Society of Midwest Contesters

02/14/2025

ARRL DX CW starts in just under 24 hours. Should be some great DX on six bands!!

What are your plans??

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

10/23/2024

This weekend is the CQ WW SSB phone contest.

This is a huge event and will be a great opportunity to work a TON of DX.

Make an opportunity to participate, this is a great event.

Home page of the CQ World Wide DX Contest

09/25/2024

The contest season kicks off in full force this weekend with a major one.. CQ WW RTTY!

https://cqwwrtty.com

Start working towards the new season medal count, this is an excellent contest to rack up those points!

See you on the bands.

Held each year on the last full weekend of September, the contest draws over 15,000 participants and over 3,600 log submittals from around the world.

08/11/2024

Congrats to all of the 1st annual SMC award medal recipients

Big thanks to the award coordinators for making this program such a success

We wish everyone good luck and great
Success in the 2024-2025 season

08/11/2024

Another SMC fest in the books! Thanks to everyone who made this a successuful event!

07/30/2024

SMC fest is right around the corner!!

Be sure to register today if you haven’t already.
See you at the fest

SMC Fest 2024 – August 10, 2024  SMC Fest will be at the Marriott in Naperville on August 10, 2024.Registration must be completed by end of day August 4, 2023. Chicago Marriott Napervill…

07/18/2024

Also this weekend…

CQ WW VHF contest

https://cqww-vhf.com

See you on the air!!

Home page of the CQ WW VHF Contest

07/17/2024

NAQP RTTY Contest is this weekend - July 20.

https://ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf

Visit the SMC email reflector if you are interested in joining a team.

07/02/2024

Do not miss!!

IARU HF World Championship 2024.

July 13-14 2024

1200 UTC Saturday to 1159 UTC Sunday

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

06/26/2024

A Monday contest coming up ! RAC Canada Day. Monday July 1.

Use this form to upload your Cabrillo formatted log to the RAC Contest Management Teams Web Log System for log checking and verification of field data. The process checks your log for the required field data, reports any errors and allows you to select from the valid field options if errors are dete...

06/21/2024

While not a 'contest' many of us will be active this weekend at Field Day.

Good luck in your operations, stay safe, cool & hydrated. Please post your scores to the reflector!

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

05/31/2024

This weekend is the ARRL Digital Contest -

https://www.arrl.org/arrl-digital-contest

Link to the contest rules are here:

https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Rules%20PDFs/2024/ARRL%20Digital%20Contest%20Rules%20-%201_1.pdf

See you on the waterfall!