05-05-2017, 07:59 PM
Contest Introduction
Saturday May 6th 2017 - 10:00 -11:46 UTC
The Harry Angel Sprint is an annual 80m contest event, first established in 1999, to commemorate the life of Harry Angel VK4HA who at the time of his becoming a Silent Key was the oldest licensed amateur in Australia.
The duration of the contest is 106 minutes, one minute for each year of Harry's life.
The "HA" is held on or around the first Saturday in May each year and is open to all grades of licence holder. This contest is structured to suit both seasoned contesters and operators new to contesting.
There is also a section for Short Wave listeners to enter.
Place winners in the Harry Angel Contest are eligible to claim points for the WIA Contest Champion (Peter Brown) Trophy. See some details a( http://www.ozlogger.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=166 and http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/c...pionrules/ )
Aim Of The Contest
The aim of the competition is to make as many contacts as possible in the allotted time. Each station may be worked on one occasion only per mode.
SWLs may claim points for each station copied in any mode.
The contest is open to all listeners and amateurs licensed to use 80m, including individual operators and stations representing radio clubs and societies
Info at http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/harryangel/
For those who don't recognise the date, it is this weekend - yes, this Saturday night - so get your gear tuned up on 80 metres and jump in for 106 minutes of hard slog.
The VKCL logging software is available for download from http://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/
Saturday May 6th 2017 - 10:00 -11:46 UTC
The Harry Angel Sprint is an annual 80m contest event, first established in 1999, to commemorate the life of Harry Angel VK4HA who at the time of his becoming a Silent Key was the oldest licensed amateur in Australia.
The duration of the contest is 106 minutes, one minute for each year of Harry's life.
The "HA" is held on or around the first Saturday in May each year and is open to all grades of licence holder. This contest is structured to suit both seasoned contesters and operators new to contesting.
There is also a section for Short Wave listeners to enter.
Place winners in the Harry Angel Contest are eligible to claim points for the WIA Contest Champion (Peter Brown) Trophy. See some details a( http://www.ozlogger.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=166 and http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/c...pionrules/ )
Aim Of The Contest
The aim of the competition is to make as many contacts as possible in the allotted time. Each station may be worked on one occasion only per mode.
SWLs may claim points for each station copied in any mode.
The contest is open to all listeners and amateurs licensed to use 80m, including individual operators and stations representing radio clubs and societies
Info at http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/harryangel/
For those who don't recognise the date, it is this weekend - yes, this Saturday night - so get your gear tuned up on 80 metres and jump in for 106 minutes of hard slog.
The VKCL logging software is available for download from http://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/
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This Forum is only going to be as interesting as the posts it contains.
If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind.