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About the TCG
Events
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And Operators
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| Welcome to the Tennessee Contest Group |
The Tennessee Contest Group (a.k.a. TCG) is a group of amateur radio operators (hams) who enjoy operating in competitive radio sporting events or "contests." The contests range from world-wide 48-hour events with tens of thousands of participants to smaller regional events which may be as short as one hour in duration. The goal of most contests is to contact as many other participants on as many amateur radio bands as possible. The "prize" for doing well in contesting is usually nothing more than a wooden plaque, a paper certificate, and of course the recognition of one's peers. The real prizes are found in the joy of competing, improving over past efforts, and learning from each other along the way. We invite you to consider joining the TCG in the fun and excitement of amateur radio contesting.
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| Current Radio Weather Conditions
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| Real-Time Propagation Charts
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From VE5ZX and our friends at Radio Sport Canada.
ZoneProp uses a widely accepted propagation engine to determine the band on which a contestant in one CQ DX zone is likely to be able to contact a contestant in another CQ DX zone taking into account the current geomagnetic activity.
ZoneProp produces a 40 zone by 40 zone matrix that is updated hourly at approximately 20 minutes past the hour. The intersection between a row and column gives the band on which a constestant in the zone represented by the row is mostly likely able to contact an contestant in the zone represented by the column. The zone numbers in the left hand column are clickable. Once clicked the information for that zone is displayed in isolation above a map of CQ DX zones. The pages are refreshed every 10 minutes inorder to capture hourly updates of the matrix
Click here for real-time propagation data by CQ zone.
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| TCG at SEDCO 2008
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There was a pretty good turn out of TCG operators for the 2008 SEDCO conference.
Learn more about SEDCO at their Home Page.
Seated (L to R):
Becky AF4QB, Larry W6UB, Mark K0EJ, Bill K4LTA, Ruby K4UPS, Jeff K4BP
Standing (L to R):
Lynn W4NL, Jeff NY4N, Willard W4HZD, Ted W4NZ, Pat W4PV, Vollie NA4C, Bert
W4KW, John W4SK, Scott W4PA, Julius N2WN
Photo by K4PZT
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| TCG Makes Over a QUARTER MILLION QSOs in 2007 - WITHOUT SUNSPOTS |
Despite being at the absolute bottom of the sunspot cycle,
the Tennessee Contest Group continued to pound out QSOs in
2007. TCG posted 235 more logs in 2007 than in 2006 and
logged 55,973 more QSOs than in 2006. TCG also entered
more events in 2007 than in any of the last six years.
TCG THE LAST FIVE YEARS...
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2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
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QSOs 269,581 213,608 252,581 247,926 211,838
Logs 1,074 839 876 882 657
Avg Qs/Log 251 255 288 281 322
Events 188 162 144 122 101
Players 79 73 75 79 76
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| Please submit your Contest Logs |
If you operate radio contests and would like to contribute to a club effort,
the TCG would appreciate your points. No log is too small. Simply add the
following line to your Cabrillo Log file:
CLUB: Tennessee Contest Group
Most logging programs will prompt you for the name of your
club and create the appropriate line in your Cabrillo file.
Simply type "Tennessee Contest Group" when prompted for the club name.
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| Want to help with TCG on-line costs? |
If you would like to help the TCG on-line community financially,
you may do so by clicking on the button below. You may also send
a donation to the K4RO call book address. Your donation will support
the TCG mailing list and web site administration costs. The TCG is
very grateful for our sponsors who help keep us operating smoothly year after year.
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