Just ahead of the 2017-2018 contest season, ARRL has announced rule changes and clarifications to League-sponsored contests. These include an improved process for submitting logs and reporting scores. Unless otherwise noted, these changes become effective starting with the September VHF Contest. “These changes reflect current ‘best practices’ in the contest community and help us improve the quality […] Read more

The following are updates made to the 2016 rules, effective for the 2017 CQWW SSB and CW weekends.  Full rules will be published soon.  In addition to the updates, the thought process behind each update is included.  We hope this will provide some insight into the reasons for the updates. Multi-Single definition: The word “transmitter” […] Read more

The SA Sprint Contest, is a ham radio competition that aims at improving the operating skills of its participants, and also provide the ground rules for a fun event by preventing stations from parking endlessly on a frequency throughout the operating time. We have based our rules on the long-term and well established NA Sprint. […] Read more

A very limited supply of 2017 ARRL International DX Contest pins is available from the ARRL Contest Branch. To qualify for the International DX Contest pin, you must have completed 100 contacts in either the CW or ’phone contest weekends — the pin is the same for either mode (contacts with the same station on different […] Read more

Maxim Memorial Station W1AW at ARRL Headquarters has announced its Field Day 2017 bulletin schedule. The Maritime Radio Historical Society station K6KPH will transmit the W1AW Field Day 2017 bulletin for the benefit of West Coast stations. Friday, June 23 Mode Pacific Mountain Central Eastern UTC CW 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM […] Read more

Photo Credit : W2VK Field Day is fast approaching and soon this empty field behind me will be bustling with activity. On the fourth full weekend of June more than 40,000 hams throughout North America hit the airwaves in what is billed the world’s largest amateur radio event. Of course the purpose of Field Day is […] Read more

Just 11 Days until ARRL Field Day! 06/13/2017ARRL Field Day — the most popular on-the-air operating event in Amateur Radio — is almost here, and official gear and supplies are still available from ARRL. Shirts, hats, pins, patches, stickers, and coffee mugs are a great way to acknowledge — and commemorate — your participation in this annual event. Two t-shirt color options are […] Read more

One of the premier VHF/UHF events on the contest calendar — the ARRL June VHF Contest — gets under way at 1800 UTC on Saturday, June 10, and continues until 0259 UTC on Monday, June 12. Whether you are new to VHF or new to contesting altogether, the ARRL June VHF Contest offers all licensees […] Read more

Callsign reason operator 5Z4/DJ6TF self-spotting DJ6TF 5Z4/DL2RMC self-spotting DL2RMC 9M2R self-spotting 9M2ROL, 9M2ODX, 9M2OOO, 9M2KEV, 9W2FOR BA3MM self-spotting BA3MM BG3IAY self-spotting BG3IAY CO8ZZ self-spotting   CR5K self-spotting CT1DRB, CT1BWW DR5E self-spotting   EE8A self-spotting   EU8R unclaimed assistance EU8R I1EIS unclaimed assistance   KP4BD self-spotting WP3A OU2W self-spotting OZ1ETA R5WW self-spotting & unclaimed assista... Read more

– Click here to announce your participation in this contest –  Sponsored by: Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE). Participants: Any licensed amateur station. Dates: CW: 3rd full weekend of May, from 1200 UTC Saturday till 1159 UTC Sunday (May 20-21, 2017). Bands: 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160 meters, according the IARU Region 1 […] Read more