At the WRTC 2022 Association Assembly on 23 April 2021, having previously consulted the WRTC Sanctioning Committee, the assembly and Organizing Committee decided to postpone WRTC 2022 one year to 2023. For details see WRTC Webpage.
WRTC postponed
Category: Contest Activities
Wolfgang, DK9VZ, SK
In deep moaning the Rhein-Ruhr-DX-Association has to announce that Wolfgang, DK9VZ became SK. Wolfgang was an active supporter of the RRDXA, very active member of the contest-group DR4A an organizer of the DARC x-mas contest. With Wolfgang we lose a very active and excellent contester, skilled operator at CR3W and supporter of the RRDXA aktiven […]
YOTA Contest 2021
Die Jugend-Arbeitsgruppe der IARU-Region 1 hat in den vergangenen Monaten hart gearbeitet, um ein neues Projekt für die Amateurfunkgemeinschaft zu etablieren. „Jeder kann mitmachen, es findet dreimal im Jahr statt und dauert nur zwölf Stunden. Ziel ist es, die Aktivität der Jugendlichen am Funkgerät zu erhöhen, den Ruf des YOTA-Programms zu stärken und die Unterstützung […]
Invitation DARC-Easter Contest, 5. April 2021
Dear Contester, The Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club (DARC) has the honor to invite all radio amateurs to participate in the annual EASTER Sprint-Contest. The next edition of this well-known sprint contest will be running on Monday, April 5th, 15:00 – 17:30 UTC. As an international participant you have to work German stations for points and DARC districts […]
Shortened Log deadlines
There is a general tendency towards short log deadlines. For instance, the due-date for the Russian DX-Contest is already 4th of April and for CQ WPX SSB already 2nd April 2021. The other rule changes for the WPX are summarized in the blog on their webpage. Thus, please upload your log early and note the […]
WPX activity map
Randy (K5ZD), CQ WPX Web manager, reports about a new activity-map for the WPX, a nice link to play :-): We are always looking for new and interesting ways to present the results of the CQ WPX Contest. Thanks to the efforts of Tom Morrison, K5TM, we can now display the number of entries […]
Exercising the short contests
There are several short activities and contests available, which are ideal to check equipment and provide execise to the operator. A good opportunity to use the digital mode, e.g. tuesdays in RTTY Or mondays with our british friends in FT-4: The rules for the RSGB-FT4-contest can be found here You canlist/edit your contest alerts for […]
Success story of LX9DX as M/M in WW-Digi
Helmut,DF7EE reports on M/M-operation with LX9DX: http://df7ee.de/ww-digi-2020-lx9dx-is-final/
OT3T contest video (ON4UN)
John ON4UN was an RRDXA member since the early sixties. While doing background research at his untimely passing, we came across this video: https://youtu.be/uoQWrOTK-k0 The OT3T contest video is a detailed account on how John and his team prepared the station for the 1993 CQWW SSB contest. And how the contest was run (including strategy, […]
ON4UN SK
In deep mourning the Rhein-Ruhr-DX-Association has to announce that John, ON4UN, has become silent key. John´s contributions were honoured through his membership in RRDXA hall of fame. The sad news was given by his daughter. His radio activities and station setup will always be remembered. With John, ON4UN, we have lost a most valuable radio friend […]
