A new and exciting operating event will kick off on January 1, 2018, when the ARRL International Grid Chase gets under way.
The year-long events objective is to work stations on any band (except 60 m) in as many different Maidenhead grid squares as possible, and then upload your log data to ARRLs Logbook of The World.
Registration is free, and it costs nothing to use LoTW.
Once you get active in the chase and start uploading your log data, each new grid square contact confirmed through LoTW will count toward your monthly total. Getting started is simple: Turn on the radio and call CQ or CQ Grid Chase, or listen for others doing the same. Make the contact, exchange grid squares, log it, and move on to another.
Any contact in 2018 can count for your Chase score; it doesnt have to involve an exchange of grid squares. As long as the other operators participate in LoTW, youll get credit automatically when they upload their logs.
This means that contest contacts will also count.
From text edition for NOV 19 2017 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/
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