ARRL June VHF Contest is June 13- 15
Summer is nearly here, and that means it’s time for the ARRL June VHF Contest, June 13-15! Participants in the US and Canada (and their possessions) work stations in as many different 2 × 1° Maidenhead grid squares as possible, using the bands above 50 MHz. Stations outside the US and Canada may only work stations in the US and Canada (and their possessions). Stations in KH0-9, KL7, KP1-KP5, CY9, and CY0 count as W/VE stations and may be worked by DX stations for contest credit.
The June VHF Contest occurs at the start of the summer sporadic E season, and intense openings on 6 meters and even 2 meters are possible. It’s a whole new world of propagation possibilities that also include tropospheric ducting, aurora, and even meteor scatter and moonbounce. With many HF transceivers on the market equipped for 6 meters and sometimes for other VHF/UHF bands, getting on the air for this event is easier than eve
Read Full Article:
See Also: USA AMATEUR GRID SQUARE MAP FROM ICOM
Participants in CQ magazine’s Worked All Zones (WAZ) award program will soon be able to use the Logbook of the World (LoTW) system of ARRL, the nation... Read more
The deadline to submit a design for the 2018 QST Antenna Design Competition is just ahead — September 1! The competition challenge is to design the be... Read more
The 40-20M-3-5 is a coil loaded 40 meter 3 element Yagi interlaced with a 20M 5 element Yagi. This antenna is the perfect package to bust the sun spot... Read more
List of entries disqualified from the 2016 CQ WW CW Contest . 5Z4/DJ6TF 5Z4/DL2RMC 9M2R BA3MM BG3IAY CO8ZZ CR5K DR5E EE8E EU8R I1EIS KP4BD OU2W R5WW R... Read more
Installing Wire Antennas in trees Read Full Article: Read more
Seth’s Ham Radio Seth tries to conquer a new social media platform: The old timey radio. Available Until 10/01/15 Tags: late night, Seth Meyers,... Read more
Photo:NIST physicist Dave Howe aligns a laser beam to pass through a tiny glass cell of rubidium atoms inside the cylindrical magnetic shield. The ato... Read more
Recent Posts
Logbook of the World to Add Support for CQ WAZ Award
QST Antenna Design Competition Submission Deadline Looms
The Cycle Buster – New HF Dual Antenna M2 !
2016 CQ WW CW Disqualification List
Installing Wire Antennas in Trees
Seth’s Ham Radio on NBC
“Quantum Radio” May Offer New Twist on Communicating in Problematic Environments
There are no ads, please add some
