2022 SARL National Convention

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The 2022 SARL National Convention will be held virtually on Saturday 9 April and Saturday 23 April 2022. On 9 April, the Amateur Radio Technology In Action Symposium and on 23 April, the Annual General Meeting and the SARL Awards and Trophies.

The SARL Secretary has received five (5) nominations to serve on Council. Each nomination has been signed by a proposer and a seconder. No motions for the AGM have yet been received. This includes a motion to host the 2023 AGM.

Do not send suggestions for Awards and Trophies by e-mail or WhatsApp. Use the nomination form available on the SARL website, fill in the details of the nominee, fill in the motivation, sign the form as proposer and get the required signatures from the seconders. Then submit the form to the SARL Secretary secretary@sarl.org.za by 21:59 UTC on Monday 31 January 2022. No late entries will be accepted. Refer to the SARL Communication dated 12 January 2022.

SARL - http://www.sarl.org.za

80m AM Winter Contest

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Saturday 5th February 2022, is the time for the winter AM contest between 09:00 and 11:00 Swedish time (0800-1000 GMT).

  • Run AM at 3600-3750 kHz. Exchange report, name and QTH.

  • Logs within 14 days tosm5b@ssa.se

  • Enjoy a quiet test with beautiful modulation.

The simple rules - https://sm5b.se/am-test-regler-2/

The Arboga Radioklubb and Arboga FRO department have organized this fun competition since 1988. The intention is to activate FRO's old and new stations, but anyone with AM is welcome to participate. Over 250 amateurs participated over the years. Used stations have ranged from portable from the 40s, via large facilities from military staffs, to modern ones with dusty AM buttons. Set up you too and feel free to attach some background information and picture to your AM station, along with the log.

More Information - https://tinyurl.com/IARU-Sweden

Summer QRP Contest

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The West Rand Amateur Radio Club reminds everybody that the Summer QRP Contest is on the air from 12:00 to 13:30 UTC on Saturday 22 January 2022 with CW and SSB activity using 5 watts or less. The first 45 minutes are restricted to the 40-meter band and the last 45 minutes on all contest bands. The exchange is a realistic RS or RST report and your 6-character grid locator.

This is the ideal contest to set up a field station and have a picnic. Do not forget to send a photograph of your station in action with your log. Turn to page 70 of the 2022 Blue Book for all the rules. Submit your log in ADIF or Cabrillo with a summary sheet or make use of the MS Excel log sheet. The closing date is 21:59 UTC on Thursday 27 January 2022 and must be sent to info@zs6wr.co.za.

Operating tip: Use the Standard QRP frequencies and hop between these frequencies with your memory channels of VFO A and B. 80 m 3,560 CW and 3,710 MHz SSB; 40 m 7,030 CW and 7,090 SSB; 20 m 14,060 CW and 14,285 SSB; 15 m 21,060 CW and 21,285 SSB and 10 m 28,060 MHz CW and 28,360 SSB. Good luck hope to copy your call on air!