The ARRL Contest Update for July 12, 2017

Big Island ARRL News, 12 July 2017, 15:45 hrs, UTC, Post #255

Source:

http://www.arrl.org/contest-update-issue?issue=current

Accessed on 12 July 2017, 15:45 hrs, UTC.

Editor:  Brian Moran (N9ADG).

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Here are some of the topics discussed in the 12 July 2017 issue of “The ARRL Contest Update”:

• New HF Operators: WSJT-X, RTTY
• Contest Summary
• News: Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air, HAM RADIO, PNWDXC Contest Sessions, and more
• Word to the Wise: X-QSO
• Sights and Sounds: LEGO Morse Code Transmitter and Printer, WK1DS post IARU, and more
• Results: RAC Winter Contest, WRTC 2018 Dry Run
• Operating Tip: Don’t Linger over DX While Searching and Pouncing
• Technical Topics and Information: WSJT-X, Destructive Pest Prevention, Red Pitaya SDR, and more
• Conversation: IARU Observations
• Contests
• Log Due Dates

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Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de

Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)

Public Information Coordinator

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section