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The VHF Colonial award is to operators who provide proof of a two way direct contact with each of the original Thirteen Colonies over amateur radio on frequencies of 50 MHz or above. South Jersey Radio Association Achievement Certificate
The 13 colonies had a degree of self-governance and active local elections, [a] and they resisted London's demands for more control over them. The French and Indian War (1754–1763) against France and its Indian allies led to growing tensions between Britain and the 13 colonies. During the 1750s, the colonies began collaborating with one ...
[12] [13] 2016 Heard Island: VK0EK [14] 2015 Navassa Island: K1N At the time this location was the #1 most-wanted DXCC entity on ClubLog and the DX Magazine survey [15] 2014 Amsterdam Island: FT5ZM [16] 2013 Clipperton Island: TX5K Made more than 113,000 contacts including 47 EME contacts. [17] 2012 Campbell Island: ZL9HR [18] 2007 Scarborough ...
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.
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.
Vintage amateur radio is a subset of amateur radio hobby where enthusiasts collect, restore, preserve, build, and operate amateur radio equipment from bygone years, such as those using vacuum tube technology.
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.
The thirteen colonies were all founded with royal authorization, and authority continued to flow from the monarch as colonial governments exercised authority in the king's name. [8] A colony's precise relationship to the Crown depended on whether it was a corporate colony , proprietary colony or royal colony as defined in its colonial charter .