This Weekend In RadioSport | RTTY And VHF
RadioSport UK | BARTG RTTY Sprint.
The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group (BARTG) is ready and RTTY is trending positive for operators across the globe. Sprint type events do not consume an enormous amount of time from one's limited weekend operating budget. I'm curious if a subtle shift is beginning to occur within RadioSport toward sprint like activities?
Whatever one's schedule this weekend with winter weather dampening outdoor activity then consider the shack as relaxation zone. Twelve hours total operating time is all BARTG RTTY Sprint is asking as a social interaction expenditure.
Rules (link).
RadioSport USA | 2010 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes.
I have not heard from our local VHF RadioSport organizer regarding an effort at transmitting above 50 MHz this weekend. However I'll buzz the local network for a pulse on any VHF action within San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara counties.
The pressures beginning to build for spectrum space is a real motivator to get stations on the air moreso as a rally instead of a sweepstakes. Perhaps, if there are any VHF/UHF RadioSport organizers tuned into my blog; please consider 'rally' as method of organizing activity above 50 MHz going into the future.
Frankly, in this context, sweepstakes conjures an image of lotto scratching instead of amateur wireless communicators pitting themselves with their technology against sever winter weather. Rally, man, rally!
Rules (link).
Pour on the CQ!
SFI = 82 | A-index = 3 | K-index = 2 | Sunspot Count = 17 @ 0011UTC.
