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Contest Update
What's Happening
FT Roundup becomes the FT Challenge
The good old 10M RTTY contest became the FT Roundup in 2018, and this year evolves into the FT Challenge on Dec. 7 and 8. Get on the air and give it a whirl!
If you've tried an FT8 or FT4 contest, you know the software isn't great at handling exchanges and it can be hard to tell a contester from a non-participant. That's changing in this year's FT Challenge contest.
To make FT contesting more fun and accessible, the FT Challenge only requires a simple SNR (signal-to-noise) report (i.e. -14 or +02). Anyone can work anyone, and as long the SNR report is exchanged, the QSO counts!
Visit the FT Challenge site
Gearing up for BCQP 2025 Feb. 1-2
Put your station on the air for the 2025 BCQP on February 1 and 2. Last year, nearly 150 operators activated VE7/VA7 stations. The world will be pointing antennas in our direction, so let's be there in big numbers again.
Visit the 2025 BCQP website
Did you have fun last year? See how well you did, either in the Inside BC or Outside BC listings. Also, be sure to read the comprehensive 2024 post-contest report.
2024 Report | 2024 BC Results
| 2024 W/VE/DX Results
Contest Corner
CQWW DX CW Nov. 23-24 (rules).
ARRL 160M Nov. Dec. 6-8 (rules).
FT Challenge (formerly FT Roundup) Dec. 7-8 (rules).
ARRL 10M Contest Dec. 14-15 (rules).
OKDX RTTY Dec. 21 (rules).
RAC Winter Contesst Dec. 28 (rules).
Stew Perry Topband Challenge Dec. 28-29 (rules).
SARTG New Year RTTY Jan. 1 (rules).
ARRL RTTY Roundup Jan. 4-5 2025 (rules).
BC QSO Party 2025 Feb. 1-2 2025 (rules).
Recent contest activity...
ARRL Sweepstakes Phone Nov. 16-18 (rules).
Worked All Europe DX RTTY Nov. 11-12 (rules).
ARRL Sweepstakes CW Nov. 2-4 (rules).
Post your scores on the 3830 reflector.
DX to watch for newest FW7AA, Wallis Island Nov. 16-29, 2024 This month's DX Calendar from DXNews.com DXCC Most Wanted List ClubLog to April 2024 Recent DX activations... XT2MD, Burkina Faso Oct. 31-Nov. 11, 2024 N5J, Jarvis Is. Aug. 5-20, 2024 VP6DF, Pitcairn Is. May 30-June 10, 2024 TX5S, Clipperton Is. Jan.-Feb. 2024 W8S, Swains Is. Oct. 4-27, 2023 9Q2WX, Congo Aug. 20-Sep. 9, 2023 DX0NE, Spratly Is. Apr. 30-May 9, 2023 T30UN, Tarawa, W. Kiribati Apr. 2023 Z81D, South Sudan Until Apr. 22, 2023
Orca Report: May 2024
Plenty of newsy items in the May 2024 edition of the Orca Report. Look for club and member news, a couple of recommended "good reads" and more.
Read the Orca Report
