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The world will be alive with CW operators vying in the CQ WPX (Weird Prefix) CW contest May 27 and 28. It’s one of the biggest radio events of the year, with many thousands of hams competing from around the world. That’s the focus of this week’s Zone Zero ham radio contesting podcast.
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On the horizon we have a royal weekend, with His Majesty the King of Spain CW contest, and something for fans of every other major contesting mode.
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Prepare for one of the great RTTY events on the annual calendar – the Volta RTTY DX contest this weekend. If you want to score 100 million points in a weekend, then this one is for you. We’ll also look at the CQ-M International DX contest for CW and phone operators.
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Let’s recap the 7QP, Indiana QSO Party and New England QSPO Party – and here’s a hint… May 6 and 7 was a pretty darn good weekend to be on the air.
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Let’s look ahead to the May 6-7 weekend QSO Parties for the 7th Call Area, Indiana, Delaware and New England states, plus the ARI International DX contest.
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On Saturday and Sunday (April 29-30), the bands were ignited by the Florida State QSO Party, or FQP. As the weekend rolled along I took notes for this post-contest mini-episode 2.1.
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Organized by the Florida Contest Group, the Florida QSO Party is one of the more well-attended state contests, where everyone around the world turns their antennas toward Florida and tries to work as many stations in as many Florida counties as possible.
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We are definitely in the bottom of solar cycle 24. The next year or more will be similar to what we saw this weekend. See how bad it was….
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In the first full episode of Zone Zero, Bud looks at the SP DX RTTY and BARTG 75 RTTY contests. Both events include a continent multiplier, which adds a fun extra dimension as you scour the bands trying to find all six continents – Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North and South America.
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This is the opening episode of Zone Zero — a weekly podcast dedicated to ham or amateur radio contests.