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Solar-powered Amateur Radio Station in tents with portable VHF/UHF satellite and HF antennas in the background HF transceiver for voice communications. Field Day is an annual amateur radio contest, widely sponsored by IARU regions and member organizations, encouraging emergency communications preparedness [1] among amateur radio operators.
A small team of volunteers assist in the running of the weekend activity. Major amateur radio organizations such as the Radio Society of Great Britain, the Amateur Radio Relay League of America, and the Wireless Institute of Australia support and promote the weekend which accounts for the many participating countries each year.
Radio contests are principally sponsored by amateur radio societies, radio clubs, or radio enthusiast magazines. These organizations publish the rules for the event, collect the operational logs from all stations that operate in the event, cross-check the logs to generate a score for each station, and then publish the results in a magazine, in a society journal, or on a web site.
The most common use of the term radiosport is as a synonym for amateur radio contesting (ham radio contesting). Contesting is an activity where amateur radio stations attempt to make as many two-way contacts with other stations as possible, following certain defined parameters of the competition, to maximize a score.
28/22 NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — An amateur radio club at a local college is connecting students with other radio enthusiasts from around the world while engaging in groundbreaking research. From the ...
Champions of WRTC 2002. The World Radiosport Team Championship is an amateur radio competition.Participation is by invitation only. Entry to each quadrennial WRTC requires qualification through high positions in major world radio contests.
Amateur radio direction finding (ARDF, also known as radio orienteering, radio fox hunting and radiosport) is an amateur racing sport that combines radio direction finding with the map and compass skills of orienteering.
The Österreichischer Versuchssenderverband (ÖVSV) (in English, Austrian Amateur Radio Society) is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Austria. Key membership benefits of the ÖVSV include the sponsorship of amateur radio operating awards , radio contests , and a QSL bureau for members who regularly communicate ...