Icom Inc. D-STAR QSO Party 2018

Icom Inc. will be holding their D-STAR (Digital Amateur Radio) QSO Party 2018 between 22nd September and 24th September.

The format of the party will be the same as in previous years with the goal of encouraging D-STAR operators to communicate with as many other operators across the world via D-STAR repeaters.

D-STAR QSO Party 2018 website - http://www.icom.co.jp/world/dqp

D-STAR - http://www.d-staruk.co.uk

Bologna, Italy - Marconi Birthplace to Host World Radiosport Team Championship 2022

The region of Bologna, Italy, the home to the birthplace of wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi will host the next World Radiosport Team Championship, WRTC 2022. The official announcement that the Italian host committee’s proposal had been selected came from WRTC Sanctioning Committee Chairman Tine Brajnik, S50A, at the close of WRTC 2018 in Germany.

“Thank you for trusting us. It will be a very big challenge. Fingers crossed, everybody!”

— WRTC 2022 Organizing Committee member Carlo De Mari, IK1HJS

In a formal announcement, Brajnik said the Italian committee’s application “was well prepared, and, knowing their determination, we all expect another outstanding meeting and competition among the world’s best contesters in the Emilia-Romagna region.” Brajnik referred future inquiries for information and details of the WRTC 2022 qualifying process to the new WRTC 2022 Organizing Committee.

HF Phone, Digital and CW Contests in South Africa August 2018

The aim of the SARL HF Contests is for participants to contact as many amateurs in Southern Africa as possible on the 20, 40 and 80 metre amateur bands.

The Phone contest takes place on Sunday 5 August, the digital contest on Sunday 19 August and the CW contest on Sunday 26 August.
There are several trophies to be won for each contest as well as for overall results.

The SARL HF Phone Contest will be run from 14:00 to 17:00 UTC on Sunday 5 August 2018 with activity between 14 125 to 14 300 kHz; 7 063 to 7 100 and 7 130 to 7 200 kHz and 3 603 to 3 650 and 3 700 to 3 800 kHz. The exchange is a RS report and a consecutive serial number starting at 001.

The Silent Keys Memorial SSB Trophy is awarded to the amateur who achieves the highest score; the Joseph White Trophy is awarded to the amateur who achieves the highest score on any one band and the AKYAB Trophy is awarded to the amateur who achieves the highest score in his or her first year of phone (this amateur must have received his or her licence between 1 September 2017 to August 2018)