Category Archives: Contesting

2014 ARRL Centennial QSO Party

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In 2014 ARRL and its volunteers will activate W1AW/portable stations in each of the 50 states, territories and possessions. The goal is for the W1AW/ portable operations to be as active as possible during the Tuesday night local to Wednesday time frames 0000Z Weds to 2359Z Tuesday).  All bands and modes may be used. ARRL will offer Worked All States Awards for QSOs made with the W1AW/ portable operations and incentives to work each activation, even if the state has already been worked.

There will also be a points-gathering activity, during which W1AW/portable stations will be worth points. Each week there can be up to two W1AW/ portable operations from the states and one from a territory.

Alabama participation will be the week of the Alabama QSO party and again  the week of October 15.

More information coming soon.

 

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Field Day 2013

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Field Day 2013 was held at the QTH of club member Bob, KA4PKB.

Our class was 2E and we ran a CW station and a SSB station. We were going to run RTTY and CW, but we needed the Rigexpert on the CW station.

It was great fun and we had numerous members on site.

Mike, KI4TWB

John, KI4KUT

Stew, K4JOP

Gene, KI4EEY

Darrell, K9MUG

Dick, K4IQJ

Cheryl, AA4YL

Bob, KA4PKB

Next contest is the German DL-DX RTTY contest on the July 4th weekend. It is usually a great contest.

2013 RTTY RU

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The RU went very well. Darrell, K9MUG; Gene, KI4EEY; Bob, KA4PKB and Cheryl, AA4YL participated, using the club call W4HOD.

Was great to have Gene at the keyboard. He operated about two hours.

 

710 QSOS

710 POINTS

56 SECTIONS

38 DX CALLS

TOTAL 66,740

ARRL RTTY Roundup January 5-6

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1. Objective: Amateurs worldwide contact and exchange QSO information with other amateurs using digital modes (Baudot RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, PSK31 and Packet—attended operation only) on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands. Any station may work any other station. Stations may be worked once per band, regardless of mode.

2. Date and Contest Period: First full weekend of January, but never on January 1. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 2400 UTC Sunday (January 5-6, 2013).

W4HOD will be operating the contest from our club radio room, Using the new A3S beam and tower. We will fire up the club grill and cook something delicious. Not sure what at the moment.

http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup