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The ARRL Contest Update
Published by the American Radio Relay League
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February 2, 2011
Editor: Ward Silver, N0AX
==> IN THIS ISSUE
- Go Digital! CQ WPX RTTY
- Calling All Students - School Club Roundup
- Field Day Update from ARRL HQ
- Jargon Joggin'
- Solar One-Two Punch
- ARRL CW SS and Sep VHF QSO Party Results
- Coverage Maps and VOACAP
- Tasty Tin Tips
- When All Else Is Made to Fail
NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO
You may not realize that the Northern California Contest Club weekly NS
CW sprint on Thursday evenings
is preceded by a slow-speed version called the SNS. This is a good way
to try the sprint format without the blazing speeds of the full-speed
version. February is the busiest contest month next to October - you'll
find plenty to do!
BULLETINS
There are no bulletins items for this issue.
BUSTED QSOS
Watson - a name! Peter N5UWY reports that the correct call sign for the
author of DXLab Suite is AA6YQ and Jim WI9WI observes that the great
Antarctic explorer was Shackleton, not Shackleford (whose name is
burned into my synapses as a junior-high Vice Principal).
==> CONTEST SUMMARY
Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section
Feb 5-6
- NS Weekly Sprint--CW (Feb 4)
- YLISSB QSO Party--CW
- Ten-Ten Winter Phone QSO Party
- Black Sea Cup International
- EPC WW PSK Contest
- Vermont QSO Party
- Minnesota QSO Party
- FYBO Winter QRP Field Day
- Straight Key Party
- British Columbia QSO Party
- Delaware QSO Party
- XE Int'l RTTY Contest
- North American Sprint--CW
- QRP Winter Fireside SSB Sprint
- ARS Spartan Sprint--CW (Feb 8)
- NAQCC Monthly QRP Sprint--CW (Feb 9)
- CWops Monthly Mini-CWT Test (Feb 9)
Feb 12-13
- School Club Roundup (Feb 14-18)
- PODXS Valentine Sprint--Digital (Feb 11)
- YL-OM Contest (Feb 11)
- CQ WW RTTY WPX
- Asia-Pacific Sprint--CW
- Dutch PACC Contest
- Louisiana QSO Party
- OMISS QSO Party--Phone
- New Hampshire QSO Party
- FISTS CW Winter Sprint
- RSGB - First 1.8 MHz Contest
- North American Sprint--Phone
- Classic Exchange--Phone
- Maine FM Simplex Challenge--Phone
==> NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
ARRL Contest Branch Manager, Sean KX9X has just released some important
information for this year's ARRL Field Day
. The "free" VHF station that was
previously restricted to Class A participants with two or more
transmitters is now available to all Class A operations! This should
promote additional VHF+ weak-signal operation and know-how. In order to
promote better VHF+ operating practices, Sean and Steve WB8IMY have
collaborated on a VHF Operator FAQ document that presents information
on how to operate on 6 and 2 meter SSB and CW, using FM phone, and
working the satellites. Field Day offers VHF+ operating opportunities
to hams that may not have tried it before - this document will help
them get better results and follow regular operating practices. Now
it's up to the VHF+ operators out there to help their teams get that
VHF station on the air and making QSOs! Read more about this year's
rules on the ARRL Field Day web site.
CQ WPX Contest Director, Randy K5ZD reports on the CQ WPX blog
, "Everyone who submitted a log for
the 2010 CQ WPX SSB Contest should have received an email with a link
to their log checking report. The log check report is a text file that
contains all the information about how your log was scored and any
errors that were found." Not only is the information you miscopied
available, but the report also includes information about how your
information was copied by other stations. This is solid gold
information you can use to improve your operating! Randy is not
entirely without sympathy for a first-time report reader, "It can be
shocking to see a log check report for the first time. Everyone makes
errors. The best ops have spent years improving their skills and
learning a vocabulary of call signs. Study your errors and work to
improve them in the next contest." Several log checking reports from
winning stations (and Randy's as well) have been made public for
comparison.
