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The WPX contest is based on an award offered by CQ Magazine for working all prefixes. Held on the last weekend of March (SSB) and May (CW), the contest draws thousands of entries from around the world.
Iowa QSO Party Contest, SSB Saturday Oct 17th 9am to 6pm (( WORKED )) Waiting for results to be in top 5
========== CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Oct 24 to 2400Z, Oct 25 (( FAILED to operate ))
========== ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
2100Z, Nov 21 to 0300Z, Nov 23 (( FAILED to operate ))
========== North American QSO Party, SSB
1800Z, Jan 16 to 0600Z, Jan 17 2010 (( WORKED )) IN top 15... ==========
CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 27 to 2400Z, Mar 28 2010
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We are now building the clubs contesting station in preparation to work the Iowa QSO party Saturday October 17th from 9am to 6pm CDT.
We have a tight schedule but belive we can be ready by our first contest. Which will be the Iowa QSO party for us... we hope.
ALL GOD WILLING OF COURSE!
Looking For a Few Good Hams to lend a hand...
The IWC is looking for some help from it's friends.. Please If you have any spare time after 5pm during the weeknights or any Saturdays free.. Please consider helping out the club...
If you do have some spare time in the evenings or weekends and you would like to contribute a few hours..
Please contact us at info@w0iw.com
or call Joe at (515)-250-2108
IWC has been testing an experimental
Antenna.. Called the " MOW "...
They club members on August 29th, 2009 built a small 20M Version with nice results...
The IWC has been testing an experimental
Antenna that KDØHII & WØIW have been working on. They call it the MILE OF WIRE ANTENNA or the "MOW" for short.
Please check it out above...
Monster 40 Meter Beam UP & WORKING
The IWC has purchased a 40 meter beam from a contest station in California. This antenna is rocking and rolling on the 40m band.. This antenna is the Hygain 402ba This Hy-gain antenna is massive with 50 foot elements and linear loading coils ontop.. The SWR is great and running our 1kw amp with this beam is a killer combo now...
IOWA QSO PARTY Saturday October 17, 2009
Sponsored By The Ottumwa, IA ARC
The Iowa Wireless club
Announces it's first Contest to be the... Iowa QSO party in our home state.
How fitting that our first contest will be an all
out effort to participate in this new test..
3.2. Multioperator, Single Transmitter, mixed mode (only).
3.2.1. Includes single operators using packet or spotting assistance.
Contest Exchange:
4.1. W/VE stations (including Hawaii and Alaska) send signal report and state or province (District of Columbia stations send signal report and DC).
4.2. DX stations (including KH2, KP4, etc) transmit signal report and sequential serial number starting with 001.
4.3. Maritime mobile stations send signal report and ITU Region (R1, R2 or R3).
Scoring:
5.1. QSO points:
5.1.1. Two points for each complete two-way phone QSO. 5.1.2. Four points for each two-way CW QSO.
5.2. Multipliers: (per mode, phone and CW).
5.2.1. Each US state and the District of Columbia. Canada [NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF, (VO1), LB (VO2)], YT (VY1), PEI (VY2) NU (VYØ). 5.2.3. DXCC countries (except US and Canada). KH6 and KL7 participate and count as US states and send HI or AK as that part of their exchange. 5.2.4. ITU regions (maritime mobiles only).
5.3. Final Score: Multiply QSO points by total multipliers (the sum of states/VE provinces/DXCC countries/ITU regions per mode). Example: KA1RWY works 2235 stations including 1305 phone QSOs, and 930 CW QSOs, for a total of 6330 QSO points. She works 49 states, 10 Canadian call areas, 23 DXCC entities and a maritime mobile station in Region 2 on Phone and 30 states, 8 Canadian call areas, and 19 DXCC countries on CW for a total multiplier of 140. Final score = 6330 (QSO points) X 140 (multiplier) = 886,200 points.
Miscellaneous:
6.1. Single operator mixed-mode and multioperator stations may work stations once on CW and once on SSB.
6.2. Your call sign must indicate your DXCC country if competing as DX. (N6TR in Oregon does not send N6TR/7, but K1NO in Puerto Rico must send K1NO/KP4).
