that helped make the QSO Party a success

W7ICM  Digital QRP Winner NX7TT    HP SSB
W4TVI   Winner L/P mixed KØIP      Overall ID Winner
W7GHT   L/P CW KØYQ    Winner 1st digital
W7UVH   MIX W7RET   HP SSB
W7UQ 1ST SCHOOL CLUB Winner KA7T     Overall ID CW winner
KS4DU  L/P CW KI7BP     1st Winner Rover
AI7H      MiX DIGI  

2008 ARRL June VHF

# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Section Club Ops
1 K0IP 17,290 182 95 A ID   John, Pocatello
2 W7MEM 12,580 147 85 B ID   Mark, Rathdrum
3 W7ID 7,128 91 66 A ID   Jeff,  Caldwell 
4 KF7CQ 3,105 59 45 B ID Pacific Northwest VHF Society Harlen, Meridian
5 N6PR 216 18 12 A ID   Bill, Idaho Falls
  TOTAL = 497          


2008 ARRL Field Day

# Call Score Category QSOs Power Mult Participants Club
1 K7QD 2,870 1E 272 5 2  
2 W7QC 2,590 1B1B 224 5 1  
3 AB7HP 2,436 3A 565 2 22 HP Boise ARC
4 K7SI 1,465 4AB 68 5 20 Snake River ARC
5 N7PI 1,440 2A 246 2 16 Pocatello ARC
6 WT7B 1,436 1A 633 2 6 Bonanza Lightning Dodgers
7 K7SEL 1,238 2E 312 2 5 Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories ARC
8 N7UVH 1,064 1E 291 2 1  
9 AI7H 1,010 1D 215 2 1  
10 AD7LL 922 1B1 105 2 1  
11 K7BSE 616 2A 118 2 8 Idaho Society of Radio Amateurs
  TOTAL CONT ACTS 3049      
 

2008 ARRL International DX Contest (CW)

# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band  
1 KA7T 66,834 282 79 Single Op   20 Don, Meridian
2 K7ARJ 18,042 97 62 Single Op low   Willard, Ammon
3 K0IP 13,350 89 50 Single Op hi   John, Pocatello
4 KS4DU 3,744 48 26 Single Op qrp   Jim, Mackay
  TOTAL = 516          


 

2008 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)

# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power 1-Band  
1 K0IP 104,601 301 119 Single Op hi   John, Pocatello
2 NF7T 27,900 130 75 Single Op low   Jacob, Boise
3 N7VJ 18,762 107 59 Single Op low   Tom, Rigby
4 KB7QFE 6,534 74 33 Single Op   20 Gary, Emmett
5 KF7CQ 4,590 47 34 Single Op low   Harlen, Meridian
6 WM7DX 1,725 31 23 Single Op low   Bob, Boise
  TOTAL = 690          

CQ WW DX 160 Meter Contests
KC7ESB   11,718   120   42        Reed, Idaho Falls
K7ARJ         7,106   100   34        Willard , Idaho falls
there is some confusion here?? CQ doesn't make this easy!

KG7H    123,096 Graig, Clark Fork
K7OVG  2057 Charles, Meridian



 

   

2008 ARRL RTTY Round-Up

# Call Score QSOs Mult Class Power  
1 KC7QR 31,185 414 77 Single Op hi Bob , Twin Falls
2 N7UVH 26,901 463 61 Single Op low Pat, Post Falls
3 K0YQ 19,825 310 65 Single Op low John, Meridian
4 WM7DX 12,690 244 54 Single Op low Bob, Boise
5 N7NOG 3,000 76 40 Single Op hi John, Rathdrum
6 K7OVG 2,890 88 34 Single Op low Charles, Meridian
7 KD7AKN 322 26 14 Single Op low Jim,  Pocatello
  TOTAL = 1621        


 

2008 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes

# Call Score QSOs Mult Class  
1 W7MEM 153 16 9 B - Single Op High Mark, Rathdrum
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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.