HEMA Activity Day

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HEMA, the Humps Excluding Marilyns Award, is a programme similar to SOTA which involves chasing and activating summits. Recently there has been an increase in popularity. 

The HEMA Activity Day is Saturday 16th June and most activity will take place between 10:00 UTC and 14:00 UTC.

For chasers there will be certificates for chasing three or more summits.  For activators there are also certificates for a QSO with another HEMA summit operator.  It’s not a contest, but rather a bit of fun to get people operating portable.

HEMA - http://www.hema.org.uk

New Award for CW and Digimode on HS4

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HamSphere 4.0 use Phone SSB,CW ( Morse code ) and digital modes: RTTY, SSTV and PSK. There are a lot of awards for SSB but now 4 new awards for digimodes. They are not easy to win...

Digital modes are becoming more and more popular on the amateur bands and on virtual radio HamSphere. They are a lot of free programs to use this modes on a computer, but you can also use your ears and between your ears to decode CW, and send CW with a key or via you computer mouse or keyboard (hamsphere plugin CW player)

More Information - https://hamspheref0duw.blogspot.fr/2018/03/new-digimode-anc-cw-awards-on-hamsphere.html

 

The CWops Award for Advancing the Art of CW

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CWops have announced that it is now accepting nominations for this prestigious award for 2018.

The purpose of the award is to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contribution(s) toward advancing the art or practice of radio communications by Morse code.

CWops Awards Criteria

Candidates for the award may be one or more of the following:

  • Authors of publications related to CW
  • CW recruiters, trainers, mentors, coaches and instructors
  • Public advocates of CW
  • Organizers of CW activities
  • Designers and inventors who advance the art or practice of CW
  • Other contributors to the art or practice of CW