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VHF/UHF Field day (contests) scoring proposal

Posted on 17 September, 2012 by andrew

Announcement of the proposal for changes to rules in the Australian VHF/UHF Field day contests. Continue reading →

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CW contesting

Posted on 2 August, 2012 by andrew

If you have heard the intense activity at the CW end of the bands during contests, you might wonder how you could join in. Assuming you have learned morse code and have used it already for ordinary contacts, how different … Continue reading →

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QRP Hours contest – after the event

Posted on 14 April, 2012 by andrew

As planned I operated in this relaxed event tonight, for a couple of hours. I decided to use my IC703, partly because it has a CW filter and I know how useful that is even in a quiet cw contest.  … Continue reading →

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QRP Hours Contest 14 April 2012

Posted on 13 April, 2012 by andrew

Reminder that the QRP Hours contest is on 14 April 2012. Rules are in AR for April 2012. Here is a link to the rules on the QRP club site. http://www.vkqrpclub.org/qrp_hours_contest_2012.php Summary: 1000 UTC to 1059: CW section 3500-3530 khz … Continue reading →

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QRP Hours contest 2011

Posted on 10 April, 2011 by andrew

Operating in the QRP Hours contest in April 2011, using an antenna set up in the hours preceding the contest. Le Mans style radio contesting! Continue reading →

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2010 Spring VHF/UHF Field day on 7 bands

Posted on 4 December, 2010 by andrew

For this event I took my usual station on 50 to 1296 MHz, plus my transverter and gridpack for 2403 MHz, Ted VK1BL’s transverter and gridpack for 3400 and Dale VK1DSH’s 10 GHz station (IC202, transverter, dish and tripod). Contacts … Continue reading →

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Log spreadsheets available for download

Posted on 28 December, 2008 by andrew

Today I added some links and a page about some log spreadsheets I am giving to readers. See Page links on the right for more details..

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VHF/UHF Field day log pages and checklists

Posted on 28 December, 2008 by andrew

These two files may be of use to other entrants in the VHF/UHF contests. The first is an empty log page which you can simply print on your own printer.  These are for handwritten logs. The second is a spreadsheet … Continue reading →

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