25 DAYS AND 25 NIGHTS OF FUN
When: 00:00 UTC Monday 01 January 2018 (19:00 EST Sunday 12/31/17)
Thru 04:59 UTC Friday January 26, 2018 (23:59 EST Thursday 1/25/18)
Eligibility: All current AERO members.
Station: You may operate from any amateur radio station…from your home, a guest’s home, terrestrial mobile, maritime mobile, aeronautical mobile, local nets (all the stations on the net count if you list the call signs), here or abroad. A station may even be operated remotely!
Bands & Modes: Work any legal mode and band allowed by your license class. Echo Link, IRLP and Wires X contacts are permitted.
Repeater contacts are OK.
Scoring:
Two (2) points per AM or SSB contacts
Three (3) points per FM contact
Four (4) points per RTTY contact
Five (5) points per CW contact.
Six (6) points per DIGITAL contact
Seven (7) points per SSTV contact
Ten (10) points per ATV contact
Bonus Points:
Any contact via remote operation 100 points per contact.
Any contact above the 70 cm band 250 points per contact.
Any satellites including the ISS contacts 500 points per contact.
Any EME (earth-moon-earth) contact 1000 points per contact per team member
Other Info: The same station may be worked any number of times.
The Winner of this contest gets “the lamp” and will run the contest next year.
Results: E-mail log sheets to WB3FMT at joseph.miko@verizon.net by February 18, 2018. Contest results will be reported at the March 7, 2018 meeting of the AERO Club!
WB3FMT was the winner of AERO's 25 days and nights of Fun in January 2017.
HAVE FUN - - TRY SOMETHING NEW !
ARRL Sponered Contests for 2017
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January 2017 30-31 Winter Field Day |
February 2017 |
| March 2017 5-6 International DX– Phone |
April 2017 17 Rookie Roundup – Phone |
| June 2017 11-13 June VHF 18 Kids Day 25-26 Field Day |
July 2017 |
| August 2017 6 -7 August UHF 20-21 10 GHz & Up – Round 1 21 Rookie Roundup – RTTY |
September 2017 TBA EME - 2.3 GHz & Up 10-12 September VHF 17- 19 10 GHz & Up– Round 2 |
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October 2017 |
November 2017 7-9 Nov. Sweepstakes – CW 21-23 Nov. Sweepstakes – Phone TBA EME - 50 to 1296 MHz |
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December 2017 |
W3PGA particpated in the North American QSO PARTY results: 10 hours, 282 contacts, 20,586 points
2017 – 2018 NASA On the Air Event
The Amateur Radio club station at various NASA facilities plan to be on the air with special event operations throughout 2018. Some club s will be offering commemorative QSL cards and a special certificate will be available indicating how many NASA club stations you worked on various bands and modes. The event runs from December 11, 2017 through December 27, 2018 with the following key dates:
There will be other operations throughout the year. See nasaontheair.wordpress.com for details and information about how to check your contacts and obtain a certificate. QST Dec. 2017 pg91
20th anniversary of the ISS first element I, November 20, 201 8
There will be other operations throughout the year. See nasaontheair.wordpress.com for details and information about how to check your contacts and obtain a certificate. QST Dec. 2017 pg91
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