This blog is where you can get the latest news and information about happenings at the ARRL Contest Branch; when results are posted, rules changes, when awards are sent out, and other relevant issues.
2008 ARRL August UHF and 10 GHz Contest Certificates
Jun 30, 2009 10:48 ET
Sean E. Kutzko, KX9X
Hi folks-
Certificates for the 2008 ARRL August UHF Contest and the 10 GHz and Up Cumulative Contest have been processed and shipped late last week. Winners should start to see them arrive any day.
73,
Sean Kutzko KX9X
2009 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes Results
Jun 19, 2009 15:51 ET
Sean E. Kutzko, KX9X
Hi Folks-
The 2009 January VHF Sweepstakes results are online. You can view them at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/
RUFZ Competition at Dayton
Jun 9, 2009 10:32 ET
Sean E. Kutzko, KX9X
While at Dayton this year, the ARRL and IARU held a competition using RUFZXP, the CW training software. For more on this, you can read the story on the ARRL webcrawler here.
Here is the list of entries and scores by category:
Under 30, Experienced RUFZ User
Call Name Score
K0DXC Cal 34,328
PY1NB Felipe 18,193
Over 30, Little or No RUFZ Experience
Call Name Score
NF4A Charles 16,596
N4PN Paul 14,319
N3AD Alan 14,134
K5NZ Mike 13,623
NP3D Andrei 11,838
NC7M Marc 9,873
JA1SLS Hiro 4,809
Over 30, Experienced RUFZ User
Call Name Score
KK8I Uli 37,209
K1ZZ Dave 25,077
N2IC Steve 23,820
W5ZL Gary 23,088
DL5LYM Tom 23,045
UA3AGW Dima 21,759
W6RGG Bob 20,961
K8MR Jim 16,919
K0BJ Bruce 16,917
K2KW Ken 16,842
N4GN Tim 16,681
K9MMS Gary 16,134
DL1MGB Chris 14,392
K9ZO Ralph 14,204
KX9X Sean 14,135
K9GY Eric 12,844
DJ3WE Rudy 12,080
N1MM Tom 11,976
AC0W Bill 3,583
2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup Web Results
Jun 5, 2009 14:39 ET
Sean E. Kutzko, KX9X
Hi folks-
The 2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup Web results are now online. You can find them at:
2008 10 Meter and 2009 January VHF Sweepstakes web results are being worked on and should be up early next week.
73,
Sean Kutzko KX9X
Declaring Your Bands for Score in ARRL VHF+ Contests
May 29, 2009 10:24 ET
Sean E. Kutzko, KX9X
I was asked how to enter an ARRL VHF Contest as a Limited Multioperator, make QSOs on more than 4 bands and list the bands you want counted for score in a Cabrillo log. This is important, because you should submit a log with ALL of your QSOs in it, even the ones that you don't want applied to your score.
After consulting with the log-checkers and the Robot administrators, this is the solution: use the CATEGORY-BAND: tag in your Cabrillo header to list the bands you want to count for score.
An example of a Limited Multioperator Cabrillo header is below:
START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CONTEST: ARRL-VHF-JUN
CALLSIGN: W1AW
NAME: HIRAM MAXIM
ADDRESS: 225 MAIN ST.
ADDRESS: NEWINGTON, CT 06111
LOCATION: CT
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: LIMITED
CATEGORY-BAND: 6M 2M 2.3G 119G
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: ASSISTED
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
OPERATORS: W1AW W1HQ W1INF
Use these designators for the bands:
ALL
6M
2M
222
432
902
1.2G
2.3G
3.4G
5.7G
10G
24G
47G
75G
119G
142G
241G
Light
Any QSOs found in your submitted log on bands other than the ones listed in the CATEGORY-BAND: tag will not be given QSO points or multiplier credit and will be used as a checklog.
You will need to edit your CATEGORY-BAND: tag manually with your band choices after it has been generated by your logging software.
This will allow you to submit your entire log and still declare what bands you want used for your final score.
73,
Sean Kutzko, KX9X
Contest Branch Manager