Array Solutions has announced a new wide-band vector impedance
antenna analyzer, the AIM UHF
. Its operating range is
5 kHz to 1 GHz and it operates just like the popular AIM4170C. The
companion PC software displays the data graphically and stores the
digitized information in files, as well. Another instrument in the
increasingly sophisticated tool set available to amateurs!
Ham radio has been in the news more and more recently. One could say
things are looking up, especially when the subject is finding an errant
satellite! NASA's NanoSail-D
got stuck in its canister and failed to deploy as expected. (I have
whole weeks like that.) To the rescue came hams with UHF weak-signal
capability! Asked by NASA to listen for the satellite, the beacon was
almost immediately detected . The satellite
turns out to be in orbit and the experiment is running - way to go!
Now that NanoSail-D is, in fact, sailing,
Spaceweather.com and NASA have announced a
contest to photograph the orbiting solar sail. It should be bright
enough to see and web sites like Heavens-Above
can help you locate it. The contest will
end along with NanoSail-D when it re-enters the atmosphere in April or
May of this year. (from AMSAT bulletin 030.05)
Rick NQ4I announces the second annual Contest Ham Radio cruise from
September 16-19th on the Monarch of the Seas. The ship will sail from
Port Canaveral, Florida with a destination of Coco Cay in the Bahamas.
Contact Rick's spouse, Georganne N4ZUF <%20Georganne@nq4i.com> for
information about the cruise.
The MARAC US Counties QSO Party has
undergone a major overhaul of rules, dates, and scoring, moving to the
last full weekend of July. Mobile contesting is a lot of fun and this
is one of the bigger contests of its type. (Thanks, Scott KA3QLF)
If you've ever encountered gear you once owned and sold, you may agree
that hamfests may have an analog in kula rings
- a formal network of trinket exchange in the islands near Papua New
Guinea. (Thanks, Mike AA1TJ)
Web Site of the Week - If you've ever Elmered a new ham, you know they
ask a lot of questions, some of which aren't that easy to answer, like
"Why do hams abbreviate everything?" Sometimes, even the old-timers
can't answer! Luckily, there is a one-stop-shop resource on the AC6V
"Jargon" web page . I was surprised to
learn the origin of the Philco company name!
WORD TO THE WISE
Mega-irks - From "The First 50 Years of University of Wisconsin
Broadcasting", a listener wrote in 1969 inquiring, "...(the announcer)
tells us that WHKW operates on a frequency of 89.3 mega-irks. What, if
you please, is a mega-irk?" Obviously, a mega-irk is what happens when
someone tries to steal your frequency above 1 MHz.
==> SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
A few days ago, a spectacular double eruption on the Sun resulted in an
M1-class flare, the strongest of the year so far. Luckily for HF'ers
the flare's ejected material missed Earth, so no geomagnetic storms
resulted. (VHF+ ops could use the aurora!) You can watch the explosions
on the Spaceweather.com highlight movie
captured by SOHO and the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Quite a jump from the A-frame lumber masts in the old Antenna Books,
the tallest wooden tower
in the world is
nearly 400 feet high! The story and a whole lot more Is available at
the online site for the Modesto Radio Museum
. (Thanks, Tim K3LR)
IBM equipment (and employment) has been a part of many hams' lives.
Mike K7NT found this enjoyable video about the last 100 years at IBM
, one of
the world's oldest technology companies still doing business.
Lots of old-radio pictures are available around the web - take a look
at the Shorpy site and search for "wireless"
or "radio". (Thanks, Brad AA1IP)
==> RESULTS AND RECORDS
Two sets of ARRL contest results
hit the web this week;
the excellent 2010 September VHF QSO Party writeup by Jeff K1TEO and
the preliminary version of the 2010 CW Sweepstakes results. (The full
package, including the writeup by VE4XT will be out later around late
April.) There is something very rare in the CW SS results - a TIE
between the top two Single-Op, High Power stations, N9RV and N0NI
(operated by AG9A)! It looks like the coasts were not the places to win
this year. The SSB SS preliminary results should be out in a couple of
weeks. (Thanks, ARRL Contest Branch Manager, Sean KX9X)
Don't forget to add your photos and stories about the Jan VHF
Sweepstakes to the ARRL Soapbox page at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox - some good ones are up there
already! Dink N7WA also maintains a comprehensive text Soapbox page
for major and minor contests,
too.
