South Yorkshire Repeater Group

D-Star Contest

June 18, 2010

Its that time of year again folks….

This years D-Star contest gets under-way this Saturday 19th June 2010(midnight) and runs till Saturday 27th June 2010 (midnight).

There are some good prizes up for grabs also, including an IC-80AD and the popular E880 with 8 prizes in all for the taking.

Even if you have never entered a competition before or don’t like analogue competitions why not give this one a go, with prizes like that its got to be worth a shot.

The rules are simple you can use repeater or simplex DV mode and so there is plenty to work.

for more information and the rules see the icom site d-star comp

If you are entering this year – why not drop us a message so we can listen out for you and see how your doing.

good luck & 73s SYRG

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