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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N2IC Takes Aim At Third Straight SS CW Win
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After watching KE3Q (at WP3R) dominate for eight straight years, now it's the turn of Steven London N2IC to see if he can extend his own two year winning streak in the 2009 running of the ARRL's November Sweepstakes CW contest.
But hot on his tail will be a number of top ops, just waiting to pounce if N2IC stumbles.
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Newsflash
| Qualifying Schedule Out For WRTC 2014 New England |
| Organizers of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship have laid out the qualifying schedule for that competition, which will include a series of contests beginning in October with CQ WW SSB and ending in March of 2013 with the ARRL SSB Contest. Check the details and start planning your own path to WRTC 2014! read full article |
| W0BH Win Streak On Line In 2010 7th Call Area QSO Party |
| While N4PN has dominated the out-of-state competition in the New England QSO Party for the last seven years, the last four on this same weekend have been victorious for Bob Harder W0BH, as he looks to make it five straight Single Operator wins in the 2010 7th Call Area QSO Party. read full article |
| Conditions Varied, No Sunspots In CQ WW CW 2009 |
| 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 read full article |
| May Brings Trifecta of State QSO Party Contests |
| This weekend starts the run for the "Triple Crown" in horse racing, with the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, just as ham radio contesters in the US have their own triple contest battle, with the New England, Indiana and 7th Call Area QSO parties. read full article |
| 2014 WRTC Qualifying Starts With 2010 CQ WW SSB Contest |
| Just a few days after being awarded the rights to organize the 2014 World Radiosport Team
Championship in the United States, organizers announced that the first qualifying event
would be next month, with the running of the 2010 CQ WW SSB and CW Contests. read full article |
| Ham Helps Out in Riverside County Desert Rescue |
| On the afternoon of Saturday, January 16, Christopher Walsh, KJ6BBS, of Irvine, California, was listening to radio traffic on 446.760 MHz, a channel used by the Los Angeles area-based Pocket Auto-Patch Association (PAPA) system -- an Amateur Radio network of 22 interlinked analog and digital D-STAR repeaters that provides extensive coverage of the Southern California region and beyond -- when he heard an emergency radio call break from Jose Hernandez, KI6PCK, of Thousand Oaks, California, reporting an injured male who had broken some ribs from an ATV-type accident. |