The results of the 2010 CQ WPX SSB Contest
are now available on the CQ WPX Web
site. Visitors can read the results article from CQ Magazine, search
through the online score database
and review the public logs .
The score records have also been updated. It was another record year
for WPX SSB with almost 700 more logs
than 2009. (Thanks, CQ WPX Director, Randy K5ZD)
With the CW weekend in the history books, the CQ WW 160 Contest
is looking forward to the SSB weekend at the end of
February. Contest Director, Andy N2NT reports that there are four new
trophies this year:
SSB/CW Combined - Multioperator - World
CW Single Operator -- Russia
SSB Single Operator -- Russia
Single-Op, Assisted -- Zone 3 USA (CW)
OPERATING TIP
Good troubleshooting tips sound like good operating training tips, too!
1. Always check the simple, fragile stuff first
2. Use solid and consistent trouble-shooting techniques
3. Use the experience and knowledge of others
4. Never give up
(Thanks, Mark WD4ELG)
==> TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION
NW7US has published a web page on "De-mystifying HF Radio Propagation
and Modeling ". It
includes some coverage maps which may be generated using VOACAP
as explained in ARRL Propagation
Forecast Bulletin ARLP003
.
Clamp-style connectors in the N and BNC families have been popular
for years. Now a clamp-style UHF connector is available from RF
Industries . An advantage of clamp-style
connectors is the ability to inspect the work before and after the
cable is fitted into the body until the center pin is crimped. Full
assembly instructions are also on-line.
While more expensive than the solder-style connector, the extra
waterproofing of the jacket and inspection feature might be worth it
for specific projects. (Thanks, Paul W9AC)
Pete N4ZR reports finding a useful coax stripping tool for many
different types of cable. "I discovered the DataShark 70029 cutter and
stripper - for $9.95 it strips phone cable, Cat5-5e-6, RG6Quad, RG6,
RG59, RG7 and RG11 (if the latter, then I suspect RG-213 as well). It
is the perfect complement to [type-F] compression connectors because it
automatically and precisely trims RG-6 family cables to fit perfectly."
Why use a butterfly variable capacitor? Originally created for
push-pull amplifiers with the rotor grounded, they can be useful as a
"regular" variable capacitor, too. If you do not ground the rotor and
use the two stators as the two ends of the cap, the result is half the
minimum capacitance (important at VHF), twice the breakdown voltage,
and no poor rotor contact issues. The trade-off is that the frame can't
be grounded and an insulated shaft coupling is required. (Thanks, Mike
WV2ZOW)
Magnetic declination - the difference between True and Magnetic North -
varies quite a bit across the US and especially Canada. This NOAA web
page will
figure your magnetic declination based on ZIP code or lat/long, plus
the date. (Thanks, Kevin AC0H)
"Practical Sailor" is a product evaulation magazine for sailors. In
2007 they tested a comprehensive list of corrosion inhibitors and the
results may be
of interest to maritime and land-based hams. (Thanks, Jim KS4O)
Roger K8RI describes a simple way to make a template for rotator
mounting bolts without using a measuring instrument. "Using thin
cardboard (such as from a pad of paper) or even a plastic sheet
protector, turn the rotator upside down and lay the plastic or
cardboard over the base. With a ball-peen hammer, using the ball end
lightly tap on the sheet over the areas where the bolt holes are
located. Make sure all holes remain aligned with the sheet. Done
properly this can actually develop cutouts for each bolt hole. Place
the template on the work-piece, mark the bolt holes and drill. This
procedure also works well for making gaskets using gasket material of
the proper thickness."
Technical Web Site of the Week - Reuse is a favorite past-time (if not
a full-time) activity of hams and no re-use is more fun than that
staple of the workbench - a candy tin. The web site "Art of Manliness
"
shows 22 ways to reuse the popular Altoids tin. I'm sure there must be
an equivalent "Art of Womanliness" site, but maybe the female re-users
just don't feel the need to show off as much! (Thanks, John AE5X)
==> CONVERSATION
When All Else Is Made to Fail
Ham radio has been making surprise media appearances here and there
over the past couple of years and not just as a novelty story, either.
