Category: ARRL 10M Contest
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ARRL 10m Contest This Weekend
This weekend is the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) 10 meter radio contest, which the HCRA enters as a club every year. The contest runs from 00:00 UTC on December 14th – 23:59 UTC December 15th (19:00 EST Friday to 18:59 EST Sunday). This is a great contest for beginning and experienced contest operators alike.…
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HCRA’s 2014 10M Contest Results
ARRL 10M Claimed Results For HCRA. This year propagation was really good. According to some people, you may never see 10 meter band conditions this good for a long time. The band was alive with decent windows to EU and SA. I hope you all had a great time on the air! [table] Call Used,Operators,CW,SSB,Mults,Total…
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Conditions Look Good for ARRL 10 Meter Contest December 13-14
Always a favorite among serious and casual contesters alike, the 2014 ARRL 10 Meter Contest may enjoy excellent worldwide openings, plus a record number of participants! Activity in the CQ World Wide CW contest in late November was through the roof, with some operators reporting better 10 meter conditions than they could ever remember. “Don’t…
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New catagories for teh ARRL 10 meter and 160 meter contest.
This December’s ARRL 160 Meter and 10 Meter Contests complete the addition of new Single-Op Unlimited categories. All three power sub-categories: High Power, Low Power, and QRP are available. This means stations using spotting information will no longer be assigned to the Multioperator category. It also means there are quite a number of new records…
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2013 ARRL 10 Meter Contest – That’s a Wrap!
Another 10 Meter Contest has come and gone. Excellent conditions and no shortage of stations around the world. If you haven’t done so via the HCRA Facebook page, email me your QSO breakdown, the category you entered as, and your total claimed score. Please do this regardless of the number of contacts you made as…
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ARRL 10 Meter Contest This Weekend!
Hello Fellow HCRA Members, This is a reminder that the 10 meter contest is this weekend and we will again be participating not only as individuals, but also as a club. The band has had some great openings over the last couple months, so there is some potential to see quite a bit of activity…
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T minus 22.5 hours and counting…
Until what you say? Why this weekend’s 10 meter contest – that’s what! Will you represent HCRA in this contest, score 100K points and win a $10 DD gift card for your efforts? Or will you do something boring like go shopping? The choice is in your hands but only YOU can make the choice.…
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ARRL 10 Meter Contest Tutorial
Adapted from Jim – KK1W’s tutorial from the original HCRA website The ARRL Ten Meter Contest starts the Friday of the second full weekend of December at 0000 UTC (7:00PM local time) and runs through 2359 UTC (6:59PM) Sunday. If you have a chance to get on I hope you make a few contacts. The…
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OPERATING TIP
OPERATING TIP CQ WW RTTY Director, Ed WØYK, shares the log submission issues experienced by all contest sponsors. “It is apparent that many people do not read the robot email reply they receive. At the bottom of that email, the robot lists the format errors in the log. If you don’t understand what the robot…