Contesting/DXing

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ARRL Links

• Contest Branch. 

• Contest Calendar. 

• Contest Forms and Rules. 

• Contest Results. 

• Contest Rules and Announcements.

• Contest Soapbox: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/?con_id=155 

• Contest Update Newsletter - News and Techniques for the Active Operator (Formerly the Contester's Rate Sheet): http://www.arrl.org/contests/update/

• Band Plans. 

• DX Century Club program. 

• Special Events. 

• Special Events Application Form. 

• US Amateur Frequency Allocations. 

• World above 50 MHz - by Gene Zimmerman, W3ZZ. 

• Field Day Package -- http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/ 

• Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station at ARRL. 

• Technical Information Service. 

• Propagation. 

• W1AW Code practice page. (You will need Windows Player). 

• W1AW Propagation Bulletin is updated often.

None ARRL Links

• 8 Day contest Calendar compiled by WA7BNM.

• Random Hour Manual -- for all activity periods and for calling CQ, go to: http://www.ykc.com/wa5ufh/WSJTGROUP/randomhour.htm 

• Contesting a sport of Amateur Radio http://www.contesting.com

• Contest Web Forms -- Cabrillo Web-Forms are located at http://www.b4h.net/cabforms

• Hornucopia Webpage -- http://www.hornucopia.com who fears limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again." -Henry Ford

PROGRAMS:

• Stardust Re-entry program - Listen and record all signals heard on the Amateur bands: http://www.vhfdx.com/

• WSJT Group Fall/Winter, spring help page: http://www.ykc.com/wa5ufh/WSJTGROUP/SprintRules.htm 

DX World

• DX Robot Monitoring DX Robot - Gouda - The Netherlands.

• Solar X-rays/Geomagnetic Field monitoring. From N3KL.ORG

• DX'ers! This is for you. Propagation at: http://dx.qsl.net

• Collection of interactive pages for DXers.

• DX Propagation Logger.

• How to work 6-meters DX.

• UKSMG-UK Six Meter Group.

• Daily DX Home page.

MISC Information

• Intl Radio Call-sign Prefix Blocks.

• Q-Signals.

• Using Very Slow-Speeds for CW.

• Determining what Bands are opened, when preparing for CQ calling.

• G3USF's Worldwide List of 50 MHz Beacons.

• SPORADIC-E: Mid-Latitude Sporadic-E (Es) - A Review -- This article was originally written in response to a brief review of the basics of sporadic-E that I wrote for the April 1993 VUD.

• Unfortunately, other obligations prevented this article from being completed to my satisfaction until now:

• http://www.amfmdx.net/propagation/Es.html

• The Daily DX

Propagation

• A Real time Propagation Monitor, will reloads every 3 Minutes.

• HF Propagation: the basics.