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RadioSport / Contesting: Amateur Radio’s Swiss Army Knife; or Extreme Ham Radio?

RadioSport / Contesting: Amateur Radio’s Swiss Army Knife; or Extreme Ham Radio?. Doug Grant, K1DG. What do YOU enjoy about ham radio?. Working DX/chasing awards Building a station Hanging out with ham friends Traffic handling Emergency Comms Ragchewing Trying New Bands/Modes.

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RadioSport / Contesting: Amateur Radio’s Swiss Army Knife; or Extreme Ham Radio?

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  1. RadioSport / Contesting:Amateur Radio’s Swiss Army Knife;orExtreme Ham Radio? Doug Grant, K1DG

  2. What do YOU enjoy about ham radio? • Working DX/chasing awards • Building a station • Hanging out with ham friends • Traffic handling • Emergency Comms • Ragchewing • Trying New Bands/Modes

  3. RadioSport has all these! Cut through pileups Sharpen operating skills Build a station Be the Most Reliable In Emergency Comms Hang out with ham friends Punch your messages through Screw around on new bands/modes

  4. But it’s also EXTREME ! ! • Learn how to crack pileups even with QRP • Work DXCC in a weekend • Make 400 QSOs in one hour • Learn how to make your signalloud,then louder • Meet and learn from the big guns,then become one of them! • And most importantly… have more fun!

  5. The Best Thing About Radiosport • Anyone can play! • It doesn’t take a megabucks station • The big stations need QSOs from everyone! • Imagine being allowed to play in the Olympics even if you are a casual jogger!

  6. Trivia Quiz Q: When was the first ham radio contest? A: When the third guy got on the air!

  7. Is this the station of a “Big Gun”? WN1ICD, 1967 WPE1GZQ, 1966

  8. Competition is a natural thing – otherwise there’d be no sports • RadioSport is a lot like car racing; to win either, it takes: • Equipment • Operating skill • Experience • Luck • And win or lose, you: • Learn • Make friends • Have fun

  9. But winning is really great! K1DG & K1AR win Gold Medal at WRTC1990 in Seattle

  10. But winning (or anywhere on the medal stand)is great! K1DG & K1AR win Bronze Medals at WRTC2000 in Slovenia

  11. But winning (or anywhere on the medal stand)is great! K1DG & N2NT win Bronze Medals at WRTC2006 in Brazil

  12. Today’s Program • 1330 WA1Z  Planning and Evaluating Station Improvements • 1345 K1NU  Understanding Propagation • 1400 AD1C  Chasing DX and Associated Awards • 1415 WA1Z  Honing Your Operating Skills • 1430 K1TTT Resources/Tools Available for RadioSport • 1445 WA1Z  Logging and Automation Software Overview • 1500 K1IR  Competition - Setting Goals, Your First Contest • 1515 K1DG & K1RX Wrap Up and Invitation to RadioSport

  13. Followed at 1530 (3:30 PM) by: • General Meeting of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club New Contesters Welcome! • Highlights: • FS5 DXpedition • Youth Scholarship Raffle Drawing • Membership applications will be available and new members are welcome

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