ARRL WARNS AGAIN ON IARU LOG CHECKS

After disqualifying three highly placed entries in the 2007 IARU HF Championships, ARRL officials are again publicly warning contesters around the world that log checks will be just as thorough in this year's test. Also, the ARRL has confirmed radio-sport.net's exclusive story that the CW Skimmer will be allowed in this year's contest for single ops. NEW

ARRL 10 CHAMPS ALSO HAVE CLEAN LOGS

Signals may have been solid one second and gone the next, but that didn't show up in the logs of the winners in a radio-sport.net review of final scores in the 2007 ARRL 10 Meter Contest. Check to see how well you did compared to the field and find out which category winner had a perfect log. NEW

CQWW NEARING SKIMMER RULES CHANGE

The head of the CQ WorldWide DX Contest Committee has told radio-sport.net that a final decision on new rules dealing with the controversial CW Skimmer program should be out in July, as reports circulate that the decision will be to place single op Skimmer use in the Assisted category. MORE

ARRL FIELD DAY RIDES 2008 WAVES

While the ARRL calls it a "non-contest contest," Field Day has certainly been one way that hams have caught the contesting bug. As 2008 Field Day arrives, it's clear this event continues to be the most popular operating event in the USA. MORE

MAKE IT 14 STRAIGHT WINS FOR AA5AU

In what has become an annual result in January, Don Hill AA5AU won the World Low Power crown in the 2008 ARRL RTTY Roundup, giving him 14 consecutive victories. Also sporting a win streak is the high power champ P49X/W0YK. Check out that and how clean (or dirty) your RTTY RU log was in 2008. MORE

HI3TEJ GRABS RADIO-SPORT WORLD #1

In a seesaw contest, Teddy Jiminez HI3TEJ is back on top of the radio-sport.net World Standings, as John Crovelli W2GD drops back to second place, just a few points behind.

Check out the latest standings and see if you've made it into the top World 100, as radio-sport.net adds the latest results from the ARRL RTTY Roundup, ARRL 10 Meter Contest and the CQWW RTTY test. MORE

FIRST RULES LIMITS SLAPPED ON SKIMMER

For the first time since the controversial CW Skimmer program emerged on the contest scene early this year, some contest directors are moving to limit its use by single operators, though most are in a "wait and see" mode. Meanwhile, the California QSO Party is cracking down on some forms of internet contest assistance. MORE

LOG CHECKS DECIDE TWO SS SSB TITLES

While WP3R (KE3Q) was able to hold off the field for a tenth straight November Sweepstakes SSB title, the results show that two category winners made it into first place because their log had fewer errors. Check the radio-sport.net story and see how you fared in terms of score reduction in that contest. MORE

D4C (LY2CY) & VE3DZ/VP9 LEAD WPX CW

A trip to the Cape Verde Islands seems to have paid off for Lithuanian contester Jurgis Ignotas LY2CY, as he holds the overall single operator lead in the 2008 CQ WPX CW Contest. The low power leader is Yuri Onipko VE3DZ, who operated from the VP9GE QTH on Bermuda.

Meanwhile, CT9M leads all the multi-op entries, as there are tight races for various titles in the US and Europe. MORE

SKIMMER OKAY FOR 2008 IARU CONTEST

Just like the CQ WPX CW Contest run in late May, the 2008 IARU HF Championships in July will allow the use of the controversial CW Skimmer software, as the ARRL holds off on announcing how the CW decoding program might be limited in the future for contest use. MORE

WORLDWIDE WRTC SCORES NOW UPDATED

Just in time for the CQ WPX CW contest, which is a World Radiosport Team Championships qualifier, radio-sport.net has updated scores for the entire world to help you figure out your road to Russia in 2010!

