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ARRL International DX Contest SSB

by @ Friday, March 5th, 2010. Filed under ARRL, contests

This weekend is the ARRL International DX contest on SSB.
You can find a copy of the rules by clicking here
The contest runs for 48 hours and starts at 0000 UTC Saturday and ends at 2400 UTC Sunday.
All non WARC bands 160-10 are eligible for contesting.
Entries for the Phone competition must be emailed or postmarked by 2359 UTC [...]

HF Frequencies released for normal use

by @ Wednesday, January 27th, 2010. Filed under Uncategorized

HF Frequencies for Haiti Return to Normal Use (Jan 24, 2010) — Considering the improving communications situation in Haiti, Dr Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P, IARU Region 2 EMCOR, announced the release of HF frequencies, including 7.045 and 3.720 MHz, for normal use. “We thank the world radio amateur community for their support in keeping these frequencies clear during the past days.”
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ZL7T RECAP

by @ Monday, January 18th, 2010. Tags:
Filed under dxpedition

Back in March 2009 I made a blog post about the use of CW skimmer software during dxpeditions. My original blog post is here
Today, I was contacted by several members of the ZL7T dxpedition about this blog post. My only intent of this blog post was to get discussion going about the use CW [...]

What is Hellschreiber??

by @ Friday, January 15th, 2010. Tags: , , ,
Filed under contests, digital

One of the things I love about ham radio is the depth and breath of the hobby. There are many facets of the hobby, that there should be something for just about any taste. I am going to start taking a look at different modes in the hobby.
If you look, you can find a contest [...]

Haiti Earthquake Info….

by @ Thursday, January 14th, 2010. Tags: ,
Filed under emergency

SATERN is currently engaged in communications for the Haiti earthquake. Check out 14.265 and 7.265

Haiti Earthquake communications information

by @ Thursday, January 14th, 2010. Tags: , ,
Filed under emergency

IARU Region 2 Requests Frequencies Be Kept Clear After Massive Earthquake Strikes Haiti

On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the island nation’s capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been disrupted. No word has been received as of [...]

Contest Spotlight

by @ Sunday, January 10th, 2010. Tags: ,
Filed under NCCC, contests

This weeks contest spotlight : NCCC Ladder Competition
The Northern California Contest Club sponsers the NCCC Ladder. The NCCC ladder is a 30 minute contest. You can find the current schedule here and the rules here.
There is a score calculating program located here.
Because of the short duration, time synchronization with WWV is essential.
You can only use 20,40, [...]

3830 scores- ARRL 160 contest

by @ Monday, January 4th, 2010. Tags:
Filed under 160, 3830 scores, ARRL, contests

Looks like our effort (NW4T) wasnt too bad considering the temperarture was cold and we were in a tobacco barn freezing…..
NW4T (WA4IJQ, AA4RL, and K4SAC-ops)
Call               QSOs   Sec Cntry   hr      Score Club
All M/S LP
VE2OJ(@VA2BW)     1082    77    23          224,200
VE3MGY             724    73    17  16.0    132,750 CCO
NE4S               615    72    11   19H    105,327 SECC
W3WH               388    68     9    12     61,831 Wireless Association
AD8J               [...]

New Feature on the blog

by @ Sunday, January 3rd, 2010. Tags: ,
Filed under blog

There is a new feature on the blog, which I hope is an useful addition. If you look to the left column, I have added a widget that has the upcoming contest dates. These dates are courtesy of WA7BNM Bruce Horn’s website
If you click the link, it will expand the link and give you [...]

NR5M Contest Station Video

by @ Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. Tags: ,
Filed under Contest Stations, video

Fast Tube by Casper
Nice contest station, cool video. If anyone knows of anymore contest station videos comment and I will post links here!
73, Jack K4SAC

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