This is exciting.
I haven’t been around for a while, because life is busy: I bought a house, got married, and have been working overtime, so there it little room for ham radio.
But I had to come back to announce this.
On December 1, 2018, the YARC Winter QSO Party will begin. This is a QSO party open to all to introduce and encourage young people to get on the air.
There is a special surprise with this contest: PRIZES!
Courtesy of the people who bring you Hamstudy, winners of the following categories:
- First Place, Single-Operator QRP
- First Place, Single-Operator Low
- First Place, Single-Operator High
- Second Place, New Contester
Will have a choice of one of the following prizes:
- NooElec SDR Bundle
- Baofeng UV-5R
- 1 SignalStick whip antenna and 1 HamStudy.org t-shirt
Winners of the following categories:
- First Place, Multi-Single Low
- First Place, Multi-Single High
- First Place, Multi-Multi Low
- First Place, Multi-Multi High
- First Place, School Club
- Second Place, School Club
- First Place, New Contester
Will have a choice of one of the following prizes:
- 2019 ARRL Handbook (Softcover Edition) and 2 SignalStick whip antennas
- Arrow II 146-3 Handheld Portable Yagi Antenna
- QRPLabs QCX QRP Tranceiver Kit and 2 SignalStick whip antennas
The team at YARC has been hard at working getting this put together, and finally it’s live! We can’t wait to work you on the air from WY4RC!
All rules are located at https://yarc.world/events/contests/2018/09/18/winter-qso-party-2018/ and you’re invited to join the YARC Discord Chat and the /r/amateurradio subreddit thread for questions and comments. This is a first time thing, so expect a few bumps on the way.
Update 2018 Nov 27: Because of all the flak we’ve received about how this contest could put operators in a sticky situation regarding pecuniary interest, the prizes were changed from $25-$75 Visa gift cards to amateur radio gear.