RATPAC Amateur Radio

DX Marathon & DX Marathon Sprint- recording available -https://youtu.be/kE0txj4soRU Sprint starts in just a few hours (00:00 UTC Oct 18) and runs for 10 days.

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RATPAC Amateur Radio

Join us live via Zoom tonight at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific Time- www.ratpac.us/zoom

DX Marathon- Sprint
The DX Marathon is a year-long event where hams attempt to work as many different DX stations and CQ Zones worldwide in each calendar year. It is a little too late to start your 2025 Marathon, but there is a new Sprint event that runs from October 18th, 2025 (00:00Z) through October 27th, 2025 (23:59Z)- dxmarathon.com/rules/2025-sprint.


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This is a great event for newcomers to work toward their DXCC (100 countries) or for long-time DXers to work them all again. The event also contains the very popular (and busy) CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest. There will be plenty of countries around the world on the air. There should also be ample opportunities on 10 Meters for Technician Class Licensees to work stations on SSB between 28.300 and 28.499 MHz. Alternatively, Techs can concentrate on FT & FT4 on 10 meters during the entire sprint.






Modes

Any modes for which the operator is licensed may be used. Popular modes seen in the DX Marathon include:

CW: Utilizes the International Morse Code

Phone: USB, LSB, DSB, FM (voice), AM

Digital: FT8, FT4, PSK, RTTY



BANDS

Radio frequencies in the 160-6 meter bands are eligible, including the 60m band and WARC bands (30 m, 17 m, & 12m).



SCORING

Scoring will be the same as the 2025 DX Marathon Program. You will be awarded one point the first time you work a new country/entity and one point for working a zone. Add the country and zone points together and that results in your total score. There are no multipliers in the DX Marathon Program.



Join us live via Zoom tonight at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific Time- www.ratpac.us/zoom

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RATPAC Amateur Radio

Join us live via Zoom for this week's RATPAC programs-

*** Wednesday, March 12th- Making CW Contacts, Expanding Your Modes of Operation

*** Thursday, March 13th- Creating a Go Kit That is Right for You

9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific www.ratpac.us/zoom

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RATPAC First Steps in Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Prep-
"ARRL June VHF Contest a GOTA Opportunity for Techs & New Hams (Voice and/or FT8)"- Anthony Luscre, K8ZT
Join us live on Thursday, May 9 www.ratpac.us/zoom. 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific / 0100 UTC

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Join us live via Zoom tonight, April 4th, for "Antennas for VHF/UHF" 2nd session in the "First Steps in Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Prep" series.
www.ratpac.us/zoom


Slideshow- tiny.cc/vhf-ant

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The new RATPAC series "First Steps in Amateur Radio
Emergency Communications Prep" starts tonight at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific / 0100 UTC- "Setting Up a VHF/UHF Station" www.ratpac.us/zoom

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RATPAC kicking off a new series- "First Steps in Emergency Communications Prep"* starting Thursday, Mar 21, 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific- "Setting Up a Home VHF/UHF Station"

Join us live at www.ratpac.us/zoom



*This new series will focus on Radio Fundamentals, On-Air Operations & Techniques for new or veteran Emergency Communicators.

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Join members of the RATAPC Planning Committee live at QSO Today Expo- Friday Spet 8th 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific / 01:00 UTC (Sat)- www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/

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ARRL FD is Coming Up Soon!
Catch up on info with two RATPAC video recordings plus poster and station resource sheets-
1. Annual ARRL Field Day Update & Planning - 04/26/2023- https://youtu.be/81bOpNd6Gvw

2. ARRL Field Day Last Minute Prep & Follow-up- 06/07/2023- https://youtu.be/PsHiuRRFkOA

Resource Sheets & Posters for your Field Day Station Site
✪ Station Operating Sheet- Sections/ Abbreviations/Phonetic Alphabet/ Q-Signals- tiny.cc/fdsect
✪ ARRL/RAC Section Map- drive.google.com/file/d/1vTOp1afxmObA6c2jKJfKnZZKl…
✪ GOTA Poster- tiny.cc/gota-poster*
✪ Ham Radio Resources for Visitors, Youth, Students & Teachers- tiny.cc/hryc
✪ Computer Manual for FD with N1MM & WSJT-X- docs.google.com/document/d/1HRDIDX1qCjV4Ly2QpasNSR… *
✪ FT8/FT4 for FD- tiny.cc/fdftqs
✪ Online SDR Receivers- drive.google.com/file/d/1S7qNUnn3c6joaA75ZOpP4zJ7q…

* These links will have you make a copy of a Google Doc you then own & can edit

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March 8th join RATPAC for a live zoom presentation by Eric Guth, 4Z1UG on QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo & "The Academy" a Ham Radio Community at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific / 02:00 UTC- www.ratpac.us/zoom

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