Contest — A competitive operating event.
Make as many contacts as possible in a set window. Exchanges are extremely short by design — do not try to ragchew in a contest.
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Related words
- Portable — Operating away from home.
- In and out — Checking into a net without staying.
- Pileup — Everybody calling one station at once.
- Repeater — A relay station, usually up high.
- Net — A scheduled on-air gathering.
- Hunter — Someone chasing park activators.
- Mobile — Operating from a vehicle.
- POTA — Parks on the Air.