2011 ARRL DX Phone During February's ARRL DX CW contest on February 19, my band partner Doug, K1DG and I were sitting at the 15 meter position of the K3LR multi-multi station waiting for the band to pop open... and waiting...and waiting. It felt so close! ... W Silver - QST...
The ARRL Sweepstakes Contest was widely requested and is an accomplishment because it has such a complicated exchange. We had to "redo" how the program looked at exchanges, and it will help add new contests in the future. Because this contest is so different, please take a look at theRead...
The North Coast Contesters club boasts three of the best superstations in the country – K3LR, W2FU and K8AZ – and all of them were out in force for the CW weekend of the 2018 ARRL International DX Contest . Unfortunately, conditions were terrible and this really impacted our stations ...
More people moved into the area and small hotels and cabins opened up nearby." And with more people comes more technology, most of which is supposed to make our lives better, but as hams know, that can be a double-edged sword.Matt WilhelmQst...
1.3.2.DXstationsworkasmanyW/VEstationsinasmanyofthe48contiguous statesandprovincesaspossible. 2.DateandContestPeriod: 2.1.CW:ThirdfullweekendinFebruary(February18-29,2012). 2.2.Phone:FirstfullweekendinMarch(March3-4,2012). 2.3.ContestPeriod:Separatecontestsof48hoursforeachmodefrom0000UTC ...
The ham radio "tweens" are those years between the cycle peak and cycle lull that can allow for some spectacular contest band conditions. The cycle peaks usually see very high scores posted in contests for no other reason than open bands provide more opportunity for a large number of QSOs....
* W/VE stations send a signal report and their state or province; DX stations send a signal report and their transmit power. * Be sure to tell your ARRL DX story at www.arrl.org/soapbox! CW log submission deadline: 2359 UTC Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Phone log submission deadline: 2359...
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