November 09, 2014

Russian Word-Wide MultiMode Amateur / Ham Radio Contest

November 09, 2014/ Colin Butler

Yuri Mirolyubov, RK3DSW of the Russian Digital Radio Club invites Amateur / Ham Radio operators to participate in the 1st Russian WW MultiMode Contest 2014. The objective of the contest is to establish as many contacts as possible between radio amateurs around the world and radio amateurs in Russia.

Fans of all modes can take part in the contest from 12.00 UTC on Saturday 15th November 2014 till 11:59 UTC on Sunday 16th November, 2014.

russian_worldwide_Multimode_amateur_ham_radio_contest

Types of modulation: BPSK63, CW, RTTY, SSB.

Repeated contacts are permitted on different bands and different modes providing that a contact will be made no earlier than in 3 minutes. The output power should not exceed 10 watts on 160 meters and 100 watts on other bands. The operator may change the bands no more than 10 times within calendar hour (with zero on 59-th minute of each hour). Only one transmitted signal is permitted at any time. Bands: 160 m, 80 m, 40 m, 20 m, 15 m, 10 m.

Prizes and certificates in all categories:

SOAB - BPSK63-CW-RTTY-SSB
SOAB - BPSK63-CW-RTTY
SOAB - BPSK63-CW-SSB
SOAB - BPSK63-RTTY-SSB
SOAB - CW-RTTY-SSB
SOAB - BPSK63-CW
SOAB - BPSK63-RTTY
SOAB - BPSK63-SSB
SOAB - BPSK63-SSB
SOAB - RTTY-SSB
SOAB - CW-RTTY
SOAB - CW-SSB
MOAB - BPSK63-CW-RTTY-SSB

For more info please visit Russian WW MultiMode Contest 2014 Rules - http://www.rdrclub.ru/russian-ww-multimode-contest/159-rus-ww-multimode-contest

You should send your log upload via the Web interface - http://ua9qcq.com/en/submit_log.php?lang=en

All logs must be sent no later than 14 days after the contest (23:59 UTC on 30th November 2014).

November 06, 2014

VP8RAF/100 Falkland Islands Amateur Radio Special Event Station

November 06, 2014/ Colin Butler

The RAF Amateur Radio Society, G8FC, has sent an expedition group to the Falkland Islands and will be operating from the Joint Services Welfare Facility Amateur Radio Station using the callsigns VP8RAF/100 and VP8FIR/100

The callsigns commemorate the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914 and the 1st Battle of the Falklands on 8 December 1914.

All VP8 stations are able to use the suffix /100 between 1 November and 15 December 2014.

The Battle of Coronel off the West coast of Chile saw a number of Royal Navy ships sunk, both the HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth which were lost with all crew.

What became known as the 1st Battle of the Falklands took place to the South East of East Falkland and saw the Royal Navy sink eight ships of the German Imperial Navy including the flagship of Admiral Graf Von Spee.

The RAFARS station will be using the following frequencies: CW 3.505, 7015, 10.112, 14.055, 18.070, 21.055, 24.892, 28.055. SSB 3.790, 7.155, 14.270, 18.123, 21.290, 24.945, 28.250.

Battle of Coronel - http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/slaughter-at-sea-but-we-never-lost-hope-1-6396443

RAFARS Expedition to the Falkland Islands -http://www.rafars.org/content/News_Flash_files/39e20a80ec58b86021efc22cf011d89f-30.html