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http://qrper.com/2018/11/the-2019-lightbulb-qso-party/
Announcing the 2019 Lightbulb QSO contest
March 9th 20:00 UTC through March 10th 20:00 UTC.
We've all heard the stories…..Joe Elmer was so good
at antenna matching that he made a 100 mile 20M QSO
on an ordinary 100 watt household lightbulb.
So here is your chance to try it out. Go traditional
and compete with just a lightbulb dummy load. Or, get
creative and invent an antenna design that uses the
lightbulb as a key component that makes your antenna
work. Five categories of competition give you different
paths to gaining bragging rights as TOP BULB in the
2019 Lightbulb QSO contest.
Categories of competition are:
1. Household: an antenna constructed of any lightbulb
available for purchase in normal home use applications.
2. Commercial/Industrial: an antenna constructed of
any lightbulb available for purchase in commercial
and/or industrial applications.
3. Homebrew: an antenna constructed of any home made
light bulb that radiates visible light when power is
applied.
4. Dummy Load: any lightbulb that normally serves
as a dummy load (see miscellaneous rules). Please note
that the administrators do not recommend this category
of operation because it puts both the operator and RF
sensitive equipment in close proximity to the load.
However, several, lightbulb purists wanted the category
so here it is for entry at your own risk.
5. Freestyle: anything goes. Get creative and string
all of your Christmas lights together, what ever you
want and as many lightbulbs as you want. Bring down
the power grid if you must.. we just don't care, but
certainly want to reward extreme creativity.
For additional information on how a lightbulb antenna
works, follow this link:
https://hamsignal.com/blog/light-bulb-antenna-basics-and-faq
Objective:
The Objective of the Lightbulb QSO contest is to build
and use an antenna constructed in a manner so that the
lightbulb is a key component of the antenna and to
promote understanding and practical application of
antenna matching concepts that allow a lightbulb to be
used as a radiator in two way radio communications.
Dates:
Saturday, March 9th, 2019 20:00 UTC through
Sunday, March 10th, 2019 20:00 UTC.
Bands of Operation:
160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M, 10M, 6M
As you might notice, this isn't the typical QSO Party.
Appreciate the opportunity to build something new and
participate in a contest that (obviously) doesn't
take itself too seriously. What fun!
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