There are full spreadsheets for every corner of the globe where you can check your own qualifying chances! MORE

SKIMMER GETS MAJOR CONTEST REVIEW

After months of verbal battles about the pros and cons of VE3NEA's controversial CW Skimmer program, the 2008 CQ WPX CW Contest offered the first real test drive of the system during a major test. Check out some of the results and see what some of those who tested it had to say. MORE

SKIMMER STAYS ON SIMMER AT DAYTON

There were some animated discussions at the Dayton Hamvention about the impact of VE3NEA's CW Skimmer software, but for the most part, contesters who gathered this past weekend tried to keep things on a lighter note, as the Skimmer lost to the KCDXC Pileup contest to the Human Ear. MORE

8P1A TOPS IN 2008 WPX SSB CLAIMED

Taking aim at his third straight Single Operator title in the CQ WPX SSB Contest, Tom Georgens W2SC again has the high claimed score this year, as he leads FG/OM3LA by a wide margin. Georgens was the only single op to break 20 million points this year in yet another tough weekend in terms of propagation. MORE

IT'S OFFICIAL: N2IC WINS 2007 SS CW

Ending the winning streak of WP3R, Steve London N2IC is the winner of the 2007 November Sweepstakes CW Contest. Go Inside The Numbers on SS CW with radio-sport.net to get a look at the 2007 results and see how well you did when it came to log checks. MORE

8P1A LEADS FOR 3 STRAIGHT WPX WINS

While many contesters struggled with tough band conditions, Tom Georgens W2SC overcame a slow start from 8P1A and could be heading for a third straight WPX SSB Single Operator title. Meanwhile, another contesting ethics issue erupted in the aftermath of WPX SSB over whether the "59" signal report has to be sent as part of the exchange. MORE

VE3DZ, HC8A LEAD ARRL DX TOP CLAIMED

The final claimed scores are in for the 2008 ARRL DX Contests and Yuri Onipko VE3DZ is the single operator leader in ARRL DX CW after his trip to Belize as V31UZ. Meanwhile, the ARRL SSB leader is Rich Smith N6KT, who steered HC8A to over 8 million points in his first ARRL DX appearance in 15 years. MORE

UU0JM URGES REVIEW OF 2007 WPX CW DQ

Disqualified from the 2007 WPX CW Contest and booted from the qualifying for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships, Andy Kazantsev UU0JM tells radio-sport.net that he never got the chance to argue his case before being DQ'd. Check the details as well as the note from the CQ WPX Contest Committee MORE

RECORDS LIKELY AT WPX RTTY DEADLINE

The growth of RTTY contesting is certainly on display in the final claimed scores for the 2008 CQ WPX RTTY contest as a number of records in the US and the World are in danger in both the single operator and multi-op ranks. The overall single op leader is Ed Muns P49X/W0YK, who has a chance to beat his world record set in 2007. MORE

ARRL DQ'S THREE TOP OPS IN 2007 IARU

Making good on a pre-contest pledge to more thoroughly review the logs of top competitors, the final results of the 2007 IARU Contest included the disqualification of three top operators, including two defending single operator category champs and a 2006 WRTC competitor. MORE

NEW FOCUS ON CHEATING, OPEN LOGS

Using the now public logs of the CQWW DX Contests, VE5ZX and CT1BOH have released a study that tries to use advanced computer evaluation to ferret out contest cheaters. The review confirmed one DQ from CQWW CW 2006 and raised questions about at least one other competitor's entry class. MORE

CQ 160 CW INTERNET CHATS GET REVIEW

The aftermath of the CQ160 CW contest wasn't as much about the great conditions, but about questions of whether operators should be using a Belgian radio internet chat site during the test to exchange information and set up contacts.

It led one well known operator to Checklog his own multi-op effort in Estonia and has the CQ160 Contest Committee reviewing the issue. MORE

CONTEST CHEATS: IS THERE AN ANSWER?

A discussion of cheating boiled over recently in the ham radio contest community, with a rare public accusation of wrongdoing and rumors of other unethical contest actions from this year's CQWW CW contest.

Truth be told, there are multiple calls that have prompted concerns in recent years, as contesters and contest organizers struggle with how best to confront a problem that's as old as competition itself. MORE

2007 CQWW CW STILL WITH 3V2A (YT1AD)

For now, the claimed scores in the 2007 CQWW CW favor Hrane Milosevic YT1AD, as he chalked up 13.7 million points from Tunisia. P40W (W2GD) is in second place. Check out all the reviews and our previews as well with a CQWW CW roundup. MORE

8P5A #1 AT CQWW SSB LOG DEADLINE

Seemingly in line for a third single operator high power win in CQWW SSB in the past seven years, Tom Georgens 8P5A/W2SC has the high claimed score at the log deadline for the the 2007 WW SSB Contest.

Read more of radio-sport.net's coverage of the 2007 CQWW SSB Contest! MORE