YB Land DX Club DX-ing Is Our Life
From Low-Band DXing to Contesting ON4UN, John Devoldere 1. IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE Amateur Radio is all about satisfaction and self-fulfillment. My Elmer was ON4GV, who was also my uncle. At his home I saw my very first Amateur Radio station. I was not quite 10 years old. That was around …
Mei, 2012
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19 Mei
2012 CQ Hall of Fame inductees
http://www.hamradionews.net/2012/05/cq-announces-2012-cq-hall-of-fame.html CQ announces the 2012 CQ Hall of Fame inductees. CQ magazine announced its 2012 Hall of Fame inductees on May 18, welcoming 16 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, three new members of the CQ DX Hall of Fame and two new members of the …
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19 Mei
DRAFT WRTC-2014 Contest Rules
http://www.wrtc2014.org/contest/wrtc-rules/ WRTC Rules DRAFT WRTC-2014 Contest RulesBelow are the draft competition rules for WRTC 2014. There will be an open review period for 30 days. Any suggestions, corrections, or other feedback should be sent to rules@wrtc2014.org. The final rules will be announced before July 1, 2012.1. Contest PeriodThe WRTC 2014 competition …
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19 Mei
ARRL’s Online DXCC
https://p1k.arrl.org/onlinedxcc/index.php Welcome to ARRL’s Online DXCC Find out more about the DXCC Award Program. Find out more about Online DXCC. Submitting Your DXCC Application Online — Step by Step Now that you have logged in, you may go to the Enter QSLs tab and begin entering information from your QSL cards. All your entries …
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18 Mei
His Majesty The King of Spain Contest
http://www.ure.es/contest/431-sm-el-rey-contest-english-version.html His Majesty The King of Spain Contest Sponsored by Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE). Participants: Any licensed amateur station. Dates: CW: 3rd full weekend of May, from 1200 UTC Saturday till 1200 UTC Sunday (May 19-20, 2012).SSB: 4th full weekend of June, from 1200 UTC Saturday till 1200 UTC …
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18 Mei
The 9th EU PSK DX Contest 2012
http://eu.srars.org The 9th EU PSK DX Contest 2012 The European PSK Club has the honour to invite the radio amateurs all over the world to participate in the EU PSK DX Contest 2012. The contest starts at 12:00 UTC 19.05.2012 and ends at 12:00 UTC 20.05.2012. The objective of the …
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17 Mei
DXPEDITIONING BASICS III
DXPEDITIONING BASICS III N7NG, Wayne Mills IX. PROBLEMS DUPES When DXers persist in making duplicate QSOs, it becomes more difficult for others to make a QSO with a rare DX station. Operators who persist in making these redundant QSOs have been criticized regularly, with some expeditioners threatening to withhold their QSL …
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17 Mei
DXPEDITIONING BASICS II
DXPEDITIONING BASICS II N7NG, Wayne Mills VI. PILEUP MANAGEMENT SPLIT OPERATION When many stations are calling, it is virtually impossible for the DXers to hear the DX return a call to one of them if they are all calling on the DX frequency. Therefore it is necessary for the DX to …
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17 Mei
DXPEDITIONING BASICS I
DXPEDITIONING BASICS IN7NG, Wayne Mills I. FOREWORD As Albert once said, “All things are relative…some more so.”1 And so it is with DXpeditioning. From its beginnings in the late forties and early fifties, DXpeditioning has grown tremendously with the Ham population and technology. In the beginning, DXpeditions made at most several …