In just the past couple of weeks, NASA asked hams to listen for the
NanoSail-D solar sail (see the News section for more) and a variety of
"media hits" find hams providing emergency communications and other
useful services. Now there are rumors coming out of the Egyptian
turmoil about using ham radio to communicate when a government decides
to close off the usual information channels. (Information about use of
ham radio in Egypt is unsubstantiated
.)
I have often characterized ham radio as "the world's most powerful
form of communications available to the private citizen" when asked why
it is still relevant. It may not be the fastest or the most ubiquitous
or have the ultimate convenience, but that is the source of its power -
it must meet none of those requirements in order to survive. Let's face
it - ham radio does not compete with broadband data links carrying
commerce and entertainment traffic! If that was its mission, we would
long ago been off the air.
We've all heard the slogan "When All Else Fails" and it has a certain
truth but consider what happens when the communications outages to
which we respond are intentional - when all else is made to fail. Back
in the Soviet Union's fading days of glasnost, a coup attempted to
restore the old government structure. While not well-known, some
Russian hams passed information around the country, playing a game of
electromagnetic cat-and-mouse with the would-be authorities trying to
follow and jam them across the bands and modes. Months later, when the
Lithuanian parliament in Vilnius was surrounded by Russian military
forces, authority of the government was transferred to a minister
outside the country via the ham radio club station inside the
parliament building. Finally, there was the tale of the "Last Voice
from Kuwait " as one ham kept
transmitting even under occupation.
Regardless of how Amateur Radio is used in response to extraordinary
circumstances, the keys to the utility of Amateur Radio are two-fold;
our flexibility and our independence. Amateur Radio is the only
licensed service that assigns no channels and encourages operators to
use any frequency available to them. Amateur Radio also offers the
ability to communicate completely independently of any other
communications service or infrastructure. Amateurs may choose to
channelize operations and combine their operation with other
communications services if that is what most suits the need or
preference, but it is critically important that we maintain our
flexibility and independence for when direct point-to-point
communication is the only answer.
Amateur radio is a broad hobby or service - and getting broader all the
time. Yet along with all the many novel constructs that make up ham
radio today, that we can make contacts unassisted and independently
remains a core element of who we are and what we do. Contesting and
radiosport exercise the skills that support those abilities. In our
zeal to explore the game we should always remember and make room for
the elemental aspects of Amateur Radio "know-how" unique to our
service, fulfilling our Basis and Purpose in the most fundamental,
necessary, and yes, enjoyable ways. Let us not ever take the essential
"amateur" out of Amateur Radio.
73, Ward N0AX
==> CONTESTS
2 February through 15 February
An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral in PDF format
is available. Check the
sponsor's Web site for information on operating time restrictions and
other instructions.
HF CONTESTS
North American Sprint--CW, from Feb 6, 0000Z to Feb 6, 0400Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-14. Exchange: Both call signs, serial, name, and S/P/C. Logs
due: 7 days. Rules
North American Sprint--Phone, from Feb 13, 0000Z to Feb 13, 0400Z.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-14. Exchange: Both call signs, serial, name, and
S/P/C. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
School Club Roundup--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 14, 1300Z to Feb 18,
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: RS(T), Class, S/P/C. Logs
due: 30 days. Rules
NS Weekly Sprint--CW, from Feb 4, 0230Z to Feb 4, 0300Z. Bands (MHz):
1.8-14. Frequencies: Weekly on Thursday evenings local time. Exchange:
Serial, name, and S/P/C. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
YLISSB QSO Party--CW, from Feb 5, 0000Z to Feb 6, 0000Z. Bands (MHz):
1.8-28. Exchange: Call sign, RS(T), ISSB number. Logs due: Mar 19.
Rules
Ten-Ten Winter Phone QSO Party--Phone, from Feb 5, 0001Z to Feb 6,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 28. Exchange: Call sign, name, QTH, 10-10 number.
