Short Contest Callsign NoV Revision

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Ofcom's amateur radio Special Contest Call Notice of Variation has been updated

In consultation with Ofcom, the RSGB has reviewed the SCC NoV.

The main revisions are:

  1. The validity of SCC NoV granted since 1st January 2019 has been extended from three years to five years

  2. Contest entries up to five years old may now be used in an application for a SCC NoV

  3. The list of qualification contests has been expanded to include the Commonwealth Contest, the RSGB DX Contest and the 1st and 2nd RSGB 1.8MHz Contests

To apply for a SCC NoV - http://www.rsgb.org/scc

VHF-UHF Yahoo Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VHFandUHF/


ARRL International DX Contest (CW) - Preliminary Results

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ARRL Radiosport and Field Services Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, has announced that through the yeoman efforts of Charlie Carroll, K1XX; Kelly Taylor, VE4XT, and Ward Silver, N0AX, preliminary results of the 2019 ARRL International DX CW now are available.

ARRL International DX Contest (CW) - Preliminary Results - https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2019/DX-CW-2019-PrelimFullResults.pdf


Commonwealth Contest

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The Commonwealth Contest, RSGB’s longest-running contest, takes place for 24 hours over the weekend of 9 and 10 March 2019.

There may be issues with Propagation on the upper HF bands, but some hardy travellers will undoubtedly activate countries that don’t appear on the air every day, so make the most of it.

RSGB Commonwealth Contest - https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2019/03/01/commonwealth-contest-next-weekend-2/