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G3 ZME Telford & District Amateur Radio Society G6 ZME

G 3 Z

Can TDARS keep the G 3 Z  call?

Contests where the Special Contest Callsign may be used:

ARRL DX CW Feb 16-17
ARRL DX SSB March 2-3
ARRL 1.8 MHz CW only Nov
ARRL 28 MHz Multi-mode Dec
CQ WPX CW May 25-26
CQ WPX RTTY February 9-10
CQWPX SSB March 30-31
CQ Worldwide CW November 23-24
CQ Worldwide RTTY September 28-29
CQ Worldwide SSB October 26-27
CQ Worldwide 160 CW January 25 - 27
CQ Worldwide 160 SSB February 22 - 24
IARU HF Championship Multimode July 13-14
IOTA Multi-mode 27th -28th July
WAE DX CW August 10-11
WAE DX RTTY November 9-10
WAE DX SSB September 14-15
ARRL RTTY Roundup January 5-6
BARTG RTTY 16th-18th March
IARU 50 MHz Trophy Multi-mode
IARU 144 MHz Trophy Multi-mode
IARU 432 MHz to 248 GHz Multi-mode
March 144 and 432 MHz
May 432 MHz to 248 GHz Contest
November Marconi Memorial 144 MHz
Russian DX

Futher information from RSGB

 

Dx-pedition GI3Z 2005

G3Z Update 7th May 2010


So far, the following leadership has been offered .... ( 20 other contests available too ! )

March 20
 
May 1-2

June 19 

July 24

October 2/3

November 6

Dave G0CER for BARTG RTTY contest.

Martyn G3UKV for 432Mhz to 248 GHz contest

Simon G0UFE for 50 MHz contest (and the RSGB trophy donated by TDARS)

Jim G8UGL for IOTA (islands on air) contest

(maybe) Martyn G3UKV for IARU 432MHz to 248 GHz contest.

Mike G3JKX for Marconi 144MHz contest.
All these guys will use G3Z and need lots of support if we are to get at least one-third of the number of QSOs of the leader station (OfCOM requirement to qualify.) We need 5 qualifying entries before the end of THIS year to continue with G3Z from 2011 onwards. It will then be valid for 3 years. Can we do it ?
 
Dave 'CER has neatly summarised what the contest organiser needs to do:-
- you need to find rules
- you need to find (at least) last year's results
- you need to consider what times/length of operation you could put in
- you need to consider what your set-up could do best in time/bands/modes/sections
- where will you operate from ? ( which home QTH or /P ?)
- if it's a new mode for you to ask on the reflector for advice on style of operation
- when entering the contest - try and find out if your logging software
will save the log to the correct type of log they will accept.(Cabrillo
or ADIF are general worldwide log formats for contests - Cabrillo can
come in '57 varieties though!)
 
Hope that answers a few queries, and encourages participation.
73  Martyn