SARCFEST
Sunday 7th August - Come along
Everyone is cordially invited to the Summerland ARC Hamfest ("SARCFEST"). at the clubrooms, 414 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill. 11km east of Lismore, off the Bruxner Highway.
Gates open at 8am. Traders entry from 7 am.
Parking via Livotto Drive.
Entry is $2, or $5 for a family. What's on at SARCFEST 2011
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The K7RA Solar Update
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A steady stream of sunspot activity continues to dot the Sun. We had just one day with a daily sunspot number of 0 this week -- January 19 (Tuesday) when sunspot group 1040 moved over the horizon. But the next day, old sunspot group 1039 re-emerged as 1041, and it now graces the Sun's southeast (lower left, relative to our view from Earth) quadrant. In fact, now that we have a view of most of the Sun (87.35 percent -- as of 2359 UTC today -- because of advanced orbiting instruments), it appears that the sunspot group that just left is nearly antipodal to the current visible spot, just exiting the Sun's northwest quadrant. If they stay strong, when the current one leaves, the other should return.
Newsflash
| CQ WW Calls for End to Post-Contest Log Massage |
| As part of the drive to insure "fair play" in ham radio contesting, top officials from the CQ World Wide Contest Committee are asking contesters to end the practice of using outside aid to alter their logs - after the contest has ended. "Your contest result is a measure of your contesting skill," said one CQ WW CC member. read full article |
| Hundreds Of Contesters Violate Licenses on 160 Meter Band |
| In the wake of public criticism of contesters by a top IARU official, a radio-sport.net
review has found that hundreds of competitors in Europe, Africa and Northern Asia have
violated the licensing rules of their country by operating on frequencies not allocated
to them on the low end of the 160 meter band. read full article |
| UU0JM Disputes DQ in 2007 CQ WPX CW |
| Stung by his disqualification in last year's
CQ WPX CW contest, Andy Kazantsev UU0JM tells radio-sport.net
that he never got a fair chance to argue his case before
being DQ'd. Check the details as well as the note from
the CQ WPX Contest Director. read full article |
| Need A Challenge? Maybe An East-West County Sweep |
| A pair of state QSO parties on opposite ends of the United States will offer contesters
the chance go for a daily double this weekend, as the Arizona and Pennsylvania QSO
parties will be the main American contest offering. Can you sweep the 15 counties
in Arizona and the 67 in Pennsylvania in the same weekend? read full article |
| Washington State Salmon Run Next On State QSO Party Tour |
| This month has already seen QSO parties in Tennessee, Arkansas and Colorado - this weekend, the focus goes to the Pacific Northwest, where the Western Washington DX Club hosts the 2009 Salmon Run. It's all part of a state contest tour in coming weeks that will also go through Texas, California, Pennsylvania and Illinois, on the way to CQ WW SSB. read full article |
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