Logs due: Feb 21. Rules
Black Sea Cup International--Phone,CW, from Feb 5, 1200Z to Feb 6,
1200Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T) and org'n ID, member nr or
ITU zone. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
EPC WW PSK Contest--Digital, from Feb 5, 1200Z to Feb 6, 1200Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST and serial. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Vermont QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 5, 1300Z to Feb 6, 0300Z
and Feb 6, 1300Z to Feb 7, 0300Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Frequencies:
Multiple operating periods; CW band edge + 60 kHz; SSB 1.89, 3.89,
7.29, 14.29, 21.39, 28.39. Exchange: RS(T) and VT county or S/P/C. Logs
due: 30 days. Rules
Minnesota QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 5, 1400Z to Feb 5,
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, Frequencies: CW
1.850,3.550,7.050,14.050,21.050,28.050; SSB
1.870,3.850,7.250,14.270,21.350,28.450. Exchange: Name and MN county or
S/P/C. Logs due: Mar 15. Rules
FYBO Winter QRP Field Day--Phone,CW, from Feb 5, 1400Z to Feb 5, 2400Z.
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T), S/P/C, name, power, temp in deg
F. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Straight Key Party--CW, from Feb 5, 1600Z to Feb 5, 1900Z. Bands (MHz):
3.5. Exchange: RST, serial, category, name, age. Logs due: Feb 28.
Rules
British Columbia QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 5, 1600Z to Feb
6, 0800Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Frequencies: CW
1.815,3.535,7.035,14.035,21.035,28.305; SSB
1.845,3.85,7.23,14.25,21.3,28.4; Dig per band plan. Exchange: RST and
BC district or S/P/Territory or DX. Logs due: Mar 31. Rules
Delaware QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 5, 1700Z to Feb 6,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, Frequencies: CW
1.825,3.55,7.05,14.05,21.05,28.05,50.95; SSB
1.86,3.96,7.26,14.26,21.36,28.36,50.135; Digital per band plan.
Exchange: RS(T) and DE county or S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
XE Int'l RTTY Contest--Digital, from Feb 5, 1800Z to Feb 6, 1759Z.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST and XE state/district or serial.
Logs due: 30 days. Rules
QRP Winter Fireside SSB Sprint--Phone, from Feb 6, 2000Z to Feb 6,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Frequencies: 3.865, 7.285, 14.285, 21.385,
28.385. Exchange: RS, S/P/C, QRP ARCI number or power. Logs due: Mar 7.
Rules
ARS Spartan Sprint--CW, from Feb 8, 0200Z to Feb 8, 0400Z. Bands (MHz):
3.5-28. Frequencies: Monthly on the first Monday evening. Exchange:
RST, S/P/C, and power. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
NAQCC Monthly QRP Sprint--CW, from Feb 9, 0130Z to Feb 9, 0330Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-14. Frequencies: Monthly on 2nd Tuesday or 3rd Wednesday
(alternating). Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and NAQCC mbr nr or power. Logs
due: 4 days. Rules
CWops Monthly Mini-CWT Test--CW, from Feb 9, 1100Z to Feb 10, 0400Z and
See Web site. Bands (MHz): 3.5-14. Frequencies: Multiple operating
periods, monthly on the second Wednesday, 18 to 28 kHz above band edge.
Exchange: Name and member number or S/P/C. Logs due: 2 days. Rules
PODXS Valentine Sprint--Digital, from Feb 11, 8 PM to Feb 12, 2 AM.
Bands (MHz): 1.8-7. Frequencies: 1.807,3.580,7.070/7.035 EU/7.028 JA.
Exchange: Name, OM or YL, S/P/C. Logs due: Mar 4. Rules
YL-OM Contest--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 11, 1400Z to Feb 13, 0200Z.
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: Call sign, RST, serial and S/P/C. Logs
due: 30 days. Rules
CQ WW RTTY WPX--Digital, from Feb 12, 0000Z to Feb 13, 2400Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST and serial. Logs due: Mar 1. Rules
Asia-Pacific Sprint--CW, from Feb 12, 1100Z to Feb 12, 1300Z. Bands
(MHz): 7,14. Exchange: RST, serial. Logs due: 7 days. Rules
Dutch PACC Contest--Phone,CW, from Feb 12, 1200Z to Feb 13, 1200Z.
