Contesting

Sofa King Loud: NJ4P and Winning from West Tennessee

Ron WV4P’s five-major RTTY sweep and the station that wasn’t supposed to do it

Apr 26 • K Thomas W1DED

CQ WPX SSB duel between W2SC and K5ZD

The kite, the amp and the margin from the Caribbean.

Apr 5 • K Thomas W1DED

Sixty Pounds to the Summit for CQ Worldwide

How Jason N5NU is redefining portable contesting from the hills above Santiago Chile

Mar 22 • K Thomas W1DED

48 Hours at HD8R Galapagos

Inside Manu Siebert LU9ESD’s improbable ARRL DX SSB battle against 8P5A

Mar 15 • K Thomas W1DED

EF8R Contest Audio — CQ WW CW 2025 (Part 1 of 3)

Experience Dan N6MJ at full throttle—2BSIQ from EF8R on the road to a SOAB HP win and a new world record.

Dec 7, 2025 • K Thomas W1DED

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403A: The Mountain, the Fire, and the Genius

Inside the obsession, engineering, and resurrection of ham radio's most ambitious contest station.

Sep 13, 2025 • K Thomas W1DED

How Les Chalfant KI5GTR Went Full Throttle in Ham Radio

POTA pileups sharpened his skills. Contesting gave him the edge. Together, they built a fast rising ham radio operator.

Aug 27, 2025 • K Thomas W1DED

From the Iron Curtain to ES7A

How Estonian contester Kris Kass built his own station, earned his place on the world stage, and carried a four-generation radio legacy into the 21st…

Aug 20, 2025 • K Thomas W1DED

Automation, Endurance, and the Will to Win: Tom Georgens 8P5A

Inside the mind of a world-class contester who built his dream station in Barbados—and made precision his edge.

Aug 10, 2025 • K Thomas W1DED

The Keepers of the Log: WWROF

Inside the Quiet Engine Powering the World’s Biggest Ham Radio Contests

Jul 31, 2025 • K Thomas W1DED

Four WRTC Medals and a World Record: The Contesting Brilliance of N5TJ

Jeff Steinman N5TJ and the Quiet Calculation of Greatness

Jun 21, 2025 • K Thomas W1DED

Contesting Is Growing—The Numbers Prove It

What WPX SSB 2025 tells us about contesting’s quiet army—and the surprising power of visibility

Jun 10, 2025 • K Thomas W1DED

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