The ARRL 10-Meter Contest is the weekend of December 14-15, 2024 UTC. Full rules for the ARRL 10-Meter Contest can be found at http://www.arrl.org/10-meter.
The ARRL 10-Meter Contest is important to Athens County Amateur Radio Association (ACARA) members for two reasons:
- The club participates in the ARRL 10-Meter Contest as a club, in the Affiliated Club Competition, in class “Local”. Members who will be operating at a location within 35 miles straight-line distance of uptown Athens will be eligible to participate in the Affiliated Club Competition. When you prepare your 10-Meter Contest submission to ARRL, simply list “Athens County ARA” in the “Club Name” field and your score will count toward the ACARA’s Affiliated Club Competition score.
- The ACARA member submitting the highest score to the ARRL will win the coveted NC8V Memorial Trophy which is presented annually in recognition of the life and accomplishments of past-member John Cornwell, NC8V (SK). The current holder of the NC8V Memorial Trophy is John Biddle, W8PG.
I will be announcing the winner of the NC8V Memorial Trophy at the annual Holiday Dinner on December 17, so please send me the number of stations you worked and your submitted score prior to the evening of Monday, December 16.
I hope to hear you on the air during the ARRL 10-Meter Contest. Since we are at or very near the peak of the current solar cycle, propagation promises to be very good on 10-meters this year. Good luck!
73,
Eric McFadden, WD8RIF
President, Athens County Amateur Radio Association
UPDATE!
Three members participated in the ARRL 10-Meter Contest and submitted to ARRL. (Two members who would have liked to participate, couldn’t. John Biddle, W8PG, had logging-computer problems, and Drew McDaniel, W8MHV, was under the weather.)
#1 Paul Schulz, WD8SCV, 195 QSO, SSB, x75, 29,250 points
#2 Eric McFadden, WD8RIF, 103 QSO, CW, x 45, 18,450 points
#3 Carl Denbow, N8VZ, 116 QSO, SSB, x45, 10,440 points
The winner of the NC8V Memorial Trophy for 2024 is Paul Schulz, WD8SCV. The trophy was presented to Paul at the ACARA’s annual Holiday Dinner on December 17, 2024. Congratulations, Paul!