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T) and Dutch province or serial. Logs
due: Mar 14. Rules
Louisiana QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 12, 1500Z to Feb 13,
0300Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Frequencies: CW
1.84,3.54,7.04,14.04,21.04,28.04; Phone
1.865,3.865,7.255,14.255,21.365,28.465; VHF
50.095,50.135,144.05,144.21. Exchange: Call sign, RS(T), LA parish or
S/P/C. Logs due: Mar 15. Rules
OMISS QSO Party--Phone, from Feb 12, 1500Z to Feb 13, 1500Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RS, S/P/C and OMISS nr or "DX". Logs due: Mar
30. Rules
New Hampshire QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 12, 1600Z to Feb
13, 0400Z and See Web site, See Web site to See Web site, See Web site.
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Frequencies: CW - 1.815 and band edge + 45kHz;
Phone - 1.875, 3.935, 3.950, 7.235, 14.280, 21.380, 28.390. Exchange:
RS(T) and NH county or S/P or "DX". Logs due: Mar 31. Rules
FISTS CW Winter Sprint--CW, from Feb 12, 1700Z to Feb 12, 2100Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, first name, FISTS nr or power.
Logs due: 30 days. Rules
RSGB - First 1.8 MHz Contest--Phone,CW, from Feb 12, 2100Z to Feb 13,
0100Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8. Exchange: RST, serial, UK district. Logs due:
Feb 28. Rules
Classic Exchange--Phone, from Feb 13, 1400Z to Feb 14, 0800Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28, 50,144, Frequencies:
AM--1.890,3.880,7.160,7.290,14.286,21.420,29.000,50.400,144.300;
SSB--1.885,3.870,7.280,14.270,21.370,28.390,50.125,144.200. Exchange:
RST, QTH, model of rcvr and xmtr. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
VHF+ CONTESTS
School Club Roundup--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 14, 1300Z to Feb 18,
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: RS(T), Class, S/P/C. Logs
due: 30 days. Rules
Minnesota QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 5, 1400Z to Feb 5,
2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, Frequencies: CW
1.850,3.550,7.050,14.050,21.050,28.050; SSB
1.870,3.850,7.250,14.270,21.350,28.450. Exchange: Name and MN county or
S/P/C. Logs due: Mar 15. Rules
Delaware QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Feb 5, 1700Z to Feb 6,
2359Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+, Frequencies: CW
1.825,3.55,7.05,14.05,21.05,28.05,50.95; SSB
1.86,3.96,7.26,14.26,21.36,28.36,50.135; Digital per band plan.
Exchange: RS(T) and DE county or S/P/C. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Classic Exchange--Phone, from Feb 13, 1400Z to Feb 14, 0800Z. Bands
(MHz): 1.8-28, 50,144, Frequencies:
AM--1.890,3.880,7.160,7.290,14.286,21.420,29.000,50.400,144.300;
SSB--1.885,3.870,7.280,14.270,21.370,28.390,50.125,144.200. Exchange:
RST, QTH, model of rcvr and xmtr. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
Maine FM Simplex Challenge--Phone, from Feb 13, 1900Z to Feb 13, 2300Z.
Bands (MHz): 144, Frequencies: FM simplex frequencies only. Exchange:
Call sign, QTH, power. Logs due: 30 days. Rules
==> LOG DUE DATES
2 February through 15 February
February 8 - MI QRP January CW Contest
February 8 - EUCW 160m Contest
February 8 - WW PMC Contest
February 8 - PODXS 070 Club PSKFest
February 8 - ARRL RTTY Roundup
February 13 - UBA DX Contest, SSB
February 14 - ARCI Fireside SSB Sprint
February 15 - Midwinter Contest
February 15 - Hungarian DX Contest
February 15 - UK DX Contest, RTTY
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Radio REscue NEt operations BBS, 1:116/901 thanks to Daryl
Stout, n5vlz, sysop of the THunderbolt BBS, 1:382/33.
Address all comments and questions to the editor as described in this
electronic newsletter.
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* Origin: (1:116/901)
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