The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo on March 13 – 14 will devote a speaker track to AMSAT and the world of amateur radio satellites. The Expo is in “full planning mode” and promises “many exciting new things” for the upcoming event, which will include a world-class lineup of more than 60 speakers and workshops for beginners […] Read more

Orlando HamCation has announced it will sponsor the HamCation QSO Party over the February 13 – 14 weekend (UTC), “to create a fun way for amateurs to celebrate the Orlando HamCation experience over the air.” The HamCation QSO Party will be a 12-hour event on HamCation weekend. HamCation 2021 was to host the ARRL National Convention, which […] Read more

Members of the ARRL Headquarters staff will put W1AW on the air for Straight Key Night (SKN). Set some time aside on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to take part in this annual ARRL tradition. SKN begins at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2021 (New Year’s Eve in US time zones) and wraps […] Read more

The 2021 ARRL RTTY Roundup on January 2 – 3 features two new multioperator categories: multi-two (M2) and multi-multi (MM). Since M2 and MM are new categories, there are no existing records, so the high scores for these categories will, by default, become the new records. High scores are kept by US call area, ARRL Division, ARRL […] Read more

LY4A View to dream land 3el 80m Fullsize yagi 27m boom, 160m 1/4 GP 42m height, 6el 20m yagi 21m boom 4el 20m fixed to east, 3el 20m fixed to EU, 4×6 6el OWA 10m yagi 10.6m boom, 6 10m OWA fixed to South, 5el 40m yagi 27m boom, 2el 40m fixed to EU, 6el […] Read more

“ Certificates and other changes We have made some changes to the CQ WW Contest online score reporting to support requests we have received from participants. Electronic certificates are now available back to 1976. The older certificates have the appropriate signatures for the contest director and CQ magazine editor. The online score data originally was […] Read more

Photo: ZF1A “We are happy to announce that the raw scores for the 2020 CQ WW CW Contest are now available. This includes 9001 entries received by 1800z December 6, 2020. The raw scores are the calculated score before any log checking or other adjustments are made. These scores may not match what you submitted exactly […] Read more

For the ARRL 160-Meter Contest taking place December 4 – 6 UTC, the ARRL Programs and Services Committee — on behalf of the ARRL Board of Directors — will award a new “John Devoldere, ON4UN, Memorial Plaque” each year to the Single-Operator, High-Power (SOHP) winner. A giant in the field of low-band DXing and contesting, Devoldere died on November […] Read more

Organized ByBulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs Date and periodThe weekend before the last full weekend of November (the weekend before CQWW CW contest weekend) from 12:00 UTC on Saturday till 11:59 UTC on Sunday (21-22 November 2020). Bands and modes80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters HAM radio bands on both CW and SSB modes.It […] Read more