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Contests and Field Days PDF Print E-mail

Amateur Radio Contest and Field Days

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What is a Contest ?

Contests are a popular part of the amateur radio and gives you an opportunity to practice and develop your operating skills and techniques, and to see how well your station is performing. Also contest get plenty of stations on the air and to increase the opportunities for making contacts.


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What is a Field Day ?

A Field Day is a contest especially for portable stations, operating from a good location such as a hilltop or quiet location away from RF noise. Often operators camp out overnight. Apart from having fun, Field Days are a great way to check out your equipment in the field and to experiment with light weight, easily transportable equipment and antennas.

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Contest Logging Software

VKCL is a software program designed for recording all your contacts during most of the contests and field days. For more information or to down load the latest version of VKCL - click here

Contests and Field Days for 2013 ?

VHF UHF Field Day - Winter 22nd & 23rd June, Spring 23rd & 24th November, Summer 11th & 12th January - more info

WIA National Field Day - 14th April - more info

Remembrance Day Contest - 17th and 18th August - more info 

John Moyle Field Day - 16th & 17th March - more info

Ross Hull Memorial VHF/UHF Contest - January - more info 

Oceania DX Contest - Phone 5th & 6th October - CW 12th & 13th October - more info

Harry Angel Memorial 80m Sprint - 4th May - more info

VK ZL Trans Tasman Contest - 80m phone 11th May - 160m phone 20th July - CW & Digital 80 & 160m 20th July - more info

Worked All VK Shires - 8th & 9th June - more info

 
2013 Events Calender PDF Print E-mail

2013 Events Calender of Presentations and Activities.

SGARS holds regular meetings each first Wednesday evening of each month, except January. These meetings are generally a technical presentation related to an aspect of amateur radio.

During the year, SGARS also has arranged a number of daytime activities including field trips, radio direction finding and licence training and assessment.

The following table lists the meeting topics and activities planned for 2013. Some activities may be tentative and subject to confirmation.

 

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