WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY -Celebrations by Q.A.R.L.

The world Amateur Radio Day is celebrated every year on 18^th April to commemorate the formation of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) on this day in 1925 at Paris.

The Quilon Amateur Radio League (QARL ) celebrates the event every year on 18^th April or the nearest Sunday by conducting HAMFAIR. This year the programme will be held on Sunday, the 17^th April. Lake City Contest and VHF Fox Hunt are also held in connection with the Amateur Radio Day celebrations.

A special issue of ‘QARL News’ will also be published on this occasion. You are requested to contribute articles and advertisements well in advance.

The QARL invite you along with your family and friends to participate in the programme and make it a grand success.

Prgramme Schedule :

1. LAKE CITY CONTEST

The Lake City phone contest will be conducted from 5.00 P.M on 12/3/2011 to 5.00 P.M on 13/3/2011. The contest will be for 7 MHz only. The participant will get one point for each contact including DX contact. Copy of log may be sent to: The Quilon Amateur Radio League, P.O.Box No.335, Kollam – 691 001 OR by e.mail to vu2syt@yahoo.com so as to reach on or before 31/3/201.

2. QARL 15th Kerala VHF Fox Hunt :

The QARL 15th Kerala VHF Fox Hunt will be conducted on 16 April, 2011 at 2.00 PM. Venue: Jaladarshini, Thevally, Kollam. Fox hunt is open to all hams and SWLS. The CSD rolling shields will be awarded to the team leaders of the first three winning teams, in addition to cash awards and certificates. The participating teams are requested to register with the secretary by post or over telephone in advance.

3. HAM FAIR, 2011

The HAMFAIR 2011 will be conducted on 17th April 2011 at Jaladarshini mini Auditorium,Thevally, Kollam. Registration of delegates will start by 09.00 am and the Inauguration & Prize distribution will start by 10.00am Chief Gust will be Smt. S.Lalithambika, District Collector, Kollam. The Exhibition will be 11.30 am to 4.00pm (Exhibition and sale of new as well as old wireless equipments and components are arranged)

for more information visit http://www.vu2qar.com

Transmission 2010

Radio communication is a vital part of today’s world.

British Wireless for the Blind Fund invites your Club to take part in Transmission 2010, our annual competition to make as many contacts across the world as possible and raise money for a very worthwhile cause at the same time.

British Wireless for the Blind Fund is a registered charity providing specially adapted radios and audio equipment on free permanent loan to registered blind and partially-sighted people in need in the U.K. Every year we receive requests for around 5,000 sets at a cost of approximately £750,000. All sponsorship money raised from Transmission will go towards continuing our much valued service.

This year’s competition will be taking place over the weekend of the 18th/19th September and I very much hope that your Club will consider taking part. By getting friends and family to sponsor the number of contacts you make, we are able to keep people with sight loss in touch with the world.

Join the fun – make as many contacts as possible from across the world, compete against other amateur enthusiasts and try to beat last year’s record of 802 contacts (individual category) or 1113 contacts (Clubs).

To enter the competition, please either complete go to our new web-site at www.blind.org.uk and fill in the on-line form. Sponsorship forms and a poster can also be downloaded.

Once your registration has been received I will send out QSL cards, a copy of the Rules and sponsorship forms.

There are trophies to be won for:-

· Most contacts made by an Individual or a Club

· Most money raised by an Individual or a Club

· Young persons individual or group special achievement award

I also hope to have prizes for each category. As soon as these are confirmed, I will put the information onto the web-site.

I do hope you will decide to take this year and aim to raise sufficient funds to provide a radio set for someone in need in your area. The average cost of a set is £150.

As an independent charity receiving no government funding or lottery money, BWBF are entirely reliant on the kindness and generosity of our supporters. Only with your help can we continue our work of supplying radios and audio equipment to people with sight loss.

Yours sincerely,

Frances Fielding

Fundraising Manager

British Wireless for the Blind Fund

Registered Charity No. 1078287

Registered as a Limited Company in England.

Company No. 3870182

Registered Address:

10 Albion PLace

Maidstone

Kent ME14 5DZ

Tel: 01622 754757

Source : www.southgatearc.org

“Ernst Krenkel Memorial” – International Contest RAEM

Year 2009 end is fast approaching meaning that the most memorable event for all true CW Operators is coming: “Ernst Krenkel Memorial” – International Contest RAEM . The uniqueness of the contest is in non-trivial number exchange that requires operators to show their true CW skills.

We invite you to participate in this exciting event. If you love CW please come on the air and support the contest. Even if you can’t spend all of the 8 hours please consider making a part time effort - that will be greatly appreciated by all contest participants. Taking a part in the contest will be one more opportunity to pay tribute to the famous polar explorer/radio operator Ernst Krenkel. The Contest Committee is looking forward to receiving your log, that will help with more accurate scoring and decision on the contest winners.

The contest will take place from 02:00 till 09:59 UTC on the 27th of December 2009. The Contest Rules are available on SRR web site at
http://www.srr. ru/CONTEST/ cup_raem_ engl_09.php
or on the contest home page
http://www.raem. qrz.ru/contest/ raem_2009/ rules_eng_ 2009.php

We are pleased to announce that special category awards will be given this year in addition to the awards in the main contest categories. The plagues will be awarded in the following special categories:

RAEM Memorial station
SINGLE-OP YL
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND ARCTIC CIRCLE
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND UKRAINE
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH ASIA (NO RUSSIA)
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH EU RUS
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND GERMANY
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND ES EU LY YL
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND SCANDINAVIA
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW EU RUS
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW EU (NO RUSSIA)
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW ASIA (NO RUSSIA)
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND AFRICA
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND N.AMERICA
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND S.AMERICA
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND VK ZL OCEANIA
SINGLE-OP 20M EU RUSSIA
SINGLE-OP 20M EU (NO RUSSIA)
MULTI-ONE WORLD (NO RUSSIA)

We do realise that a single station may be eligible for more than one award: in a main and in a special category. Should this happen the station will receive one award only and will be awarded with a plaque reflecting the highest achievement. The special category plaque will be awarded to the station with the next highest score.

The full list of all awards, the award sponsors and the photos of the sponsors are available on the following web page (sorry, in Russian only).

http://www.raem. qrz.ru/contest/ raem_2009/ raem_donor_ 2009.php

Software supporting this contest:
TR4W: http://tr4w. qrz.ru/
N1MM Logger: http://www.n1mm. com
AALog: http://www.dxsoft. com/aatest. zip

Your comments and photos are very welcome.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and see you in the contest.
73!
RAEM Contest Committee

Courtesy : vu2ptt

How to Participate in a Ham Radio Contest

A ham radio contest, often referred to as an amateur radio contest, is a challenge offered by various ham radio groups, clubs and publications. Contesting, also known as radio sport, offers individual ham radio operators and teams to test their skill and speed in contacting as many stations as possible in a designated period of time.

Read more at: http://www.ehow.com/how_2042173_participate-ham-radio-contest.html

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