Tag: contesting
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CQ WW CW Contest 2022
An intrepid band of CW contesters competed in the 48 hour 2022 CQ WW CW Contest over the weekend. We used the WARS contesting callsign VK2W.The contest began at 1100 (local time) on Saturday the 26th of November and went until 1100 on Monday the 28th. The previous weekend had seen some extremely strong westerly…
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CQ WW SSB Contest report
The WARS club competed in the 2022 CQWW SSB contest over the weekend of the 29/10, 30/10 and 31/10. We used the club’s contest callsign VK2W We had 8 operators attend for all or part of the competition period plus a couple of interested observers, including Bruce VK2ZPN. The operators were – Barrie VK2IBEStephen VK2RHSkip…
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2022 Trans Tasman Contest
A crew of contesters competed in the 2022 Trans Tasman contest from the Robertson contest site. This contest was held on Saturday the 16th of July 2022.We used the WARS club’s contest callsign VK2W.We competed for the full 6 hours of the contest duration, from the start time at 1800 local time on Saturday evening,…
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2022 CQ WPX RTTY
A crew of contesters competed in the 2022 CQ WPX RTTY contest from the Robertson contest site. This contest was held over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of February.We used the WARS club’s contest callsign VK2W.We competed from the contest start time of 1100 local time on Saturday morning to around 0130 on…