The CW DX contest will be held starting on Friday, February 14th at 7pm and runs through Sunday the 16th at 7pm
Likewise, the SSB DX contest will be held starting on Friday, February 28th at 7pm and runs through
Sunday night.
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W2ZQ TO OPERATE IN THE UPCOMING ARRL DX CONTESTS
ARRL EME Contest – November 16 -17th
We had a good start in the ARRL EME Contest the weekend of October 18-19. The final contest weekend will be November 16-17. At this half-way point, our totals are 94 QSOs and 85 multipliers (number of different four-character Maidenhead locators worked). In 2022 and 2023 we made 118 and 127 QSOs,
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Join us compete in the CQ World Wide DX Contest Oct 27-28 UTC
The CQ World Wide DX Contest is the largest Amateur Radio competition in the world. Over 35,000 participants take to the airwaves on the last weekend of October (SSB) with the goal of making as many contacts with as many different DXCC entities and CQ Zones as possible.
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Work Party at the Shack on Sat Oct 13
We are holding a work party at the shack on Sat Oct 13th from 9am – 12pm.
On the agenda is:
- Mowing and trimming
- Organizing the workroom
- Installing new door on furnace room
Remember your hat,
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Shack Operating Hours
The station maintains regular operating hours for both members and visitors. We invite the public to visit.
- Tuesdays 1 – 4:00 PM
- Tuesdays 6 – 8:00 PM
- Thursdays 1 – 4:00 PM
- Sundays 1 – 4 PM
If you wish to visit at other times,
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A look at our shack antennas
Our main HF Antennas are a 2 element Yagi for 40 meters (Force 12 Magnum 240N), and an 14 element 20, 15, and 10 meter (Force 12 C-31XR) multi monoband Yagi turned by an M2 OR2800 rotator atop our primary 100 foot tower. Our secondary 50 foot tower has a Cushcraft A3S triband beam and various VHF/UHF antennas.
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A look at our shack radios
The primary HF position has an Icom 7600, Tokyo HyPower Solid State HL-1.5KFX Linear Amplifier, and LDG AT1000Pro2 antenna tuner. The secondary HF position is a full Icom station using an IC-756 Pro 2 with matching IC-2KL 500 watt linear amplifier and IC-AT500 antenna tuner. A third operating position is primarily dedicated to VHF,
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New Shed Constructed at the Shack
Because of the generosity of Hy Gold, AB2VG, club members constructed a shed for the weed whackers and other lawn care items on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Frank Palecek, KC2TKD and Gary, K2GW transported the shed components to the site on Thursday, Nov. 10. A number of members participated in the project.
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XMLOG Installed on A and B Stations
We installed a the XMLOG logging program on both A and B stations. This program will do our general station logging and will keep track of awards such as WAS and DXCC. It also has a spots window with a band map that plots the spots. It also has a beam heading indicator map (with grey line) centered on W2ZQ.
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Shack Remodeling Update
Last evening Mark, Dom and Rory continued the shack work by installing the third operating station and pulling coax along with dc power to get the radios running. That will be know as the C station and currently has the Kenwood UHF/VHF radio that is connected to the South Tower Collinear Vertical.
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