6.3. All entrants may transmit only one signal on the air at any given time.
6.4. All CW contacts must take place below 28.3 MHz.
Awards: Certificates will be awarded to:
7.1. The highest-scoring single-operator station (in each category) from each ARRL/RAC Section and DXCC country.
7.2. Top multioperator entries in each ARRL Division, Canada and each continent.
7.3. Additional certificates will be awarded as participation warrants.
Miscellaneous:
8.1. All electronic logs (computer generated) must submit an ASCII text file of the log information in Cabrillo file format. Paper printouts of the electronic file are not acceptable substitutes.
8.2. Hand-written paper logs are acceptable submissions.
8.3. All entries must be emailed or postmarked by 0000 UTC Wednesday, January 13, 2010.
8.4. Email entries only to: 10meter@arrl.org. Submissions require Cabrillo log file with all required information (including exchange sent, category entered, power, and ARRL/RAC section - see General Rules for specific file format).
8.5. Electronic files not in Cabrillo file format may be designated as checklogs.
8.6. Paper entries should be mailed to 10-Meter Contest, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
8.7. Paper entries must be submitted on current ARRL entry forms or an acceptable facsimile.
8.7.1. Forms are available for downloading at the Contest Branch Homepage at http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/ 8.7.2. Forms are available for an SASE sent to the Contest Branch.
8.9. See “General Rules for All ARRL Contests” and “General Rules for ARRL Contests on bands below 30 MHz (HF)” on the ARRL Web. 8.10. General queries should be directed to the Contest Branch at contests@arrl.org or by calling (860) 594-0232.
IWC has 4 towers now & growing since 07/2009...
The IWC contest club now has one 50ft tower one 60 ft tower and one 70ft tower and one 90 foot tower all ready and working now... This gives the contest station 4 towers for the 40m 20m 15m & 10m bands.
Then we have plans to build a 160m & a 80m MEGA arrays we are designing for the big gun
contests in 2010...
Contesting with a ELECRAFT on SSB
What WØIW is doing with LP Adapters..
Featured here on the IWC website is a
NEW HAM RADIO CARTOON... Called Dash... by Jeff.... K1NSS
We worked the North American QSO party and contacted over 700 stations in 12 hrs.. Dean N0XR & Joe W0IW lead the club in the construction and engineering of the new equipment we gained over the holiday shut down.. Joy Kd0Hii's wife again catered our event, and Brian Kd0Hii, Patrick KD0IFR, Ray W0TWR, Michelle N0AUT, Nathan KD0IEA all sat down and worked the contest with us...
2 New 80 ft towers & 2 new new HyGAIN TH7dxx Beams 20/15/10M to be put up in the summer of 2010 to
be placed in the back forty...
The Club is now working to get ready for the CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 27 to 2400Z, Mar 28 2010
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This allows us to build and train to get ready for this world class contest...in March
December
IWC club update
Still waiting to hear from the Iowa QSO party and the results of that contest.. Lately we have been learning the ropes the hard way.. We learned that smaller states like Kentucky's qso parties are not well attend, and to stick to large states like New York, and Texas, and Florida, California etc, and leave the smaller states qso parties alone.. We learned that Sweepstakes is the toughest of contests and learn that the general rules are not specific enough and one must seek the specific rules in contests as well..Most important the rules are the first thing to learn and then make sure everyone is on board with the rules so not to get mixed up and disqualified.. DOH !!!
Joe WØIW
November
IWC club update
Looks like we are up and rolling. Its not confirmed but looks like we scored very very high in the Iowa QSO party last month in October.. All Antennas and towers are up. we are using stub filters open/closed to help with interference.. This is helping out a lot preliminary experimentation look really promising in cutting down interference on 10/15 and 20/40 meters.. bands..
We are looking to work the ARRL sweeps stake this coming weekend.. That should be a lot of fun as usual..
and we look forward to getting the Radio World Series off the ground to compete in it each month..
Joe WØIW
tact us at info@w0iw.com
or call Joe at (515)-250-2108
THE TH-7DX is up and working
Thanks to Carson AcØbu & Ray WØTWR & KD0IEA & KD0HFQ
Who built & mounted this massive antenna.. We are using on 15m's
The Iowa Wireless Club has recently purchased it's fourth Huge Beam. This Beam is the HY-GAIN TH7-DX andit is in Tipton, Iowa waiting to come back to our Contest QTH...
