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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Amateurs Assist with Communications in Aftermath of Rare October Nor’easter
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A rare October nor’easter brought historic snowfall and widespread damage and power outages from the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast United States. Up and down the Atlantic seaboard, radio amateurs provided various critical services to the National Weather Service through the SKYWARN weather spotter program, and provided communications support to local, state and federal emergency management and non-governmental organizations.
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Newsflash
| CW Skimmer Takes On CQ WW CW Assisted Category |
| We have read about it for months. It has been debated endlessly on the contest reflectors and in the ham radio contest community. Now the CW Skimmer gets its first workout in the 2008 CQ WW CW Contest. Will it tilt the playing field at all, or not matter in the final standings? read full article |
| WE3C Zeroing In On ARRL 10 Meter Contest Top Slot |
| With just about a week to get your log to the ARRL
for the 2008 10 Meter Contest, John Rodgers WE3C is the
man to beat, as he has a strong lead with a claimed
score of almost 450,000 points. Barring a log checking
disaster, that will likely stop the bid for a repeat
Mixed High Power victory by Scott Jasper NE9U, who ran
up 384k from W0AIH. read full article |
| 2010 Russia WRTC Entry Deadline Looms On October 1 |
| If you have dreams of grabbing one of the Team Leader slots for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships in Russia, then you better act fast, because the deadline for submitting your entry is on October 1.
Already a number of entries are in, but there may be room for some who weren't at the top of their qualifying region. read full article |
| Buckle Up For 24 Hours of IARU |
| This weekend brings one of the more popular major contests to the HF bands as the IARU HF Championships will be the center of the contest universe. YT1AD is the defending champ, but this year he will operate from home rather than in Tunisia, which could open the top spot. In the Multi-Single ranks, it could be a battle between P33W and CN3A. read full article |
| HC8A (N6KT) Favored In 2009 CQ WW SSB Contest |
| It has been 26 years since Rich Smith N6KT nabbed his first CQ WW SSB victory, a feat that he has achieved eight times, most recently in 2008. And again in 2009, Smith is the man to beat, as he looks for a record ninth SSB win from HC8A in the Galapagos Islands. A number of big time operators will be laying in wait to challenge for this year's SOAB HP title. read full article |
| ARRL Waits For DARC Response on Charges of DA0HQ "Log Padding" |
| With an extensive analysis by Spanish hams in hand that makes claims of "log padding" by Team DA0HQ in the 2009 IARU Contest, officials at the American Radio Relay League say they are withholding judgment on the findings until the charges draw a response from DARC, the Deustcher Amateur Radio Club of Germany. Meanwhile, many contesters say what DA0HQ deserves is a DQ. read full article |