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2010 WRTC Results

by @ Thursday, July 29th, 2010. Tags: , ,
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The eagerly anticipated 2010 WRTC is finally done and in the can and the results have been announced. In a very close competition, Vladimir Askenov RW1AC and Alexey Mikhailov RA1AIP using the call R32F won a very narrow victory over Team Estonia, R33A operated by ES5TV/ES2RR in the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championship. In a demonstration of how close the [...]

NEW ARRL CONTEST

by @ Friday, April 9th, 2010. Tags: , ,
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The First Rookie Roundup — Coming April 18! Back several years ago, there used to be a contest called the Novice Roundup. It was contest where the old timers would get on the air and work only novices. Well the ARRL has decided to re-invent the Novice Roundup into a contest called the Rookie Roundup. [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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               [...]

Excellent CQ WW resource

by @ Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. Tags:
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While surfing the WWW looking for more links to add to my contesting blog, I came across an excellent resource by CT1BOH, Jose. Jose has created an excellent resource of CQ WW history from 1940 to present, in PDF format. You can find his website here Jose obviously put a lot of time and effort [...]

Stew Perry 160 contest

by @ Thursday, December 17th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under 160, contests

The 2009 Stew Perry 160 topband contest is rapidly approaching…. Save the dates 1500Z December 26th to 1500Z December 27th, 2009 for this followup to the ARRL 160 contest. You can find the rules here This contest is sponsered by the Boring Amateur Radio Check it out!!

ARRL 160 contest notes

by @ Monday, December 7th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under 160, CQ, Field Day, contests

Well the ARRL 160 has come and gone. Band conditions were exceptionally good this year. The noise level at our QTH on Saturday had dropped to a S3 which made pulling those weak ones out much easier. Heard a ND but wasnt able to work him.  Didn’t hear a AK or HI station but did [...]

CQ WW soapbox

by @ Tuesday, December 1st, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under CQ, contests

The CQ WW 3830 soapbox can be found here at http://www.eskimo.com/~mwdink/3830/

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