PRESENTER OPINION : Slow-Speed (CW) Tests: I’m a believer

PRESENTER OPINION : Slow-Speed (CW) Tests: I’m a believer

The CWops have this thing they call the CW Test, or CWT. CWTs are held every Wednesday/Thursday, and include four, one-hour sessions at times that favor different geographic areas. They’re not exactly contests, and some CWops think of them as practice sessions for the “real” contests, but people post their scores to 3830scores.com and brag about them on the CWops mailing list, so they’re more than just practice sessions.

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PRESENTER OPINION : NCVEC Makes Big Changes to Tech Question Pool

PRESENTER OPINION : NCVEC Makes Big Changes to Tech Question Pool

The 2022 version of the Technician Class question pool is out. The National Council of Voluteer Examiner Coordinators have really made quite a few changes to the question pool this time. They removed 64 questions, added 51 new questions, and updated 136 questions. There are now a total of 412 questions total. This means that close to half of the questions are different from the last question pool.

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PRESENTER OPINION : Hamvention Accepting Nominations

PRESENTER OPINION : Hamvention Accepting Nominations

t appears that Hamvention 2022 is a go, and it is time to get your awards nominations in.

If you know an individual or club that deserves recognition for their efforts on behalf of amateur radio and want to nominate them for a 2022 Hamvention award don’t delay. Nominations for the Technical Achievement, Special Achievement, Amateur of the Year and Club of the Year close Feb. 15.

The Technical Achievement Award will be given to a selected amateur radio operator who has achieved technical excellence in the world of amateur radio. Examples are inventions, processes, discoveries, experiments and other technical accomplishments or any other outstanding technical achievement that contributed to amateur radio.

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