If you’ve read the posts of the clubs 160M mavens, you know that conditions on that band have been excellent. Many club members are racking up new countries as if Santa was handing out rare QSL card every time he laughed, HO, HO, HO! Beginning this afternoon is your shot at running up your 160M totals in the Stew Perry Topband Challenge. This is 160M, CW only contest where the exchange is simply the your grid square. Nice. Your webmaster is a HUGE fan of this exchange because it is what is used for VHF contesting. The scoring is unique as it is based on distance. The festivities begin at 10 AM local time and run for 24 hrs. Check it out here.

Tags: Contest, 160M

The ARRL 10M Contest runs this weekend. If you need some juicy DX to fill in some blanks on 10M, this may be a good opportunity. Traditional thinking may lead one to the conclusion that this will be a waste of time, but the in-the-know crowd knows otherwise! As far as propagation, E-skip combined with meteor scatter should provide some good fun. So jump in! Here are links to ARRL for the contest rules and this weeks propagation report.

http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/10-meters.html

http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2009-arlp051.html

Good luck.

Tags: Contest

The results of the June VHF QSO Party (link) were posted earlier today and club members K2QO and W2TAU have again cracked the top 10 in Rover competition with a 10th place finish (1st place Atlantic Division) against some seriously stiff competition! If you've been paying attention lately you'll have noticed that many club members have been lighting up the scoreboards in a slew of contests.

Attaining the top levels of radiosport competition for so many members is a testement to the skills and knowledge within WNYDXA.

Another local rover, Steve, KC2QZF, had a nice 9th place finish in the Limitied Rover Category which was good for 1st Place Atlantic.

Tags: VHF, ARRL, Contest