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PostHeaderIcon Three Ops Get Cheating Check In CQ WW CW 2009

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
With little fanfare from the CQ WW Contest Committee, three top single operators in the 2009 CQ WW CW contest had observers on hand during their operations, all part of a new rule designed to crack down on cheating. One big question left unanswered was who paid for the trips to three far off holiday destinations.
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PostHeaderIcon Few Sunspots Greet Return of ARRL 10 Meter Contest

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
After a first half of November that saw some hopeful signs of activity on the Sun, the last few weeks have been quiet, leaving contesters with a familiar lament for the 2009 ARRL 10 Meter Contest: "Where are the sunspots?" See what might be in store on 10 meters this year.
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PostHeaderIcon ZS4TX Holds Clubhouse Lead in CQ WW CW

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
With even contest heavyweights reporting difficult conditions on some bands, the early lead in the Single Operator High Power category of the 2009 CQ WW CW Contest is for now in the hands of Bernie van der Walt ZS4TX, who ran up just over 8.5 million points from ZS9X. Check out the latest from radio-sport.net
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PostHeaderIcon CQ WW CW 2009 Brings First Contest Cheating Checks

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
After a Summer of controversy surrounding top entries in the 2008 CQ WW CW Contest, a new rule goes into effect in this year's contest, which will subject some of the expected top finishers in the Single Operator High Power category to open their shacks to checks by third party monitors during the contest. Check out the latest from radio-sport.net
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PostHeaderIcon Conditions Varied, No Sunspots In CQ WW CW 2009

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
After several weeks of hopeful sunspot numbers since the CQ WW SSB test, the sun went quiet in the days leading up to the 2009 CQ WW CW Contest, but that didn't stop another very active CQ WW CW test from filling up the bands this past weekend. "I'm ready for some sunspots next year!" said Bill Straw WB0O/KO7AA. Check out the latest from radio-sport.net
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PostHeaderIcon Sun Gives Off Hope For Open Bands In CQ WW CW 2009

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
After several years of depressed conditions, the sun has been a bit more active since the CQ WW SSB Contest, giving some hope to contesters that the CW leg of CQ WW will be even more productive on 10 and 15 meters. See what radio-sport.net found as we continue our preview of CQ WW CW 2009!
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PostHeaderIcon No Repeat Champ In 2009 CQ WW CW Low Power

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
Like the battle in the Single Operator High Power category, the Low Power title also won't have a repeat champion this year in the CQ WW CW Contest, which could make the Joseph "Bud" Trench AA3B/V26K the low power favorite once more. Check out the latest from our CQ WW CW coverage at radio-sport.net!
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PostHeaderIcon Top Spots Wide Open In 2009 CQ WW CW Contest

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
There will be fresh faces in the winner's circle this year for the 2009 running of the CQ WW DX CW Contest, as the defending champs in the Single Operator High Power, Low Power and QRP categories won't be making a repeat effort, along with the 2008 Multi-Two category. Join radio-sport.net as we kick off our CQ WW CW coverage this week!
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PostHeaderIcon W7WA Looks For November Sweeps SSB Title Repeat

PostDateIconSaturday, 23 January 2010 08:02 | PDF | Print | E-mail
This weekend brings one more tuneup for contesters in the US and Canada before CQ WW CW, as the ARRL November Sweepstakes SSB test grabs the bands in North America. Dan Handa W7WA is the defending champ in this very popular 30 hour contest, which is also a test of an operator's ability to avoid log mistakes, one reason Handa emerged a winner last year.
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Florida Ops Open Holes In ARRL 10 Meter Test
The 2008 ARRL 10 Meter Contest won't go down in the history books as the best ever in terms of propagation, but the band was filled with signals at times from openings that surprised more than a few operators. Dan Street K1TO led the charge of the Florida Contest Group, which supplied US and Canadian hams with an almost endless supply of Sunshine State QSO's.
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The 2009 ARRL Periodicals on CD-ROM Now Shipping
The 2009 ARRL Periodicals on CD-ROM is now available and includes the complete 2009 fully searchable collection of three ARRL journals -- QST, QEX, and the National Contest Journal (NCJ). In addition, the CD-ROM includes source code for software projects and PC board patterns, Section News, as well as the ever-popular Contest Soapbox and Contest Results. Search the full text of every article by entering titles, call signs or names. See every word, photo -- most in color -- drawing and table in technical and general-interest features, columns and product reviews, plus all advertisements. Print what you see, or copy it into other applications. System requirements: Microsoft Windows and Macintosh systems, using the industry standard Adobe Acrobat Reader software. CD-ROMs for other years are also available.
PVRC Lays Out Initial Sked For Contest Webinars
Taking the lead on internet presentations, the Potomac Valley Radio Club has set out an initial schedule for contest related webinars in June, July and August of this year. Club leaders say it's just the start of a series of web conferences geared towards contesting topics that will be open to anyone around the world.
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Top Multi-Single Score in 2008 "Disappears" From Results
The final numbers from the 2008 CQ WW CW contest do not include any mention of the top world claimed score in the Multi-Single category, as a radio-sport.net review of the latest results from CQ Magazine show that Team 4L0A's score simply "disappeared" from the final 2008 CQ WW CW results. Also missing, several top 40 meter scores that were evidently "privately" DQ'd.
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Russian DX Test Highlights Busy Contest Weekend
It's back to normal in 2010 for the Russian DX Contest, after three years in which it was a major qualifying contest for this year's World Radiosport Team Championships to be held outside Moscow. Not only can you chase Russian ops this weekend, but there are also three state QSO Parties in the US to choose from in Oklahoma, Virginia and North Dakota.
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Salmon Run Headlines Double State QSO Party Weekend
The salmon are still running for real on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest and this weekend you can watch the ham radio contest version of that feat of nature, as the 2008 Salmon Run will put the state QSO Party spotlight on Washington State's 39 counties. Also on tap is the Colorado QSO Party, all part of a state QSO party run in coming weeks.
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