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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Some Controversy For WRTC 2010 Team Leader Selections
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After going through 76 entries from around the world, the organizers of the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships announced on Sunday the 44 winners of team leader positions
for what is essentially the World Cup of ham radio contesting. Left
out of those selections was one leader from Europe and a top finisher
from Asia as well, even though they submitted applications.
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| The theme of the last few ARRL RTTY Roundup contests has been four straight wins for Ed Muns W0YK and lackluster propagation limiting action on the high bands for RTTY contesters worldwide. But this year's band conditions have a chance to be a little different thanks to recent action on the sun. read full article |
| LY3BA Looks For Three Straight Wins in EU HF Contest |
| The big contest showdown in Europe this weekend
is the EU HF Championships. Russian operators have
won the Single Op High Power title three straight years,
while on the Low Power side, Ged Lucinskas LY3BA has taken three straight. Also, review the log checking reports of last year's winners! read full article |
| N4PN Tries For Eight Straight New England QSO Wins |
| In the seven years of the New England QSO Party,
there has only been one winner of the Single Operator
competition, as Paul Newberry N4PN has had the
top score each time - even when he ran low power
in the inaugural 2002 NEQP. After a busy mobile weekend
in the Florida QSO Party, Newberry will be back,
looking for another first place lobster prize. read full article |
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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. 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 |