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    CONTESTING

    Aug 01, 2019 3 minutes
    BY DAVID SIDDALL,* K3ZJ

    Plus: JARL All-Asia Phone Contest; DARC Worked All Europe Phone Contest; Dayton 2019 Contest University Videos a Great Learning Resource; and CQ Contest Hall of Fame Honorees

    This year, our late summer contest activities may be enhanced by some disruption. We will be able to enjoy two new on-the-air competitions on successive weekends. When has that ever happened before (at least recently)?

    YARC is sponsoring a summer QSO party to introduce young operators to radiosport and to encourage them to get on the>.

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