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DX Contest Weekend

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The Contest

48 hours of shift-based operating, chasing DX contacts and logging as many countries as we could reach. With several of us taking turns at the mic and the key, we kept a station running around the clock for the full weekend.

Takeaways

A great way to sharpen contest logging skills and get a feel for band conditions across a full weekend — the kind of experience that's hard to get outside of actually sitting through a contest start to finish.

EQUIPMENT
  • · [Contest logging software]
  • · [Amplifier]
  • · [Beam antenna on the roof]