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.

Map to SARCFEST Invitation

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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Archive

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Newsflash

Florida Contest Group Tries To Create "Southern Dayton"
A new crackdown on cheating announced last week by the organizers of the Russian DX Contest was a hot topic of conversation as contesters from around the U.S. and the world gathered in Orlando, Florida, all part of this past weekend's Orlando Hamcation. See the pictures and how organizers are trying to make the Florida Contest Group Super Suite into the 'Southern Dayton.'
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CN2R Leadsd CQ 160 CW; K1LZ Aims At USA Multi Record
Two years after winning the CQ 160 CW Contest from his Moroccan QTH, Jim Sullivan W7EJ seems headed for another Single Operator High Power victory, as he owns an over half million point lead over defending champ Valery Komarov RD3AF. Meanwhile in the US, Team K1LZ overcame big time weather troubles to post a record breaking Multi-Op score.
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EME resources by DL4EBY
Operating Modes/EME
Several kinds of operational data needed for Amateur Radio moonbounce (EME, earth moon earth) communications, the technical challenge amongst the various propagation modes on VHF, UHF and microwaves


ARRL UHF, NAQP CW Top Schedule For US, Canada
While Europe focuses on the EU HF Championships, US and Canadian amateurs get to their choice of the ARRL UHF Contest or the North American QSO Party CW test. KM0T has won four straight Single Op titles in the ARRL UHF, while there will be no repeat winner in the August NAQP CW.
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Time To Start Focusing On 2011 CQ WW CW
With sunspot numbers still high, radio-sport.net starts the preview of this year's CQ WW CW contest, which if the bands are anything like they were in CQ WW SSB, then 10 and 15 meters will have more than enough DX activity to keep everyone interested for the last weekend in November.
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CW Skimmer Gets Another Major Test
With the ARRL allowing use of the CW Skimmer by single ops on a test basis in this year's IARU HF Championships, the controversial wide-band decoding software program will get another tryout in a major contest. See who will be using the program and where this debate goes next.
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