http://www.clarkmasts.net.au/developement%20of%20radio/history%20of%20radio%20-%20page%205.htm

Will someone please empty the chad box.

World Wide Rating – Who Has What

http://www.k4fo.com/cqrtty/

DR1A is the contest callsign of the DF0CG team in Weeze (Germany, JO31CQ). WOW, just incredible!

Another view of the farm from atop the 80 meter vertical…

GERMANY – An excellent photo showing an Fu 9 configuration ( Torn. E. b and 5 W. S. ) being used with a pedal-powered generator.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Guglielmo-Marconi/142853905552

W4HOD Wishes Everyone a Very Happy, Healthy 2010

Many, many thanks to club member Darrell, K9MUG for his tireless work on the CW portion of the Triple Play Award. A big thank you to KD4POJ in North Dakota, KK7UV in Montana,  and WW3DE in Delaware for their help with last minute qsos.

A very Merry Christmas from the Heart of Dixie Amateur Radio Society – W4HOD!

W4HOD is down to the final two contacts for the LOTW Triple Play Award. AA4YL contacted Maine tonight, which leaves Montana and North Dakota on SSB for the final two. Many thanks to Darrell, K9MUG for his wonderful efforts in the award hunt, we could not have done it without him.

UPDATE:  AA4YL worked North Dakota on December 23rd, a nice birthday present for her. One to go, where are you Montana?!

Call: W4HOD
Operator(s): AA4YL
Station: W4HOD

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: AL
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Pts  Countries  OK Stns
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80:
40:   68  258      18        3
20:   53   75      20   4
15:    2    3       2        0
10:
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Total:  141  336      40        7  Total Score = 15,792

Club: Alabama Contest Group

Comments:

Enjoyed this one a lot. Thanks for the contacts.

HODARS received a pleasant surprise in our mailbox last week. A certificate for first place, Alabama Section in our category in the RTTY Roundup. Multi Operator, Low Power in the Alabama Section.  Club members KF4OPX and AA4YL were operators in the contest.

HODARS has completed 144 of 150 contacts for the ARRL Triple Play Award.  2 needed on SSB, 2 on Digital and 2 on CW.

Many thanks again to K9MUG for his extra efforts to make it happen on CW.

At the November meeting, club members voted to establish a contesting fund for HODARS contesting activities. The first purchase was an order of QSL cards from KB3IFH in Maryland. First, let me brag on KB3IFH. Randy does an outstanding job of printing and his customer service is top notch too. Take a minute and read the over 14 pages of feedback on eham.net

The card we designed is shown on the new State of Alabama amateur radio tag background. The border is the Alabama state flag. We wanted a professional image to reflect our new emphasis on contesting and I think the card looks great!

K9MUG, KA4PKB, and AA4YL travelled to the Montgomery Hamfest on Saturday. We arrived late, but in plenty of time for the Alabama Contest Group lunch/gab fest at Country’s BBQ in Montgomery.  Lunch was great and conversation was varied as usual. Great to see fellow W4HOD members KA4NDY and KG4CQZ there.  Those in attendance were:WA4WLI, KA4PKB, K4ZGB, AA4YL, K9MUG, KE4GWW, WA4AW and Myra, KG4CQZ, KA4NDY, KY5R and  Patti, and KC4HW.  A very robust group.  Lots of DX, CW and RTTY stories!

http://alabamacontestgroup.org