Radio Sport?
There is a section of the Ham Radio hobby, the fastest growing we are led to believe, which is known as “Radio Sport” or “Contesting”. The idea is to make as many contacts (exchanging the correct information of course!) within a specified time period. It is a very big part of the hobby of many a Radio Amateur!
To get Wythall Radio Club members in the mood to have a go at a big contest, our “top gun” Radio Sportsman, Lee G0MTN, is putting together one of his famous presentations to enthuse us to all to have a go at the next worldwide event, the CQ Magazine World Prefix Contest (known as CQ WPX) on the last weekend of this month.
There will be plenty of big gun stations like OH8X on the air!
You could try it out from home or even from our well-equipped club shack. It is not too difficult to achieve a DXCC award (100 countries contacted) in one weekend during this contest!
So if you have little or no idea what the “contesting” bug is like, why not come and catch it at Wythall House, Silver Street, B47 6LZ this Tuesday at 2030? Lee will be giving an introduction to all-band HF contests in general as well as this contest in particular.
There is even a rumour, that to encourage participation within the club, there may even be a “contest-within-a-contest” that we’ll run, just for fun, to encourage members’ activity in the WPX contest.
I wonder if there will be a prize in the form of a liquid refreshment for the winner? :-)