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The discussion of contesting during last night's BARS net reminded
me of how nervous I was during my first contest! (Much respect to
those that 'jumped into the deep end' with the ARRL 10M Contest as
their first contest experience!).<br>
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<b>The ARRL sponsors a contest specifically for new hams</b>, or
those who are new to contesting, the ARRL Rookie Roundup. There are
three separate events, SSB, RTTY and CW, run on three separate
weekends. The events last only 6 hours each so they are much easier
to run the complete contest than the 36 or 48hr marathons of the big
ones. <b>Technician license holders can participate </b>on the
10M band allocations in all three events.<br>
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The CW event is coming up next Sunday, the 17th, from 1800-2400 UTC
(1PM-7PM ET). The SSB and RTTY contests are next April & August
respectively. More details are available here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup">https://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup</a><br>
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I'm not a CW op myself, but I'm happy to answer questions about this
contest, or contesting in general. My extensive 18 months of
experience make me an expert (in my own mind)! ;-)<br>
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73 & Good Luck!<br>
<br>
T.<br>
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