Young Amateur Radio Club Contest

The Young Amateurs Radio Club will be holding its’ second ever contest, and first annual Winter QSO Party, sponsored by Hamstudy.org! on 1st December 2018

The goal of this amateur radio contest is to get the youth involved; to incentivize everyone to get on the air, there are loads of prizes! In order to be eligible for prizes, however, your station must have a median age at or below 30. If you’re over that age, we encourage you to find local young hams and get them involved in your station!

All prizes for the under-30 categories are general purpose gift cards, courtesy of our fantastic event sponsor, HamStudy.org:

  • First Place, Single-Operator QRP: $25

  • First Place Single-Operator Low: $25

  • First Place Single-Operator High: $25

  • First Place Multi-Single Low: $75

  • First Place Multi-Single High: $75

  • First Place Multi-Multi Low: $75

  • First Place Multi-Multi High: $75

  • First Place School Club: $75

  • Second Place School Club: $75

  • First Place New Contester: $75

  • Second Place, New Contester: $25

The top three scoring entries in each category (under- and over-30) and all stations who work all WY4RC stations on the air during the contest will receive a certificate of achievement.

If you are over the prize eligible age, we strongly encourage you to still participate in the contest and treat it as you’d treat any other. All of these young operators will need people to QSO with!

Young Amateur Radio Club - http://www.YARC.world

What's My WAI Square?

The IRTS (Irish Radio Transmitters Society) report that during the recent 40-metre Counties Contest, a number of contesters were asked which Worked All Ireland square they were operating in, which led to some enquiries about the WAI Awards Scheme.

Following a suggestion from one of our members, we have expanded the explanation of the WAI Awards Scheme at http://www.irts.ie/wai to include a section explaining how WAI squares are calculated from the Irish grid reference system, and included links to sites that can identify the grid reference of any location in Ireland.

EANET Sprint Contest 2018

On Sunday 4th November 2018, from 08:00 to 12:00 UTC, an EANET 'sprint contest' will be held devoted to the 'Radio Clubs of the World'.

In just four hours you can win original and funny prizes, or take the opportunity to contact those radio clubs you still needed to complete the EANET Award

More Information - http://www.fediea.org/news/?news=20181104