January 20, 2021

Radio Society of Christchurch (New Zealand) Centenary Award

January 20, 2021/ Colin Butler

The Christchurch ARC (NZART branch 05) have announced an informal award to celebrate the club’s centenary.

A special callsign of ZL100RSC will be active throughout February. You can use any band and any mode, including repeaters, digital voice reflectors, EME, Satellites, VHF, UHF, and HF. Endorsements will be available for working all contacts on a single band or mode.

The award is free! Send your logs to awards@nzart.org.nz or zl3dw@outlook.co.nz

A Certificate will be emailed out to any station achieving 100 points during February 2021. ZL100RSC is a compulsory contact worth 25 points, the club station ZL3AC is worth 10 points and Christchurch ARC (branch 05) members are worth 5 points each. Double points will apply on 15th February 2021(UTC for DX stations), the 100th anniversary of the first club meeting.

January 19, 2021

HamCation 2021 QSO Party Set

January 19, 2021/ Colin Butler

Orlando HamCation has announced it will sponsor the HamCation QSO Party over the 13-14th February 2021 weekend (UTC), “to create a fun way for amateurs to celebrate the Orlando HamCation experience over the air.” The HamCation QSO Party will be a 12-hour event on HamCation weekend. HamCation 2021 was to host the ARRL National Convention, which now will take place in 2022.