On a less thrilling note, I have to announce that the cost of contest plaques is going to be increasing from $67 to $75, beginning with the 2009 RTTY Roundup. This is the first increase in plaque pri
Hi, folks Lots of stuff is cooking in the realm of ARRL Sweepstakes. First off, the 2007 Sweepstakes plaques are being shipped. We received about 2/3 of the order last week, and those plaques were sh
Hiya folks We've got just ten days before CW Sweepstakes, and I'm getting pumped up. As Ward N0AX and I requested, we're hearing from lots of folks who will be operating from some of the far-flung pa
Hi Folks Just a quick awards update: the remaining third of the 2007 Sweepstakes plaques were sent out this past Monday, October 27. If you haven't received your plaque within a week or so, send me a
Hi, folks There was some recent ballyhoo over whether you had to send your own call as part of the exchange in Sweepstakes, or if merely giving your call during your CQ message or answering a CQ was
No, this is what you call an "Oops" moment by yours truly. I wrote that in the middle of the Sweepstakes frenzy, and simply wrote the wrong info. This one's on me, folks. W/VE stations should send th
and While drinking my morning coffee at HQ today, I pondered this question and did some homework. Newfoundland-Labrador was admitted into Canada in 1949. At that time, the format for the ARRL DX Cont
Hi folks It is once again time for the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. I hope you all have your receiving antennas taken care of. I wanted to let everybody know what to do with your electronic log submission
On the other side of the coin, the ARRL method goes like this on their web rules: This is the COMPLETE, nothing trimmed, description of entry categories from the 2008 ARRL DX rules page: <snip> But y
Hello, Folks Many have written in asking where the Web version of the IARU HF contest results are. We try to get the web results for any given contest up and online before the issue of QST with the r
Hi, Folks I'm getting a lot of reports from people trying to submit their DX CW contest logs and having them be rejected. Several submitters are gettting the following message when sending in their l
Hi folks Our IT staff here at HQ has been on the phone with our ISP for most of the morning. They believe they have resolved the "Possible UCE" rejection message that many people received when trying
Hi folks I'm getting a few reports from AOL users that there is a problem trying to email their DX Phone logs to the contest robot. When sending a mail to dxphone@arrl.org from an AOL email account,
Hello folks The results for the 2008 ARRL November CW Sweepstakes are now online. You can find them at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The n
Hello folks The 2008 ARRL SSB Sweepstakes results are now online. You may view them at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The national associat
Hi Folks The 2008 ARRL 160M Contest Web results are now online. You can find the link to them at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The nationa
Hi folks The 2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup Web results are now online. You can find them at: www.arrl.org/contests/results 2008 10 Meter and 2009 January VHF Sweepstakes web results are being worked on and
Hi Folks The 2009 January VHF Sweepstakes results are online. You can view them at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The national association
Hi folks Certificates for the 2008 IARU HF World Championship were mailed today. For DX stations, please remember that IARU certificates are first sent to your IARU Member Society headquarters, where
Hi folks The results for the 2009 ARRL DX CW Contest are online. You may view them at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The national associatio