Team YOTA has been working hard over the last few months to establish one whole new project for the ham radio community. Everyone can take part, it takes place three times per year and only lasts 12 hours. Its aim is to increase the youngsters activity on the air, strengthening the reputation of the YOTA […] Read more

ContestOnlineScore.com and our sponsor Icom America Inc.  are establishing a special award program to encourage the use of scoreboards during international contests. We are currently announcing four plaques that will be available for participants in the CQ WPX SSB Contest March 27-28, 2021 and four plaques in the CQ WPX CW Contest May 29-30, 2021 –  Highest Online Scoreboard  (Single operator QRP)... Read more

1. Contest sponsorsThe “Soyuz Radioljubitelej Rossii” (Union of Radioamateurs of Russia), SRR is pleased to announce 28 International “Russian DX Contest” 2. Contest dates, bands, and modes 1200 UTC 20 March till 1159 UTC 21 March 2021 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. No contest QSOs on WARC bands; CW and Phone. 3. […] Read more

The full results of the 2020 ARRL November CW Sweepstakes have been published on the ARRL Contests web page. The full results article, a searchable database of all scores, line scores, certificates and Log Checking Reports are available there. Also available on the ARRL Contests web page: Raw scores for the 2021 ARRL International DX CW Contest. Raw scores are the scores […] Read more

Hello Operators Todays discussion, operating a portable ham radio station off grid, during winter field day 2021. Like many other ham radio operators, I operated an off grid portable ham radio station for the Winter Field Day 2021 event. Winter Field Day is a a great way to gain valuable deployment experience, in less than […] Read more

The European Union DX Contest Club (EUDXCC) has announced the debut of the European Union DX Contest February 6 – 7 and on the first full weekend of February thereafter, starting at 1800 UTC on Saturday and ending at 1800 UTC on Sunday. A variety of operating categories are offered, including SWL, and everybody works […] Read more

The February 6 NCJ-sponsored North American Sprint (CW) and the March 13 RTTY Sprint will begin 1 hour earlier, at 2300 UTC instead of 0000 UTC. Both contests will end at 0259 UTC. An earlier start time will give participants in the north and east a larger window for 20-meter activity. The new start time in […] Read more

YouTube recordings and PDF files from the 2021 Propagation Summit hosted on January 23 by Contest University are available. More than 1,000 logged in for the sessions. Each presentation begins approximately on the hour. You can advance the video to the presentation you wish to view. 11 AM – “Update on the Personal Space Weather Station Project and […] Read more

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