Next weekend: International vintage contest
The International Vintage Contest is now into its 5th year and this time it is to be held on Sunday 15th April;
It will take place over two periods, each lasting 3 hours. The first runs between 07:00 UTC and 10:00 UTC and the second between [...]
Next weekend: SP DX Contest
It’s time for the national Polish contest, where the various provinces (the so-called ”voivodeships“) can to be worked.
Next weekend: FOC QSO Party
After the CQ WPX binge, this weekend will be quiet as far as contests are concerned. We have searched through contest calendars and the only noticeable actvity is the FOC QSO Party, run by the First Class CW Operators’ Club, slated for [...]
Next weekend: CQ WPX SSB
It is one of the more important contests of the year (not to mention CQWW): the hunt is for prefixes. For example, all US call areas are multipliers. Thus, by working a W2, a K2, a N2 and a AB2, you will log four multipliers.
On CQ magazine’s [...]
Next weekend: Russian DX contest
This weekend, 17th-18th March, we have the Russian DX contest, on CW and SSB. It’s a 24 hour contest, running Saturday 1200 UTC through Sunday 1200 UTC. Participating bands include the” top band”, 160 meters. It’s a worldwide [...]
Next weekend: EA PSK63 Contest
Besides RTTY, there are many other popular digital modes at one’s disposal utilizing an HF rig and computer. One of them is PSK, which is available in different formats (PSK31, PSK63, etc.)
Since we have not had much press these days with [...]
Next weekend: ARRL DX SSB Contest
The first March weekend makes it time for the ARRL DX SSB contest! Do you miss any US State for your WAS award? Turn on your rig this weekend and you’ll have a good chance at working even the rarest states. The propagation should favor [...]
Next weekend: ARRL DX CW Contest
Here is yet another weekend with a major contest: the ARRL International DX Contest, CW! Both CW and SSB ARRL DX contests represent a great opportunity to non-Americans to work rare states for their WAS awards. This contest is set to run the [...]
IR4T: history of contesting in Italy
IR4T represents a piece of amateur radio contesting history in Italy. Thanks to DxCoffee, you have the opportunity to visit this very special shack by means of this HD quality video on Vimeo.
So…welcome to India Radio Four Tango, welcome [...]
Next weekend: Black Sea Contest
From 12:00 UTC, Saturday, February 4, to 11:59 UTC of Sunday, February 5, the Black Sea Contest will be taking place on CW/SSB, organized by Ukrainian friends of the Black Sea Contest Club. It’s a worldwide contest where all stations [...]
