CQ has reversed its just-announced policy that it would no longer accept logs for any CQ-sponsored contest from stations in Crimea operating with Russian-issued call signs and is adopting a new policy that is in harmony with ARRL’s DXCC policy. In announcing the shift, CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, cited concerns raised by “a large number of contesters around the world” that CQ was unfairly de…
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I made a few QSOs in two ham radio contests (competitions) over the weekend of 21st/22nd February 2009. These were in the French ‘REF’ contest and the American ARRL DX CW Contest.
Audio Recording during ARRL SSB Contest 2010. ( SOAB HP) Op: LU9ESD Manu www.qrz.com/db/lu9esd Band: 14 Mhz. RIG: Yaesu FT-920 Antenna: 3 element tribander @ 36 mtr. Amplifier: Yaesu FL-2100Z (500 W.)
By Sterling Coffey, N0SSC
ARRL Youth Editor
Today was an interesting milestone in the progress of the year. Almost every fall after a biting cold front the air heats up again and Japanese beetles — commonly mistaken as ladybugs — take refuge on sunlit surface, resting after a long migratory flight. They fly around looking for places to hide before the winter freeze sets in.
RF and ladybugs have …
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