Scott Redd, call sign K0DQ, tests his radio equipment the day before the event. Redd is an 11-time world champion ham radio operator, and a former vice admiral in the Navy. (Karen Given/Only A Game)
There are no ads, please add some
This story originally aired on Aug. 9, 2014. This week it appears again as a part of our ‘Best Of’ show.
Two by two, competitors representing 38 countries were called to the stage at the World Radiosport Team Championship, held in Westborough, Massachusetts. They’re not identified by their names, which nobody knows anyway, but by their call signs.
Clutching manila envelopes crammed with maps and instructions, the teams rushed out of the hotel banquet room. They’re eager to set up for what they describe as the “Olympics of ham radio.”
Organizers had already chosen the sites and raised the antennas. “It’s almost like we set the road course and now they’re bringing their cars and drivers and now they see what they can do,” said Randy Thompson, K5ZD, the co-chair of WRTC 2014….
Read Full Article:
The FCC has granted FEMA, working in conjunction with ARRL, a request to waive current Amateur Radio rules to permit data transmissions at a higher sy... Read more
HF Mobile Autotune Whip Antenna 1.6-30 MHz 200W Stealth 9360 Automatic Tuning Mobile HF Antenna automatically tunes in 0.35 sec to any frequency throu... Read more
Christo LZ3FN will be active from Crete Island, IOTA EU-015, 21 November to 1 December 2015 as SW9AA. Active on HF Bands including CQ WW DX CW Contest... Read more
Photo: NQ4I The 2014 CQ World-Wide WPX Contest SSB: March 29-30, 2014 CW: May 24-25, 2014 Starts: 0000 UTC Saturday Ends: 2359 UTC Sunday Obje... Read more
If you are reading this then another radio event of possible interest is the upcoming Arecibo ionosphere HF heating campaign during 24 to 31 July 2017... Read more
You can hardly see this mini 14 foot rotatable dipole across the street! Its tiny 7-foot turning radius fits on the smallest roof — its perfect... Read more
“This antenna project came out very nice. It’s a rugged homebrew multi-band trap vertical antenna that works the 10, 15, and 20 met... Read more
The International Space Station (ISS) amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM are expected to be activate over sever... Read more
Christmas Day 2015 saw a small piece of history for three generations of the Bird family, descendants of renowned radio amateur Gordon ‘Dick’ Bird G4Z... Read more
Des Moines (Iowa) Water Works (DMWW) uses secure radiotelemetry to monitor various remote-site parameters to alert staff to problems. Earlier this yea... Read more
Recent Posts
FCC Grants Temporary Waiver for Hurricane Lane Relief Efforts
HF Mobile Autotune Whip Antenna 1.6-30 MHz 200W – STEALTH 9360
SW9AA Crete Island EU-015
CQ World-Wide WPX Contest – Rules
Arecibo ionosphere HF radio modifcation campaign!
ROTATABLE DIPOLE , WARC (12/17/30/60M)
The 10/15/20 Meter Trap Vertical Antenna
ISS SSTV active on 145.800 MHz FM in April
G4ZU callsign activated in 10 year commemoration
ARES Helps Iowa Water Utility to Resolve RFI Issue
There are no ads, please add some
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fmaking-contact-in-the-olympics-of-ham-radio%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
![DR9A – VHF – UHF – Super Contest station [ Video ]](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DR9A-90x60.jpg)
![DR9A – VHF – UHF – Super Contest station [ Video ]](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DR9A-180x120.jpg)
