Youth Contesting Program Wants to Enlist More “Big-Gun” Stations

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International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Youth Working Group Chair Lisa Leenders, PA2LS, said young operators (age 26 or younger) in Region 1 (Europe and Africa) have been invited to participate in the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Youth Contesting Program (YCP).

“Youth members from IARU Region 1 member-societies are invited to take part in a contest from so called ‘Top Gun’ stations. These young hams will learn how to operate the contest station, improve their contest skills, and aim for the best results together as a team.”
— Lisa Leenders, PA2LS

YCP partners 9A1A, ES9C, and 4O3A are already on the schedule of host stations, and additional stations are welcome. LX7I will join the roster during the ARRL International DX Contest (SSB), and LZ9W, OZ5E, and DP9A will be available for other contests later this year.

More information and an application form is available on the YOTA website.

Inspired by the YOTA YCP, the unrelated Young Amateurs Radio Club (YARC) Youth Contesting Program (YCP) wants to match groups of enthusiastic young contesters with top contest stations to gain operating experience during the CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest over the 30-31st March 2019.

WRTC 2022 Team Leader Qualification Rules

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The Final Qualification Rules to be selected as a WRTC 2022 Team Leader have been made available.

“The Selection Areas are much smaller. So that operators on all continents now have more chances to qualify than ever before. If you do not achieve qualification as a Team Leader, you will have a chance to be selected by a Team Leader as Team Member. Each Team Leader must select a Team Member from the top 10 applicants who did not qualify as a Team Leader”
— WTCC 2022 Organizers

WRTC 2022 Team Leader Qualification Rules - http://wrtc2022.it/

CQ WPX RTTY Contest 2019

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The 2019 CQ WPX RTTY Contest will take place on 9-10th February 2019.

CQ WPX RTTY RULES

GOAL - For amateurs world wide to contact as many amateurs and prefixes as possible during the period of operation.

BANDS: Only the 3.5, 7, 14, 21, and 28 MHz bands may be used. Observance of established band plans is strongly encouraged.

EXCHANGE - RST report plus a progressive contact serial number starting with 001 for the first contact. Note: Multi-Two and Multi-Unlimited entrants use separate serial number sequences on each band.

All Rules can be read and download in several different languages at the official CQ WPX RTTY Web Site - https://www.cqwpxrtty.com/rules.htm

Rule Differences from WPX SSB/CW Contest

Identical wording is used for both the RTTY and CW/SSB rules where the intent is the same. However, there are some key differences for the RTTY mode:

  • No 1.8 MHz operation

  • QSO alerting assistance is allowed in all categories, i.e., there is no Single-Op Assisted category

  • Single-Op 30-hour limit (vs. 36)

  • Contact points:

    • Different-country contacts within any continent (not just North America) get 2 or 4 points

    • Same-country contacts get 2 points on the low bands