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NEW ARRL CONTEST

by k4sac @ Friday, April 9th, 2010. Tags: , ,
Filed under ARRL, contests

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. [...]

What is Hellschreiber??

by k4sac @ 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 k4sac @ 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 [...]

Remote operation of a station during a contest…….

by k4sac @ Monday, February 23rd, 2009. Tags: , , ,
Filed under ARRL, contests, remote operation, skimmer

The ARRL CAC met recently to clarify some things in the contest rules. Other contests had ruled on the CW Skimmer issue,  the ARRL being the last to rule on it. As did the CQ contest folks, the ARRL has okay’d the CW Skimmer and other “multi-channel decoders” for Multi-operator and the Single-Operator Assisted category [...]

State QSO parties

by k4sac @ Saturday, February 7th, 2009. Tags:
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This weekend there are several state QSO parties. These QSO parties give you a good chance to snag those states you need for 5BWAS or if you are a county hunter, to get those elusive counties. The following contests are this weekend: Vermont QSO Party: 0000Z, Feb 7 to 2400Z, Feb 8 Minnesota QSO Party: [...]

FD Results are out

by k4sac @ Thursday, October 30th, 2008. Tags: ,
Filed under Uncategorized

Every year the one contest I always look forward to is ARRL FD. Perhaps it is a combination of my love of camping and ham radio? But FD always is the highlight of the year for me. Several years ago, being that we are out of the zone for the SMC and at the time, [...]

Digital contests

by k4sac @ Saturday, August 9th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
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Although I tend to focus on the major contests, I like to blog about digital contests as well. Digital modes such as PSK31, Hellschreiber, RTTY, MT63, Throb, and MFSK16 can all be used in some contests. These modes are easy to use as all you need is a computer and a sound card and a [...]

Contests this week

by k4sac @ Friday, September 22nd, 2006. Tags:
Filed under contests

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY: 0000Z, Sep 23 to 2400Z, Sep 24Mode:RTTY Bands:80, 40, 20, 15, 10m Classes:Single Op All Band (High/Low)Single Op Single BandSingle Op Assisted All BandMulti-Single (High/Low)Multi-TwoMulti-Multi Max power:HP: 1500 wattsLP: 150 watts Exchange:48 States/Canada: RST + (state/VE area) + CQ ZoneAll Others: RST + CQ Zone Work stations:Once per band QSO [...]

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