Questions about the rules, processes and procedures in amateur radio contesting.
Questions tagged [contest]
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How does contesting benefit Amateur Radio and its community?
Some use contesting for personal accomplishment, some out of pure enjoyment, others to gather awards, and some to hone their ability to work their craft. For instance, you may learn or improve your skills merely by contesting.
I'm wondering if…
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Why should I practice one month before a contest, rather than the week before?
I've seen suggestions that it's better to practice a month prior to a contest, rather than at any other time prior to the contest.
What is special about a that time frame that it would be suggested so often?
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How much should we invest time in collecting multipliers in the big contests?
In most big contests, the total score is calculated by multiplying the number of QSO points by the amount of worked DXCC entities ("countries"), or prefixes.
What would be a good strategy to divide effort between keeping our QSO rate up and…
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How can I find out what ham radio events or contest are going on?
Looking for a good place to find out what contest or events are going at the present.
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What is "skimmer like technology" as named in the rules for the Australian Remembrance Day Contest?
In the rules for the Australian Remembrance Day Contest, I read:
Use of skimmer like technology with a bandwidth greater than 3 KHz is not allowed.
What is considered for 'skimmer like technology' here? Are we talking about a CW decoding device or…
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What are the biggest amateur radio contests ("radiosport")?
What are currently the (5 or 10) biggest amateur radio contests in terms of Worldwide participation (total number of stations or operators on the air during the contest)?
Are they the ones with "ARRL" or "CQ magazine" in the name or sponsorship? Or…
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Not participating in contests
I have only a small amount of time each week when I can get on the air. Frequently I turn on the radio and hear numerous operators participating in one contest or another. Is there some way to indicate I am not participating in the contest? That I…
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How do contest multipliers work?
Example, a recent contest offered a multiplier for "All 50 states". I presume that means I have to get all 50 states to get the multiplier. However, nowhere does it list what to multiply by? I'm very confused and googling around just hasn't been…
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